cods wrote on Jun 14
th, 2021 at 8:24am:
its such a simple thing to do no undressing roll up a sleeve you feel nothing and it costs nothing.... whats wrong with us?????....if there was no vaccine I bet these same people who protest about having it would be whining about the fact the govts havent produced a vaccine ...they are just born trouble makers..
Problem is, cods - the Australian government has 'backed the wrong horse' so to speak by making the AstraZeneca vaccine the main one they've obtained for Australia. This was understandable, of course, since the AZ vaccine doesn't need to be stored at -50 or -60 degrees Celsius like the Pfizer vaccine does and I believe it is also cheaper. They probably didn't know about the blood clot issues either when they signed the contracts.
I read somewhere a week or so back that its now been estimated that blood clots are even more likely with the AZ vaccine (something like 5 to 7 times more likely) than was believed just a couple of months ago. I think I read it in our
West Australian but I haven't seen any follow up stories in the paper and I also can't find any mention of it online (funny about that).
Anyway, it seems that an increasing number of over 50's now want the Pfizer vaccine instead of AstraZeneca and they're prepared to wait as long as it takes, even until next year to make sure they get it.