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Yes I've heard it's particularly pertinent for those with 2 x AZ, which is largely the older (and riskier) population. Plus those Victorians who didn't want to wait for Pfizer after NSW was prioritised.
We gotta get Ian4 “on the pill” !!
www.theguardian.com
Pfizer says pill is effective in protecting against severe disease from Covid
Experimental antiviral pill Paxlovid is also effective against the Omicron variant, company announces
And I think, if memory serves me correctly, unlike the Federal Government’s disastrous handling of creating a vaccine deal with Pfizer and getting adequate supplies and getting them quickly, this time they’ve already signed a deal with them for supplies of Paxlovid.
$700. But if you’re a Gold Card shopper at Drofderzon, you can get it for $599. PM me and I’ll set you up with an account.
We should have a booster party tomorrow then @spook
where did you book to be able to get a next day booster? that's quick.
The boosters are going to be important. A lot of talk about mixing vaccines and, although 2 x Pfizer and boost with Moderna is apparently better than 3 x Pfizer, the difference is small from what we know. 3 x Pfizer is very good, especially at keeping you out of hospital.
I had 2 x AZ so any 3rd dose will be very effective.
Don't know what is going on with case numbers, NSW going crazy but Vic still ahead - we just can't seem to get the numbers under NSW no matter what happens - NSW: 1,360 and Vic: 1,405 - have they been sending their virus over to us again? Mind you, the rate of increase in NSW is scary, hope the hospitals can cope as that is a hell of an increase in 2 days.
DS
I had 2 x AZ so any 3rd dose will be very effective.
Don't know what is going on with case numbers, NSW going crazy but Vic still ahead - we just can't seem to get the numbers under NSW no matter what happens - NSW: 1,360 and Vic: 1,405 - have they been sending their virus over to us again? Mind you, the rate of increase in NSW is scary, hope the hospitals can cope as that is a hell of an increase in 2 days.
DS
When do I get my booster? Will I need a fourth? Your questions answered
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We gotta go hard with the booster program, get the country 3x’ed, get the 500,000 Pax doses from Pfizer, see ourselves through the next 6 months which by then, we hopefully have further improved vaccines and anti virals, and reach an endemic stage - just as Bill Gates has predicted for some point in time throughout 2022.
Yeh, apparently 200 cases of the 800 yesterday in NSW from one nightclub/pub? Ref rate over 1.5. Only 21 in ICU as of yesterday (we have 80 odd in VIC?) but you imagine that will increase.
Looks like a lot of xmas plans will be changed. My Sydney cricket test trip looks like it is off.
Stay out of indoor venues should be the messaging. Bit hard to see young people choosing not to go out to nightclubs and pubs after so long under the restrictions.
Ok, so my partner has returned a second negative test. She has to return a day 6 negative test on Thursday to be automatically released on Friday. My release date is Saturday. I don't need to return a negative test. I just have to await clearance from the DHHS.
If you want evidence the vaccine works, go no further than my partner. We were intimate while I was unknowingly infectious, and she is still negative.
I am truly blown away by the effectiveness of vaccines. I reckon I have gone from being strongly pro-vax to militant pro-vax in a matter of days.
No, I wasn't in the active area. I sat in a quiet bay a couple of bays over from the South End.
My release date is Saturday. That would be 13 days since the day I believe I was infected. I 100% agree it's too long. I am almost certainly not infectious today.
It's also interesting to note that everyone on a flight from Newcastle to Queensland has to quarantine for 14 days due to a case being on a flight. That is ridiculous.
Maybe someone from QLD can elaborate a little for us, but I believe the Queensland government are changing their quarantine rules on January 1?
I am flying to FNQ on January 12, and I don't wanna risk quarantine if a case is on my flight...
If you want evidence the vaccine works, go no further than my partner. We were intimate while I was unknowingly infectious, and she is still negative.
I am truly blown away by the effectiveness of vaccines. I reckon I have gone from being strongly pro-vax to militant pro-vax in a matter of days.
No, I wasn't in the active area. I sat in a quiet bay a couple of bays over from the South End.
My release date is Saturday. That would be 13 days since the day I believe I was infected. I 100% agree it's too long. I am almost certainly not infectious today.
It's also interesting to note that everyone on a flight from Newcastle to Queensland has to quarantine for 14 days due to a case being on a flight. That is ridiculous.
Maybe someone from QLD can elaborate a little for us, but I believe the Queensland government are changing their quarantine rules on January 1?
I am flying to FNQ on January 12, and I don't wanna risk quarantine if a case is on my flight...
From the VIC Health website for yesterday
94.2 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 92.1 per cent have had two doses. This excludes the most recent Commonwealth data.
There are 364 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – 80 active cases in ICU, with 44 of those on a ventilator. There are an additional 39 cleared cases in ICU. Of those in hospital yesterday, 61 per cent were not fully vaccinated, while 94 per cent of those in ICU were not fully vaccinated. Of those admitted to ICU during December, 69 per cent were aged over 50. Of those, 74 per cent were not fully vaccinated.
So of the 364 people in hospital 222 not fully vaxed. Should be more like 8% or 29 if vaccines didn't work. And 75 of the 80 in ICU are not fully vaxed. Should be more like 6. Crazy increase in your risk of hospitalisation and ICU by not being vaccinated.
How does an anti-vaxxer argue against the overwhelming stats?
94.2 per cent of Victorians aged 12 and over have now had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 92.1 per cent have had two doses. This excludes the most recent Commonwealth data.
There are 364 COVID-19 cases in hospital in Victoria – 80 active cases in ICU, with 44 of those on a ventilator. There are an additional 39 cleared cases in ICU. Of those in hospital yesterday, 61 per cent were not fully vaccinated, while 94 per cent of those in ICU were not fully vaccinated. Of those admitted to ICU during December, 69 per cent were aged over 50. Of those, 74 per cent were not fully vaccinated.
So of the 364 people in hospital 222 not fully vaxed. Should be more like 8% or 29 if vaccines didn't work. And 75 of the 80 in ICU are not fully vaxed. Should be more like 6. Crazy increase in your risk of hospitalisation and ICU by not being vaccinated.
How does an anti-vaxxer argue against the overwhelming stats?
I have a feeling that NSW Health may be using the Omicron to blame for the increases in cases there.
25 Omicron cases today of a total of 1360, 21 Omicron of 804 yesterday. Omicron +4 from yesterday, Delta +556
They are rightly concerned about some possible Omicron cluster/spreader events, but I feel that relaxing of restrictions have caused the much larger increase in Delta cases.
I don't think they've quite got the timing right on easing restrictions for unvaccinated
no they haven't ... it's giving the unvaccinated some leverage and they'll love that ..
... but it may turn around and bite them ...
Ballina.We should have a booster party tomorrow then @spook
I've just come from coffee at Ezy's, he tells me Byron is a covid petri dish of schoolies, so I'm steering clear for the time being.
