The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

[oznflfan]

Extend opening hours. Pretty simple.

Every suburb has a school?

Use the footy oval and then give everyone a snag and coke (like Bunnings) on the way out.

Or do what USA has done, bring the vaccine's to the people, vaccines administered is:

African American barbershops - African American males
Beauty salons - US women of all ages
Gun stores - gun nuts
Cannabis store - pot heads

Maybe as you stated, Bunnings, and large shopping centres (with Woolworths and Coles) as vaccination min hubs, you'd catch almost 100% of the population foot traffic this year.

 

[Lynda2475]

I dont think we need to be taking vaccines to random retail places and have them administered by randoms who may not store them properly etc.

At this point we just need to ensure there are a few more conveniently located hubs that are open extended hours (at least untill 8pm each week night) and on weekends to make it easier for those of working age to go.

 

[DC3]

Or do what USA has done, bring the vaccine's to the people ….

No. That would make too much sense.

And in Oz, we are not in a hurry, apparently. There have been ‘announcements’ to that effect.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Simples: There are ample GP's and Pharmacists conveniently located throughout Australia. They have massive largely unused capacity

Very good at vaccinations, and both highly trusted by the public.



As supply increases they will be used more. Selected GP's are already being allocated Pfizer as well as AZ.

Even with very restricted supply the GP Channel has been crucial to the progress to date.

 

[jakeseven7]

Another huge day of vaccines as well which is good to see it continuing to churn out into people's arms!

 

[justinbrett]

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Another huge day of vaccines as well which is good to see it continuing to churn out into people's arms!

And VIC now overtakes NSW for total doses administered - though Gladys has said time for the Vic priority to end and go back to per capita based distribution.

But zero cases reported in NSW today.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

And VIC now overtakes NSW for total doses administered - though Gladys has said time for the Vic priority to end and go back to per capita based distribution.

But zero cases reported in NSW today.

Were doses every distributed on a per capita basis? In terms of per population Tas, ACT and NT have the three highest vaccination rates..




Though it is not just vaccine doses delivered that determine doses injected. You also have demand, vaccine hesitancy, delivery capacity.

Vaccine hesitancy recently plummeted in Vic, and as there were already high capacity to inject in place it meant that demand exceeded supply. The Feds temporarily announced extra doses to be distributed to Vic over a several week period to take advantage of that willingness to get injected.





PS. I don't think that the figures for all channels our out yet. ie State, GP and Fed. But yes Vic likely to go past NSW today on coughulative.

On the State Channel doses injected has been in front of NSW for some time and prior to the latest outbreak.

One change though was that the Fed delivered distribution to aged care (the most at risk group) that was per/population very low in Vic has now been brought up to nearer the National pro-rata figure over the last 3 weeks. Though pro-rata NSW Aged Care has still had more doses.

 

[drron]

A hospital in Houston has demanded vaccination from workers.Not all are happy but the numbers refusing are lower than expected from the numbers in opinion polls saying they wont be vaccinated.

MSN

 

[justinbrett]

Were doses every distributed on a per capita basis? In terms of per population Tas, ACT and NT have the three highest vaccination rates..


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Though it is not just vaccine doses delivered that determine doses injected. You also have demand, vaccine hesitancy, delivery capacity.

Vaccine hesitancy recently plummeted in Vic, and as there were already high capacity to inject in place it meant that demand exceeded supply. The Feds temporarily announced extra doses to be distributed to Vic over a several week period to take advantage of that willingness to get injected.





PS. I don't think that the figures for all channels our out yet. ie State, GP and Fed. But yes Vic likely to go past NSW today on coughulative.

On the State Channel doses injected has been in front of NSW for some time and prior to the latest outbreak.

One change though was that the Fed delivered distribution to aged care (the most at risk group) that was per/population very low in Vic has now been brought up to nearer the National pro-rata figure over the last 3 weeks. Though pro-rata NSW Aged Care has still had more doses.

It was a deliberate move by the commonwealth to allocate extra vaccines to Victoria - NSW was well in front (total) until that point.

NSW hesitancy is the lowest in the country (as per I report I saw on the news last night).

NT/ACT/TAS are probably not great examples, but for the 1M+ club, it should be relatively stable for federal vaccines allocated per capita. And I'm not talking about vaccination rates, I'm talking about vaccine distribution. Different metric.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

- NSW was well in front (total) until that point.

I think you may be only looking at the State Channel. If so, it is an incomplete view. But yes purely the NSW State Channel was receiving a high allocation of doses.

Vaccinations are also distributed nationally to Aged Care and to the GP Channel in each jurisdiction. Those to be injected by each state government is only one slice of the pie.

3 weeks ago NSW was getting more doses injected pro-rata to both the GP channel ( NSW 617,616 and Vic 467,207) and Aged Care Channel (NSW 108,854 and Vic 71,078) in NSW than in Vic.

The Feds announced very temporary increase in supply for the State and GP Channels in Victoria. As for the Fed delivered Aged Care Channel they were pro-rata well behind in Victoria for reasons known only to themselves.

 

[justinbrett]

I think you may be only looking at the State Channel. If so, it is an incomplete view. But yes purely the NSW Channel was receiving a high number of doses.

Vaccinations are also distributed nationally to Aged Care and to the GP Channel.

3 weeks ago NSW was getting more doses delivered pro-rata to both the GP channel ( NSW 617,616 and Vic 467,207) and Aged Care Channel (NSW 108,854 and Vic 71,078) in NSW than in Vic.

I'm not sure what your point is, I was always talking about total doses. What in my post are you disagreeing with?

 

[dajop]

TBH, rather than looking at it state by state, nationally we should be focussing on optimising vaccination rates in Cities of Brimbank, Whittlesea & Hume, and maybe Wyndham, before the rest of Australia.

I posted this is a joke, but maybe it's not such a bad idea though.

 

[Flying mermaid]

And a number of the above posts should be in the vaccination thread

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I'm not sure what your point is, I was always talking about total doses. What in my post are you disagreeing with?

Though you also though you also referenced: Gladys has said time for the Vic priority to end and go back to per capita based distribution.

So I just was commenting that it had never truly been per capita based distribution.

3 weeks ago (see graph above) per/100 people that NSW and Vic, as well as Qld, were pretty much identical., and these three jurisdictions being well below the distribution of other jurisdictions. NT making sense due the need to protect indigoes population who are more at risk.


The extra allocation by the Feds was only every stated as being a temporary measure for a very limited period and inpart was probably due to wanting to take advantage of the surge in those being willing to be vaccinated. So that extra proportional allocation was not going to continue.
The extra allocation was not going to assist with the current outbreak, as they were too late for that.


The reduction in vaccination hesitancy in Vic also led to a surge in those wanting to be vaccinated which improved the dose utilisation rate. It remains to be seen if that is a temporary effect.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Australia is now very close to 5 million first jabs I.e. 25% of the over 16s have had a first vaccination. I know the media hyperventilates over fully vaccinated, but the first jabs I find more interesting. Presumably if you have turned up for your first one you will get your second and we know reserves are being kept to meet the demand for second jabs. So really first vaccination is the figure we want to see rising.

 

[Lynda2475]

Presumably if you have turned up for your first one you will get your second

Not necessarily.

There was a report on ABC last night about the Torres Strait, where turn out rate for second jabs has been low - although to be fair this was mostly for those who had received AZ.

 

[justinbrett]

Though you also though you also referenced: Gladys has said time for the Vic priority to end and go back to per capita based distribution.

So I just was commenting that it had never truly been per capita based distribution.

3 weeks ago (see graph above) per/100 people that NSW and Vic, as well as Qld, were pretty much identical., and these three jurisdictions being well below the distribution of other jurisdictions. NT making sense due the need to protect indigoes population who are more at risk.


The extra allocation by the Feds was only every stated as being a temporary measure for a very limited period and inpart was probably due to wanting to take advantage of the surge in those being willing to be vaccinated. So that extra proportional allocation was not going to continue.
The extra allocation was not going to assist with the current outbreak, as they were too late for that.


The reduction in vaccination hesitancy in Vic also led to a surge in those wanting to be vaccinated which improved the dose utilisation rate. It remains to be seen if that is a temporary effect.

As I said you can't really include NT/ACT/TAS as their populations are so small, it's not an exact science - but loosely speaking the distribution between the 1M+ states should be roughly equal per capita.

Neither I nor Gladys was complaining about the temporary measure - she just pointed out that the crisis has been adverted and she'd like NSW to get its fair share. I know Pfizer demand exceeds supply at the moment here (about a 2 month wait for 40-49).

 

[lovetravellingoz]

A new vaccinations per day national record of 153,338 doses.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Neither I nor Gladys was complaining about the temporary measure - she just pointed out that the crisis has been adverted and she'd like NSW to get its fair share. I know Pfizer demand exceeds supply at the moment here (about a 2 month wait for 40-49).

If the concern is on the Pfizer vaccine then the first to second dose ratio in Vic would suggest it has been proportionately using more of the AZ in Victoria.

 

[dajop]

A new vaccinations per day national record of 153,338 doses.

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So , if only that daily rate can be kept up, should have 75% of residents 12 and over by end of November.