The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

[Princess Fiona]

This is currently what NSW looks like with respect to vaccinations and becoming critically ill.


Credit for this graphic goes to one of my fellow Drs on the Covid Drs Facebook Group
It’s really, really clear
The Vaccines work.
Go and get them.

 

[Beasley]

I think QLD proves that the national vaccine rollout (specifically NSW and VIC) would have remained snail paced but for the current situation. I’m curious as to what messaging occurred in Tassie as it seems to have done pretty well vaccination wise without suffering lockdowns (admittedly, I don’t follow Tassie news). I also think that those of us who want to travel overseas are somewhat the winners of the current waves. Had the current strategy continued to work and the slow vaccination rate continued, it would have taken forever to join the rest of the world as the government seemed unwilling to give a drop dead date (pun intended).

I am actually from Tassie and the vaccine rollout has been excellent in the state. Hasnt appeared to be any opposition or tardiness to getting the vaccine since it started. Probably the opposite with the vaccine centres being well booked in advance. I guess we are just nice and sensible people
Plus, we are probably wanting to be able to travel freely as soon as possible.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Telstra have joined the must vaccinate party for front line roles. Would have preferred for all employees, for equity, but that might happen with time as return to office occurs nationally.

Telstra to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for frontline staff

The telecommunications giant’s decision marks the first jab mandate in the sector but will initially only apply to frontline workers.

www.theage.com.au

 

[jakeseven7]

Just on the news - Wesfarmers considering mandatory vaccine for all employees. This would be a big one!

 

[justinbrett]

@Lynda2475 At the Belmont hub for my second Pfizer and walked straight in, there was no queue. Must have had some bad luck last time.

However it looks like they are only doing Pfizer today, last time most of the appointments were AZ.

 

[antycbr]

Just on the news - Wesfarmers considering mandatory vaccine for all employees. This would be a big one!

Wesfarmers employs 107,000 and Telstra 28,000. Qantas is another 22,000. These are just the big companies that hit the news. Conversations are happening across all sectors and size of businesses. Basically anyone that can't work from home permanently is likely to be having a conversation with their boss shortly.

The side effect of our continuing lockdowns/state borders/lockouts etc is that people are completely over it and antivaxxers are getting drowned out comprehensively in the debate. The media aren't running any campaign about "liberties" this time either.

 

[Lynda2475]

@Lynda2475 At the Belmont hub for my second Pfizer and walked straight in, there was no queue. Must have had some bad luck last time.

Everyone i know that has been to a hub myself included, has walked straight in on 2nd dose, think its because when majority are 2nd visits, you get quicker check-in and processing as everyone knows the deal.

 

[burmans]

Hmm, thought yesterday was supposed to be Super Sunday for those who had to get the vax by today in NSW. Doesn't look so super to me.

 

[mviy]

Either there's some numbers missing or Sunday was a disappointing day for numbers of vaccinations. It brought the 7 day average down compared to the day before.

70+ now has 2/3 (66.68%) fully vaccinated.

2/3 of 40-44 and 45-49 now have their first dose.

0.51% of NSW 16+ had their first dose yesterday. Whilst lower than a weekday it was still the highest percentage of any state/territory for Sunday, which is remarkable considering the high first dose numbers achieved already.

 

[jakeseven7]

Hmm, thought yesterday was supposed to be Super Sunday for those who had to get the vax by today in NSW. Doesn't look so super to me.

VIC did a record in their state hubs at least (for a Sunday)

 

[Batterytraveller]

I fear we are hitting the knee in the curve, time to turn the marketing and incentives up to 11 as well as talking a lot more about what won’t be permissible without a vaccine passport and when. Got to keep applying the pressure till we get well over the line. Supply is not a problem now. This is marketing 101, now if only someone in charge was famous for having a background in marketing.

 

[justinbrett]

Hmm, thought yesterday was supposed to be Super Sunday for those who had to get the vax by today in NSW. Doesn't look so super to me.

The weekend rate (Sat & Sun) for NSW was still higher this weekend than the previous two weekends. It was the highest Saturday on record by some margin, and the second highest weekend, only beaten by the constructor worker super Sunday.

I'm not entirely sure the stats reported are 100% accurate for that date - it's the totals that matter, we've seen glitches like this before.

 

[mviy]

You also need to remember that the increased supply takes time to get batch tested and then distributed to where it's ultimately given to people.

Hopefully this week we'll start to see a big increase in vaccination rates and see it ramp up even more as this month progresses.

 

[jrfsp]

NSW got 45 per cent of the Pfizer vaccines allocated to GPs last month, data shows

An analysis of publicly available data raises more questions about the way COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed in Australia since the rollout started to ramp up in the middle of the year.

www.abc.net.au

Well what a surprise (i think NSW should have had above their allocation due to the outbreak).

 

[mviy]

Well it means the relative allocation for first doses at some point may drop in NSW to allow other states to get their proportional share.

 

[33kft]

There is no point to anything but even distribution now. Any further asymmetry just makes opening up a mess. I noted the vague reference to replacement doses being provided to the 3 states who missed out due to the redistribution to NSW but I sincerely hope that is the final adjustment.

If states fail to use their apportioned dosages effectively that is one thing but slowing down the second and third most populous states for boosting vaccination rates in NSW no longer makes any sense and has already given NSW a significant head start in opening up which does more than a little bit grind my gears as a veteran 6th lockdown Melbournian.

 

[jrfsp]

Well it means the relative allocation for first doses at some point may drop in NSW to allow other states to get their proportional share.

Of course but the constant comparison of vaccination rates is ridiculous when they have unequal supply. The delivery figures should be made public , to have accountability both on the feds for delivering but also on states to ensure jabs are ticking along.

"But more troubling is the apparent extra weighting of future Pfizer shot allocations to NSW for the remainder of the year.

The Federal Department of Health "Horizon Allocation" document, updated in late July, forecasts the distribution of various vaccines until the end of December.

It shows Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia continuing to receive much less than their population's share of vaccines.

For example, Victoria would normally get about 82 per cent of NSW's allocation.

But it is forecast to get between just 66 per cent and 69 per cent."

 

[justinbrett]

Of course but the constant comparison of vaccination rates is ridiculous when they have unequal supply. The delivery figures should be made public , to have accountability both on the feds for delivering but also on states to ensure jabs are ticking along.

"But more troubling is the apparent extra weighting of future Pfizer shot allocations to NSW for the remainder of the year.

The Federal Department of Health "Horizon Allocation" document, updated in late July, forecasts the distribution of various vaccines until the end of December.

It shows Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia continuing to receive much less than their population's share of vaccines.

For example, Victoria would normally get about 82 per cent of NSW's allocation.

But it is forecast to get between just 66 per cent and 69 per cent."

What's great now is that all the states who have been banging on about supply being the issue no longer have any excuses. I think a lot of states have been leaning on this to cover up their failings - some more than others.

Well it means the relative allocation for first doses at some point may drop in NSW to allow other states to get their proportional share.

The demand for first doses in NSW will drop as they will be at 80% by the end of the week and it will naturally slow as the rates get closer to 90% and hopefully beyond.

There is no need to constrain supply anymore, we have plenty - each state can have whatever it needs. That's now the limiting factor, the number of people stepping up for a jab, and people to jab them.

"But more troubling is the apparent extra weighting of future Pfizer shot allocations to NSW for the remainder of the year.

With 10 million doses a month we can stop this kind of thinking now.

 

[Jmrocky]

NSW got 45 per cent of the Pfizer vaccines allocated to GPs last month, data shows

An analysis of publicly available data raises more questions about the way COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed in Australia since the rollout started to ramp up in the middle of the year.

www.abc.net.au

Well what a surprise (i think NSW should have had above their allocation due to the outbreak).

No surprise. 5 weeks ago Gladys declared a national emergency with 130 cases.

I doubt a 'thanks' is coming though.

 

[jakeseven7]

Of course but the constant comparison of vaccination rates is ridiculous when they have unequal supply. The delivery figures should be made public , to have accountability both on the feds for delivering but also on states to ensure jabs are ticking along.

"But more troubling is the apparent extra weighting of future Pfizer shot allocations to NSW for the remainder of the year.

The Federal Department of Health "Horizon Allocation" document, updated in late July, forecasts the distribution of various vaccines until the end of December.

It shows Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia continuing to receive much less than their population's share of vaccines.

For example, Victoria would normally get about 82 per cent of NSW's allocation.

But it is forecast to get between just 66 per cent and 69 per cent."

But we really had no choice, NSW all fell apart so disastrously and so quickly that they had to be prioritised…. Unfortunately that has come at a cost and handbrake to other states.