2019 Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 Discussion

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#2728854 14-Jun-2021 23:23

sbiddle:

Why didn't you try searching against your NHI number? This is the key that everything is logged against.

I was just talking to the call center person - They had collected enough data to look up my NHI at their end if it was of value, and they seemed to be genuinely trying there best to help. They said that my first dose being a walk in may be why they couldn't see me in their system.

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#2728856 14-Jun-2021 23:37

Covid-19: Large study finds Novavax vaccine about 90 per cent effective

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300332938/covid19-large-study-finds-novavax-vaccine-about-90-per-cent-effective

For comparison:

Pfizer 95%
Moderna 94.1%
Sputnik V 92%
AZ: 76%
J+J: 66%

This puts Novavax in the same ballpark as the current top 3 vaccines.

NZ has 10m doses of this on order. If some of our order is going to turn up by the end of the year it might be a good option for those that can't have mRNA vaccines.

Otherwise, the easy storage requirements would make it more useful as a donation to a third world country than pfizer doses.

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#2728912 15-Jun-2021 09:35

So I got vaccinated on Sunday in Auckland with no appointment. Was driving past the vaccination center with my father-in-law and we decided to see if we could get it. Told the parking person was here for father-in-law (over 65) and she said to go and then registered, got the injection. Waited around and left. Took about 1 hour. Very small queues.

My partner took mother-in-law yesterday with no appointment but queues were far longer. Took 2.5 hours and she ended up being vaccinated.

Seems later in the day the queues are smaller. If you want to be vaccinated give it a go I guess.

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#2729105 15-Jun-2021 13:37

Fiji is going against the trend: (From Worldometer)

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#2729151 15-Jun-2021 15:30

I thought the trend was most people are on the way up or trying to go on the way up thanks to the delta varient

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#2729157 15-Jun-2021 15:40

Batman: I thought the trend was most people are on the way up or trying to go on the way up thanks to the delta varient

12 Million drop in active cases in the last 6 weeks. UK, USA are examples of major drops in new cases. Vaccinations obviously work!

Fiji active cases is a reverse of that trend: (From Worldometer)

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#2729160 15-Jun-2021 15:41

India is the flipped mirror image. Virus must have burnt out

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#2729161 15-Jun-2021 15:43

msukiwi:

Batman: I thought the trend was most people are on the way up or trying to go on the way up thanks to the delta varient

12 Million drop in active cases in the last 6 weeks. UK, USA are examples of major drops in new cases. Vaccinations obviously work!

Fiji active cases is a reverse of that trend: (From Worldometer)

UK cases have tripled in the last month.

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#2729168 15-Jun-2021 15:54

Approval of the J+J vaccine is on today's agenda for the Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee

https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/committees/maac/Agenda111-15Jun21.htm

I'm guessing it will be approved this time as it was originally assessed in April, but they wanted more info on Thrombosis reactions..

According to the original govt press release

“The agreement with Janssen would see the first doses – up to 2 million – delivered from the third quarter of 2021."

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#2729170 15-Jun-2021 15:57

Will be interesting to watch the UK graph: (From Worldometer)

(Edit: Forgot graph!)

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#2729326 15-Jun-2021 20:25

wellygary:

Approval of the J+J vaccine is on today's agenda for the Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee

https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/committees/maac/Agenda111-15Jun21.htm

I'm guessing it will be approved this time as it was originally assessed in April, but they wanted more info on Thrombosis reactions..

According to the original govt press release

“The agreement with Janssen would see the first doses – up to 2 million – delivered from the third quarter of 2021."

My understanding was the first shipment would be here late July once approved.

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#2729330 15-Jun-2021 20:28

sbiddle:
My understanding was the first shipment would be here late July once approved.

That's the J&J, the least effective of the vaccines?

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#2729331 15-Jun-2021 20:29

The problem Fiji have is the same issue the UK have got - and that's the performance of the AZ vaccine against the Delta variant.

Real world data is showing it's offering great protection after two doses, but after one it's terrible.. And the problem now is everybody has moved out spacing of the AZ doses to 12 weeks because the longer duration improves overall antibody results of the vaccine.

The UK announced this morning they're moving that back to 8 weeks which will pretty much mean a huge percentage of the country will have had both jabs by the new mid July opening date.

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#2729359 15-Jun-2021 21:23

sbiddle:
The problem Fiji have is the same issue the UK have got - and that's the performance of the AZ vaccine against the Delta variant.

I hate to say it but Fiji have much bigger problems than that.

My views (except when I am looking out their windows) are not those of my employer.

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#2729394 16-Jun-2021 00:13

neb:
sbiddle:

My understanding was the first shipment would be here late July once approved.

That's the J&J, the least effective of the vaccines?

And still had 100% efficacy against hospitalization and deaths in their clinical trials.

All the western approved vaccines are extremely effective against serious harm.

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