Coronavirus 3 - Al Pacino's turn to mumble

[Pies4shaw]

In Victoria, now 15 days in a row of no new community cases, still just 3 active cases and no-one in hospital with COVID.

[Dave The Man]

The Johnson and Johnson Vaccine has been Okayed by the WHO

https://twitter.com/waters_leah/status/ ... 2320836610

https://twitter.com/Medscape/status/1370572578897661956

https://twitter.com/CorksRedFM/status/1 ... 41063?s=20

[Pies4shaw]

In Victoria, now 16 days in a row of no new community cases, down to just 2 active cases and no-one in hospital with COVID.

[Pies4shaw]

US vaccine roll-out data from the CDC, for anyone who is interested:

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations

106 million vaccine doses administered so far. Given the vastly increased risk of COVID to the elderly, it is notable, as I write, the data shows that almost two-thirds of the over-65 population has had at least one dose and that more than one-third have been fully vaccinated.

[Pies4shaw]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-14/ ... r/13246856

Just breaking.

A quarantine hotel staff member who has worked in two Sydney hotels with returned travellers tests positive to COVID-19 in the first locally acquired case in NSW in 55 days.

[Dave The Man]

Going by the 2 State Elecions since Covid 19 Started that Lockdowns wins Elections as WA and QLD been the 2 Tightest and Quickest States to put there state in Lockdown so people can't Enter the State when Covid is in there state

[Dave The Man]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-14/nsw-records-one-new-covid-19-case-in-hotel-quarantine-worker/13246856

Just breaking.

A quarantine hotel staff member who has worked in two Sydney hotels with returned travellers tests positive to COVID-19 in the first locally acquired case in NSW in 55 days.

Why work in 2 Different Hotels? as that mean more Chance of Getting Covid and then Spreading it between the 2 Hotels

[Pies4shaw]

That's a good question. I expect the answer is, as with aged care workers, that the people who do such work are poorly paid and have to get work as and where they can.

[stui magpie]

Interesting that the person has apparently had the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine but not yet the second.

[eddiesmith]

The vaccine has never claimed to stop someone getting the virus nor from passing it on.

[Lazza]

So what’s the point of having it if the vaccine doesn’t provide immunity from the virus? If you are 100% right, this exercise seems a waste of money and resources. I’m not convinced that what you say is correct dude.

[stui magpie]

The vaccine means you're less likely to get really sick and die.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... -work.html

[5 from the wing on debut]

So what’s the point of having it if the vaccine doesn’t provide immunity from the virus? If you are 100% right, this exercise seems a waste of money and resources. I’m not convinced that what you say is correct dude.

Based upon figures in the US the vaccines are only about 70% effective at stopping COVID from infecting the vaccinated population. I don’t have the source for that study but I read about it last week.

I am sure that South Africa returned 500,000 doses of Astra Zenica as they said it didn’t work well enough for the South African strain of COVID.

[Dave The Man]

The vaccine means you're less likely to get really sick and die.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... -work.html

That what I thought all along.

It does not stop you Getting it BUT Stops you going to Hospital With it and Even Dying From it.

Be almost like a Cold really as you get Sick but not Life Threatening Sick

[eddiesmith]

So what’s the point of having it if the vaccine doesn’t provide immunity from the virus? If you are 100% right, this exercise seems a waste of money and resources. I’m not convinced that what you say is correct dude.

Exactly, what is the point? It’s pretty much like the flu shot, the vulnerable get it every year and it won’t stop them getting the flu but supposedly stops them getting seriously ill.

And much like the flu shot, you’ll likely need the Covid vaccine every year!