Have you been vaccinated?

[wicked_j]

Does anyone know much about the Moderna vaccine?

It's not currently available in Australia, but looks like it may somewhat replace Pfizer for under 50's later this year?

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

A bit of good news. My cardiologist got back to me this morning. Advised against AZ as different mechanism causes clotting so my Warfarin won't give me any protection against it, and my mechanical valve on top of that will complicate things.

He said there is a link between Pfizer and pericarditis but believes it's in men younger than I so I should be right so he said go for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as practicable.

Scouring around for bookings now. Looks like it could be a wait.


I'd be interested in what you find.

Tentatively 7th October, I expect that to be reined in with expedited doses that was reported (hopefully that comes to fruition.)

 

[BZN]

I’m vaccinated. Had my second shot of Moderna a while back. I had fever, fatigue and headaches for around 36 hours after the second shot.

Now I am travelling the world and I can tell you we will never see a time like it again. Imagine no American tour buses in Rome, no 1.5hr lines to enter the Sistine chapel. No “Fanny packs” anywhere in Venice. It’s amazing.

I’ve been to Italy 3 times recently including Rome, Venice, Cinque Terre and Como. Paris planned, also the US, Sweden, Cologne, Salzburg and Mallorca all within the next 6 weeks.

Negative tests prior to boarding only required in select destinations and no quarantine either side for the vaccinated.

WOW!!!!!!! You lucky bu...., ahhh, person :+1: Lol.

 

[BZN]

Yes, both Astro shots.

Did you have any side effects mate?. I had my first one last Thursday week and was not good on the Friday but woke up Saturday brand new.

Really!!! in that case I'll have whatever your having, from under the table and all :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: .
I'd love to wake up feeling brand new.

 

[FinestTigers]

You're missing an option:

Yes, but am not able to due to health complications.

Mate, sounds like you've made the right decision or is it a medical advice decision? Which leads me to this other question: now aged people aren't in aged care because that they are super healthy and they are there just for a holiday, they all have one or many health issues, So Why were those aged people were being forced to or pushed to get the vaccine?
And how many of them died from the vaccine but not reported as dying from the vaccine?

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

You're missing an option:

Yes, but am not able to due to health complications.


Mate, sounds like you've made the right decision or is it a medical advice decision? Which leads me to this other question: now aged people aren't in aged care because that they are super healthy and they are there just for a holiday, they all have one or many health issues, So Why were those aged people were being forced to or pushed to get the vaccine?
And how many of them died from the vaccine but not reported as dying from the vaccine?

Up until this morning I was advised not to go ahead as it was being looked into. Pfizer is the go now, already booked in.

 

[BZN]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

Thanks for that great info @jirskyr.

I had my 1st AZ jab late May with no side effects whatsoever.
But I have been flip flopping recently as to whether I will get the 2nd jab or not due to what I have read on here and pressure from my anti vax anti global warming 84yo Brother.
I 'will' now have my 2nd jab.

 

[hobbo1]

You're missing an option:

Yes, but am not able to due to health complications.


Mate, sounds like you've made the right decision or is it a medical advice decision? Which leads me to this other question: now aged people aren't in aged care because that they are super healthy and they are there just for a holiday, they all have one or many health issues, So Why were those aged people were being forced to or pushed to get the vaccine?
And how many of them died from the vaccine but not reported as dying from the vaccine?

Up until this morning I was advised not to go ahead as it was being looked into. Pfizer is the go now, already booked in.

Blackheath ?

 

[851]

This shows that there are a lot of oldies on the forum. :grin:

I could only get astrazeneca in Lithgow, booked through NSW health and got my first pfizer shot at Bathurst last Friday, second one will be July 30

 

[bathursttiger1]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

Thanks for that great info @jirskyr.

I had my 1st AZ jab late May with no side effects whatsoever.
But I have been flip flopping recently as to whether I will get the 2nd jab or not due to what I have read on here and pressure from my anti vax anti global warming 84yo Brother.
I 'will' now have my 2nd jab.

I’m having my second had in 2 weeks, ny doctor told me that we might be getting a booster jab of Pfizer next year.

 

[dazza65]

Does anyone know much about the Moderna vaccine?

It's not currently available in Australia, but looks like it may somewhat replace Pfizer for under 50's later this year?

Both the Pfizer and Moderna are mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. At the moment they look very similar in effectiveness etc

Others here may be able to provide you with more info, but as usual, talk to your Doctor.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

You're missing an option:

Yes, but am not able to due to health complications.


Mate, sounds like you've made the right decision or is it a medical advice decision? Which leads me to this other question: now aged people aren't in aged care because that they are super healthy and they are there just for a holiday, they all have one or many health issues, So Why were those aged people were being forced to or pushed to get the vaccine?
And how many of them died from the vaccine but not reported as dying from the vaccine?

Up until this morning I was advised not to go ahead as it was being looked into. Pfizer is the go now, already booked in.

Blackheath ?

Yep.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Does anyone know much about the Moderna vaccine?

It's not currently available in Australia, but looks like it may somewhat replace Pfizer for under 50's later this year?

Both the Pfizer and Moderna are mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. At the moment they look very similar in effectiveness etc

Others here may be able to provide you with more info, but as usual, talk to your Doctor.

My sister lives in the US in California, she and her husband both got Moderna and they both had varying reactions to the vax. They got crook after the second dose but have been otherwise OK since.

 

[earl]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

I bet if you got some sort tax related payback for getting vaccinated people will be streaming into the Drs surgeries /Bunnings /KFC/Maccas/HJ's/Dominos etc ......

You'd think people would be more concerned about dying but maybe that is just me.

 

[happy_tiger]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

I bet if you got some sort tax related payback for getting vaccinated people will be streaming into the Drs surgeries /Bunnings /KFC/Maccas/HJ's/Dominos etc ......

You'd think people would be more concerned about dying but maybe that is just me.

Totally agree .....

 

[hobbo1]

You're missing an option:

Yes, but am not able to due to health complications.


Mate, sounds like you've made the right decision or is it a medical advice decision? Which leads me to this other question: now aged people aren't in aged care because that they are super healthy and they are there just for a holiday, they all have one or many health issues, So Why were those aged people were being forced to or pushed to get the vaccine?
And how many of them died from the vaccine but not reported as dying from the vaccine?

Up until this morning I was advised not to go ahead as it was being looked into. Pfizer is the go now, already booked in.

Blackheath ?

Yep.

You owe me a pie ? ?

 

[earl]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

I bet if you got some sort tax related payback for getting vaccinated people will be streaming into the Drs surgeries /Bunnings /KFC/Maccas/HJ's/Dominos etc ......

You'd think people would be more concerned about dying but maybe that is just me.

Totally agree .....

It's bizarre right.

 

[wicked_j]

Does anyone know much about the Moderna vaccine?

It's not currently available in Australia, but looks like it may somewhat replace Pfizer for under 50's later this year?

Both the Pfizer and Moderna are mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. At the moment they look very similar in effectiveness etc

Others here may be able to provide you with more info, but as usual, talk to your Doctor.

Thanks - just curious as I'm not in the current rollout "plan" so Moderna might be what I'm given down the track, whether later this year or next year.

 

[jirskyr]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

Driving a car etc the risks are containable and well known..the vaccine has barley started to run out And you say we have a large sample size to judge it..whilst true you are only judging the vaccine from its early stage in the body...smoking comes to mind...everyone did it, wasn’t bad, relieved stress...then oh no, years down the line we find out it’s killing people. I for one am not against a vaccine but to be so blind and say it’s safe it’s ludicrous imo.

If you had 5-24 vaccines a day, every day, then maybe you'd have a point. That's what cigarettes are. One or two ciggies won't do anything to you.

Driving risks are only partially containable - selt belts, drive safe, avoid bad conditions, be rested. Still an awful lot of people die on the roads every year - between 1,000 and 1,500 people every year for the past 15 years.

It seems some folks misunderstand how vaccines work? You take the shots once or twice initially, then your body has an immune response. After this, there's no further activity - the immune response is remembered by your body, and depending on vaccine, it may be life-long or require a booster at some point.

But the vaccine itself is no long present after the initial administration. You aren't taking the vaccine over and over. The risk of safety event from the vaccine itself is tied to the short period after the event, not 1-5 years, or 10 years later.

There have been approx 3.4 BILLION doses of a COVID vaccine given to date. That's huge data; I would imagine much bigger consumption than most average drugs experience in years.

 

[jirskyr]

It's a very easy scenario peeps - free medicine. You are lucky enough to live in an era and country where they will give you free medicine, no tricks, no catch.

Without the free medicine, there is a reasonable chance you get very sick and/or risk death.

Makes your life and everyone else's lives easier, scientifically and economically proven.

If you are risk adverse, take solace in the FACT that the vaccine risks are extremely low and after literally hundreds of millions of doses now been given, the safety data pool is very very big. I can understand if you don't like risk, but if you are so risk intolerant: don't drive, ride in a commercial aircraft, swim in the ocean, golf in bad weather, operate heavy machinery, rock climb, ride a horse, run a marathon, handle a weapon, own a motorbike etc.

Also take heart that since vaccines were first invented, we've basically eradicated the threat in Australia from polio, smallpox, tetanus, measles, diptheria, rabies, TB, mumps, whooping cough, rubella, typhoid, cholera. Hoping to add COVID to that list.

No reason not to get vaccinated except for special health concerns. Nerves are also understandable, but if you gave into nerves you'd never kiss a girl/boy, get a job or ride a bike.

So go get your free medicine and let's everyone get our freedoms back.

I bet if you got some sort tax related payback for getting vaccinated people will be streaming into the Drs surgeries /Bunnings /KFC/Maccas/HJ's/Dominos etc ......

They should totally do it, I agree, like they do with childhood vaccines and day care rebates.

Tax rebate if you are vaccinated by next year, maybe a higher rebate the less you earn, as vaccines are typically most difficult to encourage in low socioeconomic.