First jab all done. My arm is slowly going dead.
Yes, I'm high risk/vulnerable.
Yes, but not high risk/vulnerable.
No, I see no reason to get it.
No, I think Magic makes a lot of sense.
Undecided.
First jab all done. My arm is slowly going dead.
Had mine earlier too. Arm is a bit painful but not too bad, and I felt a bit shit earlier but ok now. Also got to see the Ajax stadium on my cycle down there
Second jab tonight. RIP my day tomorrow.
Had my first Pfizer last week. The whole thing was impressively efficient. But if anything there were too many volunteers. Bloody volunteers.
I did get a bit suspicious about the volunteers, heroic though they may be. How can they all afford to do it?
Alot of employers are giving people time off to do it. One of my Sister in Laws mates does it 2 days a week on full pay.
He does work for them actually.
I'm joking. I have no idea who he works for.
Probably the Bill Gates Foundation directly.
I was going to volunteer for the commonwealth games next year but it turns out there's way more work than I was expecting in order to get the swanky tracksuit.
Volunteering for sports events is basically a competitive job application. I have a mate who managed to be appointed as a volunteer to drive the umpires around at the Cricket World Cup, and it basically took six months out of his life, particularly after the fallout when Kumar Dharmasena was attacked by a swan.
A fella at work at the time was a London 2012 volunteer, and he made it sound like he was hobnobbing with Usain Bolt and all the gang whereas he was probably just pointing a big sign towards the stadium and trying not to cry as his feet blistered.
One tried to steal my finger through a car window when I was a child. My Dad had to get out and punch it.
Fuck off swans, least deserved reputation in the animal kingdom.
I started the application process for volunteering at COP26 a while ago but gave up when I realised I was only on about stage 2 of 5 for what was basically going to be standing at a train station and giving directions.
This vaccine is bullshit. I got it nearly 24 hours ago now and I don't have magnetism superpowers yet.
It has to get through all that autism first.
Explains why you're not getting it, it would have no effect.
How long after can you be kind of sure you're in the clear for intense side effects? Got second Moderna like 3 hours ago and nothing so far, even the arm hurts less than dose 1.
Mine were the next day after the second Moderna. Was a bit tired that evening but woke up in ribbons the next morning. Only lasted the day.
Mine started later in the day that I had it, felt rough the next day but about 26 hours after getting it, it was like someone flicked a switch and I was back to normal.
Mine was the next day. God some shivers and then felt fine.
Lads, no one cares, you're all melts.
Still haven't given my arm to them
I was less angry in the edit.
Spent the last two weeks on the covid wards for my respiratory rotation. You’ve got the vaccinated who have serious co-morbidities and the younger who are unvaccinated. You aren’t beyond getting hospitalised with this, Sincere. Go and get the jab mate.
The pivot from total eligible/worthwhile population to absolute total population is a bit of a weird one on the vaccine front.
Other than an obsession with cases I'm not sure I understand the rationale for vaccinating adolescents, and the very young (under 12) are completely off the menu worldwide aren't they? So other than trying to make vaccination coverage look less, what is the point of the absolute number? A representation of how many children are in a population?
My only guess is to protect the hospital system but Im sure it is more complicated than that.
That 90% figure though for Queensland, it is never going to be reached if it is total population, so hopefully it only refers to eligible population.
It has to be eligible surely.
Idiots are still masking children over here, even while outdoors,. Complete fucking panic.
Masks are becoming increasingly rare around here.
I went to the park with my son this morning and there was a mother with her girl who looked about four, both masked up. They packed up and left before we'd even got there when they saw us coming. I can only hope that one of them has some sort of severe immune disease to warrant that level of paranoia at this stage of the pandemic.
I was also told off by a menopausal receptionist at the doctors a week ago because I went in without a mask. It didn't even cross my mind to be honest, it's been months since I used one. I do still see the occasional person wearing them, and I'd say it's still around 50% in supermarkets.
I still store the sense of superiority I get from strolling about in a mask in the supermarket or on trains and use it to drive harder erections in the evenings.
Haven't worn one for ages now. It's a joy compared.
I still need to wear one indoors on campus. That is despite the face that the vaccine is mandatory for students and over 90% of the faculty/staff is vaccinated.
Science deniers are everywhere eh Pep.
At least most of the kids (except for the Chinese) remove their masks as soon as they leave the buildings and seem to have resumed their normal lives. The professors though, those I still see wearing N95s while riding their bicycles.
In local schools we've returned to mask wearing "when moving around the school". So mostly just a pointless irritation then.
Never wear one in the supermarket now and recently was the only un-masked person in the drs - it'd been so long I just didn't have one on me. Nobody said anything though.
This weekend was the first time I didn't bother with masking up in the supermarket. It felt nice. Masks are definitely in the minority now. Also, in true 'heads of gone' fashion, our work has come out with this banger:
Our testing days are Monday and Wednesday. I usually home test. I can't home test on Wednesday because 'now you're on site, we have do it at the office' on health and safety grounds. What bollocks is that? If I test positive in the office, I've travelled in on public transport, met the guys in the testing area and wandered around town for a bit. If I test positive at home, I stay put.