Select to expand quoteevlPanda said..
The evidence is that they do work.
www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/02/britain-got-it-wrong-on-covid-long-lockdown-did-more-harm-than-good-says-scientist
Select to expand quotesnoidberg said..lotofwind said..
Well they are spending days and days searching for magic home remedies and researching youtube and twitter for help.
I dont think anyone would do that if they weren't worried.
If they weren't worried they would be out enjoying life, not talking about it non stop on the interwebs?
. I am more careful not to injure myself as well because I sure as hell don't want to ever require any blood donations. The blood banks don't seperate vaccinated and unvaccinated donations here in Australia.
It's usually the first question victims of shark attacks, road traumas, PPH's and GI bleeds ask the retrieval units or resus room staff when we get the emerge O neg MT pack out - is it from an unvaccinated donor - if it is I want an unvaccinated donors packs - were all those platelet donors vaccinated - what about the cryo and Fib conc?
Select to expand quoteevlPanda said..
I totally agree with you on Qld. Hospitals weren't fixed during that time. Very slack.
But how can you say there is no science behind masks and lockdowns and such by comparing Florida and Victoria?
The numbers speak for themselves. It's not a 10% difference or anything.
The evidence is that they do work. And obviously.
presenting Florida as an example is flat earth stuff, for me. Genuinely curious how the **** one can come to that conclusion.
I have no problem with the initial efforts to reduce spread until we knew more and hospital capacity could be increased. As initially proposed to flatten the curve. What happened in Australia was most governments pursued a zero covid approach and did nothing to hospitals whatsoever. Qld is a great example of that, it's hospitals are in even worse condition than when covid started despite no cases.
It's the subsequent efforts to pursue zero covid through lockdowns (262 days of lockdowns in Melbourne) and the ongoing mandating of vaccines, masks and closure of schools with no real science behind it. The stats of places like Florida that did none of these things can't be argued with. They made no difference in the end.
nypost.com/2021/10/28/florida-gov-ron-desantis-has-shown-how-to-handle-covid-19/
I am not comparing Florida with Melbourne. I was comparing Florida with other states in the US that maintained strict mandates and restrictions. That is the data that shows no difference in death rates and a massive difference in economy and quality of life. I was also referring to the larger studies on masks that show no statistically relevent difference in outcome in COVID transmission for populations having mask mandates to those that don't. ie if there is any benefit it is very small.
What you would have to do is assess states like Florida that took an approach similar to that outlined in the Great Barrington Declaration and the outcome of Victoria down the track when the long term effects of 262 days of lockdown is properly assessed. ie are the detrimental effects of lockdowns worse than dealing with COVID as best you can without locking people up? There are plenty of experts who say it was not worth it.
Right now, no one is talking about let alone assessing the flip side of Australia's pursuit of zero COVID, despite it never actually being a strategy.
So some reports out today that up to half of NSW COVID admissions to hospital were for reasons other than COVID. ie they had no idea until they were tested on entry due to a broken arm or whatever.
Completely theoretical analysis based on some news reports and quotes from the health minister..... but apparently NSW has about 6000 hospital admissions per day normally. If 500 of those were admitted for other than COVID over two days last week. Then that would indicate 1 in 24 people have covid and don't know it in NSW.....
I am sure that is overblown and it's less than that. But does raise an interesting possibility about how much is out there in addition to the official numbers.
Select to expand quoteParadox said..
So some reports out today that up to half of NSW COVID admissions to hospital were for reasons other than COVID. ie they had no idea until they were tested on entry due to a broken arm or whatever.
Completely theoretical analysis based on some news reports and quotes from the health minister..... but apparently NSW has about 6000 hospital admissions per day normally. If 500 of those were admitted for other than COVID over two days last week. Then that would indicate 1 in 24 people have covid and don't know it in NSW.....
I am sure that is overblown and it's less than that. But does raise an interesting possibility about how much is out there in addition to the official numbers.
The US data from mid-year for total cases was an "undercount factor of 2.3", ie, for every confirmed positive case they estimated another 2.3 not reported/detected.
so i think your figure would be likely quite conservative, and you could probably double or triple reported cases to get a reasonable estimate (might be lower for hospitalised cases as you ate more likely to have been symptomatic and got a test i gueas)
Select to expand quotelotofwind said..
I think the ultimate answer to all of these covid problems is, 42
Does that include the original 2, i.e. 2 plus 40 boosters, or is it 42 boosters in addition to the original two shots ?
Either way, if it is one booster every 5 months we should all be just about done by the time WA catches up to 2022.
Select to expand quoteCH3MTR4IL5 said..Paradox said..
So some reports out today that up to half of NSW COVID admissions to hospital were for reasons other than COVID. ie they had no idea until they were tested on entry due to a broken arm or whatever.
Completely theoretical analysis based on some news reports and quotes from the health minister..... but apparently NSW has about 6000 hospital admissions per day normally. If 500 of those were admitted for other than COVID over two days last week. Then that would indicate 1 in 24 people have covid and don't know it in NSW.....
I am sure that is overblown and it's less than that. But does raise an interesting possibility about how much is out there in addition to the official numbers.
The US data from mid-year for total cases was an "undercount factor of 2.3", ie, for every confirmed positive case they estimated another 2.3 not reported/detected.
so i think your figure would be likely quite conservative, and you could probably double or triple reported cases to get a reasonable estimate (might be lower for hospitalised cases as you ate more likely to have been symptomatic and got a test i gueas)
Actually you are correct, on an 8million population that would suggest only 300,000 people are currently positive for Omicron in NSW...official figures are 450k. It is probably closer to a couple of millon with Omicron so transmissible.
It will pass through us all in the next few months. Lets get on with life.
Select to expand quoteParadox said..
So some reports out today that up to half of NSW COVID admissions to hospital were for reasons other than COVID. ie they had no idea until they were tested on entry due to a broken arm or whatever.
I saw that.
Another thing I read today was this :
Select to expand quoterussh said..
It's usually the first question victims of shark attacks, road traumas, PPH's and GI bleeds ask the retrieval units or resus room staff when we get the emerge O neg MT pack out - is it from an unvaccinated donor - if it is I want an unvaccinated donors packs - were all those platelet donors vaccinated - what about the cryo and Fib conc?
Are you serious? When people are chomped on by a shark or have such terrible injuries in a car crash where they need blood, that they then turn around and ask the details of the donor blood? Maybe check them for head injuries again, as I would just want to live for a start.
As a lapsed regular-donor, I would hazard a guess that those same personalities that donate blood regularly are also the same sort of person that gets vaccinated for their own health, and guess what, for the health of the rest of society... which is why they are donating blood in the first place.
I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprise if SOME of the anti-vaxxers would be sitting at home not donating blood worrying about the needles and thinking somehow Bill Gates is going to inject them with something. God help them if they still gave you saline after donation or if they donated plasma. They would be terrified that the bags had microchips in them.
If I were to start donating blood again, can I request that it never gets used on a non-vaccinated person? For their own health of course
They are asking this from a O negative person... sheesh.
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova said..
If I were to start donating blood again, can I request that it never gets used on a non-vaccinated person?
Sorry double vaxxers, no blood from FormulaNova.
Select to expand quoteFlying Dutchman said..FormulaNova said..
If I were to start donating blood again, can I request that it never gets used on a non-vaccinated person?
Sorry double vaxxers, no blood from FormulaNova.
No mate. you got it wrong. Double-vaxxers are okay. I will even go so far as helping out the single-vaxxers, 
...but the anti-vaxxers have probably dodged a bullet anyway. I think my blood brings an increasing rate of posting on forums and becoming more vocal. Hang on... they already have that.
Either way, keep FN blood where it currently is. Everyone is better off that way.
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova said..russh said..
Are you serious?
Are you seriously questioning if that comment was serious ?
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova said..
...Either way, keep FN blood where it currently is. Everyone is better off that way.
Pretty sure I'd have to warm up FN blood before use. Too cold for me.
Also might have to thicken it a little. Too thin for me.
Also may need to raise the pH. Too acidic for me.
Oh, and not blue enough anyways.
Select to expand quoteFormulaNova said..russh said..
It's usually the first question victims of shark attacks, road traumas, PPH's and GI bleeds ask the retrieval units or resus room staff when we get the emerge O neg MT pack out - is it from an unvaccinated donor - if it is I want an unvaccinated donors packs - were all those platelet donors vaccinated - what about the cryo and Fib conc?
Are you serious? When people are chomped on by a shark or have such terrible injuries in a car crash where they need blood, that they then turn around and ask the details of the donor blood? Maybe check them for head injuries again, as I would just want to live for a start.
As a lapsed regular-donor, I would hazard a guess that those same personalities that donate blood regularly are also the same sort of person that gets vaccinated for their own health, and guess what, for the health of the rest of society... which is why they are donating blood in the first place.
I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprise if SOME of the anti-vaxxers would be sitting at home not donating blood worrying about the needles and thinking somehow Bill Gates is going to inject them with something. God help them if they still gave you saline after donation or if they donated plasma. They would be terrified that the bags had microchips in them.
If I were to start donating blood again, can I request that it never gets used on a non-vaccinated person? For their own health of course
They are asking this from a O negative person... sheesh.
Sorry - all tongue in cheek related to the "don't divide blood donations between vaxed and unvaxed groups"
www.lifeblood.com.au/blood/eligibility
Must be hard to maintain supply with so many donors potentially with COVID - so if you get a chance give them some of your lovely O neg.
Some religious groups will say no to any blood in any situation (JW) - sometimes to their own detriment despite the life saving potential - but hey that's freedom of choice and the risk of being denied entry to heaven (or WA as you guys call it).
Select to expand quoteCarantoc said..FormulaNova said..russh said..
Are you serious?
Are you seriously questioning if that comment was serious ?
No, of course not. Don't you understand sarcasm... gee, sometimes I worry about some people.
Select to expand quoterussh said..FormulaNova said..russh said..
It's usually the first question victims of shark attacks, road traumas, PPH's and GI bleeds ask the retrieval units or resus room staff when we get the emerge O neg MT pack out - is it from an unvaccinated donor - if it is I want an unvaccinated donors packs - were all those platelet donors vaccinated - what about the cryo and Fib conc?
Are you serious? When people are chomped on by a shark or have such terrible injuries in a car crash where they need blood, that they then turn around and ask the details of the donor blood? Maybe check them for head injuries again, as I would just want to live for a start.
As a lapsed regular-donor, I would hazard a guess that those same personalities that donate blood regularly are also the same sort of person that gets vaccinated for their own health, and guess what, for the health of the rest of society... which is why they are donating blood in the first place.
I can't say for sure, but I wouldn't be surprise if SOME of the anti-vaxxers would be sitting at home not donating blood worrying about the needles and thinking somehow Bill Gates is going to inject them with something. God help them if they still gave you saline after donation or if they donated plasma. They would be terrified that the bags had microchips in them.
If I were to start donating blood again, can I request that it never gets used on a non-vaccinated person? For their own health of course
They are asking this from a O negative person... sheesh.
Sorry - all tongue in cheek related to the "don't divide blood donations between vaxed and unvaxed groups"
www.lifeblood.com.au/blood/eligibility
Must be hard to maintain supply with so many donors potentially with COVID - so if you get a chance give them some of your lovely O neg.
Some religious groups will say no to any blood in any situation (JW) - sometimes to their own detriment despite the life saving potential - but hey that's freedom of choice and the risk of being denied entry to heaven (or WA as you guys call it).
Ahhh, good to hear. You fooled me though (don't tell Carantoc, he will get a big head).
No, I am not even O neg. I am O positive. Probably one of the few things positive about me! Only other positive people can have my blood, and I insist on it!
Personally I am surprised that people would avoid letting their family getting blood donations, just for the sake of some belief. I vaguely recall it was something to do with 'not consuming blood', which to me sounds like drinking/eating it, and I doubt anyone writing any scriptures had thought about blood transfusions of the future.
Select to expand quoteCarantoc said..FormulaNova said..
...Either way, keep FN blood where it currently is. Everyone is better off that way.
Pretty sure I'd have to warm up FN blood before use. Too cold for me.
Also might have to thicken it a little. Too thin for me.
Also may need to raise the pH. Too acidic for me.
Oh, and not blue enough anyways.
No, they reject my blood anyway. Something about being too dry and sarcastic. Who thought they test blood for these things!
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I guess they had a change of heart since 2003?
www.smh.com.au/national/farce-mask-its-safe-for-only-20-minutes-20030427-gdgnyo.html
Select to expand quoteFlying Dutchman said..
I guess they had a change of heart since 2003?
www.smh.com.au/national/farce-mask-its-safe-for-only-20-minutes-20030427-gdgnyo.html
Good discussion on the science and effectiveness of cloth masks here:
www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data
Select to expand quoteFlying Dutchman said..
I guess they had a change of heart since 2003?
You don't have to go back to 2003.
In early 2020 Dr Fauci was stating "Masks are really for infected people to prevent them from spreading infection to people who are not infected rather than protecting uninfected people from acquiring infection. The typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus......."
looks like the word is getting out about the shonky dealings going on in getting an untested and unproven, sorry. a DELIBERATELY untested and a readily disproven harmful vaccine out into the wild.
Omicron is so 2021
www.firstpost.com/health/france-detects-new-covid-19-variant-ihu-more-infectious-than-omicron-all-we-know-about-it-10256521.html/
Select to expand quoterussh said..
but hey that's freedom of choice and the risk of being denied entry to heaven (or WA as you guys call it).
bahaha love it! Happy 3000th post
Select to expand quoteCH3MTR4IL5 said..
You can tell if you have ihu as it makes you ah choo
You can tell your vax protection has gone when you just tested positive for omicron
Select to expand quoteFlying Dutchman said..
You can tell your vax protection has gone when you just tested positive for omicron
This is interesting stuff as it is to be expected to have lower protection levels. As more people get vaccinated, and the virus mutates in the vaccinated and unvaccinated, you are going to get further from the variants that the existing vaccines are based on.
There is an article on this on the news website today. www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/omicrons-rapid-spread-is-likely-due-to-its-ability-to-evade-immunity-offered-by-vaccines-study-finds/news-story/2a8c4017d6f1b28f8e4b7f52e8380cad
It says:
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For the unvaccinated, Omicron had only a 1.17 times higher secondary infection rate than Delta. But for the fully vaccinated, Omicron caused 2.61 times more secondary infections than Delta, and for the booster-vaccinated, Omicron caused 3.66 times more secondary infections than Delta.
In other words, unvaccinated individuals were just as vulnerable to Omicron as they were to Delta, but vaccinated individuals were much more likely to be infected by Omicron than they were by Delta.
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Vaccine effectiveness against symptoms was reduced to around 40 per cent for the fully vaccinated and 80 per cent against severe illness for Omicron. Booster shots increased those numbers to 86 per cent and 98 per cent respectively.
Omicron is similarly effective at evading immunity offered by prior infection, according to a study from the Imperial College London Covid-19 response team.
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The new variant was 5.41 times more likely to reinfect someone who has some level of immunity than Delta was, the researchers wrote.
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