The vaccination olympics

[NSWP]

Is it a 'selfie' Adrian? 

[onlyslightlymad]

Hi all,  at home now.  Have spent all day getting ready.  Takeaway/delivery slots all booked up.

Not such good news on the numbers front.  75 new cases in Auckland today, so up from yesterday.  let's hope it's just a blip on the radar.

[Docker123]

 

1 hour ago, NSWP said:

Is it a 'selfie' Adrian? 

 

Ah, detective skills on display.

 

Yes it is me. Camera at top of stairs on a tripod. I used an app on my phone to trigger the shots.

The bottle is a prop as i haven't been able to drink for about 5 months because of pain meds.

 

My camera club has a set topic for September of "stairs". So i got creative. The next day, I re-set the camera and added a flash. Here is an example (cap hiding the see through hair):

 

[NSWP]

6 minutes ago, Docker123 said:

 

 

Ah, detective skills on display.

 

Yes it is me. Camera at top of stairs on a tripod. I used an app on my phone to trigger the shots.

The bottle is a prop as i haven't been able to drink for about 5 months because of pain meds.

 

My camera club has a set topic for September of "stairs". So i got creative. The next day, I re-set the camera and added a flash. Here is an example (cap hiding the see through hair):

 

 

Classic photo Adrian, you don't look a day over 40.

[Docker123]

1 minute ago, NSWP said:

Classic photo Adrian, you don't look a day over 40.

I must have a ‘young’ filter on my camera.

 

[OzKiwiJJ]

53 minutes ago, Docker123 said:

 

 

Ah, detective skills on display.

 

Yes it is me. Camera at top of stairs on a tripod. I used an app on my phone to trigger the shots.

The bottle is a prop as i haven't been able to drink for about 5 months because of pain meds.

 

My camera club has a set topic for September of "stairs". So i got creative. The next day, I re-set the camera and added a flash. Here is an example (cap hiding the see through hair):

 

 

A Wirra Wirra what?

[NSWP]

3 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

A Wirra Wirra what?

Wirra Wirra a decent drop of red ned anyway, beats my $8 stuff...Hardy's Stamp or Wolf Blass Red label, lol.

Edited September 1, 2021 by NSWP

[Docker123]

16 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

A Wirra Wirra what?

Shiraz.

 

At the moment it is just for cooking.

 

[MicCanberra]

2 hours ago, onlyslightlymad said:

Hi all,  at home now.  Have spent all day getting ready.  Takeaway/delivery slots all booked up.

Not such good news on the numbers front.  75 new cases in Auckland today, so up from yesterday.  let's hope it's just a blip on the radar.

These blips or jumps are bound to happen as they are testing the close contacts in quarantine , day 5 and day 13.

[ekka49]

51 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Wirra Wirra a decent drop of red ned anyway, beats my $8 stuff...Hardy's Stamp or Wolf Blass Red label, lol.

They are all a good drop for some one

[OzKiwiJJ]

57 minutes ago, Docker123 said:

Shiraz.

 

At the moment it is just for cooking.

 

Nice. We went to the winery on our SA trip earlier in the year. They had very few wines to taste which was a disappointment. We've always liked their riesling but found a couple of good reds while there including an amazing but rather expensive grenache. 

[onlyslightlymad]

10 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Nice. We went to the winery on our SA trip earlier in the year. They had very few wines to taste which was a disappointment. We've always liked their riesling but found a couple of good reds while there including an amazing but rather expensive grenache. 

We have been redoing our food, wine and gin menus.  The cost of food has gone up so much.  The next inflation figures will be interesting.  Anyway, sample boxes of wine and gin have been arriving at our door.  A very nice Aussie Merlot from Thorn-Clark called Sandpiper.  Excellent value for money.  I was most impressed.

[onlyslightlymad]

This was in this morning's paper.  It's actually a proper poll based on a sample of 1000 random NZers rather than one of those dopey click polls.  Thought you might be interested.  Comments from the epidemiologists say that the 70% question is too low a % but that's probably borrowed from Aus.  Let's be honest, the actual target is "as many people as possible".

 

 

[MicCanberra]

70% fully vaxed for 16+ is not Australia's aim, but just the next (2nd) stage, 80% is the 3rd stage.

Once we get past 80% the cruiselines may start up, hence the  optimism for cruising in the new year

[MicCanberra]

All of Australia (by states) are over 50% single dose now for the 15+ population, NSW in the lead now  with 71%.

For double doses, the ACT is in the lead at 44% .

[Tranquility Base]

4 million extra Pfzier soon arriving in Australia from the UK.

Well done to the team organising that.

Australia should have a very healthy total percentage vaccinated by November.

[onlyslightlymad]

28 cases today in NZ.  Hopefully trending down.

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, onlyslightlymad said:

28 cases today in NZ.  Hopefully trending down.

I hope so. If anyone can defeat Delta NZ can!

[LittleFish1976]

6 hours ago, Tranquility Base said:

4 million extra Pfzier soon arriving in Australia from the UK.

Well done to the team organising that.

Australia should have a very healthy total percentage vaccinated by November.

They're only temporarily 'extra'. They have to be paid back from our supply later this year. Just hope we're not running short again in December...

[Aus Traveller]

50 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

I hope so. If anyone can defeat Delta NZ can!

Yes. NZ imposed a lockdown as soon as the Delta virus was detected. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

15 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

Yes. NZ imposed a lockdown as soon as the Delta virus was detected. 

So did Victoria but they may have lost the battle already.

 

The NZ lockdown is tougher than any of the Australian ones so that might help. Around our way people getting takeaways is a big gap in the lockdown. Either people not social distancing while waiting for orders, or people using takeaway coffees as an excuse to socialise with their mates.

[frantic36]

49 minutes ago, LittleFish1976 said:

They're only temporarily 'extra'. They have to be paid back from our supply later this year. Just hope we're not running short again in December...

 

In October, November and December we are supposed to be getting 10 million Moderna and from October we are getting 2 million doses of Pfizer a week. So we should have enough to resupply the UK as we hopefully will have the majority of people vaccinated by that time.

[LittleFish1976]

1 minute ago, frantic36 said:

 

In October, November and December we are supposed to be getting 10 million Moderna and from October we are getting 2 million doses of Pfizer a week. So we should have enough to resupply the UK as we hopefully will have the majority of people vaccinated by that time.

It's hard to imagine getting 2 million Pfizer per week though, isn't it, when it's been in such short supply.  But good job if it all turns up.

 

Everyone here hoping for a booster shot? I am. Had my second AZ in late June so hoping for later this year/early next year.

[pully8]

Yes many will be needing a booster.

We are totally reliant on the govt to deliver.

Not possible to obtain privately or go elsewhere to get the vaccine.

 

[ilikeanswers]

There is some promising research into a universal coronavirus vaccine. It would certainly mean less boosters for variants:

A universal COVID-19 vaccine is needed in fight against new variants