“Genomic testing has shown Brisbane’s latest locally acquired COVID-19 case is linked to a previous cluster involving two overseas travellers and a doctor at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.”
It’s been some time since this original “escape”. This suggests to me that it’s just been floating around in the population since then producing insufficient symptoms for people to bother to get tested.
This suggests to me that it’s just been floating around in the population since then producing insufficient symptoms for people to bother to get tested.
wait so unlike how the fkn idiots are saying that restrictions applies selection pressure that will make the virus worse and big and nasty, in actual fact infection control measures make any virus out there more likely to be mild and less dangerous, and the sanitation virulence hypothesis is supported ¿ who would have thought
This suggests to me that it’s just been floating around in the population since then producing insufficient symptoms for people to bother to get tested.
wait so unlike how the fkn idiots are saying that restrictions applies selection pressure that will make the virus worse and big and nasty, in actual fact infection control measures make any virus out there more likely to be mild and less dangerous, and the sanitation virulence hypothesis is supported ¿ who would have thought
In Contrast What Does Shitty-Sanitation Very-Virulent Look Like ¿
Qld records one new case of community transmission
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there are six new cases of COVID-19 – five are overseas acquired and one is a close contact of the man who was reported yesterday.
So that’s one new case of community transmission.
“That is very good news, and like I said, the next two days are going to be critical for us.”
—
Well, could be 0 which is better, but we’ll take 0!
Any of you like to make a book on how many total in this outbreak ¿ 2! ¿ 5 ¿
Qld records one new case of community transmission
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there are six new cases of COVID-19 – five are overseas acquired and one is a close contact of the man who was reported yesterday.
So that’s one new case of community transmission.
“That is very good news, and like I said, the next two days are going to be critical for us.”
—
Well, could be 0 which is better, but we’ll take 0!
Any of you like to make a book on how many total in this outbreak ¿ 2! ¿ 5 ¿
I’ll tell Sebeen that they could only find one new case and there’s nothing to worry about.
And anway you still might be able to get some of your ticket refunded if you get in quick.
Qld records one new case of community transmission
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there are six new cases of COVID-19 – five are overseas acquired and one is a close contact of the man who was reported yesterday.
So that’s one new case of community transmission.
“That is very good news, and like I said, the next two days are going to be critical for us.”
—
Well, could be 0 which is better, but we’ll take 0!
Any of you like to make a book on how many total in this outbreak ¿ 2! ¿ 5 ¿
I’ll tell Sebeen that they could only find one new case and there’s nothing to worry about.
And anway you still might be able to get some of your ticket refunded if you get in quick.
Australia, having performed relatively well in COVID-19 control, will probably better be served by aiming for proper vaccine herd immunity and not fking around with effective-against-original-strain-causing-death-but-shhh-not-so-good-at-preventing-spread alternatives. Even if corruption grants are lining the pockets of the suppliers.
They need whatever protection they can get over there earlier, then it seems fair to let them have it. Why not be magnanimous if you can afford to be ¿
In January, French President Emmanuel Macron said it was “quasi-ineffective”. Real-world data later showed it was highly effective and safe, including for older people.
Doesn’t seem to be what experts are publishing but sure.
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Australia was hoping to have all adults fully vaccinated by the end of October, but health officials conceded it might take until the end of the year.
Don’t worry the difference is insignificant, by either then, the escape variants will render relatively ineffective vaccines practically more generally ineffective.
Qld records one new case of community transmission
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there are six new cases of COVID-19 – five are overseas acquired and one is a close contact of the man who was reported yesterday.
So that’s one new case of community transmission.
“That is very good news, and like I said, the next two days are going to be critical for us.”
—
Well, could be 0 which is better, but we’ll take 0!
Any of you like to make a book on how many total in this outbreak ¿ 2! ¿ 5 ¿
I’ll tell Sebeen that they could only find one new case and there’s nothing to worry about.
And anway you still might be able to get some of your ticket refunded if you get in quick.
I’ll tell Sebeen that they could only find one new case and there’s nothing to worry about.
And anway you still might be able to get some of your ticket refunded if you get in quick.
> This suggests to me that it’s just been floating around in the population since then producing insufficient symptoms for people to bother to get tested.
That’s good. If it’s milder than normal flu then it’s milder than normal flu. End of story.
> This suggests to me that it’s just been floating around in the population since then producing insufficient symptoms for people to bother to get tested.
That’s good. If it’s milder than normal flu then it’s milder than normal flu. End of story.
> This suggests to me that it’s just been floating around in the population since then producing insufficient symptoms for people to bother to get tested.
That’s good. If it’s milder than normal flu then it’s milder than normal flu. End of story.
But it’s not. End of story.
It’s milder than normal flu for some people and fatal for a higher proportion of people than flu…
> This suggests to me that it’s just been floating around in the population since then producing insufficient symptoms for people to bother to get tested.
That’s good. If it’s milder than normal flu then it’s milder than normal flu. End of story.
But it’s not. End of story.
It’s milder than normal flu for some people and fatal for a higher proportion of people than flu…
Okay. I should have stated i was talking about case fatality and not merely severity of symptoms. Thanks Doctor. :-P
Saw him a night or so ago on the tele, running round like a 2 year old.
Made a stack of runs, running up and down up and down……..fit as a fiddle.
Blimey really? For whom?
India.
And here he is here congratulating the English captain last night.
I forget his name, I can see his face, with the ginger beard and all but I cant recall his name, it’ll probably come to me as soon as I hit submit……..begins with B I think.
And here he is here congratulating the English captain last night.
I forget his name, I can see his face, with the ginger beard and all but I cant recall his name, it’ll probably come to me as soon as I hit submit……..begins with B I think.
And here he is here congratulating the English captain last night.
I forget his name, I can see his face, with the ginger beard and all but I cant recall his name, it’ll probably come to me as soon as I hit submit……..begins with B I think.
Paging Mr. Bairstow.
Mr Bairstow to quarantine , please
‘Paging Mr. Bairstow.
Oh yes, definatly a close contact.
The series is locked at one all with the decider to be played tomorrow I think but they all be locked in a black hole in Calcutta.
A Strathpine man who tested positive to coronavirus held a party for 25 people at his home after being instructed to isolate while he waited for his test results.
A Strathpine man who tested positive to coronavirus held a party for 25 people at his home after being instructed to isolate while he waited for his test results.
A Strathpine man who tested positive to coronavirus held a party for 25 people at his home after being instructed to isolate while he waited for his test results.
He Barely Scraped Through The Election But Mark Is Still Trying To Score Political Points On COVID-19 Restrictions
“Due to updated health advice a full 14-day period of self-quarantine is now required,” Premier Mark McGowan announced in a Facebook post just after 6:00pm local time.
“These new directions also apply to those people who arrived from Queensland earlier today.
“The situation continues to be monitored regularly and the state government will not hesitate to reintroduce the hard border with QLD if the health advice recommends that course of action.”
Meanwhile, Annastacia Keeps Her Dust Dessicated
But news that a Brisbane man held a party for 25 people while waiting for his test results — which came back positive — has raised speculation the city is heading towards another lockdown.
There is no suggestion from state government at this stage that a lockdown is imminent.
He Barely Scraped Through The Election But Mark Is Still Trying To Score Political Points On COVID-19 Restrictions
“Due to updated health advice a full 14-day period of self-quarantine is now required,” Premier Mark McGowan announced in a Facebook post just after 6:00pm local time.
“These new directions also apply to those people who arrived from Queensland earlier today.
“The situation continues to be monitored regularly and the state government will not hesitate to reintroduce the hard border with QLD if the health advice recommends that course of action.”
But news that a Brisbane man held a party for 25 people while waiting for his test results — which came back positive — has raised speculation the city is heading towards another lockdown.
There is no suggestion from state government at this stage that a lockdown is imminent.
What a load of crap. We went into a three day lockdown because a hospital worker caught it from a quarantined patient. They’d been in the community fir a day or two.
Here we have two people in the community for a week (or near enough) and nothing.
I understand we can’t have rolling lockdowns every time there’s a new case, but some consistency please. Is it because the snap three day lockdown was in January during school hols? Is it because we’re gearing up for a busy tourist period with Easter next week? Or is it because they’ve got contact tracing down to a fine art and don’t need a “circuit breaker” lockdown? FFS.
Worst may lie ahead for Brazil, source of a quarter of world’s daily COVID deaths
By David Biller and Maircio Savarese
March 28, 2021 — 9.39am
Rio De Janeiro: Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and health experts are warning that the nation is on the verge of even greater calamity.
The nation’s seven-day average of 2400 deaths stands to reach to 3000 within weeks, six experts said. That’s nearly the worst level seen by the US, though Brazil has two-thirds its population. Spikes of daily deaths could soon hit 4000; on Friday (Brazil time) there were 3650. On Saturday there were 3438 deaths, the Health Ministry said.
Having glimpsed the abyss, there is growing recognition shutdowns are no longer avoidable – not just among experts, but also many mayors and governors. Restrictions on activity they implemented last year were half-hearted and consistently sabotaged by President Jair Bolsonaro, who sought to stave off economic doom. He remains unconvinced of any need for clampdown, which leaves local leaders pursuing a patchwork of measures to prevent the death toll from spiralling further.
It may be too late, with a more contagious variant rampaging across Brazil. For the first time, new daily cases topped 100,000 on March 25, with many more uncounted. Miguel Nicolelis, professor of Neurobiology at Duke University who advised several Brazilian governors and mayors on pandemic control, anticipates the total death toll reaching 500,000 by July and exceeding that of the US by year-end.
I guess we’re about to find out exactly how many ‘zombie’ businesses we’ve been propping up (when Job Keeper ends). Anyone want to take at stab? Thousands? Tens of thousands?
I guess we’re about to find out exactly how many ‘zombie’ businesses we’ve been propping up (when Job Keeper ends). Anyone want to take at stab? Thousands? Tens of thousands?
‘Schools will close from tomorrow and people in Greater Brisbane will only be able to leave their homes for essential reasons like grocery shopping, exercise, work and medical care. ‘
In other words: pretty much what most people would do over the course of three weekdays, anyway.
I heard the news on the way back from school drop-off. Popped into Woolies to get Easter eggs because people still panic buy, meaning the entire stock of Easter eggs will be gone by lunchtime and dammit, Mini Me is getting chocolate eggs!
No one at Woolies had heard the news yet, so good luck to them today.
I heard the news on the way back from school drop-off. Popped into Woolies to get Easter eggs because people still panic buy, meaning the entire stock of Easter eggs will be gone by lunchtime and dammit, Mini Me is getting chocolate eggs!
No one at Woolies had heard the news yet, so good luck to them today.
‘Oh my god! I have to rush to the supermarket and buy twenty-seven toilet rolls, or else i won’t be able to buy any until Friday!’.
I heard the news on the way back from school drop-off. Popped into Woolies to get Easter eggs because people still panic buy, meaning the entire stock of Easter eggs will be gone by lunchtime and dammit, Mini Me is getting chocolate eggs!
No one at Woolies had heard the news yet, so good luck to them today.
‘Oh my god! I have to rush to the supermarket and buy twenty-seven toilet rolls, or else i won’t be able to buy any until Friday!’.
Saturday… Friday is Good Friday and most supermarkets are closed
I heard the news on the way back from school drop-off. Popped into Woolies to get Easter eggs because people still panic buy, meaning the entire stock of Easter eggs will be gone by lunchtime and dammit, Mini Me is getting chocolate eggs!
No one at Woolies had heard the news yet, so good luck to them today.
You see… DT was right. If you drop back your testing, when you ramp it up again, your find more cases!
;)
related perhaps, been wondering lately where people’s attention went after that person you mention got sacked from the top job, I mean here in Australia some people seemed quite invested in the subject of that persons presidency, that there was a problem, problems
some of TV (one particular show especially) is a fairly direct commentary of all political over there
so I wonder if some of it got redirected into politics here, momentum
You see… DT was right. If you drop back your testing, when you ramp it up again, your find more cases!
;)
related perhaps, been wondering lately where people’s attention went after that person you mention got sacked from the top job, I mean here in Australia some people seemed quite invested in the subject of that persons presidency, that there was a problem, problems
some of TV (one particular show especially) is a fairly direct commentary of all political over there
so I wonder if some of it got redirected into politics here, momentum
True, now that the idol is gone, we’re only left with top blokes in the Australian government, faultless, blameless, priceless.
You see… DT was right. If you drop back your testing, when you ramp it up again, your find more cases!
;)
related perhaps, been wondering lately where people’s attention went after that person you mention got sacked from the top job, I mean here in Australia some people seemed quite invested in the subject of that persons presidency, that there was a problem, problems
some of TV (one particular show especially) is a fairly direct commentary of all political over there
so I wonder if some of it got redirected into politics here, momentum
True, now that the idol is gone, we’re only left with top blokes in the Australian government, faultless, blameless, priceless.
just a possibility, that removing an object of contempt elsewhere, probably an unnatural person really, that contempt looks goes elsewhere when that object somewhat retreats or is removed, then the force of the (hostile) attention goes elsewhere, is redirected, which really is a distortion to some extent, can be seen so
related perhaps, been wondering lately where people’s attention went after that person you mention got sacked from the top job, I mean here in Australia some people seemed quite invested in the subject of that persons presidency, that there was a problem, problems
some of TV (one particular show especially) is a fairly direct commentary of all political over there
so I wonder if some of it got redirected into politics here, momentum
True, now that the idol is gone, we’re only left with top blokes in the Australian government, faultless, blameless, priceless.
just a possibility, that removing an object of contempt elsewhere, probably an unnatural person really, that contempt looks goes elsewhere when that object somewhat retreats or is removed, then the force of the (hostile) attention goes elsewhere, is redirected, which really is a distortion to some extent, can be seen so
ah you mean once lockdown successfully reduces local unknown source transmission, then there is an opportunity to redirect resources to the next priority intervention such as test trace isolate, makes sense
Mrs Cymek gets extras long shifts every time borders or rules to get into WA change
We’ve had it easy on the island compared with many of you mainlanders.
No lockdowns since the early one.
WA has pretty much escaped it is as well
Even Toowoomba got off lightly.
The hospital was massively reorganised at short notice to accommodate an expected wave of cases, given the place’s proximity to Brisbane, but the total number of afflicted seen here was ‘several’.
We’ve had it easy on the island compared with many of you mainlanders.
No lockdowns since the early one.
WA has pretty much escaped it is as well
Even Toowoomba got off lightly.
The hospital was massively reorganised at short notice to accommodate an expected wave of cases, given the place’s proximity to Brisbane, but the total number of afflicted seen here was ‘several’.
France and the USA both started lying about their number of ‘active cases’ and ‘recoveries’ at the peak of the first wave. They’ve been lying their heads off ever since. The following is sorted by active cases. Brazil has the actual largest number of active cases.
France and the USA both started lying about their number of ‘active cases’ and ‘recoveries’ at the peak of the first wave. They’ve been lying their heads off ever since. The following is sorted by active cases. Brazil has the actual largest number of active cases.
That’s what happens when you don’t do things properly.
France and the USA both started lying about their number of ‘active cases’ and ‘recoveries’ at the peak of the first wave. They’ve been lying their heads off ever since.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
I’ve made a few of the fourth one down on the page, the red one. Easy and quick, I found them very comfortable to wear. I second the hat elastic rather than wider elastic.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
I’ve made a few of the fourth one down on the page, the red one. Easy and quick, I found them very comfortable to wear. I second the hat elastic rather than wider elastic.
Thanks ruby. I doubt we have hat elastic here. I think we only have super-wide elastic to repair my shorts. I suppose a few rubber bands would suffice.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
So I know that one works. I’ve not tried any of the others. Now I’ve made possible a hundred of them, it only takes me around 10 minutes to make one. It’s easy. I recommend hat elastic for the elastic. I like it better than anything wider, although it may cut your ears a bit if you are wearing a mask all day every day. But you won’t be doing that.
I’ve made a few of the fourth one down on the page, the red one. Easy and quick, I found them very comfortable to wear. I second the hat elastic rather than wider elastic.
Thanks ruby. I doubt we have hat elastic here. I think we only have super-wide elastic to repair my shorts. I suppose a few rubber bands would suffice.
You should be able to buy hat elastic online from Spotlight or Lincraft or someone. Early on elastic was hard to get, but now it’s all back in stock. If you need me to send you a couple of packs, let me know and I’ll drop them in the mail for you. I’ve got a couple of unopened packs here (I buy and hoard…which was just as well, because I was using knicker elastic at the beginning because soft elastic was simply not available, it had all been bought up)
I’ve made a few of the fourth one down on the page, the red one. Easy and quick, I found them very comfortable to wear. I second the hat elastic rather than wider elastic.
Thanks ruby. I doubt we have hat elastic here. I think we only have super-wide elastic to repair my shorts. I suppose a few rubber bands would suffice.
You should be able to buy hat elastic online from Spotlight or Lincraft or someone. Early on elastic was hard to get, but now it’s all back in stock. If you need me to send you a couple of packs, let me know and I’ll drop them in the mail for you. I’ve got a couple of unopened packs here (I buy and hoard…which was just as well, because I was using knicker elastic at the beginning because soft elastic was simply not available, it had all been bought up)
That didn’t read so well. It was new, unused knicker elastic. Which I had hoarded from years ago when I was making knickers.
Thanks ruby. I doubt we have hat elastic here. I think we only have super-wide elastic to repair my shorts. I suppose a few rubber bands would suffice.
You should be able to buy hat elastic online from Spotlight or Lincraft or someone. Early on elastic was hard to get, but now it’s all back in stock. If you need me to send you a couple of packs, let me know and I’ll drop them in the mail for you. I’ve got a couple of unopened packs here (I buy and hoard…which was just as well, because I was using knicker elastic at the beginning because soft elastic was simply not available, it had all been bought up)
That didn’t read so well. It was new, unused knicker elastic. Which I had hoarded from years ago when I was making knickers.
Hee hee @ Buffy.
I had just chucked out some hoarded cheap Chinese hat elastic when the Great Elastic Shortage hit. I was not happy that my small act of good housekeeping came at just the wrong time. And I had to use my 20 year old very good Aussie made hat elastic, or rubber bands for my masks.
I’ve made a few of the fourth one down on the page, the red one. Easy and quick, I found them very comfortable to wear. I second the hat elastic rather than wider elastic.
Thanks ruby. I doubt we have hat elastic here. I think we only have super-wide elastic to repair my shorts. I suppose a few rubber bands would suffice.
You should be able to buy hat elastic online from Spotlight or Lincraft or someone. Early on elastic was hard to get, but now it’s all back in stock. If you need me to send you a couple of packs, let me know and I’ll drop them in the mail for you. I’ve got a couple of unopened packs here (I buy and hoard…which was just as well, because I was using knicker elastic at the beginning because soft elastic was simply not available, it had all been bought up)
Cheers. I’ll see what happens. I’ll pass on your helpful hints to the sewing machine operator. Until recently I also owned a sewing machine, but all I ever taught myself to do was darning. When Mrs V bought herself a new lightweight simple machine, I gave my very heavy machine away to a friend who is a retro collector.
Mrs V has just got back from the shops. She was given a disposable mask at one shop.
I’ve not noticed it at Woolies, but they moved that stuff a couple of years ago and I have to stop and think about where to find it. But during the Great Elastic Shortage even they didn’t have any.
The lady who owns the house over the road decided to race up here (from Brisbane, where she lives) to beat the lockdown. Mrs V talked to her when she was down the street.
Looks like I’ll be cancelling some Perth to Brisbane flights on the morrow.
ABC news said it was ok to transit through the airport on connecting flights. But best to check.
I was going to spend a night in Brisbane (shudder) before flying up to Longreach for a week. Then back to Brisbane (shudder) for another night and then home to Melbourne.
Looks like I’ll be cancelling some Perth to Brisbane flights on the morrow.
ABC news said it was ok to transit through the airport on connecting flights. But best to check.
I was going to spend a night in Brisbane (shudder) before flying up to Longreach for a week. Then back to Brisbane (shudder) for another night and then home to Melbourne.
Just spoke to a mate who drove down to the ACT from Brisbane on the 19th for work. The ACT has declared him a potential diseased germ ridden carrier and shoved him into hotel isolation until 6PM on Thursday and will only release him if they have a negative test. He’s not a happy camper.
Just spoke to a mate who drove down to the ACT from Brisbane on the 19th for work. The ACT has declared him a potential diseased germ ridden carrier and shoved him into hotel isolation until 6PM on Thursday and will only release him if they have a negative test. He’s not a happy camper.
Can you go through another airport, it’s only Brisbane and environs that is a hot spot?
Just spoke to a mate who drove down to the ACT from Brisbane on the 19th for work. The ACT has declared him a potential diseased germ ridden carrier and shoved him into hotel isolation until 6PM on Thursday and will only release him if they have a negative test. He’s not a happy camper.
Just spoke to a mate who drove down to the ACT from Brisbane on the 19th for work. The ACT has declared him a potential diseased germ ridden carrier and shoved him into hotel isolation until 6PM on Thursday and will only release him if they have a negative test. He’s not a happy camper.
Can you go through another airport, it’s only Brisbane and environs that is a hot spot?
Nup, not to get to Longreach. Believe it or not but there are no Perth to Longreach direct flights.
Just spoke to a mate who drove down to the ACT from Brisbane on the 19th for work. The ACT has declared him a potential diseased germ ridden carrier and shoved him into hotel isolation until 6PM on Thursday and will only release him if they have a negative test. He’s not a happy camper.
he’s not camping he’s in a hotel.
He’s a fairly senior Army officer, wears red tabs on his collar and all, he knows what camping is.
On Sunday, the UK registered 3,862 new cases, the lowest daily figure in six months and there were no deaths in London for the first time since September.
The changes coincided with unseasonably warm spring weather, as temperatures in southern England were tipped to reach a near-record top of 24 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
England has embarked on a major easing of its latest coronavirus lockdown, with families and friends able to meet in outdoor spaces and many sports permitted once again.
On Sunday, the UK registered 3,862 new cases, the lowest daily figure in six months and there were no deaths in London for the first time since September.
The changes coincided with unseasonably warm spring weather, as temperatures in southern England were tipped to reach a near-record top of 24 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
England has embarked on a major easing of its latest coronavirus lockdown, with families and friends able to meet in outdoor spaces and many sports permitted once again.
You might need to superimpose daily cases with a cumulative vaccinations.
A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario.
A lab leak of the virus is also “extremely unlikely”, according to a draft copy of the report, obtained by The Associated Press. The team proposed further research in every area, except the lab leak hypothesis.
It said that highly similar viruses have been found in pangolins, but also noted that mink and cats are susceptible to the COVID virus, which suggests they could be carriers. However, the report says that “the evolutionary distance between these bat viruses and SARS-CoV-2 is estimated to be several decades, suggesting a missing link.”
On Sunday, the UK registered 3,862 new cases, the lowest daily figure in six months and there were no deaths in London for the first time since September.
The changes coincided with unseasonably warm spring weather, as temperatures in southern England were tipped to reach a near-record top of 24 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
England has embarked on a major easing of its latest coronavirus lockdown, with families and friends able to meet in outdoor spaces and many sports permitted once again.
You might need to superimpose daily cases with a cumulative vaccinations.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says authorities anticipate more cases will be announced from Brisbane’s COVID-19 cluster as the city enters its first day of a snap lockdown.
but also some maybe slightly good news
She said 41,000 Queensland front-line health and hotel quarantine staff had received their first vaccine. “That’s around 89 per cent. So, that’s a good sign and it’s just unfortunate in this issue that this particular nurse worked one shift in this ward where she was unvaccinated. My understanding is that over the next couple of weeks that will be 100 per cent of people vaccinated, and around 7,000 people have been getting their second vaccinations. So, the vaccination rollout is going ahead.”
I can’t see on the ABC live updates how many tests were done in Queensland yesterday. It’s usually one of the numbers given. Anyone know what it is? I think it had dropped down to around 5,000/day before the latest positive case.
I can’t see on the ABC live updates how many tests were done in Queensland yesterday. It’s usually one of the numbers given. Anyone know what it is? I think it had dropped down to around 5,000/day before the latest positive case.
I can’t see on the ABC live updates how many tests were done in Queensland yesterday. It’s usually one of the numbers given. Anyone know what it is? I think it had dropped down to around 5,000/day before the latest positive case.
I can’t see on the ABC live updates how many tests were done in Queensland yesterday. It’s usually one of the numbers given. Anyone know what it is? I think it had dropped down to around 5,000/day before the latest positive case.
‘Toowoomba a COVID-19 hotspot, NT declares, after group travels to a Brisbane pub
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer says she is monitoring Toowoomba for any COVID-19 outbreaks after a large group of people travelled to an exposure site in south-east Queensland.
Dr Jeanette Young said the group had travelled to a pub in Brisbane and back to Toowoomba, but she did not provide any further details.
Key points:
Toowoomba is being monitored for any COVID-19 outbreaks after a large group of people travelled to an exposure site in south-east Queensland
People travelling to the NT from Toowoomba will have to go into isolation for two weeks
Retailers are urgently sourcing more masks after a directive from Queensland Health’
‘Toowoomba a COVID-19 hotspot, NT declares, after group travels to a Brisbane pub
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer says she is monitoring Toowoomba for any COVID-19 outbreaks after a large group of people travelled to an exposure site in south-east Queensland.
Dr Jeanette Young said the group had travelled to a pub in Brisbane and back to Toowoomba, but she did not provide any further details.
Key points:
Toowoomba is being monitored for any COVID-19 outbreaks after a large group of people travelled to an exposure site in south-east Queensland
People travelling to the NT from Toowoomba will have to go into isolation for two weeks
Retailers are urgently sourcing more masks after a directive from Queensland Health’
Had to happen, sooner or later.
Everything’s going to be shut down for 4 days starting Friday in Toowoomba.
Retailers are urgently sourcing more masks after a directive from Queensland Health’
If there’s one thing I’ve seen a trillion of in the past six months, it’s face masks in retailers. Even retailers who wouldn’t have masks pre-Covid, like discount stores and hair salons. Everyone’s selling them now.
Retailers are urgently sourcing more masks after a directive from Queensland Health’
If there’s one thing I’ve seen a trillion of in the past six months, it’s face masks in retailers. Even retailers who wouldn’t have masks pre-Covid, like discount stores and hair salons. Everyone’s selling them now.
Mrs V got hat elastic from the IGA. She looked at the masks recommended by buffy and ruby. She decided to go with ruby’s recommendation because it seemed simpler and had a place for a plastic-covered wire. She’s making the first of four of them now.
Given that general release of vaccine was worldwide by end of December, there ought to be a lot of scientific papers about performance of the vaccines from the general release.
So, where are they? Google Scholar gives zero hits from 2021.
Given that general release of vaccine was worldwide by end of December, there ought to be a lot of scientific papers about performance of the vaccines from the general release.
So, where are they? Google Scholar gives zero hits from 2021.
Obviously they’re being suppressed by William George Gates Sors and the World Government
Given that general release of vaccine was worldwide by end of December, there ought to be a lot of scientific papers about performance of the vaccines from the general release.
So, where are they? Google Scholar gives zero hits from 2021.
Obviously they’re being suppressed by William George Gates Soros and the World Government
Retailers are urgently sourcing more masks after a directive from Queensland Health’
If there’s one thing I’ve seen a trillion of in the past six months, it’s face masks in retailers. Even retailers who wouldn’t have masks pre-Covid, like discount stores and hair salons. Everyone’s selling them now.
Retailers are urgently sourcing more masks after a directive from Queensland Health’
If there’s one thing I’ve seen a trillion of in the past six months, it’s face masks in retailers. Even retailers who wouldn’t have masks pre-Covid, like discount stores and hair salons. Everyone’s selling them now.
The grog shop gave me one for free.
I’m worth a lot more to them alive.
Ha! That’s what happened to Mrs V yesterday afternoon.
If there’s one thing I’ve seen a trillion of in the past six months, it’s face masks in retailers. Even retailers who wouldn’t have masks pre-Covid, like discount stores and hair salons. Everyone’s selling them now.
The grog shop gave me one for free.
I’m worth a lot more to them alive.
Ha! That’s what happened to Mrs V yesterday afternoon.
Mrs V got hat elastic from the IGA. She looked at the masks recommended by buffy and ruby. She decided to go with ruby’s recommendation because it seemed simpler and had a place for a plastic-covered wire. She’s making the first of four of them now.
Mrs V got hat elastic from the IGA. She looked at the masks recommended by buffy and ruby. She decided to go with ruby’s recommendation because it seemed simpler and had a place for a plastic-covered wire. She’s making the first of four of them now.
France and the USA both started lying about their number of ‘active cases’ and ‘recoveries’ at the peak of the first wave. They’ve been lying their heads off ever since.
No.
I have proof. I can even give you the exact dates on which France and the USA started lying.
Still looking for post-rollout papers on global effectiveness of Covid vaccines. I think I’ve found one from Israel.
Israel is one country that got vaccinated very fast.
“Between 19th of December 2020 and February 25th 2021, Maccabi Healthcare Services (MHS) has vaccinated more than 1.2 million out of almost 1.8 million of its 16 years old and older population, as part of a national rapid rollout of the vaccine.”
“120 million observations” analysed statistically.
Excellent.
“The odds ratio of infection for different days following vaccination, compared to unvaccinated reference, showed a gradual decrease in infection rate starting at day 12, ultimately plateauing, following 35 days post first inoculation, at levels of approximately 91% for the per-test model and 95% for the per-day model.”
That’s a reduction by a factor of 20 in the chance of catching Covid, but only refers to first innoculation. Does the paper say anything about second innoculation, or deaths? “Deaths” not mentioned in the paper.
“Vaccine was even more effective in preventing symptomatic infections. A subset of the tests had an associated physician referral indicating symptoms, referrals are not required and were usually not issued; only 2.2% of the tests had an associated referral which also indicated symptoms … Vaccine protection against symptomatic infections was higher than the effectiveness observed for all infections”.
Hmm. Not a great way of identifying “symptoms” but proabably the only data available.
France and the USA both started lying about their number of ‘active cases’ and ‘recoveries’ at the peak of the first wave. They’ve been lying their heads off ever since.
No.
I have proof. I can even give you the exact dates on which France and the USA started lying.
so in case we didn’t realise it 400 days ago apparently the reason COVID-19 “only” kills old people is that whenever someone younger comes along, treatment of the younger person takes priority
On the weekend it was announced a close contact of the landscaper, a man in his 20s from Strathpine, tested positive for COVID-19.
The landscaper’s brother was also tested and shown to have previously had the virus but recovered.
By Monday there were four new locally acquired cases, which triggered the three-day lockdown of Greater Brisbane.
Those cases included two of the Strathpine man’s colleagues.
One of those colleagues was in the central Queensland city of Gladstone for three days — March 25 to March 28 — while infectious.
The final two cases announced on Monday were a nurse from PA Hospital and her sister, which was the start of a new cluster.
On Tuesday, eight new locally acquired cases were announced, of which there are two close contacts of people from the doctor cluster. The rest are connected to the nurse cluster.
The nurse visited Byron Bay between Friday, March 26 and Sunday, March 28, during which time she attended a hen’s party with her sister.
On Monday, it was announced the nurse and her sister had tested positive for COVID-19.
By Tuesday, another five people who attended the hen’s party and since returned to Queensland had also tested positive.
One of those cases is a man who worked as an “entertainer” at the party and is a tradie on the Gold Coast.
The man visited an aged care facility where all residents had been vaccinated with their first dose.
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here’s a radical new idea for everyone
if the incubation period is up to 14 days
just space out your indoor gatherings at intervals of greater than 14 days
Schools in regional Queensland were forced to close today after critical staff shortages were sparked by the Greater Brisbane lockdown, preventing teachers in the lockdown zone from travelling to schools outside the area. Queensland government has now revoked the earlier advice preventing staff who lived in Greater Brisbane from leaving the lockdown zone to work at schools.
Education Department director-general Tony Cook told school staff on Monday that anyone who lived in Greater Brisbane and travelled to schools outside of the lockdown zone would have to work from home. Overnight the chief health officer confirmed with the department that all school staff across the state were considered essential workers and could therefore attend their schools for work.
Didn’t everyone have some kind of work-from-home remote-learning thing going last year ¿ It wasn’t perfect but it we thought the point was that the schools didn’t close ¿ You might think that with a year to prepare, and remote learning resources not exactly disappearing the moment you turn around and face the board again …
Teachers are not required to wear masks when they are with students but should consider wearing them when they are with other adults and cannot socially distance in school areas. Ms Richardson acknowledged some teachers would still want to wear masks but said the department’s advice was for teachers to talk with school leaders.
Just get a lavalier microphone and clip it onto the mask, not difficult.
Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN he believes the coronavirus originally escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. But it’s too early to know for sure and investigations are ongoing.
Redfield stressed he was not implying “intentionality,” and no credible scientist, including Redfield, believes the virus was man-made.
Palaszczuk has insisted the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is on track, with all remaining healthcare workers to receive their first dose of vaccine “over the next 48 hours”. The state’s health officials have said 89 per cent of frontline health workers have already received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
So once they made the decision it really could have been done almost all at once ¿
From today, only healthcare workers who have been vaccinated can treat COVID-19 patients in Queensland.
From when it was available might have been the sensible move no ¿
Queensland has been stockpiling vaccine shots so that everyone who has had one shot has a second dose available for them
Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly dismissed that reasoning, and said there was no need for any state or territory to stockpile vaccines. “We’ve been very clear in relation to the Pfizer vaccine — because the second dose needs to be given three weeks after the first — the Commonwealth, as part of our responsibility, will be keeping a second dose available for every single person that gets a first dose,” Dr Kelly said.
LOL yeah the same commonwealth government that offloaded Princess, that wanted to let it rip for the Economy Must Grow, and so forth, yeah we’d totally trust them when they tell us not to stockpile
There was a bit of an unscheduled delay due to the blood clot business.
maybe but if Europe really didn’t want it then they could have dumped it on Marketing
not that we support using inferior pharmaceuticals, judging from the Marketing push over AstraZeneca they really wanted to get it going despite the danger
There was a bit of an unscheduled delay due to the blood clot business.
maybe but if Europe really didn’t want it then they could have dumped it on Marketing
not that we support using inferior pharmaceuticals, judging from the Marketing push over AstraZeneca they really wanted to get it going despite the danger
Blood clot business is ongoing. Canada just restricted the use of AZ to over 55 year olds.
I read somewhere on the ABC live updates thing that Queensland is hospitalizing all positives. That’s a new approach, isn’t it? I can’t remember anyone doing that before.
>>Our data has 78 people in Queensland hospitalised (remember Queensland is currently hospitalising all its COVID patients) and 2 people in the ICU.
There are two COVID patients in the NT (these will be overseas arrivals) who are in hospital but none in the ICU. No other state or territory currently has hospitalised COVID patients.
Sending our best wishes to all the people diagnosed.<<
on the COVID live updates on the ABC news, 3hrs ago.
I read somewhere on the ABC live updates thing that Queensland is hospitalizing all positives. That’s a new approach, isn’t it? I can’t remember anyone doing that before.
They were doing that way back in the early wave of Covids. I recall some American actor got it (was it Tom Hanks?) while filming on the Gold Coast and he had to quarantine in a horse-piddle.
Isn’t that being extremely stupid. The evidence out of the USA and UK is that the first dose is quite efficient and holding off for the second dose is a wise course.
I read somewhere on the ABC live updates thing that Queensland is hospitalizing all positives. That’s a new approach, isn’t it? I can’t remember anyone doing that before.
They were doing that way back in the early wave of Covids. I recall some American actor got it (was it Tom Hanks?) while filming on the Gold Coast and he had to quarantine in a horse-piddle.
But I thought it was only done if people were actually unwell. That was my understanding, anyway.
I read somewhere on the ABC live updates thing that Queensland is hospitalizing all positives. That’s a new approach, isn’t it? I can’t remember anyone doing that before.
The ABC is reporting that the Byron Bay Bluesfest has been cancelled.
Eleventh hour… ouch.
Hazzard said: “While the cancellation of Bluesfest is disappointing for music lovers and the local community, I hope that ticket holders would support Bluesfest and hold on to their tickets as I understand Bluesfest will be working on a new date as soon as possible.”
Speaking of confusion over cancelled events due to Covid…
Good Friday normally sees Festival of Sails. This year you had to book a free ticket (contact tracing etc). When the Brisbane lockdown was announced, I got an email from the organiser saying they were cancelling the event due to uncertainty and risk of community transmission blah blah blah (good choice).
An hour later, received an email from the ticket people advising the organiser had cancelled the event.
This morning, another email from the ticket people saying “get excited! Your event is almost here!”
Followed by another email from the organiser, identical to the original email advising of the cancellation.
The ABC is reporting that the Byron Bay Bluesfest has been cancelled.
Eleventh hour… ouch.
Hazzard said: “While the cancellation of Bluesfest is disappointing for music lovers and the local community, I hope that ticket holders would support Bluesfest and hold on to their tickets as I understand Bluesfest will be working on a new date as soon as possible.”
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Do they mean postponed?
Is there confusion?
“Postponed with no tentative new date set and uncertainty over the feasibility of attempting to re-stage the event”.
not quite the same as “cancelled” I agree, but not too far off it. But “cancelled” is just one word that adequately conveys the general meaning.
The ABC is reporting that the Byron Bay Bluesfest has been cancelled.
Yes, one case of COVID in Byron Bay I heard.
“Infectious Queensland travellers attended a number of venues in the Byron Bay area and the new locally acquired case was infected at one of these venues.”
A raft of restrictions will be introduced in the Byron area after a local COVID-19 infection was discovered overnight.
The case has been traced to the Byron Beach Hotel, where an infected person from Brisbane visited on March 26.
Isn’t that being extremely stupid. The evidence out of the USA and UK is that the first dose is quite efficient and holding off for the second dose is a wise course.
only if it’s depriving people at high risk, of coverage; much more stupid things going on out there
There was a bit of an unscheduled delay due to the blood clot business.
maybe but if Europe really didn’t want it then they could have dumped it on Marketing
not that we support using inferior pharmaceuticals, judging from the Marketing push over AstraZeneca they really wanted to get it going despite the danger
The European Union has blocked some vaccine shipments destined for Australia, citing the country’s low infection rate and skyrocketing cases in Europe.
Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday that their Covid-19 vaccine prevented symptomatic disease and was well-tolerated in a Phase 3 study of adolescents ages 12 to 15. The main measure of the vaccine’s efficacy was whether a subset of subjects developed antibodies at the same level seen in older adolescents and adults. The antibody levels, expressed as SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing geometric mean titers, were 1,239.5, compared to geometric mean titers of 705.1 in subjects between the ages of 16 and 25 in previous studies. Those levels are considered non-inferior to one another. But the vaccine also prevented symptomatic Covid-19 infection. There were 18 cases of Covid-19 among patients who received placebo and none in those who received the vaccine, the companies said. Considering that wasn’t even the primary aim, that’s a good amount of data because it’s coupled with the other information.
Pfizer and BioNTech released side effect data from 100 adolescents in the 12 to 15 age group as part of the FDA’s review of the vaccine. One in five reported fever after their second dose, compared to none in the placebo group. More than a quarter reported having chills, compared to less than one in ten on placebo.
Pfizer and BioNTech announced last week that they had begun studies in children as young as six months, which will test whether lower doses should be used. Moderna is conducting separate studies in adolescents aged 12 years to 18 years and children aged 6 months to 12 years.
Germany’s vaccine regulator said on Tuesday it has recorded 31 cases of a rare blood clot in the brain, nine of which resulted in deaths, after people received a COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca. With the exception of two cases, all reports concerned women between the ages of 20 and 63. The two men were 36 and 57 years old.
At the Delafontaine hospital, in the heart of mainland France’s poorest region, the ravages of France’s third wave of coronavirus infections are plain to see. A 30-year-old man, who had no prior medical condition before being struck down by Covid-19, wakes up after three weeks in intensive care. Delafontaine has had to add eight more beds in intensive care, taking the total to 26. Half of the hospital’s Covid-19 patients are under 43 years of age, who are far down the waiting list for a vaccine being administered in descending order of age. And in a first for the hospital since the pandemic began, pregnant women are winding up in intensive care. Daniel Da Silva, the head of Delafontaine’s intensive care unit, is hopeful he will never have to turn patients away.
Macron, who has so far resisted imposing a third countrywide lockdown, will address the nation to announce further restrictions.
Alice Auroux, a nurse who said she had not had a proper holiday in a year, gave voice to the despair that many healthworkers have expressed in the face of the government’s failure so far to impose a stay-at-home order. “It feels as if we’re not getting on top of it,” she said.
Da Silva said he understood the toll on the economy and nation’s psychological wellbeing under stay-at-home orders. “But at the same time I see what we’re dealing with here. One thing is certain – with lockdowns, we saved more lives than we can count.”
People are definitely fibbing to get the vaccine early, experts say, though no one quite knows the extent of the problem. “I’m hearing a lot of entitled, empowered people, who are used to getting what they want, having conniptions about vaccination,” Arthur Caplan, the chief medical ethicist at NYU, told me. Few people, it seems, consider themselves nonessential. “I’ve asked about 30 people now, ‘Are you important in terms of your job?’” Caplan said. “And guess what? Twenty-nine of them said yes.” (The lone person who deemed themselves nonessential was a bank teller, he said.)
I can never remember what 12:00pm means. I mean, it cant be post meridian, can it? I guess they mean noon, but I have no way of knowing.
12am Noon. 12pm midnight.
Last time we did this several forumites were kept in overnight for observations.
in retrospect it seems to make sense, for the 60 seconds after noon (post meridian), the minute-granular clock might read 12:00 so “pm” would be a marginally more appropriate designation
similarly after midnight, the clock would read 12:00 for fully 60 seconds and it is before noon, so “am” would be a marginally more appropriate designation
of course we would reiterate that we support the use of 0000 to 2359 and further support 2400 as an alias for 0000 but the recent ISO 8601-1:2019 disagrees with us and they’re the standard after all videre licet
The main changes compared to ISO 8601:2004 are as follows:
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— replacement of the term “midnight” with “beginning of day”, disallowing the value “24” for hour;
Last time we did this several forumites were kept in overnight for observations.
in retrospect it seems to make sense, for the 60 seconds after noon (post meridian), the minute-granular clock might read 12:00 so “pm” would be a marginally more appropriate designation
similarly after midnight, the clock would read 12:00 for fully 60 seconds and it is before noon, so “am” would be a marginally more appropriate designation
of course we would reiterate that we support the use of 0000 to 2359 and further support 2400 as an alias for 0000 but the recent ISO 8601-1:2019 disagrees with us and they’re the standard after all videre licet
The main changes compared to ISO 8601:2004 are as follows:
…
— replacement of the term “midnight” with “beginning of day”, disallowing the value “24” for hour;
Bit dopey. Midnight is the only clearcut definition. To me beginning of day is dawn.
Last time we did this several forumites were kept in overnight for observations.
in retrospect it seems to make sense, for the 60 seconds after noon (post meridian), the minute-granular clock might read 12:00 so “pm” would be a marginally more appropriate designation
similarly after midnight, the clock would read 12:00 for fully 60 seconds and it is before noon, so “am” would be a marginally more appropriate designation
of course we would reiterate that we support the use of 0000 to 2359 and further support 2400 as an alias for 0000 but the recent ISO 8601-1:2019 disagrees with us and they’re the standard after all videre licet
The main changes compared to ISO 8601:2004 are as follows:
…
— replacement of the term “midnight” with “beginning of day”, disallowing the value “24” for hour;
I, too, support 24 hour time… for everything… the whole world should be running at this standard for this arbitrary human construct.
At the Delafontaine hospital, in the heart of mainland France’s poorest region, the ravages of France’s third wave of coronavirus infections are plain to see. A 30-year-old man, who had no prior medical condition before being struck down by Covid-19, wakes up after three weeks in intensive care. Delafontaine has had to add eight more beds in intensive care, taking the total to 26. Half of the hospital’s Covid-19 patients are under 43 years of age, who are far down the waiting list for a vaccine being administered in descending order of age. And in a first for the hospital since the pandemic began, pregnant women are winding up in intensive care. Daniel Da Silva, the head of Delafontaine’s intensive care unit, is hopeful he will never have to turn patients away.
Macron, who has so far resisted imposing a third countrywide lockdown, will address the nation to announce further restrictions.
Alice Auroux, a nurse who said she had not had a proper holiday in a year, gave voice to the despair that many healthworkers have expressed in the face of the government’s failure so far to impose a stay-at-home order. “It feels as if we’re not getting on top of it,” she said.
Da Silva said he understood the toll on the economy and nation’s psychological wellbeing under stay-at-home orders. “But at the same time I see what we’re dealing with here. One thing is certain – with lockdowns, we saved more lives than we can count.”
France ordered into third national lockdown as new COVID-19 infections double in a month
President Emmanuel Macron has been forced to abandon his goal of keeping the country open to protect the economy. The President had tried to avoid a third large-scale lockdown, betting that if he could steer France out of the pandemic without shutting the country down again he would give the economy a chance to recover from last year’s slump. “It is the best solution to slow down the virus,” Mr Macron said, adding that France had succeeded in keeping its schools open for longer during the pandemic than many neighbours.
Lockdown will lift early in Brisbane, ending at midday today, after just one new case of community transmission that’s linked to an existing cluster of COVID-19. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said testing rates, low case numbers, and the fact that community transmission had been linked to existing cases, allowed authorities to give the green light. “Easter is good to go,” she said.
However, some restrictions will remain across the state.
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you know what, we’ve said it before, but fk we’re lucky to be here and thank fk for the state governments
“This is the most entertaining experience I’ve had post-vaccination so far … this was vigorous.”
As an emergency medicine consultant at Canberra’s Calvary Hospital, Dr Caldicott was eligible for the vaccine as part of Australia’s phase 1a rollout. Dr Caldicott had his first dose of the Pfizer jab about three weeks ago, describing the experience as “no big deal”.
On March 19, 21 days after the first dose, Dr Caldicott had his second dose of the Pfizer jab. He worked all Friday without issue, but says by that night, he started to feel “a bit unpleasant”, and Saturday was a write-off.
The experience of Dr Caldicott and his colleagues was also reflected in Pfizer’s phase three clinical trials. “In reality, we don’t understand what causes it.”
Professor Petrovsky says, broadly speaking, it’s “unusual” for the second dose of a vaccine to have a worse reaction than the first. This reaction hasn’t been observed with the Moderna vaccine (another mRNA candidate being rolled out in the US), or the AstraZeneca jab (which most people in Australia will get).
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bullshit, maybe these so called healthcare professionals should look at other cases where multiple doses are given, videre licet childhood immunisations
As more Americans line up for the COVID-19 vaccine, some are anxious about the second-dose side effects, which tend to be stronger than the first. But experts say that the symptoms, which range from a sore arm to headaches and nausea, are a sign that the second dose is doing its job: turbo-charging the immune system’s response to the initial dose, and thus providing more vigorous and long-lasting protection against the virus.
There’s no special secret sauce to that second dose: Both the first and second shots are exactly the same. The first simply primes the immune system so that it’s ready to launch a more robust response when it’s time to roll up a sleeve once again.
“This is the most entertaining experience I’ve had post-vaccination so far … this was vigorous.”
As an emergency medicine consultant at Canberra’s Calvary Hospital, Dr Caldicott was eligible for the vaccine as part of Australia’s phase 1a rollout. Dr Caldicott had his first dose of the Pfizer jab about three weeks ago, describing the experience as “no big deal”.
On March 19, 21 days after the first dose, Dr Caldicott had his second dose of the Pfizer jab. He worked all Friday without issue, but says by that night, he started to feel “a bit unpleasant”, and Saturday was a write-off.
The experience of Dr Caldicott and his colleagues was also reflected in Pfizer’s phase three clinical trials. “In reality, we don’t understand what causes it.”
Professor Petrovsky says, broadly speaking, it’s “unusual” for the second dose of a vaccine to have a worse reaction than the first. This reaction hasn’t been observed with the Moderna vaccine (another mRNA candidate being rolled out in the US), or the AstraZeneca jab (which most people in Australia will get).
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bullshit, maybe these so called healthcare professionals should look at other cases where multiple doses are given, videre licet childhood immunisations
As more Americans line up for the COVID-19 vaccine, some are anxious about the second-dose side effects, which tend to be stronger than the first. But experts say that the symptoms, which range from a sore arm to headaches and nausea, are a sign that the second dose is doing its job: turbo-charging the immune system’s response to the initial dose, and thus providing more vigorous and long-lasting protection against the virus.
There’s no special secret sauce to that second dose: Both the first and second shots are exactly the same. The first simply primes the immune system so that it’s ready to launch a more robust response when it’s time to roll up a sleeve once again.
I get redness, swelling, malaise & tenderness after the second or third dose of chemo.
Nice to know it’s doing it’s job.
Grocery shopping wasn’t too bad. The butcher was crazy busy though; the person in front of me bought over $300 worth. Also made the right decision in getting Easter eggs on Monday, the lady restocking said they were cleaned out after lockdown was announced.
It says in that piece that the research is not published, so it’s just the manufacturer’s press release. I wonder if they do antibody tests first on participants. You would almost need that for your baseline, to see if you are testing on immune systems that are naive to the the virus or if the participant has had a silent case that they didn’t know about and are already primed.
It says in that piece that the research is not published, so it’s just the manufacturer’s press release. I wonder if they do antibody tests first on participants. You would almost need that for your baseline, to see if you are testing on immune systems that are naive to the the virus or if the participant has had a silent case that they didn’t know about and are already primed.
It says in that piece that the research is not published, so it’s just the manufacturer’s press release. I wonder if they do antibody tests first on participants. You would almost need that for your baseline, to see if you are testing on immune systems that are naive to the the virus or if the participant has had a silent case that they didn’t know about and are already primed.
It says in that piece that the research is not published, so it’s just the manufacturer’s press release. I wonder if they do antibody tests first on participants. You would almost need that for your baseline, to see if you are testing on immune systems that are naive to the the virus or if the participant has had a silent case that they didn’t know about and are already primed.
we love how when it’s AstraZeneca and they say 100% effective against 30% of cases with no severe adverse effects like the multiple clots people are seeing, everyone’s like oh yeah we live this shit bring it on
then when Pfizer or whatever that’s been shown to be over 95% effective against 100% of cases and actually hasn’t been seen to have all those adverse effects people are like nah it wasn’t properly published y’all should wait and stop gushing
Several factors converge to produce a significant outbreak risk, including that: a cohort of local residents follow alternative lifestyles and it’s not clear what impact that will have on testing rates.
Vaccination rates are very low in some areas around Byron Bay such as Mullumbimby, which has been been described as the anti-vaccination capital of Australia. Being anti-vaccination doesn’t mean you are unconcerned about COVID in the community. But it does signal that you might have different attitudes around testing.
In many ways, the alternative lifestyle cohort may be the least likely to cross paths with a hen’s party in Byron Bay. But it is a factor that makes this outbreak interesting and potentially challenging for health authorities.
Federal government accepts NSW offer to help rollout Covid-19 vaccines
A man is suffering blood clots days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.
He is at the Box Hill hospital in Melbourne. It is understood he received the jab on March 22.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd said more than 425,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had been administered in Australia.
“One case of this clotting disorder has been recorded in Australia overnight and we are taking this very seriously,” Professor Kidd said.
“Investigators have not at this time confirmed a causal link with the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine but investigations are ongoing.
“Central venous sinus thrombosis is a very rare disorder that is previously not been known to be associated with vaccination, however it has been noted as a complication of people who have contracted COVID-19.”
Professor Kidd advised Australians of some of the side effects of the vaccines, saying in most cases they will not be of concern.
“People who have received either of the COVID-19 vaccines should be aware of the common side effects which include fever, sore muscles, tiredness and headache,” Professor Kidd said.
“These symptoms usually start within 24 hours of receiving the vaccine and they usually last for only one to two days. These side effects are expected and are not of concern, unless the symptoms are severe or persistent.”
“If you receive the AstraZeneca vaccine and you experience symptoms of severe, persistent headache or other worrying symptoms, 4-20 days after the vaccine, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible,” Professor Kidd said.
“Anyone attending their general practitioner or hospital should let the treating doctor or other clinician know the details of which vaccination they have received and when.”
Professor Kidd reminded Australians that blood clots as a result of receiving the vaccine are “extremely rare” and “have occurred in only a very small number of cases”.
You can get up-to-date information from the Federal Government’s Coronavirus Australia app, available on the App Store, Google Play and the Government’s WhatsApp channel.
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Federal government accepts NSW offer to help rollout Covid-19 vaccines
A man is suffering blood clots days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.
He is at the Box Hill hospital in Melbourne. It is understood he received the jab on March 22.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd said more than 425,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had been administered in Australia.
“One case of this clotting disorder has been recorded in Australia overnight and we are taking this very seriously,” Professor Kidd said.
“Investigators have not at this time confirmed a causal link with the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine but investigations are ongoing.
“Central venous sinus thrombosis is a very rare disorder that is previously not been known to be associated with vaccination, however it has been noted as a complication of people who have contracted COVID-19.”
Professor Kidd advised Australians of some of the side effects of the vaccines, saying in most cases they will not be of concern.
“People who have received either of the COVID-19 vaccines should be aware of the common side effects which include fever, sore muscles, tiredness and headache,” Professor Kidd said.
“These symptoms usually start within 24 hours of receiving the vaccine and they usually last for only one to two days. These side effects are expected and are not of concern, unless the symptoms are severe or persistent.”
“If you receive the AstraZeneca vaccine and you experience symptoms of severe, persistent headache or other worrying symptoms, 4-20 days after the vaccine, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible,” Professor Kidd said.
“Anyone attending their general practitioner or hospital should let the treating doctor or other clinician know the details of which vaccination they have received and when.”
Professor Kidd reminded Australians that blood clots as a result of receiving the vaccine are “extremely rare” and “have occurred in only a very small number of cases”.
You can get up-to-date information from the Federal Government’s Coronavirus Australia app, available on the App Store, Google Play and the Government’s WhatsApp channel.
Beyond Blue’s Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service is a 24/7 service free of charge to all Australians. Visit the site here or call 1800512348
Federal government accepts NSW offer to help rollout Covid-19 vaccines
A man is suffering blood clots days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.
He is at the Box Hill hospital in Melbourne. It is understood he received the jab on March 22.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd said more than 425,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had been administered in Australia.
“One case of this clotting disorder has been recorded in Australia overnight and we are taking this very seriously,” Professor Kidd said.
“Investigators have not at this time confirmed a causal link with the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine but investigations are ongoing.
“Central venous sinus thrombosis is a very rare disorder that is previously not been known to be associated with vaccination, however it has been noted as a complication of people who have contracted COVID-19.”
Professor Kidd advised Australians of some of the side effects of the vaccines, saying in most cases they will not be of concern.
“People who have received either of the COVID-19 vaccines should be aware of the common side effects which include fever, sore muscles, tiredness and headache,” Professor Kidd said.
“These symptoms usually start within 24 hours of receiving the vaccine and they usually last for only one to two days. These side effects are expected and are not of concern, unless the symptoms are severe or persistent.”
“If you receive the AstraZeneca vaccine and you experience symptoms of severe, persistent headache or other worrying symptoms, 4-20 days after the vaccine, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible,” Professor Kidd said.
“Anyone attending their general practitioner or hospital should let the treating doctor or other clinician know the details of which vaccination they have received and when.”
Professor Kidd reminded Australians that blood clots as a result of receiving the vaccine are “extremely rare” and “have occurred in only a very small number of cases”.
You can get up-to-date information from the Federal Government’s Coronavirus Australia app, available on the App Store, Google Play and the Government’s WhatsApp channel.
Beyond Blue’s Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service is a 24/7 service free of charge to all Australians. Visit the site here or call 1800512348
It is still only a rare condition.
Yup. More likely to die from Covid by not getting the vaccine.
Central venous sinus thrombosis is a very rare disorder that is previously not been known to be associated with vaccination, however it has been noted as a complication of people who have contracted COVID-19.”
Professor Kidd advised Australians of some of the side effects of the vaccines, saying in most cases they will not be of concern.
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Maybe they should test people to see if they’ve had covid in the past and didn’t know it before doing the vaccination?
Maybe that group is at risk of developing these types of sudden onset of blood clots.
They could run a test on those who have the vaccination , the blood clots I would think to determine whether they are post covid cases that have also been vaccinated?
Federal government accepts NSW offer to help rollout Covid-19 vaccines
A man is suffering blood clots days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.
He is at the Box Hill hospital in Melbourne. It is understood he received the jab on March 22.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd said more than 425,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had been administered in Australia.
“One case of this clotting disorder has been recorded in Australia overnight and we are taking this very seriously,” Professor Kidd said.
“Investigators have not at this time confirmed a causal link with the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine but investigations are ongoing.
“Central venous sinus thrombosis is a very rare disorder that is previously not been known to be associated with vaccination, however it has been noted as a complication of people who have contracted COVID-19.”
Professor Kidd advised Australians of some of the side effects of the vaccines, saying in most cases they will not be of concern.
“People who have received either of the COVID-19 vaccines should be aware of the common side effects which include fever, sore muscles, tiredness and headache,” Professor Kidd said.
“These symptoms usually start within 24 hours of receiving the vaccine and they usually last for only one to two days. These side effects are expected and are not of concern, unless the symptoms are severe or persistent.”
“If you receive the AstraZeneca vaccine and you experience symptoms of severe, persistent headache or other worrying symptoms, 4-20 days after the vaccine, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible,” Professor Kidd said.
“Anyone attending their general practitioner or hospital should let the treating doctor or other clinician know the details of which vaccination they have received and when.”
Professor Kidd reminded Australians that blood clots as a result of receiving the vaccine are “extremely rare” and “have occurred in only a very small number of cases”.
You can get up-to-date information from the Federal Government’s Coronavirus Australia app, available on the App Store, Google Play and the Government’s WhatsApp channel.
Beyond Blue’s Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service is a 24/7 service free of charge to all Australians. Visit the site here or call 1800512348
It is still only a rare condition.
Yup. More likely to die from Covid by not getting the vaccine.
not if you don’t catch it by virtue of being in a country that takes pandemic control seriously
Clotting can occur regardless of prior exposure to covids. It’s quite strange in that the vaccine clotting reaction resembles a reaction some people get when given heparin (heparin induced thrombocytopenia), which in itself is odd as usually thrombocytopenias cause bleeding not clotting.
I didn’t know you could do this. So you could, in theory, ask for a test (antibody test, I suppose) to see if you’ve had it without knowing. Is that part of the free testing going on? Because I don’t think people will do it if you have to pay for it.
I didn’t know you could do this. So you could, in theory, ask for a test (antibody test, I suppose) to see if you’ve had it without knowing. Is that part of the free testing going on? Because I don’t think people will do it if you have to pay for it.
what if it’s paid for by taxes, can we refuse to pay those taxes
so you mean due to use of a herd ineffective vaccine, even in countries that claim to have controlled their local part of the pandemic, there is a significant chance of infection due to herd immunity failure, justifying the use of the same vaccine that is effective enough to stop you dying but may be especially risky for younger females (at least they’re not meeting their rapists or bullets) because the vaccine they have been pushing hard can’t possibly be dangerous
One community acquired case in QLD today. (ABC Blog.)
Dr Young has given more details on the man who tested positive.
“This is a gentleman who attended the Black Hops Brewery on 20 March and then was placed into quarantine on 27 March when we became aware of the outbreak.
“He tested negative on the 27 March, and then he has become unwell and has now tested positive while in quarantine.
“So that’s perfect. He has been in quarantine for his entire infectious period so there is no risk here at all.”
Dr Young said there have been over 2,000 people in quarantine as a result of the clusters.
One community acquired case in QLD today. (ABC Blog.)
Dr Young has given more details on the man who tested positive.
“This is a gentleman who attended the Black Hops Brewery on 20 March and then was placed into quarantine on 27 March when we became aware of the outbreak.
“He tested negative on the 27 March, and then he has become unwell and has now tested positive while in quarantine.
“So that’s perfect. He has been in quarantine for his entire infectious period so there is no risk here at all.”
Dr Young said there have been over 2,000 people in quarantine as a result of the clusters.
Experts say the hospital has reliable infection control, but the virus may have spread through eye rubbing
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we weren’t there so all speculative but
there has been so much back and forth about these things
there seems among authorities a general reluctance to acknowledge likelihood of infection across longer distances in poorly ventilated spaces (though not so much reluctance on the ground, at least in Australia, that we have heard of)
on the other hand the ideology behind that also drives a denial of contact / fomite / droplet spread, because it is not the primary mode of transmission, and the message somehow gets twisted from “less likely” to “no need to prevent”
we(0,1,1) laugh at the idea of spread through frozen food packaging and yet
One community acquired case in QLD today. (ABC Blog.)
Dr Young has given more details on the man who tested positive.
“This is a gentleman who attended the Black Hops Brewery on 20 March and then was placed into quarantine on 27 March when we became aware of the outbreak.
“He tested negative on the 27 March, and then he has become unwell and has now tested positive while in quarantine.
“So that’s perfect. He has been in quarantine for his entire infectious period so there is no risk here at all.”
Dr Young said there have been over 2,000 people in quarantine as a result of the clusters.
Yeah That’s Right Gutful*, How’s That For Gold Standard Now
*: more on this in a moment
there were some here who were upset that we made pun of this Dear Leader of our NSW comrades a while back, calling her out for the paucity of intestinal fortitude that manifested in sycophancy for Marketing and inadequate pandemic responses
however in the past month we Gladly note some signs of upstanding citizenry, first in daring to take one for the AstraZeneca team before increasing concerns about the danger to recipients emerged
Meanwhile, Ms Berejiklian and Mr Hazzard fired a broadside at their federal colleagues, over reports which criticised the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the states.
ABC does Marketing and avoids answering the actual questions so we have to do it for them.
Are they experiencing the same clotting issues or is it just AstraZenica?
Have we put all our eggs is a losing basket and too afraid to admit it?
Not that we’ve heard.
Not all, only 53.8 million of them (5M + 51M others are specifically mentioned there).
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By Simon Smale
What are the Pfizer vaccine side effects?
What are the side effects of the Pfizer vaccine? May I kindly ask. Are they experiencing the same clotting issues or is it just AstraZenica? If not, why aren’t we purchasing that for the rest of population? Not just front line workers (who understandably need it the most urgently). Have we put all our eggs is a losing basket and too afraid to admit it?
-Pfizer query
Hi, Pfizer query.
It’s important to note that side effects are not uncommon in any vaccine. Mostly they range from being pretty mild to the rare, more severe effects.
But, although most of the focus has been on the effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine, there have been some strong side effects reported in some after the Pfizer vaccination.
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
You know how when they Let It Rip and COVID-19 fucks the younger more mobile susceptibles first, there is initially minimal death increase but then as it spreads to older people they start dying ¿
Now we have AstraZeneca, when they immunise old Going To Die Anyways there is initially such a low number of complications that they can cover it up, but as they start shooting the younger autistic 5G antennas, the number goes up and suddenly even lies burn through ¡
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
Yeah, but…that means you have to expose your sore throat to the sunlight for half an hour…the inside, so with your head back and your mouth wide open…
Because exposing your lungs amn’t gonna happen.
I remember it being noted early on that it didn’t survive so well in hot dry climates and I asked my son. He said dad it isn’t the temperature because it doesn’t die until 75˚C and you’d also be dead.
So now we hear it is about expposure in the air and on surfaces in high UV.
I doubt any of us need to try and expose our innards to high UV but it could also be why Covid hasn’t had so many mystery transferences outside the cities.
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
Standard nursing practice not so long ago was to put patients out in the sun.
Sometimes if they got really busy they’d forget about them and when they did bring them in they’d be bright pink.
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
Standard nursing practice not so long ago was to put patients out in the sun.
Sometimes if they got really busy they’d forget about them and when they did bring them in they’d be bright pink.
Ten minute periods of exposure wuld be beneficial though, even to this day.
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
“ This study found the SARS-CoV-2 virus was three times more sensitive to the UV in sunlight than influenza A, with 90 percent of the coronavirus’s particles being inactivated after just half an hour of exposure to midday sunlight in summer.”
Standard nursing practice not so long ago was to put patients out in the sun.
Sometimes if they got really busy they’d forget about them and when they did bring them in they’d be bright pink.
“Detection of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in outpatients: A multicenter comparison of self-collected saline gargle, oral swab, and combined oral–anterior nasal swab to a provider collected nasopharyngeal swab”
>>In conclusion, self-collected saline gargle and a combined oral–anterior nasal swab are comparable alternatives to the nasopharyngeal swab in adults presenting to outpatient COVID-19 testing centers. Both techniques are inexpensive, easy to self-collect, reduce exposure of healthcare workers and others to COVID-19, and can be operationalized using the current testing infrastructure. These options may be valuable additions to diagnostic testing, in particular in those who are mandated to undergo repeated testing.<<
>>Self-Collected Saline Gargle Samples as an Alternative to Health Care Worker-Collected Nasopharyngeal Swabs for COVID-19 Diagnosis in Outpatients<<
ABSTRACT
We assessed the performance, stability, and user acceptability of swab-independent self-collected saliva and saline mouth rinse/gargle sample types for the molecular detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in adults and school-aged children. Outpatients who had recently been diagnosed with COVID-19 or were presenting with suspected COVID-19 were asked to have a nasopharyngeal (NP) swab collected and provide at least one self-collected sample type. Participants were also asked about sample acceptability using a five-point Likert scale. For those previously diagnosed with COVID-19, all samples underwent real-time PCR testing using a lab-developed assay, and the majority were also tested using an FDA-authorized assay. For those presenting with suspected COVID-19, only those with a positive nasopharyngeal swab sample went on to have other samples tested. Saline mouth rinse/gargle and saliva samples were tested daily at time zero, day 1, and day 2 to assess nucleic acid stability at room temperature. Fifty participants (aged 4 to 71 years) were included; of these, 40 had at least one positive sample and were included in the primary sample yield analysis. Saline mouth rinse/gargle samples had a sensitivity of 98% (39/40), while saliva samples had a sensitivity of 79% (26/33). Both saline mouth rinse/gargle and saliva samples showed stable viral RNA detection after 2 days of room temperature storage. Mouth rinse/gargle samples had the highest (mean, 4.9) and health care worker (HCW)-collected NP swabs had the lowest acceptability scores (mean, 3.1). In conclusion, saline mouth rinse/gargle samples demonstrated higher combined user acceptability ratings and analytical performance than saliva and HCW-collected NP swabs. This sample type is a promising swab-independent option, particularly for outpatient self-collection in adults and school-aged children.
Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer says it is “likely” there is a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and a Melbourne man being hospitalised with blood clots.
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