At the risk of getting eviscerated like last time I talked about the AZ vaccine, my suggestion for NSW is this. If you are eligible, get it. It is a good vaccine for a large outbreak. I wont insult your intelligence with comparisons made to risk of other things. 1/
What about deadly blood clots? People are calling it a "clot shot" right?
First of all, major props to everyone who has rolled up their sleeves, taken a deep breath, and gotten it. Major bravery on display there, major.
First of all, major props to everyone who has rolled up their sleeves, taken a deep breath, and gotten it. Major bravery on display there, major.
I want you to think about the way this is reported. Every time someone lands in hospital or dies with a blood clot, it gets reported in the news. Someone asked me if not reporting it was 'suppression' aka censorship...
Absence of reporting isn't censorship, if that information is freely available (which it is). And if it was censorship, then it's not the complications that have been censored, but the *success*. Out of 90-odd cases clots we've had, around 6.3 MILLION vaccines have been given.
Imagine if the media reported every single success, 6.3 million times? Imagine if your TV, all day long, reported 'vaccine given, no clots, vaccine given, no clots'. Or Twitter? Why is this being 'suppressed'? Why is the success not being reported?
"But it *could* be me, right?"
I guess, but there's a 99.9998% chance you'll be just fine.
I guess, but there's a 99.9998% chance you'll be just fine.
"But my risk of dying from covid is pretty low right?"
Yes, you'll have a 97% chance of survival. Pretty good odds right? But in an area where there's lots of covid, your chance of getting covid dramatically increases. Life isn't all about survival, it's largely about ability.
Yes, you'll have a 97% chance of survival. Pretty good odds right? But in an area where there's lots of covid, your chance of getting covid dramatically increases. Life isn't all about survival, it's largely about ability.
Long covid appears to occur in about 30% of people and interferes with your ability to:
Exercise - your capacity to do this is obliterated
Think clearly - there's a big study showing that IQ drops dramatically
Get an erection - because of impact on blood vessels
Produce sperm...
Exercise - your capacity to do this is obliterated
Think clearly - there's a big study showing that IQ drops dramatically
Get an erection - because of impact on blood vessels
Produce sperm...
...because the tests are full of ACE receptors, which is how covid invades cells.
Get enough oxygen - because long covid can produce permanent lung damage. Permanent.
Your chance of getting long covid goes up with how severe your symptoms of covid are.
Get enough oxygen - because long covid can produce permanent lung damage. Permanent.
Your chance of getting long covid goes up with how severe your symptoms of covid are.
Both AZ and Pfizer are very good at reducing severe disease and by extension, long covid. You don't want long covid. You really really don't. Everything you have taken for granted will be gone.
Why does ATAGI keep chopping and changing? Are they lying to us?
No, the medical field changes with new information as it becomes available. It is forever shifting sands and while doctors are used to this, I get that not everyone is.
No, the medical field changes with new information as it becomes available. It is forever shifting sands and while doctors are used to this, I get that not everyone is.
Their job is to keep individuals safe, while simultaneously keeping the community safe and resisting political pressure. It's a tough gig and I don't envy them. But I do trust them. No one, especially not medics who went into this to protect lives, wants the worst to happen.
If you're in an area with a lot of covid around, go get vaccinated. For you, for your loved ones, for your town. You can get your second dose sooner now. There will be boosters later. Get it done. Be the one that rolls up their sleeve and holds their breath.
TLDR; Listen to ATAGI advice, get AZ if you're eligible.
If you disagree, I'd rather you just block me than abuse me, I've had enough of that. I will block you if you get nasty.
If you disagree, I'd rather you just block me than abuse me, I've had enough of that. I will block you if you get nasty.
Oh I should add 2 things:
1. Vaccine will prevent you dying/getting hospitalised/being seriously disabled. Still need to mask and distance.
2. Would I recommend it to my own Mum? Yes. She's already had both doses.
1. Vaccine will prevent you dying/getting hospitalised/being seriously disabled. Still need to mask and distance.
2. Would I recommend it to my own Mum? Yes. She's already had both doses.
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