- In the Australian state of Victoria, where 95 percent of adults have received COVID vaccines and most have taken mRNA boosters, deaths hit their highest level in at least 13 years in August.
- Independent journalist Alex Berenson said that Victoria is an important case study because of real-time reporting on a heavily vaccinated populace that had little exposure to COVID before taking the shot.
- Berenson: Victoria registered 4,896 deaths from all causes in August, 27 percent above the monthly average of the previous five Augusts.
