Coronavirus (Covid-19) Discussion
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We're having an outbreak in Melbourne at the moment. It's still small, five cases overnight, but the state of Victoria has been locked down.
However, it's also meant that the age at which people can get a Covid vaccine has dropped from fifty to forty, so I now qualify. Furthermore, due to the risks of blood clots, anyone under fifty is being offered the more effective Pfizer vaccine.
So, yesterday I drove about 60 km / 40 miles to the local vaccination hub, and got my first shot of the Pfizer vaccine. I have to go back again in three weeks for the second. I felt a bit ill yesterday, but I'm okay today. I hear it's the next one that has the side effects.
Australia has messed up its vaccination programme, and I wasn't expecting to be eligible for another five or six months, so when the option came up I took it. Especially when I read an article by an epidemiologist who reckoned that the country has been lucky to avoid a major outbreak so far, but the chances are it will happen.
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Australia has messed up its vaccination programme,
So has Canada! My first shot (Pfizer) was yesterday and my wife’s was on Wednesday and we are extremely grateful knowing that not everyone has had the same opportunity. Our second shots are scheduled for September and that’s not even guaranteed, or the possibility that your second dose will be the same vaccine as the first.
I know not to venture into politics on the forum, but I will say that our Country and Province could be better run by a group of 5 year olds. I could rant for hours on how many things have been continuously screwed up.
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You could probably make similar comments about the federal (or national) government here. I think that the states have been more effective.
I believe that Australia backed AstraZeneca initially, because there was the possibility of manufacturing it over here. It's still the mainstay for the over fifty cohort, but medical opinion seems to be that the risk of blood clots in younger age groups makes it less attractive. So they changed horses…
I also suspect that preventing the pandemic through lockdowns and closing the borders has meant that we're a bit too relaxed about the risk of a major outbreak.
It's not perfect, though. Hotels are being used for quarantine, the suspicion being it's to keep the hospitality industry afloat, and the infection can spread through ventilation systems. Then they use minimum wage security guards, who either aren't properly disciplined or have to work a second job to make ends meet, so have been a weak link on a few occasions.
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Those who got their first shot with AZ in Ontario, Canada just got a double whammy today :-X. We have a bunch of vaccines that are due to expire on May 31. The health department just approved to extend the expiry by a month to July 1. Despite being seen as an "inferior" vaccine, we are now giving "expired" vaccines as a second shot…..
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@Omega Man Exactly the shit I’m talking about. I’m 1.5 hours out of TO.
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If you are then I am too @Giles , those two things (and TickTock) are beyond the realm of my reasoning.
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If you are then I am too @Giles , those two things (and TickTock) are beyond the realm of my reasoning.
I reckon you’d go over well on TikTok mate. Something cult and weird, record random thoughts that enter your head whilst walking the dog or sitting on the lav, stick a pop song in the background and you’ll be viral in no time.
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Why people will not have a jab is frankly so beyond my realm of understanding
Rabid antivax or conspiracy theorists are one thing, but it is the refuseniks on the down low that get me. People who won’t preach antivax but are just keeping their heads down and avoid talking about why they haven’t taken it.
I could go on a rant here because I have two in my close personal circle and they are making my teeth itch, but I will refrain.
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If you are then I am too @Giles , those two things (and TickTock) are beyond the realm of my reasoning.
I reckon you’d go over well on TikTok mate. Something cult and weird, record random thoughts that enter your head whilst walking the dog or sitting on the lav, stick a pop song in the background and you’ll be viral in no time.
As evidenced by our respective posts quoted here, I don’t even know how to spell it…..you on the other hand
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Anti vaccine people will select themselves out of the gene pool eventually. The issue is it doesn’t happen quickly enough and they take down a lot of more sensible people on the way.
There is a very real scourge of proud, resolute, and steadfast idiocy in the world that does not bode well for the future of the species.
Grateful to have been fully Moderna-ed for some time now. Only side effects so far are a sudden irrational devotion to Bill Gates and severe headaches and blackouts whenever I’m near a 5G tower. (
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Grateful to have been fully Moderna-ed for some time now. Only side effects so far are a sudden irrational devotion to Bill Gates and severe headaches and blackouts whenever I’m near a 5G tower. (
)Don't worry… side effects are quite common with every vac. Irrational interest in Cricket and ravenous appetite for Fish 'n' Chips since I got my AstraZeneca
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How long are you coming for
? Five days+?
https://www.lords.org/lords/match-day/fixtures-and-results/2021/lord-s/international/england-v-india
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As evidenced by our respective posts quoted here, I don’t even know how to spell it…..you on the other hand [emoji3166]
I actually don’t have it, but I spend about 80% of my life around inbetweeners who breath it in like oxygen, so I have reluctantly gained some insight. My oldest son tells me the algo works like digital crack. Even for boomers like us.
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now you have to (try to) explain the rules to me next time we meet
I once had a student write an academic article about his attempt to learn the rules of cricket. It was about 17 years ago and sadly I don’t have it anymore but it was both very good and husterically funny.
