"The anti-vaxxers, ... are only a small, albeit noisy, minority". Michelle Grattan, page-158

Babes and kids accessing childcare must have a number of vaccinations before they can access childcare and before parents can access government support..."All illogically driven by fear"?...

...current immunization rates for kids under 5 is around 95%...

https://www.health.gov.au/health-to.../immunisation-coverage-rates-for-all-children

current proposed covid vax rates for the adult population fall well short of that so by comparison the "hysterical levels" you refer to is a nonsense