Here, have a new one.
:)
Here, have a new one.
:)
10m ago 07:04
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced it has approved CSL-Seqirus to manufacture the AstraZeneca vaccine in its facility in Melbourne.
In a statement, the TGA said that the approval was a ‘critical and very exciting milestone in Australia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.’
Specific approval of Australian manufacturing by TGA was required to ensure that the locally-manufactured vaccine had exactly the same composition and performance as overseas-manufactured vaccine, was made to the same quality and is free of contaminants.The announcement couldn’t have come at a better time, as supply of the vaccine are affected by a variety of issues.
Two teams of medical researchers in Norway and Germany have independently found that the vaccine could trigger an autoimmune reaction causing blood to clot in the brain, which would offer an explanation for isolated incidents across Europe in recent weeks.
Subsequently, countries such as Germany, France, and Italy resumed inoculations while Norway, Denmark, and Sweden continued to suspend the rollout subject to a further review of the EMA decision.
Neither the Norwegian nor the German studies were peer-reviewed, and within the next few days, Prof. Greinacher expects to submit his work for publication in the British medical journal The Lancet.
sarahs mum said:
10m ago 07:04
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced it has approved CSL-Seqirus to manufacture the AstraZeneca vaccine in its facility in Melbourne.
In a statement, the TGA said that the approval was a ‘critical and very exciting milestone in Australia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.’
Specific approval of Australian manufacturing by TGA was required to ensure that the locally-manufactured vaccine had exactly the same composition and performance as overseas-manufactured vaccine, was made to the same quality and is free of contaminants.The announcement couldn’t have come at a better time, as supply of the vaccine are affected by a variety of issues.
I understood that CSL had been making the vaccine in Melbourne for months now. In preparation for it approval, and being able to immediately distribute it. max production about 1 million a week.
Since late last year, local manufacture of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been underway at CSL Behring’s advanced manufacturing facility in Broadmeadows, Victoria.
https://www.csl.com/news/2021/20210212-local-manufacturing-of-covid-19-vaccine-reaches-final-stages
Woodie said:
sarahs mum said:10m ago 07:04
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has announced it has approved CSL-Seqirus to manufacture the AstraZeneca vaccine in its facility in Melbourne.
In a statement, the TGA said that the approval was a ‘critical and very exciting milestone in Australia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.’
Specific approval of Australian manufacturing by TGA was required to ensure that the locally-manufactured vaccine had exactly the same composition and performance as overseas-manufactured vaccine, was made to the same quality and is free of contaminants.The announcement couldn’t have come at a better time, as supply of the vaccine are affected by a variety of issues.
I understood that CSL had been making the vaccine in Melbourne for months now. In preparation for it approval, and being able to immediately distribute it. max production about 1 million a week.
Since late last year, local manufacture of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been underway at CSL Behring’s advanced manufacturing facility in Broadmeadows, Victoria.
https://www.csl.com/news/2021/20210212-local-manufacturing-of-covid-19-vaccine-reaches-final-stages
Yep, since last November I believe.
https://youtu.be/jNGwVyCSjxM
City of Miami announces State of Emergency
dv said:
https://youtu.be/jNGwVyCSjxMCity of Miami announces State of Emergency
Bloody college students!
So many countries are still hiding the number of Covid vaccines given to defence forces.
Countries, stop treating Covid as a military secret ! And stop putting firewalls around medical vaccine research to hide progress.
Russia has been honest about this, defence forces got vaccinated before the roll-out to everyone else, 50,000 troops somewhere between April and November last year.
Australia has put defence forces on its high priority vaccination list, much higher than it has any moral right to.
USA vaccination of defence forces is officially “not available”.
North Korea is still claiming to have no Covid cases in the country, it was the first country to close its borders. It closed its borders in late Jan 2020 to keep Covid out. Pyongyang still credits its strict border closure with keeping out the coronavirus. North Korea will receive 1.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, but when? News reports don’t say when.
As of 18 Mar 2021, Turkmenistan is still claiming no Covid cases in the country. On 18 January 2021, Russia said that Turkmenistan had registered Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine for emergency-use authorization.
Australia 253,000 vaccinations so far. Other countries.
Germany is considering making all people returning from abroad face quarantine and compulsory tests after infection rates jumped above the level at which authorities say hospitals will be overstretched.
They had well over 13k cases identified yesterday, I’d want to go into quarantine to keep away from the diseased mongrels.
Israel is approaching 100% vaccination.
111 vaccine doses administered per 100 population, keeping in mind that vaccination isn’t complete un til 2 doses are administered.
It shows in the new cases statistics.

UAE has the second highest percentage vaccinated 72 vaccine doses administered per 100 population. Not so good yet. Effectiveness depends on whether it’s the spreaders who are vaccinated or the non-spreaders.

UK, Chile and USA also have high vaccination rates, about 40 doses per 100 people.
UK

Chile – Yike! Something very badly wrong there.

USA

have to say we’ve started getting feelings that living in Australia through this pandemic has been an absurd perspective on the rest of the non-zero-covid world
SCIENCE said:
have to say we’ve started getting feelings that living in Australia through this pandemic has been an absurd perspective on the rest of the non-zero-covid world
Was saying the same back in (check spreadsheet), on 19 Apil last year.
That was when I first realised that the Australian mortality rate was 1%, as against the then 17% mortality rate in the UK.
mollwollfumble said:
That was when I first realised that the Australian mortality rate was 1%, as against the then 17% mortality rate in the UK.
I suspect hat the Brits’ major problem was that they weren’t able to accept that the illness is just confined to the people below themselves in the ‘class structure’, and that the rules really didn’t apply to people in the station in life.
Mr buffy just rang the GP clinic to get an appointment for new prescriptions. That’s sorted. He asked about the COVID19 vaccine and they will be doing it when they get supplies. They are compiling a list. He is on the list (he thinks he is in the cohort just starting this week) He’s also on the list for a fluvax. The clinic will phone him when they are ready for him. I’ll get him to put me on the lists when he goes in. I’m further down the priorities, being healthy.
buffy said:
Mr buffy just rang the GP clinic to get an appointment for new prescriptions. That’s sorted. He asked about the COVID19 vaccine and they will be doing it when they get supplies. They are compiling a list. He is on the list (he thinks he is in the cohort just starting this week) He’s also on the list for a fluvax. The clinic will phone him when they are ready for him. I’ll get him to put me on the lists when he goes in. I’m further down the priorities, being healthy.
Mrs rb is back in isolation.
they gave her another covid test.
buffy said:
Mr buffy just rang the GP clinic to get an appointment for new prescriptions. That’s sorted. He asked about the COVID19 vaccine and they will be doing it when they get supplies. They are compiling a list. He is on the list (he thinks he is in the cohort just starting this week) He’s also on the list for a fluvax. The clinic will phone him when they are ready for him. I’ll get him to put me on the lists when he goes in. I’m further down the priorities, being healthy.
Only physically :)
kryten said:
buffy said:
Mr buffy just rang the GP clinic to get an appointment for new prescriptions. That’s sorted. He asked about the COVID19 vaccine and they will be doing it when they get supplies. They are compiling a list. He is on the list (he thinks he is in the cohort just starting this week) He’s also on the list for a fluvax. The clinic will phone him when they are ready for him. I’ll get him to put me on the lists when he goes in. I’m further down the priorities, being healthy.Only physically :)
You’re not suggesting living with Buffy would send you round the bend I hope?
Witty Rejoinder said:
kryten said:
buffy said:
Mr buffy just rang the GP clinic to get an appointment for new prescriptions. That’s sorted. He asked about the COVID19 vaccine and they will be doing it when they get supplies. They are compiling a list. He is on the list (he thinks he is in the cohort just starting this week) He’s also on the list for a fluvax. The clinic will phone him when they are ready for him. I’ll get him to put me on the lists when he goes in. I’m further down the priorities, being healthy.Only physically :)
You’re not suggesting living with Buffy would send you round the bend I hope?
Other way round witty
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-22/coronavirus-nurse-practitioners-vaccine-rollout/100015336
That appears to be a quite short sighted decision, hopefully they get it sorted. Letting a pharmacist give the injection and not a nurse practitioner is silly.
sibeen said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-22/coronavirus-nurse-practitioners-vaccine-rollout/100015336That appears to be a quite short sighted decision, hopefully they get it sorted. Letting a pharmacist give the injection and not a nurse practitioner is silly.
Immunisation-certified RNs and NPs are quite capable of delivering all vaccine injections, including intra-muscular.
Just a couple of years back, i worked with an outfit that ran immunisation programmes for nurses. They were hugely in demand, always more people applying than could be accommodated.
The programme was thorough, and skimped on nothing. Same for the testing/qualifying – it’s no tick-and-flick exercise.
captain_spalding said:
sibeen said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-22/coronavirus-nurse-practitioners-vaccine-rollout/100015336That appears to be a quite short sighted decision, hopefully they get it sorted. Letting a pharmacist give the injection and not a nurse practitioner is silly.
Immunisation-certified RNs and NPs are quite capable of delivering all vaccine injections, including intra-muscular.
Just a couple of years back, i worked with an outfit that ran immunisation programmes for nurses. They were hugely in demand, always more people applying than could be accommodated.
The programme was thorough, and skimped on nothing. Same for the testing/qualifying – it’s no tick-and-flick exercise.
sibeen said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-22/coronavirus-nurse-practitioners-vaccine-rollout/100015336That appears to be a quite short sighted decision, hopefully they get it sorted. Letting a pharmacist give the injection and not a nurse practitioner is silly.
Mind you…there isn’t anything for them to actually vaccinate with in rural and remote at this stage anyway. There is time to sort it out.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81869-2.pdf

captain_spalding said:
mollwollfumble said:That was when I first realised that the Australian mortality rate was 1%, as against the then 17% mortality rate in the UK.
I suspect hat the Brits’ major problem was that they weren’t able to accept that the illness is just confined to the people below themselves in the ‘class structure’, and that the rules really didn’t apply to people in the station in life.
Bullshit.
SCIENCE said:
SURPRISE … saving lives and protecting economy are non‑trade‑off objectives
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81869-2.pdf
You can’t rightly split the USA into different states here. Because GDP is linked across all states.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744
Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
There may be some queuing involved…
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
There may be some queuing involved…
They would have to hide behind trees but I could fit more than 200 in. Except I only have 2 friends.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
There may be some queuing involved…
They would have to hide behind trees but I could fit more than 200 in. Except I only have 2 friends.
It’s still a problem. What could it tell all those who missed out on my Top 100 list, and didn’t get invited, if they should find out?
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:There may be some queuing involved…
They would have to hide behind trees but I could fit more than 200 in. Except I only have 2 friends.
It’s still a problem. What could it tell all those who missed out on my Top 100 list, and didn’t get invited, if they should find out?
What could I tell..
(Jeeze, my typing is shithouse today!)
captain_spalding said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:They would have to hide behind trees but I could fit more than 200 in. Except I only have 2 friends.
It’s still a problem. What could it tell all those who missed out on my Top 100 list, and didn’t get invited, if they should find out?
What could I tell..
(Jeeze, my typing is shithouse today!)
The sky has been a bit dull lately. Hard to see the keys.
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
real or virtual?
JudgeMental said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
real or virtual?
imaginary
SCIENCE said:
JudgeMental said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
real or virtual?
imaginary
Won’t work.
All my imaginary friends are (for reasons unknown to me) terribly obese. They just wont fit.
captain_spalding said:
SCIENCE said:
JudgeMental said:real or virtual?
imaginary
Won’t work.
All my imaginary friends are (for reasons unknown to me) terribly obese. They just wont fit.
My imaginary friends won’t talk to me.
SCIENCE said:
JudgeMental said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
real or virtual?
imaginary
so no friends it is just i ?
SCIENCE said:
JudgeMental said:
SCIENCE said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-23/victorian-afl-crowd-capacity-mcg-boost-round-two/100022744Victorians will be able to host up to 100 people in their homes each day
well aren’t we ‘cking privileged, we have 100 friends, and we have enough space for 100 people at home
real or virtual?
imaginary
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:
JudgeMental said:real or virtual?
imaginary
Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.
Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:imaginary
Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
‘specially if they don’t have real names.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:imaginary
Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
I imagine that they’re real friends.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:imaginary
Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.
Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
‘specially if they don’t have real names.
I hardly ever have a real name on the internet.
Carrington Shipway, Denham Court, Kentlyn Tregear, Granville Grasmere, Gordon Pymble, Rear-Admiral Sir Ewart Hodgson, Heathcote Rhodes, Clemton Park, Miles van der Koop, Phillip Carstairs (‘Big White Carstairs’), i’ve been all them, and others besides.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
‘specially if they don’t have real names.
I hardly ever have a real name on the internet.
Carrington Shipway, Denham Court, Kentlyn Tregear, Granville Grasmere, Gordon Pymble, Rear-Admiral Sir Ewart Hodgson, Heathcote Rhodes, Clemton Park, Miles van der Koop, Phillip Carstairs (‘Big White Carstairs’), i’ve been all them, and others besides.
Tamb said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:‘specially if they don’t have real names.
I hardly ever have a real name on the internet.
Carrington Shipway, Denham Court, Kentlyn Tregear, Granville Grasmere, Gordon Pymble, Rear-Admiral Sir Ewart Hodgson, Heathcote Rhodes, Clemton Park, Miles van der Koop, Phillip Carstairs (‘Big White Carstairs’), i’ve been all them, and others besides.
I’m only ever Tamb.
I’m only ever me here. One handle only.
JudgeMental said:
SCIENCE said:
JudgeMental said:real or virtual?
imaginary
so no friends it is just i ?
negative, we’re j/k
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:imaginary
Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
I was thinking just the other day we could have a thread with a photo of each of us
I assume you all think of me as devilishly handsome
Cymek said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.
Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
I was thinking just the other day we could have a thread with a photo of each of us
I assume you all think of me as devilishly handsome
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
The Rev Dodgson said:Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
‘specially if they don’t have real names.
I hardly ever have a real name on the internet.
Carrington Shipway, Denham Court, Kentlyn Tregear, Granville Grasmere, Gordon Pymble, Rear-Admiral Sir Ewart Hodgson, Heathcote Rhodes, Clemton Park, Miles van der Koop, Phillip Carstairs (‘Big White Carstairs’), i’ve been all them, and others besides.
Gosh. Do I need to meet all those people?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Tamb said:
SCIENCE said:imaginary
Good idea. The imaginary ones won’t take up any room.Do people you have never met, and whose only evidence of existence is some white text on a black background, count as real or imaginary?
ah, The René Dodgson
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-23/covid-19-people-who-have-had-it-may-need-one-dose-vaccine/13252338
>>People who have previously had COVID-19 may only need one shot of a coronavirus vaccine to be protected, according to new research……….The study, published this month by The Journal of the American Medical Association, found people who have already had COVID-19 — even those who didn’t show symptoms — had higher antibody responses to a single vaccine dose than those who were not previously infected…….“We know the immune response is stronger upon that second challenge,” Dr Labzin said.<<
Those are just some bits from the article.
I have a question. A local acquaintance recently had his first shot (he is CFA) and had to take a day off work the next day (might have been two days later) because of his body’s response to the vaccine. To the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t had the actual virus. So presumably it’s just like when you get a mild reaction to your fluvax. Have any forummers had a vax yet? Did anyone get a reaction? Mr buffy gets a sore arm from fluvax. I had no reaction at all last year.
Here is the link to the paper, from the ABC article.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777171
“Binding and Neutralization Antibody Titers After a Single Vaccine Dose in Health Care Workers Previously Infected With SARS-CoV-2”
buffy said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-23/covid-19-people-who-have-had-it-may-need-one-dose-vaccine/13252338>>People who have previously had COVID-19 may only need one shot of a coronavirus vaccine to be protected, according to new research……….The study, published this month by The Journal of the American Medical Association, found people who have already had COVID-19 — even those who didn’t show symptoms — had higher antibody responses to a single vaccine dose than those who were not previously infected…….“We know the immune response is stronger upon that second challenge,” Dr Labzin said.<<
Those are just some bits from the article.
I have a question. A local acquaintance recently had his first shot (he is CFA) and had to take a day off work the next day (might have been two days later) because of his body’s response to the vaccine. To the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t had the actual virus. So presumably it’s just like when you get a mild reaction to your fluvax. Have any forummers had a vax yet? Did anyone get a reaction? Mr buffy gets a sore arm from fluvax. I had no reaction at all last year.
CFA?
Michael V said:
buffy said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-23/covid-19-people-who-have-had-it-may-need-one-dose-vaccine/13252338>>People who have previously had COVID-19 may only need one shot of a coronavirus vaccine to be protected, according to new research……….The study, published this month by The Journal of the American Medical Association, found people who have already had COVID-19 — even those who didn’t show symptoms — had higher antibody responses to a single vaccine dose than those who were not previously infected…….“We know the immune response is stronger upon that second challenge,” Dr Labzin said.<<
Those are just some bits from the article.
I have a question. A local acquaintance recently had his first shot (he is CFA) and had to take a day off work the next day (might have been two days later) because of his body’s response to the vaccine. To the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t had the actual virus. So presumably it’s just like when you get a mild reaction to your fluvax. Have any forummers had a vax yet? Did anyone get a reaction? Mr buffy gets a sore arm from fluvax. I had no reaction at all last year.
CFA?

“ The two-dose vaccine reduced symptomatic disease by 79%, the company said in a press release, and reduced severe Covid-19 and hospitalization by 100%. AstraZeneca said that the vaccine was equally effective in people over 65, where it had 80% efficacy.”
https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/22/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-shows-better-than-expected-efficacy-in-u-s-trial/
Michael V said:
buffy said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-23/covid-19-people-who-have-had-it-may-need-one-dose-vaccine/13252338>>People who have previously had COVID-19 may only need one shot of a coronavirus vaccine to be protected, according to new research……….The study, published this month by The Journal of the American Medical Association, found people who have already had COVID-19 — even those who didn’t show symptoms — had higher antibody responses to a single vaccine dose than those who were not previously infected…….“We know the immune response is stronger upon that second challenge,” Dr Labzin said.<<
Those are just some bits from the article.
I have a question. A local acquaintance recently had his first shot (he is CFA) and had to take a day off work the next day (might have been two days later) because of his body’s response to the vaccine. To the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t had the actual virus. So presumably it’s just like when you get a mild reaction to your fluvax. Have any forummers had a vax yet? Did anyone get a reaction? Mr buffy gets a sore arm from fluvax. I had no reaction at all last year.
CFA?
Country Fire Authority. Emergency services people are presently getting jabbed.
buffy said:
Michael V said:
buffy said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-23/covid-19-people-who-have-had-it-may-need-one-dose-vaccine/13252338>>People who have previously had COVID-19 may only need one shot of a coronavirus vaccine to be protected, according to new research……….The study, published this month by The Journal of the American Medical Association, found people who have already had COVID-19 — even those who didn’t show symptoms — had higher antibody responses to a single vaccine dose than those who were not previously infected…….“We know the immune response is stronger upon that second challenge,” Dr Labzin said.<<
Those are just some bits from the article.
I have a question. A local acquaintance recently had his first shot (he is CFA) and had to take a day off work the next day (might have been two days later) because of his body’s response to the vaccine. To the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t had the actual virus. So presumably it’s just like when you get a mild reaction to your fluvax. Have any forummers had a vax yet? Did anyone get a reaction? Mr buffy gets a sore arm from fluvax. I had no reaction at all last year.
CFA?
Country Fire Authority. Emergency services people are presently getting jabbed.
Ah. I thought maybe it was a disease of some sort. Thanks.
Divine Angel said:
“ The two-dose vaccine reduced symptomatic disease by 79%, the company said in a press release, and reduced severe Covid-19 and hospitalization by 100%. AstraZeneca said that the vaccine was equally effective in people over 65, where it had 80% efficacy.”https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/22/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-shows-better-than-expected-efficacy-in-u-s-trial/
no mention of herd immunity efficacy (because it’s terrible) hey, despite similar governments pushing for herd immunity in the time before vaccine
SCIENCE said:
Divine Angel said:
“ The two-dose vaccine reduced symptomatic disease by 79%, the company said in a press release, and reduced severe Covid-19 and hospitalization by 100%. AstraZeneca said that the vaccine was equally effective in people over 65, where it had 80% efficacy.”https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/22/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-shows-better-than-expected-efficacy-in-u-s-trial/
AstraZeneca, The Vaccine Pushed By Selfish Governments
no mention of herd immunity efficacy (because it’s terrible) hey, despite similar governments pushing for herd immunity in the time before vaccine
It Gets Better And Better, Where “Better” Means More Like Morrison
By Jessica Riga
British drugmaker AstraZeneca may have provided an incomplete view of efficacy data on its COVID-19 vaccine from a large scale US trial, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said.
AstraZeneca said yesterday that its COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University was 79% effective in preventing symptomatic illness in a large trial in the United States, Chile and Peru.

“The DSMB (Data Safety Monitoring Board) expressed concern that AstraZeneca may have included outdated information from that trial, which may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data,” the US agency said.
“We urge the company to work with the DSMB to review the efficacy data and ensure the most accurate, up-to-date efficacy data be made public as quickly as possible.”
The request cast doubts over the company’s plan to seek US emergency use authorisation for the vaccine in the coming weeks.
Authorisation and guidelines for use of the vaccine in the United States will be determined by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after thorough review of the data by independent advisory committees.
Reporting by Reuters
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-24/coronavirus-long-covid-could-the-vaccine-cure-it/100023114
Texas Roadhouse CEO dies by suicide while battling ‘unbearable’ post-covid-19 symptoms, family says
Tim Elfrink
March 22, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. GMT+11
After surviving a bout with covid-19, Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor’s post-infection symptoms grew increasingly painful. Taylor was beset in particular with a severe case of tinnitus — a loud buzzing or ringing in the ears that can be debilitating.
Last week, amid an escalating fight with the conditions, Taylor, 65, died by suicide, his family said. His body was found on Thursday in a field on property he owned outside Louisville, the Courier-Journal reported.
“After a battle with post-Covid related symptoms, including severe tinnitus, Kent Taylor took his own life this week,” his family said in a statement shared with The Washington Post. “Kent battled and fought hard like the former track champion that he was, but the suffering that greatly intensified in recent days became unbearable.”
Read More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/22/texas-roadhouse-kent-taylor-suicide/?
Witty Rejoinder said:
Texas Roadhouse CEO dies by suicide while battling ‘unbearable’ post-covid-19 symptoms, family saysTim Elfrink
March 22, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. GMT+11After surviving a bout with covid-19, Texas Roadhouse CEO Kent Taylor’s post-infection symptoms grew increasingly painful. Taylor was beset in particular with a severe case of tinnitus — a loud buzzing or ringing in the ears that can be debilitating.
Last week, amid an escalating fight with the conditions, Taylor, 65, died by suicide, his family said. His body was found on Thursday in a field on property he owned outside Louisville, the Courier-Journal reported.
“After a battle with post-Covid related symptoms, including severe tinnitus, Kent Taylor took his own life this week,” his family said in a statement shared with The Washington Post. “Kent battled and fought hard like the former track champion that he was, but the suffering that greatly intensified in recent days became unbearable.”
Read More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/22/texas-roadhouse-kent-taylor-suicide/?
:( Wonder if he wished it on Trump.
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-24/coronavirus-long-covid-could-the-vaccine-cure-it/100023114
I saw that headline and decided not to read it. But I went back when you referenced it. Discussed it with Mr buffy. He thinks the autism that the COVID caused is cured by the vaccine. I think it’s worried people relaxing.
buffy said:
JudgeMental said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2021-03-24/coronavirus-long-covid-could-the-vaccine-cure-it/100023114
I saw that headline and decided not to read it. But I went back when you referenced it. Discussed it with Mr buffy. He thinks the autism that the COVID caused is cured by the vaccine. I think it’s worried people relaxing.
autism cured by vaccine. I love it.
https://www.wdam.com/2021/03/22/krispy-kreme-offering-free-doughnut-day-showing-covid-vaccine-card/
KK is offering a doughnut per day in the US to anyone who has had the vaccine. Have they done the maths on this? Could cost them like 300 billion dollars per year
dv said:
https://www.wdam.com/2021/03/22/krispy-kreme-offering-free-doughnut-day-showing-covid-vaccine-card/KK is offering a doughnut per day in the US to anyone who has had the vaccine. Have they done the maths on this? Could cost them like 300 billion dollars per year
Could is better than should.. do you think they’ll bother if anyone checks the maths?
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/1714441/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKtlHqDmS7w
roughbarked said:
https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/?main=https%3A//tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/1714441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKtlHqDmS7w
In reality in this thread, I am asking the question, now that the virus is in our land, will wetter conditions change how this all pans out?

A new double mutant variant of the coronavirus and 771 others have been detected in samples collected from 18 states across India.
Of the 10,787 samples, 736 were positive for the UK variant, 34 for the South African variant and one for the Brazilian variant.

PermeateFree said:
A new double mutant variant of the coronavirus and 771 others have been detected in samples collected from 18 states across India.Of the 10,787 samples, 736 were positive for the UK variant, 34 for the South African variant and one for the Brazilian variant.
oh c’m‘on let’s put it in perspective

we suppose it was inevitable

SCIENCE said:
we suppose it was inevitable
Heh.
Germany has called off a 5 day lockdown they had planned over Easter. Probably for the best, they only had about 20k cases yesterday…nothing to see here.
Remember how (months) earlier the suggestion was out there that B.1.1.7 was about 60% more deadly, well
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.11.2100256
In a fully adjusted analysis accounting for demographics and comorbidities, hazards were two-thirds higher in the VOC group (hazard ratio (HR): 1.67; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.34–2.09; p < 0.0001) compared with non-VOC (Figure 1).
there you go.
Guess the focused protection flock immunity crowd will have to lock up their old and vulnerable forever while around and around it goes.

Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the man from the Brisbane suburb of Stafford has been infectious in the community since last Friday.
From midday aged care facilities, hospitals and prisons in the Brisbane City Council area will not be allowed visitors.
Ms Palaszczuk said people in crowded places in those areas will now be required to wear masks.
“These are sensible precautions to look after our most vulnerable,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
A detailed public health alert will be issued later today on what locations the man had visited.
More to come.
roughbarked said:
Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the man from the Brisbane suburb of Stafford has been infectious in the community since last Friday.
From midday aged care facilities, hospitals and prisons in the Brisbane City Council area will not be allowed visitors.
Ms Palaszczuk said people in crowded places in those areas will now be required to wear masks.
“These are sensible precautions to look after our most vulnerable,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
A detailed public health alert will be issued later today on what locations the man had visited.
More to come.
By Simon Smale

“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
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we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the man from the Brisbane suburb of Stafford has been infectious in the community since last Friday.
From midday aged care facilities, hospitals and prisons in the Brisbane City Council area will not be allowed visitors.
Ms Palaszczuk said people in crowded places in those areas will now be required to wear masks.
“These are sensible precautions to look after our most vulnerable,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
A detailed public health alert will be issued later today on what locations the man had visited.
More to come.
By Simon Smale
Dr Young: ‘We don’t know how’ man acquired infection
“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
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we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
Cymek said:
SCIENCE said:roughbarked said:Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the man from the Brisbane suburb of Stafford has been infectious in the community since last Friday.
From midday aged care facilities, hospitals and prisons in the Brisbane City Council area will not be allowed visitors.
Ms Palaszczuk said people in crowded places in those areas will now be required to wear masks.
“These are sensible precautions to look after our most vulnerable,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
A detailed public health alert will be issued later today on what locations the man had visited.
More to come.
By Simon Smale
Dr Young: ‘We don’t know how’ man acquired infection
“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
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we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
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singing is not recommended but being outside, as they say, is
we would still carry if not wear masks while outside
we would still minimise contact with large groups
SCIENCE said:
Cymek said:SCIENCE said:By Simon Smale
Dr Young: ‘We don’t know how’ man acquired infection
“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
—
we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
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singing is not recommended but being outside, as they say, is
we would still carry if not wear masks while outside
we would still minimise contact with large groups
Wait until there’s no toilet paper on the shelves to go to the supermarket. Surprisingly empty at such times.
SCIENCE said:
By Simon Smale
Dr Young: ‘We don’t know how’ man acquired infection
“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
—
we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
Looks like the signing man is saying “It’s not me, don’t look at me.”
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
By Simon Smale
Dr Young: ‘We don’t know how’ man acquired infection
“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
—
we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
Looks like the signing man is saying “It’s not me, don’t look at me.”
He’s singing, Don’t stand, don’t stand so close to me.
“The main suspicion among scientists about the Chinese vaccine is based on them not yet having published their data in a peer-reviewed journal — but neither has Johnson & Johnson, yet that got approved very quickly in the US,” he said.
what about that eh
Bubblecar said:
SCIENCE said:
By Simon Smale
Dr Young: ‘We don’t know how’ man acquired infection
“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
—
we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
Looks like the signing man is saying “It’s not me, don’t look at me.”
They are funny they pull some really good faces
Minister for Health Yvette D’Ath said that fever clinics will be open all weekend, and reiterated how important it is to get tested and isolate if there are any “Please be patient. Please be respectful,” Ms D’Ath said. “We will be doing our best to get people through those clinics as quickly as possible.”
She added that she was “concerned” about the number of positive cases coming into the country, the “vast majority of whom are coming from Papua New Guinea”.
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could well be the most sensible place to start the investigation
Cymek said:
SCIENCE said:
roughbarked said:
Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the man from the Brisbane suburb of Stafford has been infectious in the community since last Friday.
From midday aged care facilities, hospitals and prisons in the Brisbane City Council area will not be allowed visitors.
Ms Palaszczuk said people in crowded places in those areas will now be required to wear masks.
“These are sensible precautions to look after our most vulnerable,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
A detailed public health alert will be issued later today on what locations the man had visited.
More to come.
By Simon Smale
Dr Young: ‘We don’t know how’ man acquired infection
“We don’t know how we will be getting gene sequencing results later today or early tomorrow that will assist us in working that,” Dr Young said.
“We need to make sure we are socially distancing and where we can’t, to wear a mask. If you are in that vulnerable cohort, maybe stay-at-home for the next few days until we understand exactly what is happening here.”
Dr Young said people should be able to go outside this weekend.
—
we put it to you that if “you don’t know how” then you might also want to temper the “go outside this weekend” message with a bit more guidance on limiting transmission risk
Fuck. I just ordered a plane ticket to fly from Perth to Brisbane the week after easter.
Massive second wave of infections is emerging in India, pitting the virus against the vaccine rollout
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/25/india-coronavirus-cases-vaccine/?

Witty Rejoinder said:
Massive second wave of infections is emerging in India, pitting the virus against the vaccine rollouthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/25/india-coronavirus-cases-vaccine/?
Viruses could out evolve our medicines almost in real time
Witty Rejoinder said:
Massive second wave of infections is emerging in India, pitting the virus against the vaccine rollouthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/25/india-coronavirus-cases-vaccine/?
Hang on…I thought everyone was up to their third wave now.
;)

Diseased fuckers…attempting to soil and sully our pristine state.
Bastards!
sibeen said:
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Diseased fuckers…attempting to soil and sully our pristine state.
Bastards!
What about my Swannies, hey what but, The whole lot were in Brisbane AFTER 12th March.
sibeen said:
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Diseased fuckers…attempting to soil and sully our pristine state.
Bastards!
Glad we didn’t make plans to go interstate over Easter. I knew there was a good reason I didn’t win those Hamilton tickets fir the Easter performances…
Divine Angel said:
sibeen said:
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Diseased fuckers…attempting to soil and sully our pristine state.
Bastards!
Glad we didn’t make plans to go interstate over Easter. I knew there was a good reason I didn’t win those Hamilton tickets fir the Easter performances…
I’m just hoping we get an outbreak here in the next couple of weeks.
JudgeMental said:
Divine Angel said:
sibeen said:
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Diseased fuckers…attempting to soil and sully our pristine state.
Bastards!
Glad we didn’t make plans to go interstate over Easter. I knew there was a good reason I didn’t win those Hamilton tickets fir the Easter performances…
I’m just hoping we get an outbreak here in the next couple of weeks.
You cruel, cruel bastard.
I’ve actually got flights booked and I’m not staying in Perth on the 10th as originally planned, but am supposed to be flying to Brisbane that day.
JudgeMental said:
Divine Angel said:
sibeen said:
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Diseased fuckers…attempting to soil and sully our pristine state.
Bastards!
Glad we didn’t make plans to go interstate over Easter. I knew there was a good reason I didn’t win those Hamilton tickets fir the Easter performances…
I’m just hoping we get an outbreak here in the next couple of weeks.
Because you want to stay in for a few weeks?
JudgeMental said:
Divine Angel said:
sibeen said:
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Diseased fuckers…attempting to soil and sully our pristine state.
Bastards!
Glad we didn’t make plans to go interstate over Easter. I knew there was a good reason I didn’t win those Hamilton tickets fir the Easter performances…
I’m just hoping we get an outbreak here in the next couple of weeks.
Because you want to stay in for a few weeks?
sibeen said:
JudgeMental said:
Divine Angel said:Glad we didn’t make plans to go interstate over Easter. I knew there was a good reason I didn’t win those Hamilton tickets fir the Easter performances…
I’m just hoping we get an outbreak here in the next couple of weeks.
You cruel, cruel bastard.
I’ve actually got flights booked and I’m not staying in Perth on the 10th as originally planned, but am supposed to be flying to Brisbane that day.
Badly worded. I will be in Perth on the evening of the 9th if anyone is up for a beer, flying out at midday the next.
sibeen said:
sibeen said:
JudgeMental said:I’m just hoping we get an outbreak here in the next couple of weeks.
You cruel, cruel bastard.
I’ve actually got flights booked and I’m not staying in Perth on the 10th as originally planned, but am supposed to be flying to Brisbane that day.
Badly worded. I will be in Perth on the evening of the 9th if anyone is up for a beer, flying out at midday the next.
All things going well i will finally, finally, be able to move back into my house on that day…