This is certainly an interesting time right now. I know many of us around the world are social distancing, self-quarantining, or whatever phrase you are using for it.
So let's take a moment and check-in here and let the community know how you're doing during all this.
Yup no lockdown here in Bendigo. Just pre lockdown restrictions. masks etc etc. Ive had both shots now and had no side effects whatsoever. Plus i got a lollypop both times.
I'm just down the road in 'the Rat' ....off to Irish Murphy's tomorrow...but second shot on friday...
Hmmm, still have Irish Murphy's up there, heh!!! All three of the Irish Murphy's pubs I went to are no longer trading under that banner, including the one that was here here in Launceston. Its now just called 'The Irish Pub', as are the ones that were up there in Ipswich in Qld.
Oh well, not that it matters much to me anymore, I very rarely go to the pub these days. I went to the 'British Pub' here in Launceston around 6 - 8 months ago for a counter lunch, and my previous pub visit would have been around about a year before that.
There is a Irish Murphy's pub here in Geelong also. (to be sure to be sure)
It seems, then, that Victoria's Irish Murphy's pubs didn't undergo the name change I wrote of before.
I just looked if up and it is now known as Murphy's Pub not Irish Murphy's. It was originally known as the Argyll Hotel. I can just remember that.
https://murphysgeelong.com.au/
Oz has lost its collective mind.
Had a test for Covid on Tuesday. Came back positive. Yes I have had my vaccines, and wear a mask. This is a mild case. Doing fine.
No test, no mask and no vaccine. We're just sitting here in our red corner of a blue state watching the rest of the country go batshit crazy. Doing fine.
Never had a flu shot either.
I had a breakthrough infection after having two shots of Moderna. It was very mild and I was mostly over it in three days.
I hope it goes well, sounds like you should be in pretty good shape with all your shots. This is when I would (or more likely will) say "Glad I got all those "stupid" shots." I'm sure all the staff in your local hospitals appreciate it too.
We get our booster shot on 4th Jan.
Since this is a Covid-19 check in thread, let's leave politics out of it. Viruses have no political affiliation.
I can get my first booster shot now but will wait until the new year to get it because I rarely go out these days and I'm in a low transmission area anyway.
Hey Barb, here's hoping you recover fully and quickly.
Anyhow, a happy holiday season to all and stay safe.... especially from covid.
Better hurry and get shot #3 before #4 comes out lol (seriously they are starting to talk about #4).
Happy holidays to you too
I'm spending Christmas with COVID, so yay!
Not Good , Get well soon Spencer ..
Positive test results in the mildly ill and in the worried well are up (they count all positive tests as cases here, regardless of reason obtained or the presence or absence of symptoms), now at about the rate of July 2020, but well below (~50%) of the January 2021 peak. Both hospitalizations and deaths are even futher below the January 2021 peak, down about 60% & 70% respectively. There have been two recent wave peaks, one in September and one the first week of December. I have a large percentage of Medicare age patients in my practice, a moderate number of whom have had COVID, most of them having had at least 2 shots, now some of them having had the booster, too, and so far all have had unpleasant but mild illnesses and have recovered uneventfully. The virus variant isn't reported here (result is either virus detected or not), and I can't find any info on the incidence of the various variants on the DHS website. I assume that information is available to the labs and is being shared at some other reporting level.
End of COVID update.
Thank you for that update Daiwa!!
At this point we're really talking about 2 different populations, the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. This little graph says a lot. U.S. hospitalizations, Blue line is unvaccinated, green line is vaccinated. Putting social responsibilities aside, which I do not, we are all literally paying for that either through insurance premiums or taxes:
Link: You have to go here, then on the left side click on "Vaccine Effectiveness and Breakthrough Surveillance", then choose "Hospitalizations by Vaccination Status - Covid.net" from the dropdown:
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home
Stay safe, Spencer...and get better soon...
Oops, went off on my little data-mission and missed that. I hope it's a mild one, get well soon.
The NSW health minister made a brave statement that everyone in the state will get the omicrom variant.... despite many residents having their 1st and 2nd vaccinations, and some even having had their booster shot. I sure hope he's wrong because that would mean most of Australia would contract it.
There is talk of a 2nd booster shot here and possibly a 3rd. Israel has already mandated a second booster shot to all who have had their initial shots and their 1st booster. A 3rd booster is being discussed there and is somewhat likely.
Sadly, I see no end, no light at the end of the tunnel. Every time the experts come up with a vaccine to combat the current strains, this damned disease comes up with yet another variant that's near immune to current vaccines and it runs rampant through society.
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