2019 Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 Discussion

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#2891880 25-Mar-2022 10:49

I scan. I have visited Wellington hospital the last couple of days and they ask you to scan and show the scan result before being allowed through the reception.

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#2891890 25-Mar-2022 11:06

Ditto. Will continue to scan provided (or where) QR codes are available (if only for my own record). Pretty minimal effort required.

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#2891893 25-Mar-2022 11:10

freitasm:

I scan. I have visited Wellington hospital the last couple of days and they ask you to scan and show the scan result before being allowed through the reception.

Actually that's a good point - I told a boldfaced lie in my last post - I have been visiting Rotorua hospital recently and scanning in there, partly because it's out of my new normal routine, partly because it's a high risk setting IMO, and partly because they request some form of contact tracing/registration before allowing you through reception.

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#2891894 25-Mar-2022 11:11

I still scan almost religiously, it's just a part of life now.

I suspect I may have caught coronavirus myself - had a pounding headache every day for the last few days and (what feels like) heart palpitations. I'll do a test tonight, hopefully it's negative.

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#2892131 25-Mar-2022 15:09

35,000 posts, this thread is getting big lol

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#2892132 25-Mar-2022 15:12

I still scan, and have Bluetooth tracing on, it was an alert through that which prompted me to get tested

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#2892133 25-Mar-2022 15:15

Oh, now just received my flu vaccine jab invite. Going to have to turn those eyes away again ...

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#2892145 25-Mar-2022 16:10

DS248:
Oh, now just received my flu vaccine jab invite. Going to have to turn those eyes away again ...

With the take-up and realising how easy jabbing and moving on has been.
Really hopeful there is far better take-up than the 1.9mil usually dished out.

Another known killer that with the same take-up as covid could basically knock on the head.

And not even 'experimental' ;)

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#2892150 25-Mar-2022 16:35

Wonder how good 'their' prediction of the strains most likely to hit us will be, given the dearth of flu almost everywhere over the last year or so?

Edit: maybe a bit off topic - except to the extent that a double whammy of covid and flu in winter has been a concern since the start of the current pandemic.

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#2892219 25-Mar-2022 18:15

DS248:
Wonder how good 'their' prediction of the strains most likely to hit us will be, given the dearth of flu almost everywhere over the last year or so?

https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/f/FluadQuadinj.pdf

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#2892223 25-Mar-2022 18:52

Thanks @Oblivian.

Interesting, no qualms about assigning regional names to flu viruses!

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#2892225 25-Mar-2022 18:54

AU now recommending a fourth dose for people 65 and over, and other vulnerable individuals. Rollout starting in a couple of weeks.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2022-03-25/atagi-covid-vaccine-fourth-shot-booster-immunity-omicron-variant/100939326

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#2892228 25-Mar-2022 19:01

DS248:

AU now recommending a fourth dose for people 65 and over, and other vulnerable individuals. Rollout starting in a couple of weeks.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2022-03-25/atagi-covid-vaccine-fourth-shot-booster-immunity-omicron-variant/100939326

I feel thats a good idea. Its nt going to die out as SARS1 did.I read something today that stated that vaccines are probably better than getting infected, immunity wise. As they can be tailored to a variant or variants, and could even include flu and RSV. Whereas the infection helps you with chiefly the variant you caught.

Lets do a year of boosters, evaluate then

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#2892405 26-Mar-2022 16:11

clinty: 35,000 posts, this thread is getting big lol

💤 This thread has slowed down a lot in the last 2-3 weeks. Seems like the interest is waning here as well.

Please keep this GZ community vibrant by contributing in a constructive & respectful manner.

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#2892486 26-Mar-2022 18:50

There's a perfectly good example of why I said the messaging is wrong from the press conference vs intended purpose of change.

It is no longer a requirement for a business to show QR codes or ask you to scan.
It is still recommended to do so for your own tracing

If the local countdown has removed them all from the windows. Good thing that diary remembers common ones.

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