Thread: Covid Mk ll

Originally Posted by TonyC

On that logic, why was Pfizer moved to NSW, they have as much AZ as they need!
The answer, people are holding out for Pfizer.

Tony

Probably due to the knocking of AZ in the early days & everybody wanted Fizzer. Me & mine settled for what we could readily get, AZ, & we had faith in our testing laboratories which have stood us in good stead all our lives & we are both in our mid-eighties & still going sort of strong-ish but that is not a fault of C-19 just a few aches & pains is all.

In Melbourne's north the cases are exploding while the community begs for more Pfizer, like it was sent to Sydney's west.
Favouring Sydney over other states may result in Melbourne's outbreak growing to rival Sydney's disaster.

Victoria records 324 COVID cases as Melbourne's north pleads for more Pfizer vaccines
Victoria records 324 COVID cases as Melbourne'''s north pleads for more Pfizer vaccines - ABC News

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

Yet on the ground here, people are waiting several weeks for appointments.

AZ also requires 12 weeks before the second jab, so even if all that wanted it had their first jab tomorrow, we wouldn't see high double jab numbers until well into December. Pfizer has a much faster double jab proficiency...

On the east coast, depending where you book you can also wait several weeks also. Using the ACT govt booking system the Az wait is 3 months, but at my local chemist the wait is 2 hours - depends where you book.

Again in NSW and the ACT time between AZ jabs is 4 to 6 weeks so maybe your system needs to look at this.

Garry

Originally Posted by TonyC

On that logic, why was Pfizer moved to NSW, they have as much AZ as they need!
The answer, people are holding out for Pfizer.

Tony

Because at the time AZ was not cleared for use for younger people.

And still isn't for under 18s

Regards
Tote

NSW GPs received more Pfizer in August than Victoria and Qld combined.
NSW has only delivered less than half of the AZ used in Victoria.
Federal allocations directly to state governments are broadly in line with their populations, but there are big discrepancies in federal deliveries to GPs.

NSW received more Pfizer doses than Victoria and Queensland combined in August, data reveals | Health | The Guardian

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Again in NSW and the ACT time between AZ jabs is 4 to 6 weeks so maybe your system needs to look at this.

Only to speed things up in areas where it's required.

RACGP - ATAGI recommends shortened interval between AstraZeneca doses during ‘significant’ outbreaks

"The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended that the standard 12-week interval between the first and second doses of AstraZeneca be reduced to 4–8 weeks for people located in the worst affected areas."
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"In non-outbreak settings, the preferred interval between doses of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca remains at 12 weeks."
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"Thus, shortening the gap between first and second doses will bring forward short-term protection, which is expected to be beneficial in outbreak situations."

So in areas where things are actually under control, why would you potentially compromise your outcomes in order to speed things up?

Originally Posted by incisor

Interesting article I thought

Delta outbreak threatens Singapore’s ‘living with Covid-19’ plan | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Bit of a wake up call in this article from news.com.au on Singapore situation…

Good place to be QLD till we are overrun by the hordes

It is an interesting article and highlights the conundrum that states that are currently covid free will face in transitioning to a situation where covid is endemic. Towards the bottom there are some contradictory statements from different parties and nowhere is there a mention of hospitalisation rates. It seems that the Singaporean government is measuring their response from cases rather than hospitalisation rates out of a large amount of caution, possibly because of the delay between infection and hospitalisation.

Looking at the graph here MOH | News Highlights hospitalisation rates appear to be pretty stable and not (yet) reflective of the increased number of cases.

Regards,
Tote