(10-18-2021, 08:26 AM)spf date Wrote:Dr. Omar Khorshid discusses: The reality in public hospitals in Australia right now, opening up, and vaccinations.

https://www.ama.com.au/media/dr-omar-khorshid-hospitals-and-opening-vaccinating-children-under-12-over-60s-and-mandatory

(10-18-2021, 08:34 AM)spf date Wrote:I was not aware of this:

Petition EN3313 - Freedom of Vaccine Choice in Australia

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN3313

(10-18-2021, 08:34 AM)spf link Wrote:I was not aware of this:

Petition EN3313 - Freedom of Vaccine Choice in Australia

https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN3313

Quote:A crucial fact about Powell being left out of many headlines: He had been previously diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that devastates the immune system—in particular, the blood’s plasma cells that produce antibodies. Only 50 percent of blood cancer patients produce antibodies in response to vaccination, and even after a booster, 33 percent still fail to produce antibodies.A crucial fact about Powell being left out of many headlines: He had been previously diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that devastates the immune system—in particular, the blood’s plasma cells that produce antibodies. Only 50 percent of blood cancer patients produce antibodies in response to vaccination, and even after a booster, 33 percent still fail to produce antibodies.
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”Multiple myeloma is not curable, so while he may (or may not) have been on active treatment, his disease, and his age, made him more vulnerable to breakthrough infection, complications, and death,” said Dr. Gwen Nichols
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Widespread vaccination, all else being equal, lowers community spread among both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. Less spread means someone vulnerable, like Powell, would be less likely to become infected in the first place—regardless of the vaccination status of his close contacts. When combined with added precautions such as masks in crowded public spaces, vaccination remains one of the best tools we have. Powell’s death is a reminder that vaccination is an individual choice with community ramifications. Although many people with risk factors may look healthy and live healthy lives, they depend on people with stronger immune systems to protect them.

(10-18-2021, 12:29 PM)DJC link Wrote:For a start, it's not true that "businesses and state borders [are] unconstitutionally close (sic) to unvaccinated Australians".  Several court cases have shown that the various State health orders are constitutional.  More to the point, if folk want to start a petition, it would be an idea to have a fact check and a proof read first. 

In Victoria, anyone aged 12 years and over can receive the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.  Anyone aged 18 years and over can receive the AstraZeneca vaccine.  So, apart from spreading misinformation about "constitutional rights", what's the petition trying to achieve?

Interestingly, it's apparent that the side effects from the Pfizer vaccine are worse and more common than those from the AstraZeneca vaccine.  The AstraZeneca vaccine also seems to be more effective and recipients probably won't need a booster.