The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

[Pom-DownUnder]

I appreciate your concerns.Australians rejected the Australia card on privacy concerns and the vaccine passports seem a bigger invasion of privacy and will be used to divide us.It also is getting the anti vaxxers more ammunition.
On the other hand as a physician I would like to see everyone vaccinated.

100% Agree that i would like to see everyone vaccinated, I have taken it, all my family have taken it, I encourage everyone i speak to about it to take it.

But I cannot sign up to 'take it or suffer the consequences' i mean labelling it a "Freedom Pass" could it be more Orwellian ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1438380110504099841

 

[N860CR]

NSW has reached 90.3% first dose for 50+ (the first state to reach 90% for this) and 66.73% (over 2/3) fully vaccinated for the same age group.

And this is the critical one. For all the fear mongering, covid is far less serious in those under 50 so we are looking at well over 90% of the vulnerable protected.

 

[Batterytraveller]

I dont consider myself at risk from the unvaccinated, thats why i took the vaccine.

To be honest i am mostly offended by your use of the term ‘Apartheid’, this is not discriminating and persecuting people based on their race or ethnicity. This is preventing people from buying a pint because they are too selfish to take a safe, cheap and effective step to protect themselves and other people.

 

[kyle]

And many more teens feeling unwell afterwards, but only because that is what teens in groups will do.

Please enlighten me as to what the second part means.

 

[Pom-DownUnder]

To be honest i am mostly offended by your use of the term ‘Apartheid’, this is not discriminating and persecuting people based on their race or ethnicity. This is preventing people from buying a pint because they are too selfish to take a safe, cheap and effective step to protect themselves and other people.

as is your right to be offended in a free country

 

[N860CR]

To be honest i am mostly offended by your use of the term ‘Apartheid’, this is not discriminating and persecuting people based on their race or ethnicity. This is preventing people from buying a pint because they are too selfish to take a safe, cheap and effective step to protect themselves and other people.

Apartheid is simply a word that roughly translates in English to separation. I assume your taking “offense” based on your association with system of governance in South Africa under the former National party. The crux of that system of government was to separate people based on race, yes. Did you mean prosecute? Because yes, that did occur when the rules of the separation were broken. While a dirty comparison, it’s not too far off the mark.

 

[Pushka]

Please enlighten me as to what the second part means.

That sometimes teenagers when in a group react differently than when they are on their own with say, a parent.

 

[Pom-DownUnder]

To be honest i am mostly offended by your use of the term ‘Apartheid’, this is not discriminating and persecuting people based on their race or ethnicity. This is preventing people from buying a pint because they are too selfish to take a safe, cheap and effective step to protect themselves and other people.

Feel free to go frown at the people at Cambridge also by the way:

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[justinbrett]

To be honest i am mostly offended by your use of the term ‘Apartheid’, this is not discriminating and persecuting people based on their race or ethnicity. This is preventing people from buying a pint because they are too selfish to take a safe, cheap and effective step to protect themselves and other people.

A quick google news search of "Vaccine Apartheid" shows that is being used by many journalists from around the world. Both in the context of giving wealthy countries better access to vaccines - or in the vaccine passport context as used here.

You're certainly entitled to be offended by that term but I don't think OP is wrong to use it.

 

[N860CR]

You're certainly entitled to be offended by that term but I don't think OP is wrong to use it.

Sadly, certain people get quite triggered by reference to colonial pasts in this lovely new world we live in

 

[Batterytraveller]

Apartheid is simply a word that roughly translates in English to separation. I assume your taking “offense” based on your association with system of governance in South Africa under the former National party. The crux of that system of government was to separate people based on race, yes. Did you mean prosecute? Because yes, that did occur when the rules of the separation were broken. While a dirty comparison, it’s not too far off the mark.

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Anyway back on topic. Freedom is not absolute, freedom is a negotiation within society and should benefit the most people. Vaccination is imperfect (for some more than others), not everyone can be vaccinated (children, some medical conditions); so for the greatest benefit to the greatest number of people (and the greatest level of freedom) we should circumscribe the freedoms of those too selfish to take a safe, cheap and effective precaution against a disease that has killed millions.

 

[Batterytraveller]

It just astounds me how selfish people are, especially about the minor inconvenience of having to show a green tick on their phone. There are still plenty of people for whom even a breakthrough infection post vaccination would be bad news. I might be one of them, history of pneumonia, respiratory infections hit me pretty hard, my sister in law is another and in a much riskier position than me. Neither of us would like to find out.

the vaccine passport would be an issue if we got to the very highest levels of coverage - if the truly selfish did the decent thing and got vaxxed.

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[Pom-DownUnder]

If i had said just apartheid that would be one thing but i specified medical apartheid, as in a variance due to medical reasons, specified by the use of the word, curiously enough, medical.

 

[Pushka]

If i had said just apartheid that would be one thing but i specified medical apartheid, as in a variance due to medical reasons, specified by the use of the word, curiously enough, medical.

Is it medical apartheid to stop people with various medical conditions from taking part in various activities? Because that rider is on many activities that people might enjoy doing and no one squeaks a complaint about that because those conditions don't apply to them.

 

[mviy]

VIC has gone past 70% first dose as expected yesterday (numbers are reported each day for what occurred the previous day):

https://twitter.com/x/status/1438641323674771458

covidlive is predicting it will take 9 weeks to reach 70% fully vaccinated based on the 7 day average of second doses. With state hubs doing a 6 week gap for both AZ and Pfizer surely that will speed up.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Is it medical apartheid to stop people with various medical conditions from taking part in various activities? Because that rider is on many activities that people might enjoy doing and no one squeaks a complaint about that because those conditions don't apply to them.

It depends on your viewpoint.

In one example there is a "do not" or "recommend" not to go on a rollercoaster if say you have high blood pressure (but they don't ask for a green tick), the operator does that to remove liability of death.

In the other example, it is a "do not enter" a cafe because you are not fully vaccinated or exempted (green tick), the operator may be reducing chances of covid spread, risk of deep clean/shut down, etc

 

[jakeseven7]

VIC has gone past 70% first dose as expected yesterday (numbers are reported each day for what occurred the previous day):

Congratulations VIC!

If we ever get there it will be a miracle (QLD'er here)

 

[Pushka]

It depends on your viewpoint.

In one example there is a "do not" or "recommend" not to go on a rollercoaster if say you have high blood pressure (but they don't ask for a green tick), the operator does that to remove liability of death.

In the other example, it is a "do not enter" a cafe because you are not fully vaccinated or exempted (green tick), the operator may be reducing chances of covid spread, risk of deep clean/shut down, etc

Agree. It just seems to me that there are many health limitations placed on people that we accept and don't comment on, yet with the Covid vaccination it has suddenly become an issue for many who until now never gave restrictions on others, any consideration. And it does ignore that fact that for years now, people can't access certain childcare etc benefits of their children haven't been vaccinated. And flu vaccinations have been mandated for a long time for those entering nursing homes in particular situations. And proof of that vaccination is required. Again, that is ignored by most until it impacts them.

 

[mviy]

The Twitter account the VIC government uses to announce daily cases has confirmed that 70% first dose has been reached

https://twitter.com/x/status/1438655799442567171

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

Sydney opens its first drive-through vaccination clinic at Belmore Sports Ground.