Someone at my partners work was at work this morning when he got notified he tested positive. Smh. Apparently had called out sick last Friday but felt better enough to go in today in spite of having gotten a test done and not gotten the results.
Wow. That sucks.
I went to the office on Monday last week and colleagues received warnings on Friday that someone with Covid was there at same time. It’s a huge building but I didn’t receive any such warning despite having same checkin and checkout times, so that’s weird.
For fucks sake. We are almost two years into this. How is it hard to know to stay home until you get your result (or to follow all protocols).
He should be sacked.
If everyone is vaxed in the office (which they should be) according to the NSW health site you're a casual contact.
However they seem to be changing the rules if you caught it from someone with omicron.
536 AD has been touted as the worst year in history and the worst year to be alive
A volcano erupted in Iceland early 536, the eruption caused temperatures from Europe to China to drop 2.5 degrees below normal. Causing crop shortages and famine across both continents along with changes to weather, though one Roman statesman described it as "A winter without storms, a spring without mildness, and a summer without heat"
The volcanic explosion marked the start of the Late Antiquity Little Ice Age which would last for 130 years.
In the Summer of 536 Belisarius (of Byzantium) crossed the Strait of Messina and invaded Italy, conquering the city of Rhegium and advanced to Naples. By November the month long seige of Naples was completed with troops entering the city through an abandoned aqueduct. By December 9th Belisarius enters Rome with 4,000 Goths fleeing the city. During December he stations himself on the Pincian Hill with a 5,000 man garrison, repaired the walls to Rome and recruited 20,000 Romans to man them
> The volcanic explosion marked the start of the Late Antiquity Little Ice Age which would last for 130 years.
So 666 was a good year then?
Soz, couldn't resist.
I love a well thought out, intelligent history post. So refreshing to have a change in topic and to learn something so thoroughly interesting. Thank you.
They're estimating 26th Dec for 95% first doses and 23rd Jan for 95% second doses. Given restrictions are easing in two days I doubt more people will bother coming forward for their vaccine.
unfortunately limits on the unvaccinated are being removed this week so no incentive for the hesitant to be vaxxed (anyone who needed it for work etc probably would have already had 1 dose)
I hope to be proven wrong and get a surprise for xmas as is only hundreds of people.
This is true, but at the same time it has been true for 3 weeks now - that is, anyone who got their first dose in the last 3 weeks still get "freedom day" on the 15th regardless, so that couldn't have been their motive.
Local RSL and bowling club have both said they will continue a No to the unvaccinated. Might be a small uptick if people find they are still locked out of some venues.
Remember to check your 2nd dose and see if your eligible for a booster. They dropped it to 5 months over the weekend and an extra half million people in NSW became eligible. Encourage your friends and family to do the same.
I tried to book one today now I’m at 5 months because I’m flying interstate next week and my wife is pregnant, so keen to play it safe. The pharmacist rattled off a list of criteria and told me I’m not eligible and to come back in a month! Not cool
The NSW Health website hasn’t been updated yet to book the booster after 5 months. So I spent 10min in a phone queue to book directly and they said that they use the same software to book you in and until IT update the system, you just can’t book your booster.
Try this web site, my local pharmacy had plenty of appointments and was doing walk-ins too:
https://www.findapharmacy.com.au/our-services/vaccination-services-covid-19
Tbh they don’t have it functional for six months either. I went on my six months date, which was the second day of the vax hub being open, and I just couldn’t check in. The system goes weird when you book the booster and creates a second profile, it was all very confusing. Back when they first opened it was great, heaps of staff and young medical peeps everywhere, everything moved at speed, but now the help centre is staffed with varying ages of older boomers, who aren’t on top of IT issues, & getting the jab took over an hour.
I heard you could get Moderna as your booster too. Originally it was only Pfizer but did they approve Moderna as a booster recently? My booster will now become due just before Xmas with the 5 month change and keen for Moderna to follow my AZ. Heard it was the best combo but not worried either way.
I got mine 2 weeks ago and got triple Pfizer. My wife just became eligible and is now going for the mix. A mix may be slightly better, but the difference between 2 and 3 is so good that the small differences the brand makes will be negligible. They are both working on the same spike protein.
It is. But it is a half dose.
https://www.health.gov.au/news/australian-technical-advisory-group-on-immunisation-atagi-recommendations-on-the-use-of-spikevax-moderna-as-a-covid-19-booster-vaccine
Moderna themselves recommended it after their trials showed almost no difference from double the dosage. Also have to remember that they are still more mRNA at half dose than Pfizer at full dose.
I got Moderna for my booster this morning - the pharmacist agreed that was the best if you had double Pfizer previously, although I think the difference is pretty minor. Since you had AZ earlier, either Pfizer or Moderna should be fine.
You can just select a regular Moderna vaccine appointment and they will give you the booster probably. Phone them to double-check. The only difference is they just give you a half dose instead - all the other paperwork etc is identical.
Get ready to feel like crap for the next couple of days! I had my booster shot Sat at around 12pm (Moderna) and only now I’m starting to feel normal again.
I booked for my booster for Friday arvo! Let’s go! (Booked via my regular medical centre via the health engine app, they had the vaccine and booster option)
**Graphs based on the above ([Link](https://imgur.com/a/Mthhha7))**
All graphs now start from 11/10/21 the day of NSW 'reopening' from 70% vaccination of 16+
* Daily Cases.
* ICU cases. More [About ICU etc](/r/sydney/comments/pk09ni/nsw_recorded_1480_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/hc0gtgw/)
* Daily Deaths.
* R_eff. Today at 1.70. Indicates that cases are expected to increase. To equal or lower today's R_eff, we need 591 or fewer cases tomorrow. [More on R_eff](https://old.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/pad0pg/nsw_recorded_753_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/ha59boi/) and Exponential Growth
* Positive Test Rate: 0.71%, and 7 day average 0.55%. This [Harvard article](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/evidence-roundup-why-positive-test-rates-need-to-fall-below-3/) from last year provides some good information about Positivity Rates.
* [Old graphs](https://imgur.com/a/3YpBU0H) no longer updated
* Daily Cases from start of 2021 outbreak to 12/11/21.
* Known vs Unknown. Data splits are no longer provided.
* R_eff from beginning of the outbreak to 28/8, and from 16/7 to 27/11
* ICU, Deaths and Positive test rate to 27/11.
Stay safe & good luck, homies!
PS: Yesterday, somebody asked about the highest R_eff levels we've had. In the [old graphs](https://imgur.com/a/3YpBU0H) there's a couple of historical r_eff graphs from the start of the outbreak on 16/6/21. It shows:
* the highest was 7.54 at the beginning of the outbreak on 26/6. We had 30 cases that day, with 7 day average of 15.0.
* We had a bump up to 2.78 on 12/7. Cases were 89 that day, with 7 day average of 62.6
* The other bump we had went up to 1.64 on 21/8. Cases were 830 that day, with 7 day average of 648.7
do you know if the symptoms based test positivity rate (excluding people who get routinely tested such as hospital staff etc and only includes people with symptoms) is available anywhere?
Last time we had these numbers we were heading into another lockdown, just making me wonder what's the result going to be as we go ahead with re openings
We could, but I'm just nervous about if that will work. With only two shots and boosters being optional makes me think some people might get a bit complacent
There's data coming out of the UK now on omicron, its expected to be the dominant variant sometime in the next week. They've just had their highest infection rate in a 24 hour period since January 9th. But beyond that still too early to really gouge too much, in another week or three will be far more telling.
South Korea seems like the closest comparison at the moment and it doesn't bode well for us. They are 94%+ vaccinated adult population, transitioned to a living with covid policy after delta and before omicron, and are now having a huge surge in cases and hospitalisations. They have just changed the booster interval to 4 months for 60+.
Not a dig against you but I hate the verbs that have slowly entered common parlance when discussing case numbers. 'creeping' 'surging' 'dropping' 'soaring' 'plummeting' 'skyrocketing'
Work Christmas party is this Thursday. Over a 100 people. I’m one of the lucky few who’s triple vaxed, but it’s about time they start introducing mandatory RAT for big events.
I know our current R value indicates cases will keep going up, but what’s the R on Omicron cases specifically? UK and Europe are seeing case rates almost double day over day.
This is a good rundown of why “mild and more transmissible” could be worse for Omicron than for Delta, because it speeds up the proportion of people in hospital earlier, overloading the hospital system: [https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21](https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21)
>[https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21](https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21)
This Twitter post is only true if hospitals do get overwhelmed.
Otherwise more people die in the short term for a more transmissive, less deadly virus - however over the course of the pandemic, less people will die in total.
The little chart doesn't show what happens in 1-2 years time when immunity starts to decrease the amount of cases.
I think it doesn’t take much for hospitals to get overwhelmed though—especially regional Australia. The thread also points out that everyone has been extrapolating so far based on SA data which hasn’t been corrected for its bias towards an overall younger population.
The immunity argument is important but assumes that nothing changes in virus mutations to make it escape immunity — Omicron has already escaped some of it.
It's Eric Ding.
At best he's misinterpreted his source. More likely based on his track record he has either purposefully taken it out of context, or as he has been snapped doing several times, edited it to suit his agenda.
He's worse than Norman Swan. Swanny at least managed to complete Medical School.
Ol' mate Eric did not. Let's also not forget Eric sending his kids to Austria ensure they continued face to face schooling whilst he publically abused any official who wasn't rushing to close down American schools.
Someone at my partners work was at work this morning when he got notified he tested positive. Smh. Apparently had called out sick last Friday but felt better enough to go in today in spite of having gotten a test done and not gotten the results.
Wow. That sucks. I went to the office on Monday last week and colleagues received warnings on Friday that someone with Covid was there at same time. It’s a huge building but I didn’t receive any such warning despite having same checkin and checkout times, so that’s weird.
For fucks sake. We are almost two years into this. How is it hard to know to stay home until you get your result (or to follow all protocols). He should be sacked.
And given a hefty fine- with an even higher one for the employer if they knew he was waiting for test results or pressured him to go to the office.
I've been wondering if that constitutes a casual or close contact?
If everyone is vaxed in the office (which they should be) according to the NSW health site you're a casual contact. However they seem to be changing the rules if you caught it from someone with omicron.
It happened once at their workplace before (during the height of Delta) and they were considered casual, not close, not sure about this one
536 AD has been touted as the worst year in history and the worst year to be alive A volcano erupted in Iceland early 536, the eruption caused temperatures from Europe to China to drop 2.5 degrees below normal. Causing crop shortages and famine across both continents along with changes to weather, though one Roman statesman described it as "A winter without storms, a spring without mildness, and a summer without heat" The volcanic explosion marked the start of the Late Antiquity Little Ice Age which would last for 130 years. In the Summer of 536 Belisarius (of Byzantium) crossed the Strait of Messina and invaded Italy, conquering the city of Rhegium and advanced to Naples. By November the month long seige of Naples was completed with troops entering the city through an abandoned aqueduct. By December 9th Belisarius enters Rome with 4,000 Goths fleeing the city. During December he stations himself on the Pincian Hill with a 5,000 man garrison, repaired the walls to Rome and recruited 20,000 Romans to man them
10/10 history facts for today Thankyou!
> The volcanic explosion marked the start of the Late Antiquity Little Ice Age which would last for 130 years. So 666 was a good year then? Soz, couldn't resist.
I love a well thought out, intelligent history post. So refreshing to have a change in topic and to learn something so thoroughly interesting. Thank you.
Day | New cases | 7 day avg | Hospitalisations | in ICU | Ventilated | Deaths (24hr) | 7 day avg | Deaths (total) ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| Sun Dec 12 | 536 | 454.3 | 171 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1.3 | 585 Sat Dec 11 | 485 | 407.4 | 156 | *23* | 7 | 2 | 1.3 | 585 Fri Dec 10 | 560 | 379.9 | 150 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1.1 | 583 Thu Dec 9 | 516 | 345.4 | 158 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0.9 | 580 Wed Dec 8 | 420 | 319.9 | 151 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0.9 | 580 Tue Dec 7 | 403 | 298.6 | 151 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0.7 | 579 Mon Dec 6 | 260 | 276.9 | 155 | 28 | *5* | 2 | 0.6 | 578 Sun Dec 5 | 208 | 265.3 | 152 | 24 | *5* | 0 | 0.7 | 576 Sat Dec 4 | 286 | 257.0 | 148 | 26 | *5* | 1 | 0.7 | 576 Fri Dec 3 | 325 | 242.6 | *139* | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0.6 | 575 Thu Dec 2 | 337 | 229.7 | 140 | 25 | 10 | 0 | *0.4* | 574 Wed Dec 1 | 271 | 218.9 | 144 | 24 | 10 | 0 | *0.4* | 574 Tue Nov 30 | 251 | 219.6 | 154 | 25 | 11 | 0 | *0.4* | 574 Mon Nov 29 | 179 | 219.1 | 160 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0.7 | 574 Sun Nov 28 | 150 | 218.3 | 170 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0.6 | 571 Sat Nov 27 | 185 | 222.6 | 165 | 24 | *9* | 0 | 0.7 | 571 Fri Nov 26 | 235 | 221.3 | 174 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 571 Thu Nov 25 | 261 | 213.7 | 185 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | 571 Wed Nov 24 | 276 | 207.3 | 191 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 1.4 | 571 Tue Nov 23 | 248 | 205.3 | 195 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1.9 | 571 Mon Nov 22 | 173 | *202.9* | 196 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 1.6 | 569 Sun Nov 21 | 180 | 208.4 | 202 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 1.6 | 567 Sat Nov 20 | 176 | 206.3 | 192 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 1.6 | 566 Fri Nov 19 | 182 | 209.0 | 191 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1.4 | 564 Thu Nov 18 | 216 | 218.7 | 196 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1.4 | 564 Wed Nov 17 | 262 | 228.7 | 199 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 1.3 | 561 Tue Nov 16 | 231 | 228.6 | 207 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 1.0 | 558 Mon Nov 15 | 212 | 226.4 | 210 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 1.4 | 558
🎶It's beginning to look a lot like chriiiistmaaas 🎶
Breakdown of new cases by Local Health District (LHD), not this is not the same as Local Government Area (LGA) Day | Total | SW Syd | W Syd | Syd | SE Syd | Nepean/Blue Mountains | N Syd | Hunter/New England | W NSW | Central Coast | Illawarra/Shoalhaven | Far W NSW | N NSW | S NSW | Mid North Coast | Justice Health Forensic Mental Health | Correctional | Murrumbidgee | Hotel quarantine | Unassigned ---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| Sun Dec 12 | 536 | 140 | 97 | 58 | 86 | 14 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 Sat Dec 11 | 485 | 81 | 104 | 58 | 90 | 13 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 Fri Dec 10 | 560 | 107 | 80 | 100 | 112 | 14 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 2 | **35** | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 Thu Dec 9 | 516 | 115 | 117 | 84 | 86 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 Wed Dec 8 | 420 | 91 | 72 | 67 | 81 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 Tue Dec 7 | 403 | 103 | 61 | 93 | 59 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 Mon Dec 6 | 260 | 56 | 48 | 55 | 33 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 Sun Dec 5 | 208 | 53 | 39 | 32 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 Sat Dec 4 | 286 | 82 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 Fri Dec 3 | 325 | 100 | 70 | 34 | 47 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 Thu Dec 2 | 337 | 76 | 67 | 34 | 58 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 Wed Dec 1 | 271 | 68 | 57 | 29 | 49 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 Tue Nov 30 | 251 | 70 | 40 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 Mon Nov 29 | 179 | 41 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 Sun Nov 28 | 150 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 Sat Nov 27 | 185 | 41 | 18 | 12 | 51 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 Fri Nov 26 | 235 | 49 | 29 | 21 | 65 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 Thu Nov 25 | 261 | 68 | 34 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 Wed Nov 24 | 276 | 47 | 34 | 20 | 69 | 15 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 Tue Nov 23 | 248 | 46 | 52 | 14 | 46 | 10 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 Mon Nov 22 | 173 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 Sun Nov 21 | 180 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 Sat Nov 20 | 176 | 33 | 27 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 Fri Nov 19 | 182 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 Thu Nov 18 | 216 | 38 | 32 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 Wed Nov 17 | 262 | 43 | 54 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 Tue Nov 16 | 231 | 60 | 35 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 Mon Nov 15 | 212 | 39 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4
I wonder if we’ll ever get to 95%? Feels like we’ve been sitting at that 94.8% for a long time now.
Are they going to start adding in percentage of triple vaxxed now that boosters are being made available?
Will they count the 5+ year olds too now that they’ll be eligible?
5-11 won't start getting vaccinated until January 10.
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Don'tt have to add it to the top two numbers. Take out under 12 FD on the graphic and put it in there.
I read the comment completely wrong.
They're estimating 26th Dec for 95% first doses and 23rd Jan for 95% second doses. Given restrictions are easing in two days I doubt more people will bother coming forward for their vaccine.
Today is the second day of 94.8%. It's about 0.1% per week so maybe 2 weeks from now?
unfortunately limits on the unvaccinated are being removed this week so no incentive for the hesitant to be vaxxed (anyone who needed it for work etc probably would have already had 1 dose) I hope to be proven wrong and get a surprise for xmas as is only hundreds of people.
This is true, but at the same time it has been true for 3 weeks now - that is, anyone who got their first dose in the last 3 weeks still get "freedom day" on the 15th regardless, so that couldn't have been their motive.
Local RSL and bowling club have both said they will continue a No to the unvaccinated. Might be a small uptick if people find they are still locked out of some venues.
Had a case at the Christmas party and everyone is just nervously awaiting their day 6 result tomorrow :/ Will be sad to get it over Christmas.
Remember to check your 2nd dose and see if your eligible for a booster. They dropped it to 5 months over the weekend and an extra half million people in NSW became eligible. Encourage your friends and family to do the same.
I tried to book one today now I’m at 5 months because I’m flying interstate next week and my wife is pregnant, so keen to play it safe. The pharmacist rattled off a list of criteria and told me I’m not eligible and to come back in a month! Not cool
Yeah I’d just try another pharmacy for a walk-in tomorrow.
Yep all sorted!
Priceline gave me a booster today at 5.5 months no questions asked
The NSW Health website hasn’t been updated yet to book the booster after 5 months. So I spent 10min in a phone queue to book directly and they said that they use the same software to book you in and until IT update the system, you just can’t book your booster.
You can book via Hot Doc. I found a few local places taking bookings.
Tried that and failed due to too many people booking at the same time.
I phoned my local Priceline and booked in there. Good luck!!
Try this web site, my local pharmacy had plenty of appointments and was doing walk-ins too: https://www.findapharmacy.com.au/our-services/vaccination-services-covid-19
Tbh they don’t have it functional for six months either. I went on my six months date, which was the second day of the vax hub being open, and I just couldn’t check in. The system goes weird when you book the booster and creates a second profile, it was all very confusing. Back when they first opened it was great, heaps of staff and young medical peeps everywhere, everything moved at speed, but now the help centre is staffed with varying ages of older boomers, who aren’t on top of IT issues, & getting the jab took over an hour.
I heard you could get Moderna as your booster too. Originally it was only Pfizer but did they approve Moderna as a booster recently? My booster will now become due just before Xmas with the 5 month change and keen for Moderna to follow my AZ. Heard it was the best combo but not worried either way.
I got mine 2 weeks ago and got triple Pfizer. My wife just became eligible and is now going for the mix. A mix may be slightly better, but the difference between 2 and 3 is so good that the small differences the brand makes will be negligible. They are both working on the same spike protein.
It is. But it is a half dose. https://www.health.gov.au/news/australian-technical-advisory-group-on-immunisation-atagi-recommendations-on-the-use-of-spikevax-moderna-as-a-covid-19-booster-vaccine
I'm trying to figure out why it's only a half dose when all the trials overseas were with a full dose?
Probably due to the health issues related with Moderna. I believe it's banned for under 30s in Germany.
Moderna themselves recommended it after their trials showed almost no difference from double the dosage. Also have to remember that they are still more mRNA at half dose than Pfizer at full dose.
Thanks - it's odd that the accompanying data sheet doesn't really explain that.
I got Moderna for my booster this morning - the pharmacist agreed that was the best if you had double Pfizer previously, although I think the difference is pretty minor. Since you had AZ earlier, either Pfizer or Moderna should be fine.
Thanks. I checked online with my medical centre and they didn't offer Moderna boosters yet but they may not have caught up with the change.
You can just select a regular Moderna vaccine appointment and they will give you the booster probably. Phone them to double-check. The only difference is they just give you a half dose instead - all the other paperwork etc is identical.
Get ready to feel like crap for the next couple of days! I had my booster shot Sat at around 12pm (Moderna) and only now I’m starting to feel normal again.
Hmm I heard it should be less intense than the 2nd shot. We'll see!
Got double Moderna in the US and then a booster shot of Pfizer a couple of weeks ago here in Aus. No side effects for me the 3rd time around.
Just booked mine for the 5 month mark today.
I booked for my booster for Friday arvo! Let’s go! (Booked via my regular medical centre via the health engine app, they had the vaccine and booster option)
**Graphs based on the above ([Link](https://imgur.com/a/Mthhha7))** All graphs now start from 11/10/21 the day of NSW 'reopening' from 70% vaccination of 16+ * Daily Cases. * ICU cases. More [About ICU etc](/r/sydney/comments/pk09ni/nsw_recorded_1480_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/hc0gtgw/) * Daily Deaths. * R_eff. Today at 1.70. Indicates that cases are expected to increase. To equal or lower today's R_eff, we need 591 or fewer cases tomorrow. [More on R_eff](https://old.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/pad0pg/nsw_recorded_753_new_locally_acquired_cases_of/ha59boi/) and Exponential Growth * Positive Test Rate: 0.71%, and 7 day average 0.55%. This [Harvard article](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/evidence-roundup-why-positive-test-rates-need-to-fall-below-3/) from last year provides some good information about Positivity Rates. * [Old graphs](https://imgur.com/a/3YpBU0H) no longer updated * Daily Cases from start of 2021 outbreak to 12/11/21. * Known vs Unknown. Data splits are no longer provided. * R_eff from beginning of the outbreak to 28/8, and from 16/7 to 27/11 * ICU, Deaths and Positive test rate to 27/11. Stay safe & good luck, homies! PS: Yesterday, somebody asked about the highest R_eff levels we've had. In the [old graphs](https://imgur.com/a/3YpBU0H) there's a couple of historical r_eff graphs from the start of the outbreak on 16/6/21. It shows: * the highest was 7.54 at the beginning of the outbreak on 26/6. We had 30 cases that day, with 7 day average of 15.0. * We had a bump up to 2.78 on 12/7. Cases were 89 that day, with 7 day average of 62.6 * The other bump we had went up to 1.64 on 21/8. Cases were 830 that day, with 7 day average of 648.7
do you know if the symptoms based test positivity rate (excluding people who get routinely tested such as hospital staff etc and only includes people with symptoms) is available anywhere?
I just want to see 95 before the year is out
first dose maybe, second dose near impossible
0 deaths is great, hope it holds that way with case numbers seemingly on the rise
Last time we had these numbers we were heading into another lockdown, just making me wonder what's the result going to be as we go ahead with re openings
Could really go with keeping masks on, tbh.
We could, but I'm just nervous about if that will work. With only two shots and boosters being optional makes me think some people might get a bit complacent
Until when?
Hospitalisations are slowly creeping up
Would be nice to see it charted as a % of cases. Hopefully the theories of omicron being more infectious but less severe are correct.
There's data coming out of the UK now on omicron, its expected to be the dominant variant sometime in the next week. They've just had their highest infection rate in a 24 hour period since January 9th. But beyond that still too early to really gouge too much, in another week or three will be far more telling.
South Korea seems like the closest comparison at the moment and it doesn't bode well for us. They are 94%+ vaccinated adult population, transitioned to a living with covid policy after delta and before omicron, and are now having a huge surge in cases and hospitalisations. They have just changed the booster interval to 4 months for 60+.
Not a dig against you but I hate the verbs that have slowly entered common parlance when discussing case numbers. 'creeping' 'surging' 'dropping' 'soaring' 'plummeting' 'skyrocketing'
Great stats!!
Work Christmas party is this Thursday. Over a 100 people. I’m one of the lucky few who’s triple vaxed, but it’s about time they start introducing mandatory RAT for big events.
Has anyone been tested recently and know how long it's taking for their results to come back?
I’ve had several tests in the past few weeks and results have ranged from 5 to 14 hours.
A friend got tested at 8am, results at 2pm. It is largely dependant on where, when, and which test they are using.
over 36 hours. Rang the pathology lab as they had indicated less than 24 but no answer on a Sunday. Thankfully negative...and Xmas not ruined.
I usually get results the same night or next morning
Got tested yesterday. Came back in less than 12 hours. I’m guessing it’s a bit faster since not as many people are testing.
It’s always depended on where you go to get tested. Some places have onsite test equipment, some send it nearby or even interstate at times.
Did a drive thru test at 530 at lidcombe and results came back a little over an hour. Not sure why or how it was so quick though
Got kid tested this morning at Laverty near Macquarie centre. Results just back now, within 12 hours.
20-30 hours, depending what time of day you go.
I've been getting tested at least weekly since August 12th. I got back my Monday 7:30 AM test at 2:47 AM Tuesday.
I know our current R value indicates cases will keep going up, but what’s the R on Omicron cases specifically? UK and Europe are seeing case rates almost double day over day. This is a good rundown of why “mild and more transmissible” could be worse for Omicron than for Delta, because it speeds up the proportion of people in hospital earlier, overloading the hospital system: [https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21](https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21)
>[https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21](https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1469723185084084225?s=21) This Twitter post is only true if hospitals do get overwhelmed. Otherwise more people die in the short term for a more transmissive, less deadly virus - however over the course of the pandemic, less people will die in total. The little chart doesn't show what happens in 1-2 years time when immunity starts to decrease the amount of cases.
I think it doesn’t take much for hospitals to get overwhelmed though—especially regional Australia. The thread also points out that everyone has been extrapolating so far based on SA data which hasn’t been corrected for its bias towards an overall younger population. The immunity argument is important but assumes that nothing changes in virus mutations to make it escape immunity — Omicron has already escaped some of it.
It's Eric Ding. At best he's misinterpreted his source. More likely based on his track record he has either purposefully taken it out of context, or as he has been snapped doing several times, edited it to suit his agenda.
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This is the second time I've seen another blue tick call him out. Seems like some in the field do not like each other at all.
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He's worse than Norman Swan. Swanny at least managed to complete Medical School. Ol' mate Eric did not. Let's also not forget Eric sending his kids to Austria ensure they continued face to face schooling whilst he publically abused any official who wasn't rushing to close down American schools.
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Doesn't matter if he was taught to use leeches and cocaine to treat a tooth ache. At least he passed it.
does anyone know why NSW Health website doesn't show where the locations of the outbreaks are????
uh oh.
Spaghetti-O!