Well I am being my usual optimistic self. I will bet you we get to 70% at least before it stagnates and then hopefully they will whip out some sticks.
That's a good figure for the weekend. They need to do more to get that figure up higher, but good progress at least.
16.13% today - that’s nearly 1/6.
Nearly, but 16.67 is 1/6 and with vaccinations on Sundays lower usually we probably won’t reach that figure when today’s numbers are released tomorrow.
We really need to get Saturday and Sunday numbers up, but probably not possible with GP clinics closed. In Canberra the GP led Respiratory Clinic runs Saturday and Sunday and has a massive number of appointments (relatively speaking). 5 vaccination clinics and appointments every 10 minutes. State run clinics run all weekend as well, so there is only a small drop in vaccination numbers.
But they will be really low tomorrow……. Not knocking GPs they do a good job and fill a need, but we need Saturday and especially Sunday to be way better to get the vaccination effort really moving, once we have enough vaccine. I agree pharmacies are going to be a really good addition, especially for the younger cohort.
Mr Seat 0A used a Saturday appointment at the Respiratory Clinic in Tuggers. I booked it for him the Thursday before and there were a lot of appointments. He’s a self employed contractor, and does not get paid if he does not work, which is why he chose Saturday. I suspect a lot of employee workers want to get the shot when they can take sick leave rather than mess up their weekend if they get any side effects.
Definitely different needs. Fridays are often a lower day, presumably for that reason - people don’t want to mess up their weekends.
I deliberately booked both my shots on a Friday so I had the weekend to recover. Self employed so no official sick leave.
The Melbourne GP clinic where I had my AZ and my husband had his first Pfizer (today) only does these on Sundays. They are fully booked in advance. There is an interest and it seems to me that they are running it this way so the vaccine assembly line doesn’t interfere with their general practice (many people, including ourselves, are not regular patients of this clinic).
Not supported by overseas experience, around 50-60% and take up definitely starts to stagnate. The US even struggling to get over 50% fully vaccinated and they certainly have both carrots and sticks. Optimism won’t change these factors.
I had problems on my first shot but nothing on the second.
I don’t think you can remotely compare Australia to USA where the pandemic and vaccination has been hugely politicised. A much more valid comparison would be the UK.
Stats for the UK are actually not that different to the US. As for excluding 18 and under it’s not as if they don’t both get and more importantly when we are talking Delta spread the virus.
To be honest I don’t see any point fighting about it. As I said earlier in a few months we will know how we are going…….I will stick to my optimism, you can stick to your pessimism and we will have an outcome.
