Finally got the opportunity to get my first jab on Friday.
There was no line up at the Nambour vaccination center. Walked straight in, got my details checked and given a seat to wait for my turn. Only just had enough time to read the little information page they gave when signing in before being called for my shot. The whole process took about 25 minutes, including the 15 minute wait after the jab.
I got Pfizer, but could have asked for AZ if I wanted it. No difference in waiting time for either one.
Didn’t even feel the needle, no side effects apart from a little bit of sensitivity around the injection spot, but not enough to stop me from working on the car all day yesterday.
Questions:
What percentage do we need to have within the population being jabbed, to get back to normality.
What happens, if come Jan 2022, we are still having long lockdowns. What then...
What plans are in place for the next 1 to 3 years to live with covid.
It could take years to get zero outbreaks if that can ever happen.
Sorry to sound like a pessimist but I have not heard any thing that gives us confidence that anyone, Govt etc knows what it's doing.
Mark
Enjoying life in the NT
Our company has a factory in Florida and I talk to the manager over there a couple of times a week.
He’s always laughing at our ‘ridiculous’ lockdowns every time we get a hand full of cases. He also can’t believe that we stop people traveling between states to try and control the spread.
Being a staunch republican, he has an interesting view on a few things, but he’s always telling me how free they are over there and that you wouldn’t even know there’s a pandemic going on.
They won’t let anyone try to change their lifestyles and they all just go about things as normal.
Looking at the statistics released today perhaps that’s not the smartest plan.
Just this week they had 151,000 new cases and 1071 deaths. That’s 153 people dead every day!!!
So, you’re right that we can’t go on constantly locking down and opening up every other month, but there needs to be some sort of controls. If our constant lockdowns is one end of the spectrum, then the Florida model is the other.
I think if we start from a base of strict lockdowns and travel bans for everyone.
Then we slowly open up and loosen those restrictions for those that are fully vaccinated. Eventually those that are fully vaccinated should be able to get back to as close as normal as possible for the next few years.
I believe that everyone will still have to wear masks when there is outbreaks, regardless of their vaccination status.
