Are you looking forward to getting the vaccine?
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THE VIRUS 2020 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Are you looking forward to getting the vaccine?
Columbo
Never again
I'm looking forward to either love island Australia or the next big brother. Vaccine or not, it's not going to stop these power mad hungry premiers as they see what they can get away with in their states.
Columbo
Never again
Yes, should be good.
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Pfizer's been unofficially open to 16-39's in QLD state hubs for a couple of weeks. So if you've booked through QLD health @Columbo you'll get Pfizer. I booked through them on Thursday and got my first jab of Pfizer today.
The hub I went to yesterday had 2 lines clearly segregated .. the booths on the left were phizer and the ones on the right were AZ. Depending on your chat with the reception staff was what vaccine you wanted and what line they sent you too.
This is what happens if you abandon lockdowns, ease mask restrictions etc and let the virus run free..
Florida heavily restricts virus control
I am so glad our premiers are enforcing lockdowns & other virus control measures - its not about power trips, its about saving lives.
Columbo
Never again
This is what happens if you abandon lockdowns, ease mask restrictions etc and let the virus run free..
Florida heavily restricts virus control
I am so glad our premiers are enforcing lockdowns & other virus control measures - its not about power trips, its about saving lives.
Lol, it's obviously about power trips by these Premiers. Once our vaccination rate reaches eighty percent there should be no more lockdowns. But it's obvious that these premiers are so mad with power that even if one hundred percent of Australia were fully vaccinated they would still lockdown their state and fill the street with thugs with badges, using the saving lives excuse to emotionally manipulate an ignorant population.
Good article about "living with the virus" with 80% of all people vaccinated Vs fewer people vaccinated:
www.smh.com.au
(open the link in a private/incognito window if you hit a paywall)
@Columbo should read this, but I think he's got me on ignore.
‘Living with COVID’ could end up two very different ways
When we try to imagine what “living with COVID” will look like, we need to realise that there are two very different “living with COVID” worlds.
(open the link in a private/incognito window if you hit a paywall)
@Columbo should read this, but I think he's got me on ignore.
Imagine blaming the Prime Minister for something we should have been given all along as per ATAGI.
Thanks for this.Good article about "living with the virus" with 80% of all people vaccinated Vs fewer people vaccinated:
‘Living with COVID’ could end up two very different ways
When we try to imagine what “living with COVID” will look like, we need to realise that there are two very different “living with COVID” worlds.
(open the link in a private/incognito window if you hit a paywall)
@Columbo should read this, but I think he's got me on ignore.
This article reminded me of something that hasn't really been mentioned in the discussion so far around opening the country back up vs lockdowns. Not everybody in australia lives in urban areas where if they get covid and get unwell there is a hospital facility nearby.
If delta gets into our remote indigenous communities it has the potential to be quite devastating. Communities, due to the closeness of the communal way they live and interact will pretty much all get infected, and thier remoteness mean health services and ventalators are not going to be in large supply. Places like Wilcannia in NSW are already feeling the stress.
Remote Indigenous community of Wilcannia under severe strain as Covid spreads
Crowded housing and delayed test results are hindering efforts to contain virus in NSW township
www.theguardian.com
the main difference though is that AZ takes 12 weeks to be fully vaccinated. Pfizer you can be fully vaccinated in 3 weeks. Given the chance of both now many people are going to take the option where they can be vaccinated in a quarter of the time. It gives them more security and speeds up the time to 80%.
Yeah I did see one cubicle with an AstraZeneca sign in the row I was in. Assume it would be the same for each row as there were a few. They didn't ask me any preference when I checked in but I went to the one at South Bank here in Brissie which I think is aimed more at the under 40s.
This was pretty much my thought process. When it started getting pretty clear that Sydney's a lost cause I toyed with going to see my GP to get the go ahead to get AZ but they don't do the actual jab there and as lazy as it seems I couldn't be arsed seeing the doc then having to find somewhere to book into. That plus the fact Pfizer was coming soon and has a shorter wait between jabs I was like odds are I'll be double jabbed sooner anyway if I wait. And sure enough I will be. In fact I'll be double jabbed before my mum who got AZ in June. Ha!
Columbo
Never again
Dictator Dan probably wishing he was prime minister so that he could lock down the whole of Australia forever.
Columbo
Never again
Boo sky news!
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