Coronavirus Outbreak

[Tiger5150]

Daily case numbers declining for the 3rd or 4th day running today....too early to be confident?

The good signs are that the reductions are coming in the LGAs of concern, which have the higher vax rates and hopefully that is the vax putting downward pressure on the numbers. The other possibility is that the people who aren't doing the right thing have all caught it in those areas causing transmission to slow.

Maybe a bit of both. Delta has an advantage in that it's going to get the population exposed to the virus pretty quickly.

I would have to think it is predominantly lockdown restrictions doing their job.

NSW population 8M, 50% vaxxed, 45K have had it. That leaves in theory close enough to 50% susceptible to the virus. As Cochise says, it may be more critical in the "hotspot" LGAs'

 

[Tiger5150]

I'm fully vaxed, I bumped into an old workmate today, his wife had her 1st AZ and woke up the next day and she'd lost her ability to stand unaided she has no balance at all.
She's been to heaps of doctors and specialists and noone has come up with a solution.

I hope your old workmate’s wife gets the help she needs and fully recovers.

I just got a PM on here with a remedy that should help.

Nothing veterinary I hope.

 

[bathursttiger1]

I'm fully vaxed, I bumped into an old workmate today, his wife had her 1st AZ and woke up the next day and she'd lost her ability to stand unaided she has no balance at all.
She's been to heaps of doctors and specialists and noone has come up with a solution.

I hope your old workmate’s wife gets the help she needs and fully recovers.

I just got a PM on here with a remedy that should help.

Nothing veterinary I hope.

Tell your mate to go to an Asian grocery and buy pine needle tea drink 4 to 5 cups aday give it two weeks to start to kick in

 

[coivtny]

I got the needle at 10 AM.
I woke up with a headache today but it's lasted all day and still going.
So I can't blame that on the jab..

However, I just threw up.
Not something that commonly happens for me but that's throwing up both days I got the jab.

Could be nothing but a weird coincidence.

Anyway feeling cooked, from the headache.
Stuck at work till 11pm.
Hopefully sleep it off and wake up fresh tmrw.

Sorry to hear it mate. I've heard quite a few times now that people getting their second Pfizer jab get knocked around a bit from it whereas people getting A

 

[coivtny]

Meant to finish the last post by saying some people feel off after their first AZ jab.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Norman Swan on ABC radio described over 60s waiting for Pfizer as "boomer entitlement".

Im not over 60......but I think that description and that mindset is disgraceful.

What anybody puts in their body and what they do for their own health is intensely personal and their own choice and it is important and for anybody to consider it entitlement let alone denigrate other people as entitled for simply wanting the best for themself is absolutely elitist and disguting IMO.

The message has been and should for people to speak to doctors and do their research and really look into their options and decide on what is right and best for them.

I've got no qualms with people waiting for Pfizer (people want it for the superior efficacy,) but when it's been mandated that a certain age group should get the Pfizer jab due to potential complications with AZ, I believe anyone not in that group who still wants it should have to wait, unless they have mitigating health circumstances.

I stop short of calling it boomer entitlement, we should not be running down anyone who wants to get the jab, but is prepared to want a particular brand. The old folks probably know that Pfizer works from their previous dalliances with their other products (the little blue ones!)

It all comes back to lack of opportunity for having the better vaccine available. They should not be forced to wait, especially when it was available at the end of last year.

Let us not forget the basic mathematics when deciding which vaccine is the right one for each of us. As a good many here will know, I was happy enough to take the AZ when available months ago, but at 55 with no major health issue I am reasonably confident of surviving should I contract covid, so superior efficacy is less relevant.

That confidence diminishes in the more elderly and rapidly for those infirm, so if one's odds of contracting the virus in the first place are getting towards half better again by choosing Pfizer, one would surely choose that option and in a country such as ours should have that option.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Daily case numbers declining for the 3rd or 4th day running today....too early to be confident?

Certainly hopeful that it has plateaued.

 

[Eca]

Just saw our local Liberal MP posting on FB that the upper house members wanted a meeting today. 9 members the rest on zoom. It was setup so covid safe, ventilation, room to be cleared every 2 hours for cleansing etc. Upper house is where they debate, question, come up with recommendations etc. Main issues are lockdowns, tale of two cities etc. No show from Gladys or secretary and with standing order 34 they cannot proceed without Premier or Secretary.

 

[jadtiger]

Just saw our local Liberal MP posting on FB that the upper house members wanted a meeting today. 9 members the rest on zoom. It was setup so covid safe, ventilation, room to be cleared every 2 hours for cleansing etc. Upper house is where they debate, question, come up with recommendations etc. Main issues are lockdowns, tale of two cities etc. No show from Gladys or secretary and with standing order 34 they cannot proceed without Premier or Secretary.

Our money being wisely spent NOT

 

[Demps]

Update:

Following day: feel fine, arm hurts. Same as last time. Pain went away after a day last time, hoping the same again this time.

The vaccine it's self is extremely painless, as in when you're getting needled.

Urge everyone to get it done, nothing to worry about.

Fully vaxed crew ✅

 

[Guest]

Update:

Following day: feel fine, arm hurts. Same as last time. Pain went away after a day last time, hoping the same again this time.

The vaccine it's self is extremely painless, as in when you're getting needled.

Urge everyone to get it done, nothing to worry about.

Fully vaxed crew ✅

Glad you're feeling better Demps

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Daily case numbers declining for the 3rd or 4th day running today....too early to be confident?

They generally peak mid-late week as testing is always down over a weekend which leads to lower numbers on Monday and Tuesday.

I hope it is the case though and the vaccination strategy is paying off.

In good news for the Blue Mountains we are down to 38 cases. We had about 30 odd older/inactive cases wiped the other day by NSW Health and a couple of recoveries updated yesterday.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Having a look at covidlive.com.au it looks like the problematic LGA's are really getting their collective arses into gear in regards to jabs, they are representative of the largest increases in % of second dose.

Good to see the mountains are above the state average.

 

[mike]

Update:

Following day: feel fine, arm hurts. Same as last time. Pain went away after a day last time, hoping the same again this time.

The vaccine it's self is extremely painless, as in when you're getting needled.

Urge everyone to get it done, nothing to worry about.

Fully vaxed crew ✅

Welcome to the crew

 

[innsaneink]

if, as early indications suggest, that we will require booster shots, will our initial choice of pfizer or AZ impact the booster choice?
can we get double dosed with pfizer and then get boosters from AZ?
if we are required to maintain vaccination status with annual boosters should we be looking at getting manufacturing of pfizer and AZ onshore to prevent further supply issues in a years time?

Maccas is going to offer boosters...
"would you like Pfizer with that"?

 

[Geo]

Make sure you check your immunisation records when you get the email from my gov..

My second jab was recored on the immunisation records but the 1st was missing so no certificate..

A simple call to the Doctor remedied the situation.. within an hour..they needed to update their end

 

[cochise]

Make sure you check your immunisation records when you get the email from my gov..

My second jab was recored on the immunisation records but the 1st was missing so no certificate..

A simple call to the Doctor remedied the situation.. within an hour..they needed to update their end

It is a shame that the vaccine doesn't contain the 5G tech that some of the anti vaxxers claim, you wouldn't need the certificate, they could just scan you when you walk into a venue.

 

[Tiger5150]

Just as an interesting aside to the often debated "all vaccines are the same/Pfizer is proven better than AZ/Just ask your doctor" discussion, yesterday my partner was talking to our doctor about vaccinating her 17yo daughter and she strongly suggested to wait until the Moderna is available In our doctors opinion Moderna (in young people) is more effective, safer and will be soon readily available in pharmacies.

 

[Demps]


News from American 🇺🇸

 

[Tim Sheens]

Unsurprised by it, but was just looking at a national vaccination by age graph on TV and noted the distinctive large drop in the 60-70 age group below the otherwise linear rate from those alongside. For mine it clearly shows that they need to have more than just the AZ variety made available across the nation without delay.