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Originally posted by Who Knows View PostHow did your second shot go young Womble?
We Australians in the 'Lucky Country' are still waiting for our first
I already have my vaccination certificate. Yet to bother getting the coveted "green pass" with which I can go to movies etc.If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.- Abba Eban.
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Originally posted by Womble View Post
I already have my vaccination certificate. Yet to bother getting the coveted "green pass" with which I can go to movies etc.
On a serious note, glad you & Mrs Womble came through it OK.
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Originally posted by Who Knows View Post
You get a green pass that gives you free movie tickets just for being a 'Vaxxer' & not an 'anti-vaxxer'?
On a serious note, glad you & Mrs Womble came through it OK.If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.- Abba Eban.
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I live in South Carolina (USA) and despite 8.8k+ deaths in the last year from Covid-19 alone, we have no restrictions... not even a mask mandate. As someone who is immunocompromised (as is my wife, who cannot even take the vaccine without a full medical staff on standby due to allergies), I find this very upsetting. While the rate of death is low for the average person, the rate of long term injury/death is very real for someone like myself and my wife. Getting a vaccine is much harder than it seems, with doctor's offices closing appointments down time and time again due to vaccine supply shortage or rerouting.
On a bad year my state has about 2k traffic deaths, and the state formulates laws and regulations to try to stymie this number. People are arrested, incarcerated, or even just fined for various infractions which are dangerous behavior due to the traffic deaths that occur in the area where I live. But half a decade worth of traffic deaths by not by accident, drunk drivers, and playing on cell phones while driving heavy machinery.... but a preventable virus, barely register a peep from our local government other than exasperation at the Federal level of government "over reacting."
I'm immunocompromised due to heavy metal poisoning while serving in the US military (fun fact, depleted uranium can be absorbed in aerosol/smoke form) and it wrecked my immune system. My best chance of getting a vaccine is when the veteran affairs (an organization for disabled veterans such as myself) finally get supplies.... which is slotted for about the same time as the sun dies (being dramatic). My wife is a fragile diabetic (genetic) and losing her would destroy my world, yet she is allergic to some versions of the vaccine and has an issue with some other vaccines in the past... meaning that our local medical support acts like they have zero sense when it comes to supporting us in these trying times. Our best medical advice so far has been to, "Wait until herd immunity happens." This infuriates me. /rant
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Sorry to hear of your troubles with the pandemic, Sulabri.
I hope you can get the vaccine (any one of them available) sooner rather than later.
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My father got his first shot friday. He volunteered to help at the local vaccination center and apparently that gives you top spot on the list, which is quite logical since they are going to be in contact with a lot of people. He got AstraZeneca and felt OK, if at times a little tired (or as he called it "lazier than usual" ).
One of our government folks said today that IF deliveries remain on schedule, all people over 18 will have had their first shot by the 11th of July (in Flanders an important date as it commemorates the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 when the Flemish farmers beat the French elite knights at Courtois).
However, it should be noted that AstraZeneca and Moderna (less but all the same) have been fudging up deliveries so I know that what he claims is as far from the actual truth as he can go. At least, I know that 3/4th of the Belgian population will not be vaccinated by the end of summer. (for reference: there's 11 million of us at the moment, of which maybe 500,000 have been vaccinated, about 400K of those with their 2nd shot -- vaccinations started in January).Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
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Originally posted by jelgate View PostI'm getting my first shot on Thursday. Only a month until I can come visit FH. Dont tell Soul, he might get jealous
Sorry...Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
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We're saved... Johnson&Johnson is delivering 50,000 dosages of the vaccine... LOL... we're so screwed.
In the meantime, for one month Belgium won't administer AstraZeneca to people below the age of 56, and according to the strategy that is a mere 6000 people who will get another shot.
We're at 1.2 million people vaccinated, and we're four months into the campaign. We suck!
(ref: approx. 9,5 million elligible Belgians here)Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
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Oh, and by the way... Johnson & Johnson is based on the same principle as AstraZeneca, making use of the adenovirus so you guessed it... same issues.
When it's my time, I sincerely hope there is some Pfizer left, or Moderna though the latter have been equally iffy with their deliveries so I'm setting all my hopes on Pfizer.Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
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Originally posted by Who Knows View PostIF and WHEN Australia gets it act together I will get whatever I am given, if I do not die of old age first.
However, apparently Pfizer will be delivering 500K dosages each week, starting in May, so I'm hoping that we'll get to it in a timely fashion afterall, and that I'm getting a Pfizer shot. Keeping my fingers crossed.Heightmeyer's Lemming -- still the coolest Lemming of the forum
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Originally posted by Falcon Horus View Post
The joke here is that every person under the age of 55 will be old enough to receive AZ when it's our turn. That's how long we'll have to wait.
However, apparently Pfizer will be delivering 500K dosages each week, starting in May, so I'm hoping that we'll get to it in a timely fashion afterall, and that I'm getting a Pfizer shot. Keeping my fingers crossed.
*goes to laugh in the corner*Originally posted by aretood2Jelgate is right
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