The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

[Tiki]

Try this it might work
It’s the Facebook link to the story

The New York Times

Still reverts to paywall but at least now I can see the comments! Usually comments are better than the article! Thanks!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

And looking at each jurisdiction:

 

[lovetravellingoz]

but I listen to her pressers and she makes me nervous

Than kind of sounds familiar

Traveling in a fried-out Kombi​

On a hippie trail, head full of zombie​

I met a strange lady, she made me nervous​

She took me in and gave me breakfast​

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And she said:​

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Do you come from a land down under?​

Where women glow and men plunder​

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?​

You better run, you better take cover​

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Buying bread from a man in Brussels​

He was six foot four and full of muscle​

I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"​

He just smiled and gave me a Vaccination and bandage​

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And he said:​

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I come from a land down under​

Where beer does flow and men chunder​

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?​

You better run, you better get jabbed, ye-aah​

 

[mviy]

Some major milestones have been reached:
Over 50% (50.91%) of 70+ fully vaccinated
25.02% of 16+ fully vaccinated

50.4% of 45-49 have had their first dose. In a few days or so 40-44 should push past 50% for first dose as well.

On track to reach 50% first dose for 16+ next week.

NT should reach 50% of 70+ fully vaccinated when today's numbers are released tomorrow.

 

[Tiki]

I totally agree with you @Princess Fiona. Only I weep with impotent rage, not just ordinary rage. I have never felt so powerless in my (privileged) life. And I do not like it one little bit.

I had more power as a 10 year old (way back when). If I behaved and did the right thing I got pretty much what I wanted within reason for a child. I was not penalized for the actions of others.

Now you have to think twice about shopping around because if you are in the wrong shop at the wrong time you are a close contact. If you are in the wrong LGA during a lockdown nothing can save you from being locked down. Not vaccine, not self-isolating, not mask wearing. Good bye domestic weekend away!

 

[NM]

Now you have to think twice about shopping around because if you are in the wrong shop at the wrong time you are a close contact. If you are in the wrong LGA during a lockdown nothing can save you from being locked down. Not vaccine, not self-isolating, not mask wearing. Good bye domestic weekend away!

It seems the process is to jump on a train and head north, and tell the police officer that you meant to get off earlier but fell asleep ...

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Small milestones

25% of eligibles nationally double dosed

Yesterday Tasmania went past 30% of eligibles double dosed
Tomorrow NSW will go past 50% of eligibles first dose.
Tomorrow NT might go past 30% of eligibles double dosed
Tomorrow Vic and SA is a chance to go past 25% double dosed

 

[lovetravellingoz]

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Note that you can sign up for free and see a limited numbers of articles.

 

[mviy]

With over 50% of the 70+ vulnerable category vaccinated one would hope that as this number continues to climb that the fully vaccinated in this age group increasingly will want us to open up. Someone over 70 that is healthy may not have many years left that they are able to travel.

The fully vaccinated percentage of the overall population should climb rapidly.

 

[Must...Fly!]

The problem with all the talk about targets is that the Doherty modelling was predicated on a low level of virus circulating in the community.

 

[Flying mermaid]

The problem with all the talk about targets is that the Doherty modelling was predicated on a low level of virus circulating in the community.

I haven’t read it (probably should), but did they quantify “low”? What’s happening in Sydney would be considered low in some places.

Was happier today as GB seemed to be much more talking about 70% and 80% rather than 6 million. NSW continues to vaccinate at an amazing rate and everyone seems to have increased numbers.

 

[dairyfloss]

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Hi Tiki - my good deed of the day, Ill send the article in PDF to your inbox

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I haven’t read it (probably should), but did they quantify “low”? What’s happening in Sydney would be considered low in some places.

Was happier today as GB seemed to be much more talking about 70% and 80% rather than 6 million. NSW continues to vaccinate at an amazing rate and everyone seems to have increased numbers.

It is Ozzie low, and not UK low.


Personally I doubt 70% of over 16's vaccinated will keep hospitalisations low enough as unlike the UK we have not had 20% of the population having already had Covid. Well Ozzie low enough that is.. And I doubt 80% will either.

So here is hoping that we can get that the rate for overs 60s much higher than it currently is, and hopefully well over 80% as that will then help to minimise the number of deaths and really severe illnesses.

Currently 50.91% fully dosed for over 70s.

 

[bcworld]

Was happier today as GB seemed to be much more talking about 70% and 80% rather than 6 million.

She did...and then she goes back to the 6 million end of August thing. It's a daily exercise in obfuscation. There's still not a single detail or even a clue about what could be considered at the end of August in a low case, 'high' vaccine area.

 

[Flying mermaid]

It is Ozzie low, and not UK low.


Personally I doubt 70% of over 16's vaccinated will keep hospitalisations low enough as unlike the UK we have not had 20% of the population having already had Covid. Well Ozzie low enough that is.. And I doubt 80% will either.

So here is hoping that we can get that the rate for overs 60s much higher than it currently is, and hopefully well over 80% as that will then help to minimise the number of deaths and really severe illnesses.

Currently 50.91% fully dosed for over 70s.

The two go together I think - by the time we get to 80% fully vaccinated the over 70 and 60 stats should be very good.

 

[louie-m]

unlike the UK we have not had 20% of the population having already had Covid.

A bit off topic, but I do wonder about these figures. Not one person in my parents' circle of friends is thought to have had it. My sister's much wider circle - a friend's father-in-law sadly passed away from it and another double-jabbed friend has recently tested positive. Our friends from a lifetime in the UK until relatively recently - two families with some members thought to have had it in the very early days before testing was done. That's all that I know of anyway. Maybe some communities have had 20% (or more given that is an average) but no way 20% of my contacts.

 

[bcworld]

A bit off topic, but I do wonder about these figures. Not one person in my parents' circle of friends is thought to have had it. My sister's much wider circle - a friend's father-in-law sadly passed away from it and another double-jabbed friend has recently tested positive. Our friends from a lifetime in the UK until relatively recently - two families with some members thought to have had it in the very early days before testing was done. That's all that I know of anyway. Maybe some communities have had 20% (or more given that is an average) but no way 20% of my contacts.

In the UK, even prior to vaccination, they have done a lot of antibody testing...a friend of mine participated fairly regularly and would get notified if he had antibodies after each test. Obviously they have only tested a sample of people, but presumably this has been used to extrapolate a number. I would assume there would be many who got a positive on antibodies who have never tested positive for covid.

 

[Flying mermaid]

A bit off topic, but I do wonder about these figures. Not one person in my parents' circle of friends is thought to have had it. My sister's much wider circle - a friend's father-in-law sadly passed away from it and another double-jabbed friend has recently tested positive. Our friends from a lifetime in the UK until relatively recently - two families with some members thought to have had it in the very early days before testing was done. That's all that I know of anyway. Maybe some communities have had 20% (or more given that is an average) but no way 20% of my contacts.

Dr FM worked in London all of last year. Her flatmate went home for Christmas and not only managed to catch Covid but gave it to a large number of his friends and family. She said Covid was particularly bad in multi generational families living together, where the younger members had to go to work, and then brought it back and gave it to the older members, who were generally the ones that died. I think certain areas were more affected than others e.g. towns in the North.

 

[RAM]

My bolding

Please stop.
You are taking all of this out of context.
The general public does not need messaging from you or anyone else about monitoring themselves for 83 days post vaccine.

Vaccines save lives.
End of

Please stop "correcting" figures that are not wrong. Such as my post #4,953 on the weekly vaccine report that there are now 7 deaths related to the AZ vaccine first dose. It is hard to take the reports exact text out of context when I post the entire section.

Covering up the true nature is never justified, it is called propaganda. The risks of death from Delta are much higher - so why attempt to hide the reality? Then there's Long Covid.

How COVID affects the heart, according to a cardiologist

COVID can cause heart inflammation, abnormal heart rhythms, blood clots in the legs and lungs, stroke, and heart failure.

theconversation.com

If the Federal Govt peak body Vaccine report does not match the desired narrative then that is too bad & no excuse to hide it from peoples' sight.

Letting people know that there is misleading information being put about on how long potential adverse effects may take before being detected/diagnosed - is something that nobody ethically would want to hide.

Why doesn't the public deserve to know that the period for potential adverse side effects has now been found to be as long as 83 days?

What if it was a friend/relation of yours who thought as it was 40 days after the first vaccination so they'd not bother getting it looked at because the newspaper said 30 days? I would not want that on my conscience.

That is why, just as the periods in the various graphics about the different vaccines had much shorter time periods shown 17 days, then 21 days, then 28 days and now 30 days - I have emailed the various media groups, attaching the current report & requested them to update their timeframe. Normally takes them around two weeks.

 

[bcworld]

In the UK, even prior to vaccination, they have done a lot of antibody testing...a friend of mine participated fairly regularly and would get notified if he had antibodies after each test. Obviously they have only tested a sample of people, but presumably this has been used to extrapolate a number. I would assume there would be many who got a positive on antibodies who have never tested positive for covid.

More info on the UK antibody testing is here:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, antibody and vaccination data, UK - Office for National Statistics

Antibody and vaccination data by UK country and regions in England from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey

www.ons.gov.uk

In terms of the prior infection numbers you can see for example that London sits at 20% prior the vaccine rollout.

Presumably many more people would have been infected prior to vaccination but after the start of the rollout so 20% seems not unreasonable. Would mean that UK cases are probably about double the official figure.