The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

[jonboixxx]

From the date of physical posession being granted to the first manufacturing was from December 2020 to 10 Feb 2021 media release announcing commencing manufacturing (link from BioNTech previously provided). Just under 3 months.

You stated "start to finish" and have disparaged CSL and alluded to actions by CSL, that you have in no way proven. Your grandiose "spoilers" are nothing but an inexplicable campaign against CSL.

In the immediately following lines (of the post you refer to) there is an article that mentions 'CSL owns the site' that BioNTech has acquired the space in. Also that it is very fast to set-up the equipment.

It does not say that.

So CSL owns the Behringwerke facility of which a component was under a long term lease to Novartis and this long term lease(d space) was subsequently sold to BioNTech - agreed?

NO, they don't!!!!!
You quote;
"More than 5,000 visitors recently took the opportunity to look behind the scenes of CSL Behring's leading-edge operation in Marburg, Germany, at an open house event for multiple businesses based at the site called “Behringwerke.”"

It seems you are being either obtuse or misleading, as you have obstinately refused to acknowledged obvious information.

Behringwerke is a magnificent facility that encompasses numerous facilities that ARE NOT OWNED BY CSL. Anyone interested can read below.

Home | Behringwerke

Standort Behringwerke Marburg ist ein Biotech-Center mit innovativen Pharma-Unternehmen und somit kein „klassischer Chemiepark“. Pharmaserv, der auf Biotechnologie und Pharmaproduktion spezialisierte Standortbetreiber, betreut die angesiedelten Unternehmen.

www.behringwerke.com

 

[glasszon]

Does anyone have information about Pfizer vaccine rollout in Victoria? My GP recommended me to take Pfizer but he doesn't know where I can get it and ask me to call the Victoria hotline, who directed me to the nearest centre but they said they don't do Pfizer there, so I am a bit lost.

 

[MelMel]

According to the vaccine eligibility checker Pfizer will be added to Vaccination Clinics “later this week”. It’s been saying that since Tuesday last week

 

[OZDUCK]

While we complain about the Australian vaccine rollout we are not alone. South Korea seems to be having even more problems than us. I am surprised that they hadn't started some form of home production of a vaccine and lying about their capabilities is not very clever.

As South Korea faces a surge in COVID-19 cases, its vaccine rollout is spiralling

South Korea and Australia have taken remarkably similar journeys through the pandemic. First lauded for their relative success in keeping the virus in check, both countries are now struggling with chaotic vaccine programs.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Flying mermaid]

Singapore and New Zealand seem to be running the sort of PR campaigns that I think we need - less serious medical talking heads and more connection

Singapore's 'cringey' vaccine ad campaign might hold lessons for Australia

Singapore has turned to the main character of a popular 1990s sitcom to encourage vaccinations and now some are calling for Australia to also be more creative.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Pushka]

DIL, GP at a country clinic in Adelaide administered over 50 vaccinations today.

 

[serfty]

DIL, GP at a country clinic in Adelaide administered over 50 vaccinations today.

Covidlive indicates over 34000 vaccinations yesterday at GP clinics - well more than half of the total reported.

 

[Flying mermaid]

GPs (including GP led respiratory centres), were supposed to be doing most of the vaccinations. Commonwealth was doing old age homes and disability homes and states were supposed to be doing frontline workers, HQ etc. E.g. NSW was tasked with doing 300,000 vaccinations only. It is only over the last month that the concept of the States doing more of the general vaccinations was developed. Figures for Monday were pathetic to be honest. A total of a shade over 56,000 vaccinations for Monday. 2A only officially started yesterday so hopefully there is a rush in a few days and those numbers bounce up.

 

[jakeseven7]

GPs (including GP led respiratory centres), were supposed to be doing most of the vaccinations. Commonwealth was doing old age homes and disability homes and states were supposed to be doing frontline workers, HQ etc. E.g. NSW was tasked with doing 300,000 vaccinations only. It is only over the last month that the concept of the States doing more of the general vaccinations was developed. Figures for Monday were pathetic to be honest. A total of a shade over 56,000 vaccinations for Monday. 2A only officially started yesterday so hopefully there is a rush in a few days and those numbers bounce up.

Agree, VIC is the only state really trying it seems.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Agree, VIC is the only state really trying it seems.

Victoria has started vaccinating outside of its original task and NSW should move to that soon, so numbers should pick up.

the last graph in this has utilisation rates

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-update-3-may-2021.pdf

ACT, Tas and WA are doing well, NSW Ok - others are quite bad. 62% for SA and Qld 63% for VIC

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Victoria has started vaccinating outside of its original task and NSW should move to that soon, so numbers should pick up.

the last graph in this has utilisation rates

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-update-3-may-2021.pdf

ACT, Tas and WA are doing well, NSW Ok - others are quite bad. 62% for SA and Qld 63% for VIC

Those % are somewhat misleading though and seem to more to reflect what was allocated and also the willingness of people to get vaccinated.

The large vaccination hubs in Vic have had ample spare capacity of late up until Monday when the over 50s became eligible..

Vic has had many doses available, and many doses vaccinated but scores a low % utilised simply because the large capacity was there, but not the demand.

 

[Pushka]

Victoria has started vaccinating outside of its original task and NSW should move to that soon, so numbers should pick up.

the last graph in this has utilisation rates

https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2021/05/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-update-3-may-2021.pdf

ACT, Tas and WA are doing well, NSW Ok - others are quite bad. 62% for SA and Qld 63% for VIC

I don't know what statistics he is using, I think combining Federal with SA Health, but SA Premier !Marshall announced on Sunday that SA was the leading state in terms of % people vaccinated.

 

[Matt_01]

SA Premier !Marshall announced on Sunday that SA was the leading state in terms of % people vaccinated.

Isn't this the same Premier who was defending the SA slow roll out only 2-3 weeks back.

 

[Pushka]

Isn't this the same Premier who was defending the SA slow roll out only 2-3 weeks back.

Well, I guess his tactics needed to have changed in that time. It was about this time that Clearly one of his boffins realised that by combining the Commonwealth rate in SA, which is actually very high, and not reporting in twitface and FB the rate that SA Health is doing, makes SA look better. So on FB I source covidlive which does provide the SA health vaccination rate and post that to SA Health FB in their daily update.

Grant Stevens seems to have gone awol recently too. And if we are going to be lectured to by Health then please bring back Spurrier. Sometimes I think I'm watching play school.

 

[serfty]

Victoria has reported over 10K doses given yesterday; with that it is 18K in the last two days.

That's compared with 14K in the previous 5 days.

I suspect most would be in the Vaccination Centres.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Well looks like over 50's being able to be vaccinated has resulted in a large rise.

Yesterday's numbers were despite it being a very cold and very rainy day in in Victoria yesterday. Note some of the hubs with the surge on have had people having to wait outside when queues have built up.

 

[burmans]

Those % are somewhat misleading though and seem to more to reflect what was allocated and also the willingness of people to get vaccinated.

The large vaccination hubs in Vic have had ample spare capacity of late up until Monday when the over 50s became eligible..

Vic has had many doses available, and many doses vaccinated but scores a low % utilised simply because the large capacity was there, but not the demand.

Personally I have no problems with the stats, its the outcome that counts and the stats indicate perfectly well we aren't being vaccinated anywhere near as fast as we should be.

Lots of reasons why, lots of excuses but ultimately its the jobs of our government(s) to get those numbers up, enough with the ready excuses.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Those % are somewhat misleading though and seem to more to reflect what was allocated and also the willingness of people to get vaccinated.

The large vaccination hubs in Vic have had ample spare capacity of late up until Monday when the over 50s became eligible..

Vic has had many doses available, and many doses vaccinated but scores a low % utilised simply because the large capacity was there, but not the demand.

I agree although it’s still an indication of how vaccination is progressing in each state. More so than the Covid live figures, as all the states are combined under the GP figure, so you have no idea of who is doing what

 

[Flying mermaid]

I don't know what statistics he is using, I think combining Federal with SA Health, but SA Premier !Marshall announced on Sunday that SA was the leading state in terms of % people vaccinated.

Possibly partly true - if you have a look at the ABC figures Tas, ACT and NT are the best in those terms, which is understandable, followed by WA and then SA leads the rest Change to coughulative and per 100

Tracking the vaccine: Half of Australians boosted with three doses

With children aged 5-11 joining the rollout on January 10, just over 94 per cent of the total population are now eligible for vaccination against COVID-19.

www.abc.net.au

 

[lovetravellingoz]

coughulatively, there is not really much difference between most of the more populated states with Tas and ACT the highest /100 rate..

Note Vic and NSW are essentially the same line.




Vic seems to have the largest uptake since vaccinations opened up to the over 50's. But a couple of days does not a trend make.