watching Greg Hunt on 7.30 earlier just made me angry
âWhy have you not set any goals for the vaccine roll-out?â
âWell we have set goals⌠we started Phase 1a in February⌠we started 1b in Marchâ
Seriously⌠starting the roll-out is not a goal. The one goal they did set, 4 million vaccinated by the end of March, was a dismal failure.
âWhy is the prime minister issuing vaccine messages on Facebook when he told us not to use Facebook for vaccine news?â
âOh that was just some message to address some sort of rumours⌠and he is fronting up to a media conference last week and 12 months ago when we closed the border with Chinaâ Like, what?? This is supposed to make us feel comfortable that this lot know what they are doing.
With the vaccine rollout in disarray, i think international borders will be closed well into 2022. I wonder if anyone would propose something like a 2 week travel purge.
For 2 weeks in June we open the floodgates to the 36000 Australian citizens, permanent residents, work visa holders, critical skill shortage workers and international students. they all home quarantine instead of hotel. Even with good testings and compliance checks we would concede we will have to go into a 14 day national lockdown after it to repair the damage. Then borders close again for the next 12 months.
Far cry from the original supposition that the federal Gov were planning an October election, on the back of their successful delivery of a vaccine, with the idea that people would sweep them back in to thank them.
It will be interesting if the Tas government see the same style of covid handling bump that other state governments have had - owing to the opposition there being largely supportive, compared to the WA/Qld situations.
Weâre probably closer to the point where overseas vaccination programs are so good we could require returned citizens to prove full dose vaccination and then home quarantine.
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I know, youâd factor that into the risk calculation. And accept that the virus will escape. Thatâs why you have the 14 day lockdown. Youâd go back to hotel quarantine after the purge.
Can we really function with just 5000 people flying in to the country per week for another 18 months+?
The point of my idea is that it is an example of another option. There is every chance our current strategy leaves someoneâs granny overseas with a much greater chance to die of covid.
Exactly. This was nothing more than hoping like hell that things would be getting back to relative normality and weâd all be lovey-dovey over ScoMo and his band of idiots. But, things didnât go to plan, and theyâve not had a plan B through Z. Theyâre being found out. Nothing more than politics rather than, you know, HELPING PEOPLE.
Now theyâll hold out on a election for as long as they possibly can, thinking we have short memories. Albo would be going into this like Steven Bradbury, hoping they all fall over at the last hurdle and he goes skating over the finish line as a winner.
They should have thought this through. They havenât. Now theyâre being caught with their pants down. This should be end of ScoMo.
All of Scomoâs somewhat alright efforts in the early stages of the pandemic is now all undone thanks to him and his governmentâs over reliance on the now risky AstraZeneca vaccine and their mismanagement over the vaccine rollout.
He repeats the same old rhetorics every media conference yet his government never come up with anything productive. Unbelievable.
That wonât happen. UK cases wonât drop much below 2K. Lots of things opened today. Malls, shops. Gym. Outdoor dining and drinkingAs long as hospitalizations and deaths Donât surge everyone feels comfortable with cases rising - 60% of people vaccinated now - combined with the millions who already have antibodies - hospitals should not be overwhelmed again
Borders are very tight. Very. Ăot Australia tight. But tighter than any non Asian nation
I really didnât think the UK would get to that position. I didnât think Boris had it in him but his vaccination plan has been outstanding to date. Although there is going to be repercussions for the second dose. My friend was due to get her second jab this week and they have now pushed it back to July.
I think your friends anecdotal story is Not at all
Indicative of the national situation. Most of the doses being give. Now are Second doses - first doses are the minority now @turdall
I expect cases to rise from here through summer but not hospitalizations and deaths - which is becoming the barromator now
Oh I am not doubting most are second doses. I am saying they promised the 6 week timeframe but a lot of people are being pushed out by weeks, some even months. Which is to be expected considering they went so hard so early. And again 1 dose is better than 0.
I read every single official stat on the vaccine rollout here. Iâve not read or heard of âa lot of peopleâ having second shot delayed by weeks or months. Itâs not been reported at all here. Thatâs News to me and I consume every piece of Covid News I can find
The UK is concerning looking at instagram stories, it seems like everyone there is acting as if the pandemic is over. Early December all over again.
UK has fully vaccinated less than half of the per capita amount as Michigan, and UK is using a weaker vaccine. Michigan is in the middle of a huge and fast spreading surge, Their graph looks the same as it did in early November before the vaccinations started. If Michigan was so unprotected and nowhere near herd immunity then so is the UK.
Itâs concerning, but they are currently in a different boat with almost 60% of adults vaccinated. They should be able to open slowly but safely.
Itâs interesting that their easement on restrictions (plan out) resembles what Victorian and Melbourne did back in October.
The UK seems to have taken a lot inspiration from Australia and New Zealand. Good too see that weâre all learning from one another in different situations around the globe.
I do believe in the near future the UK and Australia will be the first European county to form a safe travel pathway for both both countries. Most likely at the beginning of 2022.
