Great post. Young people have been impacted most by this and are the ones that (before delta) suffered least health wise. Easy to understand why they’d be over lockdowns etc.
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You would prefer we didn't?
What have we paid for any supply to date?
What is the going rate for Pfizer? Not once has it crossed my mind until now.
Pfizer from Poland. Great.
www.bbc.com
Coronavirus: Pfizer confirms fake versions of vaccine in Poland and Mexico - BBC News
The US pharmaceutical company says doses seized by authorities in Mexico and Poland were counterfeit.
www.bbc.com
good post Shad.
same with me. no financial hit, wife in my bed each night, all the overseas photos on the piano, been there, done that, Dusty shrine to pay homage to each day in a moments quiet reflection.
2/3 of my kids plans severely curtailed at a critical time, with the clock ticking.
I reckon the big losers in this are the young, the old, and those with families overseas.
Pfizer from Poland. Great.
Coronavirus: Pfizer confirms fake versions of vaccine in Poland and Mexico - BBC News
The US pharmaceutical company says doses seized by authorities in Mexico and Poland were counterfeit.
now that would be really perversely hilarious,
if scomo got took in a Polish counterfeit Pharma-scam.
anti-wrinkle serum?
they should say its a lip and arse and *smile* enlarger, and watch the vaccine rate go through the roof
Don’t forget the part of the family that actually live overseas and would like to see their elderly parents sooner than 2023…!
No idea how you get that from my post, but anyway...
I would have preferred Australia had sorted out sufficient supply from multiple sources back when we had the chance.
AZ materially cheaper than Pfizer. But nothing compared to lockdown costs.
Covid-19: Countries are learning what others paid for vaccines
A string of revelations about vaccine prices has focused attention on a practice considered normal in the drug industry but often frowned on elsewhere: charging different prices to different customers for the same product. South Africa’s government found itself on the defensive this week after...
Yeah, but to shads point being single and in your 20s or 30s these last couple of years would really be tough.
Gladys & her cohort implying the ACT is a 'threat' is a bit rich given it seeded from Sydney!
Footage of illegal engagement party (paywalled)
Footage has emerged of a man joking about breaching coronavirus restrictions at his illegal engagement party.
The gathering last weekend is believed to have been attended by up to 100 people, including a St Kilda East mother and her son, whose positive test results were among Sunday’s Victorian mystery cases.
The engaged couple, who The Australian has chosen not to name, are understood to be members of Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
Their actions have been widely condemned by Melbourne Jewish leaders, including Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria president Mark Cohen and Rabbi James Kennard, who is principal of Australia’s largest Jewish school, Mt Scopus.
In the footage, the engaged man jokes in reference to his doctor father: “Clearly this is legal because this is a group therapy session. That’s why my father’s here.”
Rabbi Kennard condemned the behaviour on social media, saying that while it was “painful to speak out against fellow Jews in public ... at this time, the danger of staying silent is too great”.
“The law states that we must stay at home, because the experts tell us that this is the way to save lives, because of the risk of terrible Chillul Hashem (desecration of God’s name), every rabbi and leader must cry out,” Mr Kennard said.
“We must take the heartbreaking path and stop the gatherings — for prayer, for s’machot, for school. Just stop.”
It is understood some members of the ultra-Orthodox community — which represents a small minority within the wider Jewish community — have continued to meet for prayer and schooling during Victoria’s six lockdowns.
Footage has emerged of a man joking about breaching coronavirus restrictions at his illegal engagement party.
The gathering last weekend is believed to have been attended by up to 100 people, including a St Kilda East mother and her son, whose positive test results were among Sunday’s Victorian mystery cases.
The engaged couple, who The Australian has chosen not to name, are understood to be members of Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
Their actions have been widely condemned by Melbourne Jewish leaders, including Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria president Mark Cohen and Rabbi James Kennard, who is principal of Australia’s largest Jewish school, Mt Scopus.
In the footage, the engaged man jokes in reference to his doctor father: “Clearly this is legal because this is a group therapy session. That’s why my father’s here.”
Rabbi Kennard condemned the behaviour on social media, saying that while it was “painful to speak out against fellow Jews in public ... at this time, the danger of staying silent is too great”.
“The law states that we must stay at home, because the experts tell us that this is the way to save lives, because of the risk of terrible Chillul Hashem (desecration of God’s name), every rabbi and leader must cry out,” Mr Kennard said.
“We must take the heartbreaking path and stop the gatherings — for prayer, for s’machot, for school. Just stop.”
It is understood some members of the ultra-Orthodox community — which represents a small minority within the wider Jewish community — have continued to meet for prayer and schooling during Victoria’s six lockdowns.
Thanks... pity I didn't take a stab before I read the article. But I reckon I would have Been guessing double figures. Add cost of distribution, storage, and injection (and promotion, unbelievably its needed) but small beer in the scheme of things.AZ materially cheaper than Pfizer. But nothing compared to lockdown costs.
Covid-19: Countries are learning what others paid for vaccines
A string of revelations about vaccine prices has focused attention on a practice considered normal in the drug industry but often frowned on elsewhere: charging different prices to different customers for the same product. South Africa’s government found itself on the defensive this week after...www.bmj.com
LTRTR, I believe site rules allow you to post the URL but not copy and paste it's contents?
Video shows dozens at engagement party attended by positive COVID case
People in Melbourne’s inner south-eastern suburbs are on high alert after an event at which guests laughed about skirting the rules.
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True, but since it's kind of a snippet amid a very long page of dozens of similar snippets, I considered it fair game.
There isn't a way to link directly to the text, and the user would have spend time searching and scrolling to find it. Different story if the article merits its own page and a direct link.
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I don't understand why Gladys is claiming it can't be pulled back given Victoria's numbers this time last year.
Interesting how photos of ghe Syd crowds and people defying lockdowns attract scorn. Those same transgressions in Melb bring sympathy and posts about how difficult it is on the young.
Ultimately both cities have a similar mix of selfish, stupid and fatigued.
Ultimately both cities have a similar mix of selfish, stupid and fatigued.
I don't know how old you are MD but I'm 56 and my kids are living on another planet to people my age.
Last time we went into lockdown my 18 year old's only comment was "smile" I'm going to have to reduce the radius on my Tinder profile.
