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Dealing with Omicron

Covid- Omicron has finally visited our household. My wife had a awful sore throat and dry cough a few days ago. First RAT test didn't show COVID. A couple of days later the two lines showed up.

I notified the relevant medical authorities as required. Same day we get a phone call wanting all the detailed information I had already filled on the site. It was fortunate I was able to do this becasue my wife couldn't talk properly and, unfortunately, the nurse on the other end of the phone had a difficult to understand accent.

But from then on everything became much better. My wife has age and issues with lowered immunity. So when the local health authorities reviewed the case we got another call from a very friendly doctor who took the time to explain my wife should (strongly) consider taking a 5 day course of Paxlovid anti viral medication. Long story short there seems to be very active management of recorded COVID cases to enable close supervision and support for people who are ill at home.

The normal support is a daily check of how people are going and making sure that if the situation gets out of hand people can scoot to the hospital before it gets too ugly. However in my wife's case, and I gather any other people at higher risk, there is proactive advice and assistance to get the Paxlovid course. This is intended to knock the virus on its head before it can infect lungs ect. It needs to be taken within the first few days of infection so clearly speed is of the essence.

We were advised, approved and obtained the drugs within 4 hours. A day later and there is already a noticeable improvement. Have to say I am very impressed with the Victorian Health Departments practical, proactive approach to this issue. I hope our experience has been shared by other people who have fallen sick.

So far, by some miracle, I haven't fallen sick ! I havn't been isolating from my wife and have essentially resigned myself to getting the bug. But maybe it don't like me ??
 
basilio said:
Dealing with Omicron

Covid- Omicron has finally visited our household. My wife had a awful sore throat and dry cough a few days ago. First RAT test didn't show COVID. A couple of days later the two lines showed up.

I notified the relevant medical authorities as required. Same day we get a phone call wanting all the detailed information I had already filled on the site. It was fortunate I was able to do this becasue my wife couldn't talk properly and, unfortunately, the nurse on the other end of the phone had a difficult to understand accent.

But from then on everything became much better. My wife has age and issues with lowered immunity. So when the local health authorities reviewed the case we got another call from a very friendly doctor who took the time to explain my wife should (strongly) consider taking a 5 day course of Paxlovid anti viral medication. Long story short there seems to be very active management of recorded COVID cases to enable close supervision and support for people who are ill at home.

The normal support is a daily check of how people are going and making sure that if the situation gets out of hand people can scoot to the hospital before it gets too ugly. However in my wife's case, and I gather any other people at higher risk, there is proactive advice and assistance to get the Paxlovid course. This is intended to knock the virus on its head before it can infect lungs ect. It needs to be taken within the first few days of infection so clearly speed is of the essence.

We were advised, approved and obtained the drugs within 4 hours. A day later and there is already a noticeable improvement. Have to say I am very impressed with the Victorian Health Departments practical, proactive approach to this issue. I hope our experience has been shared by other people who have fallen sick.

So far, by some miracle, I haven't fallen sick ! I havn't been isolating from my wife and have essentially resigned myself to getting the bug. But maybe it don't like me ??
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Hope you both recover quickly.
 
We were chatting with some friends and they were keen to get another shot because of the new strains, I told them that the vax was based on a different strain but that didn't matter to them

I am still amazed by the sheeples acceptance of statements like this from our Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly.

<<The XBB strain, which originated in Singapore, is reported to be resistant to vaccines and antibodies from previous infections and has been detected in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia.>>

and in the next breath he said

<<Australians are urged to make sure they are up to date with their vaccinations>>

You just told us that it doesn't bloody work mate :banghead:

 
Just been on the Coral Princess for 28 days around Australia, there was a covid outbeak the wife and I didnt get it and we only had the Astra Zenica two shots last year.
The demegraphic on the ship was very elderly, but talking to those that came out of quaranite the symptoms were only like a mild flu.
The cruise company were very good at limiting the spread and treated those that caught it very well, I was really impressed.
 
sptrawler said:
Just been on the Coral Princess for 28 days around Australia, there was a covid outbeak the wife and I didnt get it and we only had the Astra Zenica two shots last year.
The demegraphic on the ship was very elderly, but talking to those that came out of quaranite the symptoms were only like a mild flu.
The cruise company were very good at limiting the spread and treated those that caught it very well, I was really impressed.
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Thats good mate, it would have ruined your cruise for sure.

Even the most optimistic figures show that any protection you may have had finshed long ago
 
macca said:
Thats good mate, it would have ruined your cruise for sure.

Even the most optimistic figures show that any protection you may have had finshed long ago
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It was interesting, everyone had to show a negative self test before bording, but IMO that would have been easily fudged.
However when the ship required a negative test before being allowed to get off at a port of call, the cabin steward had to witness the result, this highlighted people who were asymptomatic.
Those who tested positive had to stay onboard and were confined to cabin, all meals were sent to the room for the isolation period, everyone else on board went on with life as normal
It was all dealt with very profesionally.
 
Saw Novavax are conducting phase 2 trials to finish March next year.

If successful this vaccine will be a yearly one shot, like the flu.
 
I may have said it before once or twice, but it bears repeating again.
Never get between big Pharma and Big Money.
From WSJ
Moderna Inc. said it is considering pricing its Covid-19 vaccine in a range of $110 to $130 per dose in the U.S. when it shifts from government contracting to commercial distribution of the shots.
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The range is similar to the one Pfizer Inc. said in October it was considering for the Covid-19 vaccine it developed with BioNTech SE.
From ARS Technica
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla claimed at a news event last week that the company's COVID-19 vaccines will continue to be "free to all Americans," despite the company's plan to raise the price of the vaccine roughly 400 percent—a price difference that will be picked up by health insurers.

The company said in October that it plans to raise the price of a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine from about $30 to somewhere between $110 and $130 as it moves the shots to the commercial market next year.

Until now, all COVID-19 vaccines in the US have been bought by the US government, which paid $30.48 per dose in its latest vaccine supply agreement from June. The US government had previously paid $24 per dose in July 2021 and $19.50 per dose in July 2020. The government offered all the doses to Americans for free.

Now, the company expects health insurance companies to pick up the tab, however larger. "Based on our current understanding, when we enter a traditional commercial model, anyone with commercial or government insurance who is eligible to be vaccinated should be able to access the vaccine without any out-of-pocket payments," Angela Lukin, Pfizer’s US president of global primary care, said in an October call with investors.

That assumption led Bourla to suggest last week that the large price hike would be "free."
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Soon after the agreements with governments about the cost of vaccines have ended, Big pharma reverts to its standard form of screwing everyone.
Mick
 
Globby proteiny strings in cooled blood.
Embalmers have been coming across it for a couple of years - unprecedented.

 
Soon to step down W.A premier Mark McGowan citing exhaustion.
One of the d'head champions of all forms of Covid repression.
Just an idle thought, sheer speculation, but is he suffering from delayed vaccine injury or long Covid? Would he admit it - especially as incumbent premier?

According to my skim of article headlines
Proudly Astra Zeneca vaccinated May 2021
Got Covid April 2022
Quoted as saying "life is about to get difficult for the unvaccinated in W.A" - Sky News May 2023

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