Rebel Wilson jokes she’ll ‘smuggle’ Covid vaccines to Australia from the US after criticising country’s lockdowns

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Rebel Wilson jokes she’ll ‘smuggle’ Covid vaccines to Australia from the US after criticising country’s lockdowns
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Actor wrote that she didn’t want Australia to be ‘left behind’

This is largely because the country has a shortage of the Pfizer vaccine and an excess of locally manufactured AstraZeneca which many are refusing to take because of the slight risk of blood clotting. New South Wales and Victoria reportedly have stockpiles of more than one million unwanted doses of AstraZeneca.Wilson’s post came after the comedian and actor recently hit out at the lockdowns in her home country.

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