CV and mad panic behaviour

[DJC]

Going to have trouble convincing health workers to have the first up vaccine, quite a few nurses and hospital staff baulking at being the initial test lab rats. Some surveys were sent out and a lot came back as a No Thanks but happy to receive later
I think the UK initial distribution and side effects etc will have a large bearing on the take up here in Aus.
Most Hospitals are expecting another wave in winter and staffing requirements are already being discussed and leave applicants told there are no guarantees of being granted leave.
Some scary reading here...https://au.yahoo.com/news/india-hundreds-infected-mysterious-deadly-illness-040435270.html..
We dont want any tourists for a long while, bad enough with those two Germans here in Aus being allowed to travel by a rookie police officer with 2 days experience on the job..

Interestingly, a 'lab rat' called in and spoke to Dr Swann about her experiences testing the vaccine.  She had a sore arm for a couple of days but no ill effects.

Swann was explaining how supplies of the vaccines will be limited and it will be a targeted immunisation program with health workers, aged care workers and the elderly as first cabs off the rank.  Pregnant women (or women hoping to become pregnant) and children won't get the vaccines until further testing demonstrates that they are safe for those groups.  All testing to date has been with adults and pregnant women are excluded.

It was interesting to hear how the vaccines use different pathways to counter the virus.  They are very different to the vaccines developed previously for other diseases.

By the way, the "Germans" are both Australian citizens. 

Imagine the outcry if it had happened at Melbourne Airport.  Nothing sticks to Teflon Gladys and Mr Potato Head  :