The brains trust behind CovidbaseAU was anonymous before Wesley, 14, and 15 year olds Jack and Darcy tweeted a photograph of themselves The trio, who

‘Absolutely madness’: Melbourne teenagers reveal they are behind leading Covid tracking website

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2021-09-24 09:30:10

The brains trust behind CovidbaseAU was anonymous before Wesley, 14, and 15 year olds Jack and Darcy tweeted a photograph of themselves

The trio, who have been running CovidbaseAU, became part of their own statistics after getting their first doses of the Moderna vaccine in Melbourne.

The identities of the brains trust behind CovidbaseAU had not been public before Thursday afternoon, when 14-year-old Wesley with Jack and Darcy, both 15, tweeted a photograph of themselves.

BOOM! 12-15s can get the💉 Today the three of us who run @covidbaseau, Jack, Wesley and Darcy, had our first dose of the Moderna vaccine.🎉 Thought this would be a good time to share who we really are.😄 Thrilled that we will finally be included in our data! pic.twitter.com/SeIQFXPjGW

They said they looked forward to joining the 25.30% of 12- to 15-year-olds in Victoria who had received at least one dose of vaccine.