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In fact, my Dad is 69 and says he’s too young to even get a vaccine. Who is being forced?
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People are being a bit too jumpy atm but there's also plenty of smoke regarding what is 'likely' to comeIn fact, my Dad is 69 and says he’s too young to even get a vaccine. Who is being forced?
People are being a bit too jumpy atm but there's also plenty of smoke regarding what is 'likely' to come
We've had politicians float ideas like vax passports to get into sports grounds, receive welfare, work, to fly etc. Whilst that isn't being 'forced' to get it it's excluding people from so much of society it may as well be forced if it went ahead. fwiw i don't think it comes to that but many do
Flu is seasonal, whatever that means - people seem to get it any old time - but is Covid ongoing, or does it flare up or surge during winter and not so much at other times?1. I imagine it would be very similar to the flu shot. Not sure exactly what the uptake of that is.
2. Very little. People aren’t going to start changing behaviour anytime soon.
3. Was told to expect it to be like the flu shot. New variants requiring a change to vaccines yearly.
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Winter will be interesting. For the sane, we know it's very little threat, no more than anything else we battle in life and we've been doing restrictions on and off for 14 months now. It can't continue, especially as we're essentially over it now. Backwards steps again would be catastrophicThanks for this. Australia shouldn’t be “jumpy” in my opinion. With the lockdowns and media I’ve seen I get it though. We have about 90,000 active cases here. Can only imagine how Aussie media would react to that.
Flu is seasonal, whatever that means - people seem to get it any old time - but is Covid ongoing, or does it flare up or surge during winter and not so much at other times?
I haven’t heard this on news or from family so could definitely be ignorant on what’s happening over there. News I’m seeing is the biggest crowd post-Covid is about to happen in Melbourne and that Covid is near non-existent.
Oh fair enough. Only just hit me you are in a different country once I read more back.
Its definetly not comparable to the flu vaccine or the flu situation in general. If it it was, then we wouldnt be here discussing it truth be told
It's no wonder everyone is confused. Huge crowds can go to the football, packed in like sardines into certain areas, while leaving other seating bays empty* so that they don't have to hire more people to clean the whole arena. Whereas on our most sacred day, ANZAC Day, 25 April, that commemorates our war dead, crowds and participants in comparatively brief ceremonies are to be limited and only just managed to force the authorities to approve marches in our cities.I haven’t heard this on news or from family so could definitely be ignorant on what’s happening over there. News I’m seeing is the biggest crowd post-Covid is about to happen in Melbourne and that Covid is near non-existent.
People are being a bit too jumpy atm but there's also plenty of smoke regarding what is 'likely' to come
We've had politicians float ideas like vax passports to get into sports grounds, receive welfare, work, to fly etc. Whilst that isn't being 'forced' to get it it's excluding people from so much of society it may as well be forced if it went ahead. fwiw i don't think it comes to that but many do

Thanks for this. Australia shouldn’t be “jumpy” in my opinion. With the lockdowns and media I’ve seen I get it though. We have about 90,000 active cases here. Can only imagine how Aussie media would react to that.
there's never been any follow-up from these scary warnings. Community cases remain at zero.This is what the sane people quickly realise"Jumpy" is newspaper reports every few days screeching that "traces" of the virus have been found in waste water and sewage. They list the areas where people are advised to be "on the alert" for symptoms. Strangelythere's never been any follow-up from these scary warnings. Community cases remain at zero.
In fact, my Dad is 69 and says he’s too young to even get a vaccine. Who is being forced?
All quarantine workers, airport workers, airport staff, aged car workers, healthcare workers, cleaners, people wishing to visit elderly at aged care homes ie. there parents. I doubt anyone who has taken it so far would not have had a liberty taken away if they refused to do so.
I know 2 people who've had their jabs done then days later had the place ring them to confirm their appointment as though it never happened (it wasn't to confirm an appointment for a 2nd jab)Does anybody know if the people who are getting the vaccine now in Australia are getting any sort of confirmation card/tick on their phone etc to say they have been vaccinated?
They are not going to know the true percentages until after a couple of northern and southern winters, anything said now is based on a tiny sample and is simply guesswork.95% would be better than the flu shot I believe.
They are not going to know the true percentages until after a couple of northern and southern winters, anything said now is based on a tiny sample and is simply guesswork.
Numbers and percentages that can be manipulated by the way just by either turning the PCR test dial up or down.
What are the adverse reaction rates for HCQ? If you're concerned about the rare side effects of blood clots from vaccines, the much more prevalent side effects of HCQ should be more concerning. It's why most medical professionals discounted HCQ - the serious (but rare) side effects were too high.Image if they listened to the real experts not influenced by big pharma and gave HCQ or IVM +Zn, VitD and concentrated on increasing activity, being in the sunshine, and a coordinated plan to reduce obesity!
One line of thinking here is the jab is being (trying to be) 'forced' on everyone. If 0.01% of 25million Aussies have adverse effects, it's a much larger number than 0.02% of those using HCQ as treatment. Sure 'double' the adverse reactions sound bad but there is likely to be significantly less than 50k using it a year. Much fewer people will ever need treatment than they want to vax...What are the adverse reaction rates for HCQ? If you're concerned about the rare side effects of blood clots from vaccines, the much more prevalent side effects of HCQ should be more concerning. It's why most medical professionals discounted HCQ - the serious (but rare) side effects were too high.
The talk was using HCQ as a prophylactic for for the entire population.One line of thinking here is the jab is being (trying to be) 'forced' on everyone. If 0.01% of 25million Aussies have adverse effects, it's a much larger number than 0.02% of those using HCQ as treatment. Sure 'double' the adverse reactions sound bad but there is likely to be significantly less than 50k using it a year. Much fewer people will ever need treatment than they want to vax...
I don't have the actual figures here but the theory something to ponder
Most people wouldn't. Anyone with sense will say 'why take a panadol if you don't have a headache'...The talk was using HCQ as a prophylactic for for the entire population.
Every measure forced on us has directly increased the risk of non communicable disease which is already rampant throughout the West."The existing scientific evidences challenge the safety and efficacy of wearing facemasks as preventive intervention for COVID-19. The data suggest that both medical and non-medical facemasks are ineffective to block human-to-human transmission of viral and infectious disease such SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, supporting against the usage of facemasks. Wearing facemasks has been demonstrated to have substantial adverse physiological and psychological effects. These include hypoxia, hypercapnia, shortness of breath, increased acidity and toxicity, activation of fear and stress response, rise in stress hormones, immunosuppression, fatigue, headaches, decline in cognitive performance, predisposition for viral and infectious illnesses, chronic stress, anxiety and depression. Long-term consequences of wearing facemask can cause health deterioration, developing and progression of chronic diseases and premature death."
Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis - PMC
Many countries across the globe utilized medical and non-medical facemasks as non-pharmaceutical intervention for reducing the transmission and infectivity of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Although, scientific evidence supporting facemasks’ ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov