The Reality of Living in Australia and Covid

[SV DINGO]

So just an update for all you over 60th knockers.

Booked an appointment yesterday afternoon for this morning 0900 at the Townsville vaccination center.
Walked in even that it still says under 60 ONLY , presented my ID and was told , pls. take a seat sir. 15 min later i had my first Pfizer shot in the arm.

a fair few of much older citizens there too and no anti 60th sentiment.

I know Townsville is a fair way to sail for Pfizer but if it can be done here why all the discrimination and the war of words?

Give people the choice and you see the numbers going up , give people the shits and yes passive resistence will only go up.

in 3 weeks i get my second shot , again no anti 60th sentiment when they booked me in , just very friendly people.

I am definately starting to like far north QLD.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by SV DINGO

So just an update for all you over 60th knockers.

Booked an appointment yesterday afternoon for this morning 0900 at the Townsville vaccination center.
Walked in even that it still says under 60 ONLY , presented my ID and was told , pls. take a seat sir. 15 min later i had my first Pfizer shot in the arm.

a fair few of much older citizens there too and no anti 60th sentiment.

I know Townsville is a fair way to sail for Pfizer but if it can be done here why all the discrimination and the war of words?

Give people the choice and you see the numbers going up , give people the shits and yes passive resistence will only go up.

in 3 weeks i get my second shot , again no anti 60th sentiment when they booked me in , just very friendly people.

I am definately starting to like far north QLD.

Good on you!

Maybe there is less demand up there.

Maybe there is still a shortage down south.
(If I was a 60/64 yo in Melbourne just now I wouldn't be too fussy about what I was getting).

PS As I stated before I'm not an over 60 knocker - I'm an under 70 knocker.

[tanngrisnir]

Originally Posted by SV DINGO

So just an update for all you over 60th knockers.

Booked an appointment yesterday afternoon for this morning 0900 at the Townsville vaccination center.
Walked in even that it still says under 60 ONLY , presented my ID and was told , pls. take a seat sir. 15 min later i had my first Pfizer shot in the arm.

a fair few of much older citizens there too and no anti 60th sentiment.

I know Townsville is a fair way to sail for Pfizer but if it can be done here why all the discrimination and the war of words?

Give people the choice and you see the numbers going up , give people the shits and yes passive resistence will only go up.

in 3 weeks i get my second shot , again no anti 60th sentiment when they booked me in , just very friendly people.

I am definately starting to like far north QLD.

Good one!


So, you are obvious not anti-vax, but what was it about Pfizer that you felt was worth the bother?

a) I think pfizer is a better vaccine and will protect me ( and others ) better
b) I don't like the government not giving me a choice
c) I thought the adverse reaction risk of AZ to great
d) other


To be honest, I would give quite a lot to be out of Melbourne and up at sunny Magnetic Island at the moment.



full disclosure: had Az vax the first week it was available to category 2. At that time there was no TTS reported and Pfizer was is such short supply It was not likely to be available anytime soon. I decided to just go ahead despite the lower efficacy of AZ. Now, it seems any will do, the reduced hospitalization rates amongst vaccinated people makes it worth while.

[GILow]

Originally Posted by SV DINGO

...

presented my ID and was told , pls. take a seat sir. 15 min later i had my first Pfizer shot in the arm.
...

So, has your 5G reception improved yet? I think it may take a few days.

[SV DINGO]

Originally Posted by tanngrisnir

Good one!


So, you are obvious not anti-vax, but what was it about Pfizer that you felt was worth the bother?

a) I think pfizer is a better vaccine and will protect me ( and others ) better
b) I don't like the government not giving me a choice
c) I thought the adverse reaction risk of AZ to great
d) other


To be honest, I would give quite a lot to be out of Melbourne and up at sunny Magnetic Island at the moment.



full disclosure: had Az vax the first week it was available to category 2. At that time there was no TTS reported and Pfizer was is such short supply It was not likely to be available anytime soon. I decided to just go ahead despite the lower efficacy of AZ. Now, it seems any will do, the reduced hospitalization rates amongst vaccinated people makes it worth while.

Not at all anti Vax but i would say , B, A , C would be my order for waiting this long.

Yes i can understand that you would rather be up here at 30 degrees then in Melbourne with around 8 degree.

[SV DINGO]

Originally Posted by GILow

So, has your 5G reception improved yet? I think it may take a few days.

All of a sudden i get TV reception here but still waiting to see if it is a Tesla chip because i am hanging out for Starlink.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by tanngrisnir

.......
To be honest, I would give quite a lot to be out of Melbourne and up at sunny Magnetic Island at the moment.
........

Meanwhile from the QLD Deep South we have this from the Gold Coast Bulletin.

[Wotname]

More breaking Covid news in Oz and a further interruption to the Sydney to Hobart race. It is going to get a whole lot tougher to sail to Hobart in the future and the old course will seem like a walk in the park compared to the new course.

Remember you first heard about this on CF.

More detail here https://chaser.com.au/national/tasma...UcbXeCxvpwbQ2k

[GILow]

Originally Posted by Wotname

More breaking Covid news in Oz and a further interruption to the Sydney to Hobart race. It is going to get a whole lot tougher to sail to Hobart in the future and the old course will seem like a walk in the park compared to the new course.



Remember you first heard about this on CF.



More detail here https://chaser.com.au/national/tasma...UcbXeCxvpwbQ2k

This might explain the difficultly I’ve experienced in getting north this month.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by GILow

This might explain the difficultly I’ve experienced in getting north this month.

[El Pinguino]

Originally Posted by GILow

This might explain the difficultly I’ve experienced in getting north this month.

Well, you know what they say - 'nothing goes to windward like a 737'

[El Pinguino]

Speaking of which- Qantas today said they will start flying international again in mid- December -
https://www.traveller.com.au/qantas-...t-first-h1yln7

No mention of Santiago - oh well

[SV DINGO]

It just never rains it always comes down in buckets.
We just had the debate about the vaccine and the embedded microchips and it looks as if they have been switched on for the first time.
For decades we had the debate about nuclear in Australia and it never went any further than that because of public sentiment , now they switched the chips on and well , this morning we heard that we will now build our own nuclear subs in Adelaide. God help us all on the water if that really happens , the Collins class subs where a clear sign of a disaster.
So lets see what the micro chips can do to overturn other topics in the public.

[El Pinguino]

Nuclear subs built in Adelaide?
Thats up there with the Argentines converting their diesel electric subs to nuclear - true story ---

Anyway - never going to happen in our lifetimes but the anouncement has served its purpose - pissing orf the CCP.

Meanwhile one for both UFO and Ray

'West Australian Police hunting for a wheelchair using amputee who stole hair dye from a pharmacy arrested a 51-year-old woman with both her legs and severe arthritis in a case of mistaken identity.'
https://www.theage.com.au/national/w...15-p58ry6.html
Maybe best we keep the border closed so they - the sandgropers- can't get out.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by SV DINGO

... For decades we had the debate about nuclear in Australia and it never went any further than that because of public sentiment , now they switched the chips on and well , this morning we heard that we will now build our own nuclear subs in Adelaide. God help us all on the water if that really happens ...

France has accused US President Joe Biden of acting like his predecessor, Donald Trump, after Paris was pushed aside, from a lucrative defence deal that it had signed with Australia.

Foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s comments on Thursday came a day after the United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced they would establish a security partnership for the Indo-Pacific that will help Australia acquire US nuclear-powered [not nuc' armed] submarines.

More ➥ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/...submarine-deal