I survived the AstraZenica vaccine.

[amberale]

That is true but, those who can should be getting it now.
There is going to be a bottleneck in delivery when we finally get more vaccine.
It will help if those of us eligible now get it done.
When my partner and I got our first jab the bulk centre in Geelong was like a ghost town.

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

That's it in a nutshell. There are millions of people out there wishing to be vaccinated, but don't have that option. The core problem is our inabilty to secure timely supply of a range of vaccines.

[magnafunk]

Hard to just say yes when the shot is unavailable to the majority of the population

[amberale]

The statistics that warm the cockles of my heart are :
1 ; The 6 people working at the birthday party in western Sydney who were the only ones vaccinated AND the only ones who did not catch it, and
2 ; None of the people in ICU care in Sydney at last advice had been vaccinated.

As William Shatner says, “Just say Yes”.

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Yeh, that site certainly isn't very well-phrased. It's the header question that is problematic. The FAQs linked from that page are much more careful:

"Are COVID-19 vaccines not effective?
No. Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are very effective at stopping people from becoming very sick if they catch COVID-19.

The vaccines have been thoroughly assessed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and found to be effective. Read more about the approval of the vaccines.

Clinical trials of both vaccines also indicate their effectiveness is very good.

As other countries around the world progress with their rollouts, more and more data is becoming available that shows these vaccines are both highly effective when it comes to a real world situation.

For example, data from the United Kingdom shows that both these vaccines also significantly reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults.

This adds to the growing evidence that shows both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are working and are highly effective in protecting people against severe illness, hospitalisation and death."


https://www.health.gov.au/initiative...-not-effective

[flynnaus]

Not sure anyone suggested that the vaccines would provide immunity from the virus (certainly that was never the suggestion from the trial results late last year). Nor is there any hard evidence that they stop you transmitting the virus

Hmm. Perhaps it depends on what is meant by 'immune'. According to the Dept of Health, it means having stronger (ie not complete) protection against covi19. I suspect people who have received covax2 will think they are invincible.

Mindful that this is a government website, read on.

https://www.health.gov.au/initiative...er-vaccination

[lancruiser]

Absolutely agree with Barry O'Speedwagon. I have read a news article that says the death rate from COVID is now 13 times lower than seasonal flu because of the high level of vaccinations in the UK. That has to be a good thing.

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Not sure anyone suggested that the vaccines would provide immunity from the virus (certainly that was never the suggestion from the trial results late last year). Nor is there any hard evidence that they stop you transmitting the virus (though there are reasons to suspect that it reduces transmissability). However, if the vaccines greatly reduce your chance of severe illness, that's a pretty good thing. Covid is unlikely to disappear in the short-medium term...but it should progressively become a lot less of a problem as a greater proportion of the population have either had the disease or been vaccinated against it.

[flynnaus]

Well ... err ...thanks lancruiser but I must admit that our covax 2 shot was booked back in April. Still, if it helps to get us past this, happy to help out.

[lancruiser]

Thank you, flynnaus and Missus. It would have to be the best thing anyone can do in this crisis for the sake of humanity.

I am booked in for my second dose in 2 weeks' time and my Missus another 2 weeks later.

[flynnaus]

The missus and I had our second AZ shot yesterday. No side effects.
Glad that's out of the way now. Somewhat disappointed to learn recently that the vaccinations don't provide imunity from the virus , just protection from adverse symptoms. We still have to stay home in a locked down Sydney.

They're talking about booster shots now, in the US at least. Given the emergence of variants, delta strain and a new lambda strain, we won't be seeing the back of covid for some time if at all.

[joe]

Got my AZ jab yesterday morning at the Melbourne Exhibition Building.

Very quick: in and out in under 30 minutes.

Like Andy's, the injection was barely noticeable.

Upper arm is still sore if I touch it, and my nose was a little runny this morning, but otherwise so far, so good.

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Could be amnesia I guess?

[pamount]

I got my first Pfizer jab on 14th of April and my second Pfizer jab on 5th of May. I don't remember having any side effects.

[gpillai]

Got our jabs on Thursday. Wife had a fever and body ache a day later but I had no reaction - maybe because I fell off my bicycle a few days before that and am still sore 😀. Next one in August. 👍