Resource COVID19 V - The Info Thread

[Biggie]

That's a win for those who didn't get it and held out till now. Five/six month holiday if they could afford it.

Already got a few workers calling me. Interested to see what the Mining & O&G giants do

 

[Forward Press]

That's a win for those who didn't get it and held out till now. Five/six month holiday if they could afford it.

Anti-vaxxer friend held out until it turned out he needed to be vaccinated anyway with multiple non-COVID injections to work overseas. Decided to get the Novavax and then fortunately only got COVID until after he got double jabbed.

Anyway, makes sense to drop the mandates for all but the most vulnerable situations. Pretty much renders it equivalent to the flu - would not surprise if eventually the mandatory isolation requirement is also dropped and then we just treat it as yet another seasonal disease that we can vaccinate for, but entirely optional unless you work in aged care, hospitals etc.

I am encouraged that some people still mask up (which imo we should do if you're sick and out in public) but I'd assume they would also virtually disappear once people get over it.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

With over 80% triple vaxxed and Omicron out there in the wild we've got a baseline level of immunity the envy of the world. In the sense that we didn't reach that immunity by overwhelming the health system with Wuhan/Delta and/or being kept locked down for months and months on end while the vaccines were developed and rolled out.

The electoral success of the people responsible speaks for itself.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

ep2018 but masks are coming back ay?

i think this whole election thing and border was probably to HELP albo win.

and its worked and now hes taking everything apart except the bare necessities.

in all seriousness it is a kudos to everyone in getting us to the point now into a endemic. away from the hell we have all experienced in the last few years.

we have achieved the soft landing that mcgowan was chasing, we are pretty much 99% vaccinated which is incredible. and a triple dosage rate of 82% is in itself remarkable.

with the state now having nearly 30% of its population infected with many more not knowing that they had it we are fast approaching immunity of a combination of both.

and to those who didnt get vaxxed i do hope you are now able to return to your lives.

 

[MrKK]

Wasn't someone in here saying we were going back to lockdowns and masks post election?

At least they didn't write an article for our national media that was 100% wrong the very next day.

WA's COVID jab mandate becomes tougher today, and experts see no reason to change things

About 60 per cent of WA's workers now need a third COVID-19 vaccination to stay on the job, and while the Liberals disagree with the continued requirement, there is no end in sight for the mandate.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Forward Press]

At least they didn't write an article for our national media that was 100% wrong the very next day.

WA's COVID jab mandate becomes tougher today, and experts see no reason to change things

About 60 per cent of WA's workers now need a third COVID-19 vaccination to stay on the job, and while the Liberals disagree with the continued requirement, there is no end in sight for the mandate.

www.abc.net.au

To be fair to the article (and I hope you read it before going off half-cocked based on the headline), nothing the Premier says in that article contradicts the move today to abolish vaccination mandates except in specific areas. It has a range of government ministers, the CHO, university experts and other commentators saying a mixed range of predictions for the continuation of the mandate.

 

[MrKK]

To be fair to the article (and I hope you read it before going off half-cocked based on the headline), nothing the Premier says in that article contradicts the move today to abolish vaccination mandates except in specific areas. It has a range of government ministers, the CHO, university experts and other commentators saying a mixed range of predictions for the continuation of the mandate.

I read it yesterday. It was an appalling range of non-scientific reasoning for continuing the mandates and I'm glad they now look stupid.

Did you read it yesterday? If so, were you in disagreement with it?

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

 

[Hap Hapablap]

i find it hilarious the cho thought we were gonna hit 25k

i also found it even more hilarious dickweed smith was fear mongering and screaming that there was a catastrophe coming, oh how this has blown up in his face like a bukkake.

should resign based on his stupid oxygen stealing bullshit that he conducts in the media with no substance (thats right hes a plastic surgeon). do what olsen did. **** off

 

[Forward Press]

I read it yesterday. It was an appalling range of non-scientific reasoning for continuing the mandates and I'm glad they now look stupid.

Did you read it yesterday? If so, were you in disagreement with it?

I did. The article was about a range of experts saying one thing, and a range of experts saying the other.

Bit rich to laugh at the ABC for reporting quotes and statements from those who have an expert opinion one way or the other, and then the government picks a side the next day. Do you laugh at the political commentators that made incorrect calls about the election? If people only said things when they are absolutely certain it'd made a pretty boring news article.

 

[MrKK]

I did. The article was about a range of experts saying one thing, and a range of experts saying the other.

Bit rich to laugh at the ABC for reporting quotes and statements from those who have an expert opinion one way or the other, and then the government picks a side the next day. Do you laugh at the political commentators that made incorrect calls about the election? If people only said things when they are absolutely certain it'd made a pretty boring news article.

The only person saying they should or will end soon was a Liberal politician, who I'm sure you would agree is not an expert. Everyone else went the other way.

 

[dewcefault]

We've gone early on the Nurofen and Panadol for fever but our littlest is too young to know how to take the little syringe so that's been quite painful. Whatever little volume she gets makes her feel better but because it's not substantial she crashes within an hour.

I'm still what I assume is symptom free. Feel a bit tired but it's been exhausting with everyone else being crook so maybe just that. And now the general anxiety around the kids being crook after the wife was barely challenged by it initially.

the little ones are the hardest hopefully they just go through the fever symptom and then move on. that's been very treatable if they swallow have the panadol/nurofen

 

[Hap Hapablap]

the little ones are the hardest hopefully they just go through the fever symptom and then move on. that's been very treatable if they swallow have the panadol/nurofen

we resorted to a suppository to get it down. my boy wouldnt take it down his mouth so we went the other way for a couple of days it worked. he hated his nappy being changed for a while but then forgot about it

 

[DanWCE]

Aaaaand it got me. Right on the long weekend. Beaut.

Tried multiple types of saliva swab, they are junk. One nasal swab and it was glowing dual lines so fast.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

The only person saying they should or will end soon was a Liberal politician, who I'm sure you would agree is not an expert. Everyone else went the other way.

The Chief Health Officer's advice to the Premier was that because the third dose rate was greater than 81 per cent, the focus needed to shift to protecting the most vulnerable, and there was no need to continue most worker mandates.

The advice was that mandates should only apply in healthcare settings, and "residential aged and disability care settings where there is frequent contact with the most vulnerable groups".

Less than two per cent of West Australians have not received two COVID vaccine doses.(Supplied: WA Health)
"Although other workforces, such as the WA Police Force or the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, may have intermittent contact with vulnerable people, the risk of prolonged contact with a high number of vulnerable people is not the same as for healthcare workers or those caring for people in aged care or disability residential settings," he said.

"Given the high rate of vaccination achieved in WA, and the high number of people already exposed to COVID-19, most vaccination directions are now no longer required."

WA's unvaccinated looking forward to getting back to work, but some may find themselves without a job

Western Australia's relatively small number of unvaccinated employees look forward to getting back to work now that vaccine mandates are on the way out.

www.abc.net.au

 

[MrKK]

WA's unvaccinated looking forward to getting back to work, but some may find themselves without a job

Western Australia's relatively small number of unvaccinated employees look forward to getting back to work now that vaccine mandates are on the way out.

www.abc.net.au

Those quotes weren't in the May 31 article that was being discussed.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

True, but they are the ones that hold the most weight in the decision-making process.

 

[Trouto]

That's a win for those who didn't get it and held out till now. Five/six month holiday if they could afford it.

I wouldn't call it a holiday.....

 

[ioppolo]

I wouldn't call it a holiday.....

It was for me. And I got the whole house painted for good measure.

 

[Trouto]

It was for me. And I got the whole house painted for good measure.

I went back to work last Friday - suppose it was good for a while but the ever-present threat of losing my job was not nice...Nor was not getting paid

 

[Forward Press]

I went back to work last Friday - suppose it was good for a while but the ever-present threat of losing my job was not nice...Nor was not getting paid

If you were not vaccinated, could you still be eligible for JobSeeker during the time of the vaccine mandates? Just curious and not a sledge or slight on you or others who lost their job due to the mandates.

 

[Trouto]

If you were not vaccinated, could you still be eligible for JobSeeker during the time of the vaccine mandates? Just curious and not a sledge or slight on you or others who lost their job due to the mandates.

Probably... but screw that

 

[Dazzler9]

Omicron specific boosters could be on the way.

Moderna jab tailored to Omicron subvariants 'provides good clinical protection'

The biotech company's experimental Omicron booster generates high levels of antibodies that neutralise subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, according to preliminary clinical trial data.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Trouto]

Omicron specific boosters could be on the way.

Moderna jab tailored to Omicron subvariants 'provides good clinical protection'

The biotech company's experimental Omicron booster generates high levels of antibodies that neutralise subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, according to preliminary clinical trial data.

www.abc.net.au

lol, yay

 

[Rowan18]

Omicron specific boosters could be on the way.

Moderna jab tailored to Omicron subvariants 'provides good clinical protection'

The biotech company's experimental Omicron booster generates high levels of antibodies that neutralise subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, according to preliminary clinical trial data.

www.abc.net.au

It's interesting how many challenges they've had with these. They make sense for vulnerable people that have needed to avoid catching COVID so far, but I'm not really interested as I've already had Omicron (and three vaccines as well).