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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #15 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:59am

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:16am:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:20am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:31pm:

What irks me is this… I type the word COVID and look at that! It comes up in capitals every time Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Is it just my iPhone that does that? Or such credence given to that one word that has to be capitalised… like some corporate importance?

Too easy...

COVID is an acronym for "co
rona
vi
rus d
isease".

You're welcome. Wink

Wink

I didn’t think of checking it up as an acronym as capitals.
Well there we go, I will just call it corona from now on and avoid them annoying capitals

It is strange recently that.....

I notice that the media are now printing some multi-decade old acronyms as proper nouns, led I believe by
people texting on devices that only capitalise the initial letter.

Csiro, Anzac, Nasa, Qantas, etc.

I call this laziness. Angry

Angry

But then I'm an old fart LOL.

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Reply #16 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:06am

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 10:02am:

All that effort, lockdown, masks, distancing, sanitising, restrictions in so many ways…. all for what?
Hopefully Covid will just become milder. Because it sure as hell didn’t go away despite all above names restrictions.

The 'plan' was that once the majority of the population were vaccinated we needed to open up even if some people may die "but it will be way smaller than with the flu". Which it wasn't (and still isn't), of course.

Current estimates are that Covid is up to 50 times more deadly than the flu.

We had to open up because Virgin, Qantas and Flight Centre, etc. were losing too much money and big business and our governments had decided Covid had 'gone on for long enough' and it was time for people to die for the economy.

A "vaccines only and let it rip" approach which was doomed to failure after the Delta and Omicron (with it's 1,000+ and counting sub variants) Covid variants appeared... and our governments couldn't say they didn't know this would happen because they saw the same thing happen in the US, the UK and other places around the world.

This is also why there is complete silence from the pollies regarding Covid and the horrific death toll so far - if they acknowleged the deaths and offered condolences to the families it would be an admission that they have failed in their approach to (not) dealing with Covid and they would then be required to do something about it.

But, the longer they pretend that Covid doesn't exist anymore or it's no longer "exceptional" and can be treated "just like any other respiratory illness" the worse things are going to be for them once the majority of the population wake up to the fact they've been 'played' and their health (and lives for many) have been sacrificed for the economy.

And I still say that's the main reason why the "rats" are gradually deserting the sinking (Covid) ship - Jacinda Ardern, Mark McGowan, Brett Sutton and the latest rumour is that Dan Andrews might be next to retire from politics due to "tiredness".

They know what's coming and they're getting out while they still can.

Not that it will save them in the (hopefully) not too distant future when they're all held to account - that includes the Prime Minister (present and previous) and all State Premiers plus their Health Officers and Ministers for the Covid deaths and Long Covid injuries, etc.

I look forward to that day.

** Repeat Covid infections exercise our immune system in the same way that repeat concussions exercise our brain **

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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #17 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:22am

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:59am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:16am:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:20am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:31pm:

What irks me is this… I type the word COVID and look at that! It comes up in capitals every time Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Is it just my iPhone that does that? Or such credence given to that one word that has to be capitalised… like some corporate importance?

Too easy...

COVID is an acronym for "co
rona
vi
rus d
isease".

You're welcome. Wink

Wink

I didn’t think of checking it up as an acronym as capitals.
Well there we go, I will just call it corona from now on and avoid them annoying capitals

It is strange recently that.....

I notice that the media are now printing some multi-decade old acronyms as proper nouns, led I believe by
people texting on devices that only capitalise the initial letter.

Csiro, Anzac, Nasa, Qantas, etc.

I call this laziness. Angry

Angry

But then I'm an old fart LOL.

Laziness and ignorance.

Many young people (including journalists) wouldn't be aware that ANZAC or indeed QANTAS are acronyms.

Sadly, many of them wouldn't even know what an acronym is.

And the even younger ones are worse: there are kids now who think that "Lol" is a real word.

If you ask them what it stands for, they give you a blank stare - they have no idea that it's an acronym for "laugh out loud".

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Reply #18 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:29am

Carl D wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:06am:

We had to open up because Virgin, Qantas and Flight Centre, etc. were losing too much money and big business and our governments had decided Covid had 'gone on for long enough' and it was time for people to die for the economy.

Yep. Nailed it, unfortunately.

Carl D wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:06am:

And I still say that's the main reason why the "rats" are gradually deserting the sinking (Covid) ship - Jacinda Ardern, Mark McGowan, Brett Sutton and the latest rumour is that Dan Andrews might be next to retire from politics due to "tiredness".

Bingo! That's exactly what I thought when Ardern and McGowan resigned - they know what's coming.

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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #19 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:57am

Actually, speaking of Covid vaccines.

Next time I go to our local chemist I'm going to ask if my elderly aunt and I will be able to get another one in August.

Our last one (5th) was on February 21st - we both had them done on the same day - and the government "Top Up Your Protection" (with a COVID-19 booster) ads on TV say that you're eligible for a booster if it's been 6 months since your last COVID-19 vaccination or infection.

So, if we both remain Covid free up until August 21st then we should be able to get our 6th. I haven't seen anything that says you can't have any more than 5 Covid vaccinations at this stage.

Might see if we can get the Novavax this time if we're eligible, that's supposed to be the best one available at the moment for all the currently circulating variants.

** Repeat Covid infections exercise our immune system in the same way that repeat concussions exercise our brain **

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Reply #20 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:04pm

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:59am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:16am:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:20am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:31pm:

What irks me is this… I type the word COVID and look at that! It comes up in capitals every time Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Is it just my iPhone that does that? Or such credence given to that one word that has to be capitalised… like some corporate importance?

Too easy...

COVID is an acronym for "co
rona
vi
rus d
isease".

You're welcome. Wink

Wink

I didn’t think of checking it up as an acronym as capitals.
Well there we go, I will just call it corona from now on and avoid them annoying capitals

It is strange recently that.....

I notice that the media are now printing some multi-decade old acronyms as proper nouns, led I believe by
people texting on devices that only capitalise the initial letter.

Csiro, Anzac, Nasa, Qantas, etc.

I call this laziness. Angry

Angry

But then I'm an old fart LOL.

It’s interesting about changes to our English dictionary also.
I still habitually say “Kentucky Fried Chicken” but it’s KFC.
Since the advent of going online, computer jargon has been added to the dictionary.
And most of us… regardless of age, would know quite a few of them by now being in the WWW.

Out of interest….I looked up new added words and banished words from dictionary or English language.

New words ….

deepfake, antigram, and groomzilla.
And…

7 New Words Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in...
* ICYMI.
* MacGyver.
* Cringe.
* Adorkable.
* Janky.
* Sus.
* Yeet.

And….

What word was removed from the dictionary 2023?

2023 Banished Words List
* GOAT. The acronym for Greatest of All Time gets the goat of petitioners and judges for overuse, misuse, and uselessness. ...
* Inflection point. ...
* Quiet quitting. ...
* Gaslighting. ...
* Moving forward. ...
* Amazing. ...
* Does that make sense
* Irregardless
* Absolutely
* It is what it is

I’m glad that last one was removed!
But mainly these were removed for annoying overuse.

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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #21 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:06pm

Carl D wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:57am:

I haven't seen anything that says you can't have any more than 5 Covid vaccinations at this stage.

There's no limit on how many you can have, just as long as it's been six months since your last one.

They are just like flu vaccinations now, except you get them every six months rather than every 12 months.

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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #22 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:08pm

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:04pm:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:59am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:16am:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:20am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:31pm:

What irks me is this… I type the word COVID and look at that! It comes up in capitals every time Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Is it just my iPhone that does that? Or such credence given to that one word that has to be capitalised… like some corporate importance?

Too easy...

COVID is an acronym for "co
rona
vi
rus d
isease".

You're welcome. Wink

Wink

I didn’t think of checking it up as an acronym as capitals.
Well there we go, I will just call it corona from now on and avoid them annoying capitals

It is strange recently that.....

I notice that the media are now printing some multi-decade old acronyms as proper nouns, led I believe by
people texting on devices that only capitalise the initial letter.

Csiro, Anzac, Nasa, Qantas, etc.

I call this laziness. Angry

Angry

But then I'm an old fart LOL.

It’s interesting about changes to our English dictionary also.
I still habitually say “Kentucky Fried Chicken” but it’s KFC.
Since the advent of going online, computer jargon has been added to the dictionary.
And most of us… regardless of age, would know quite a few of them by now being in the WWW.

Out of interest….I looked up new added words and banished words from dictionary or English language.

New words ….

deepfake, antigram, and groomzilla.
And…

7 New Words Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in...
* ICYMI.
* MacGyver.
* Cringe.
* Adorkable.
* Janky.
* Sus.
* Yeet.

And….

What word was removed from the dictionary 2023?

2023 Banished Words List
* GOAT. The acronym for Greatest of All Time gets the goat of petitioners and judges for overuse, misuse, and uselessness. ...
* Inflection point. ...
* Quiet quitting. ...
* Gaslighting. ...
* Moving forward. ...
* Amazing. ...
* Does that make sense
* Irregardless
* Absolutely
* It is what it is

I’m glad that last one was removed!
But mainly these were removed for annoying overuse.

"Moving forward", Grrrrrr Angry

Angry

Whenever I hear someone use that term, I switch off.

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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #23 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:30pm

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:44pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 1:02pm:

My requirement for my practical requires me to be triple vaccinated. I do not see the reason why migrants and visitors should not be up to standard in being healthy before arriving in Australia.

Then…there is that … hypocrisy…. Some work areas want triple jabbed workers yet most of the world is opening up and leaving the mandates to die a natural death.

It’s crazy and how can they enforce mandates when it’s supposed to be voluntary?

As others have pointed out, you are more likely to get sick from other patients in a medical setting than other places. If I am going to work around sick patients, I don't want to catch their illness, or to pass on an illness that I barely have symptoms.

Going to restaurants and the cinema, I have had to be at least double vaccinated to enter the buildings. I do feel like we have a real Nanny state situation. The elderly and the immune-compromised should have had to adjust their lives. Not the young and healthy.

At this stage...

WWW

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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #24 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:33pm

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:16am:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:20am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:31pm:

What irks me is this… I type the word COVID and look at that! It comes up in capitals every time Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Is it just my iPhone that does that? Or such credence given to that one word that has to be capitalised… like some corporate importance?

Too easy...

COVID is an acronym for "co
rona
vi
rus d
isease".

You're welcome. Wink

Wink

I didn’t think of checking it up as an acronym as capitals.
Well there we go, I will just call it corona from now on and avoid them annoying capitals

When I first heard the name "Covid-19", I had the impression that it stood for "coronavirus December 2019" -- given the general discovery was in December 2019. But, someone corrected me straight away.

At this stage...

WWW

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Reply #25 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:36pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:08pm:

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:04pm:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:59am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:16am:

AusGeoff wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:20am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:31pm:

What irks me is this… I type the word COVID and look at that! It comes up in capitals every time Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Is it just my iPhone that does that? Or such credence given to that one word that has to be capitalised… like some corporate importance?

Too easy...

COVID is an acronym for "co
rona
vi
rus d
isease".

You're welcome. Wink

Wink

I didn’t think of checking it up as an acronym as capitals.
Well there we go, I will just call it corona from now on and avoid them annoying capitals

It is strange recently that.....

I notice that the media are now printing some multi-decade old acronyms as proper nouns, led I believe by
people texting on devices that only capitalise the initial letter.

Csiro, Anzac, Nasa, Qantas, etc.

I call this laziness. Angry

Angry

But then I'm an old fart LOL.

It’s interesting about changes to our English dictionary also.
I still habitually say “Kentucky Fried Chicken” but it’s KFC.
Since the advent of going online, computer jargon has been added to the dictionary.
And most of us… regardless of age, would know quite a few of them by now being in the WWW.

Out of interest….I looked up new added words and banished words from dictionary or English language.

New words ….

deepfake, antigram, and groomzilla.
And…

7 New Words Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in...
* ICYMI.
* MacGyver.
* Cringe.
* Adorkable.
* Janky.
* Sus.
* Yeet.

And….

What word was removed from the dictionary 2023?

2023 Banished Words List
* GOAT. The acronym for Greatest of All Time gets the goat of petitioners and judges for overuse, misuse, and uselessness. ...
* Inflection point. ...
* Quiet quitting. ...
* Gaslighting. ...
* Moving forward. ...
* Amazing. ...
* Does that make sense
* Irregardless
* Absolutely
* It is what it is

I’m glad that last one was removed!
But mainly these were removed for annoying overuse.

"Moving forward", Grrrrrr Angry

Angry

Whenever I hear someone use that term, I switch off.

Oh absolutely! Isn’t it amazing how, irregardless of overuse….the GOAT words/expressions/cliches are an inflection point for needing banishment … does that make sense? I guess it is what it is, and all part of moving forward Tongue

Tongue

Grin

« Last Edit: Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:41pm by Sophia »

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Reply #26 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:46pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:30pm:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 6:44pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 1:02pm:

My requirement for my practical requires me to be triple vaccinated. I do not see the reason why migrants and visitors should not be up to standard in being healthy before arriving in Australia.

Then…there is that … hypocrisy…. Some work areas want triple jabbed workers yet most of the world is opening up and leaving the mandates to die a natural death.

It’s crazy and how can they enforce mandates when it’s supposed to be voluntary?

As others have pointed out, you are more likely to get sick from other patients in a medical setting than other places. If I am going to work around sick patients, I don't want to catch their illness, or to pass on an illness that I barely have symptoms.

Going to restaurants and the cinema, I have had to be at least double vaccinated to enter the buildings. I do feel like we have a real Nanny state situation. The elderly and the immune-compromised should have had to adjust their lives. Not the young and healthy.

Oh hang on a tic…. Wasn’t there a bit of uproar/protesting regarding how unnecessary it was to corina vax the youth and kiddies? Due to them having a young healthy immune system already?
Don’t go blaming the elder folk… go talk to the powers that be and ask.

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Reply #27 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:56pm

Sophia wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 12:46pm:

Oh hang on a tic…. Wasn’t there a bit of uproar/protesting regarding how unnecessary it was to corina vax the youth and kiddies? Due to them having a young healthy immune system already?
Don’t go blaming the elder folk… go talk to the powers that be and ask.

People under the age of 16 were not required to get vaccinated for coronavirus. People like me, in my 40s and diabetic, are at risk from complications of coronavirus. The elderly are at an increased risk of complications if they catch coronavirus. It is they who need to stay home and avoid catching that virus. The rest of us should have been allowed to go about our lives as normal. Even if the adjustments we make were to socially distance ourselves and do all the elevated hygiene practices in public.

At this stage...

WWW

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Reply #28 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:29pm

Carl D wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 10:06am:

Sophia wrote on Jun 17^th, 2023 at 10:02am:

All that effort, lockdown, masks, distancing, sanitising, restrictions in so many ways…. all for what?
Hopefully Covid will just become milder. Because it sure as hell didn’t go away despite all above names restrictions.

The 'plan' was that once the majority of the population were vaccinated we needed to open up even if some people may die "but it will be way smaller than with the flu". Which it wasn't (and still isn't), of course.

Current estimates are that Covid is up to 50 times more deadly than the flu.

We had to open up because Virgin, Qantas and Flight Centre, etc. were losing too much money and big business and our governments had decided Covid had 'gone on for long enough' and it was time for people to die for the economy.

A "vaccines only and let it rip" approach which was doomed to failure after the Delta and Omicron (with it's 1,000+ and counting sub variants) Covid variants appeared... and our governments couldn't say they didn't know this would happen because they saw the same thing happen in the US, the UK and other places around the world.

This is also why there is complete silence from the pollies regarding Covid and the horrific death toll so far - if they acknowleged the deaths and offered condolences to the families it would be an admission that they have failed in their approach to (not) dealing with Covid and they would then be required to do something about it.

But, the longer they pretend that Covid doesn't exist anymore or it's no longer "exceptional" and can be treated "just like any other respiratory illness" the worse things are going to be for them once the majority of the population wake up to the fact they've been 'played' and their health (and lives for many) have been sacrificed for the economy.

And I still say that's the main reason why the "rats" are gradually deserting the sinking (Covid) ship - Jacinda Ardern, Mark McGowan, Brett Sutton and the latest rumour is that Dan Andrews might be next to retire from politics due to "tiredness".

They know what's coming and they're getting out while they still can.

Not that it will save them in the (hopefully) not too distant future when they're all held to account - that includes the Prime Minister (present and previous) and all State Premiers plus their Health Officers and Ministers for the Covid deaths and Long Covid injuries, etc.

I look forward to that day.

50 x more deadly then the flu?

i'm calling BS on that figure

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Re: Covid-19 vax mandates dropping like hot cakes!
Reply #29 - Jun 18^th, 2023 at 2:29pm

aquascoot wrote on Jun 18^th, 2023 at 1:29pm:

50 x more deadly then the flu?

i'm calling BS on that figure

Yeah, I might have to agree with you for once.

OK, let's do the math, shall we?

https://twitter.com/LettersfromTim/status/1669932438846578688

Quote:

National notification data (NNDSS):
In the year-to-date, of the 85,986 notifications of laboratory-confirmed influenza, there have been 78 influenza-associated deaths notified to the NNDSS.

Versus

4,159 COVID deaths since 1 Jan

78 (Flu deaths) multiplied by 50 equals 3,900 (Covid deaths).

78 (Flu deaths) multipled by 53 equals 4,134 (Covid deaths).

78 (Flu deaths) multiplied by 54 equals 4,212 (Covid deaths).

So, Covid is closer to between 53 and 54 times more deadly than the flu, not 50.

Thanks for pointing that out.

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