A friend of mine works in one of these hubs and they have been giving AZ to anyone anyway...after a chat with a doctor. Not sure how long for but certainly in the past week.
So ATAGI want most of us to chat to a doctor if we take Astra Zeneca, but not if we take Pfizer???
It’s nuts, but yes. Hopefully sooner rather than later some common sense will prevail.
This sounds like a rather curious position. By "they'll have Pfizer" was the GP referring to their own clinic having stock and not to bother registering with the state?Work colleague in Brisbane saw his GP on Wednesday with a view to getting AZ, aged 45.
He told him to wait for Pfizer and despite no history of problems in his family he said they’ll have Pfizer in 4 or 5 weeks so might as well wait until then.
He also said it’s pointless signing up to the QLD government website for getting Pfizer. They simply won’t respond.
Time to find a new GP (well at least to get the vaccine).
I didn’t ask him at the time but I gathered he meant QLD would have adequate supply. Like you I have since wondered if it was just the GP referring to his clinic. I did tell him to seek another GP though
Well now SE Qld is announced to be out of lockdown soon, demand will die down. I think I heard today the Qld CHO back to her "if you're under 40, wait for Pfizer" lines.
If that’s true the Premier should sack the QLD CHO for negligence/incompetence/similar and strip her of the promotion to governor.
Why? The Qld Premier probably secretly agrees, having delayed getting her vaccine and then only taking Pfizer.
That's all we need. "I'll wait for the Moderna vaccine" while the country withers away.
Greg Hunt has advised Moderna will likely be approved by the TGA within the next few weeks with the first batch of doses due mid-September.
It’s called no vaccine. They have 100% utilisation most of the time, but you can’t jab what you don’t have…..I think it’s good they aren’t sitting on their hands and great they won’t hold us back but really small geographic states with more densely populated areas like ACT should really almost be done they don’t have any excuse.
They aren’t getting any biscuits from me for leading the race but a definitely a ‘thank you’ for at least not holding us back
It’s fine - lots coming in - a million doses in September then three million a month. Add that to a big increase in Pfizer and soon Wallys who insist on mRNA will be able to have it (if they are still alive).
Good to see that the TGA is moving at it usual glacial pace on a vaccine approved in other jurisdictions around the world in the midst of a pandemic. Hopefully TGA and ATAGI will be disbanded and a more effective agency and group take their place.
I won’t even listen to her anymore she makes me so angry. I listened to the first part of the QLD presser and turned it off as soon as she came on
Looks like the Courier Mail are finally turning a spotlight on the CHO.I won’t even listen to her anymore she makes me so angry. I listened to the first part of the QLD presser and turned it off as soon as she came on
