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40 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

So he's out

Interesting that if this had happened in Vic, NSW or Qld (from next week) all he needed to do was test and wait for negative result (assuming it wasn't the dreaded Big O )

This is ridiculous. Just because the Test is in Adelaide he has to be sidelined. Really? Surely an exemption can be made. He could have the rapid Covid Test and everything is hunky dory. 

 
3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

This is ridiculous. Just because the Test is in Adelaide he has to be sidelined. Really? Surely an exemption can be made. He could have the rapid Covid Test and everything is hunky dory. 

he's had a -ve covid test. 

all players, attendees and stadium staff are double vaxxed

it's SA

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    Apparently the other players were at the restaurant but they were all dining outdoors. Pat was dining inside. Bummer. Happy for Michael Neser, though. 🙂

     

    Experts predicting 25K+ new cases per day by the end of Jan. If i have understood that number to be correct, undoubtedly we can expect a major impact on the AFL Footy season.

    Im going out on a limb and predicting that the team that manages to avoid COVID the most (luck) will probably end up with the premiership. I do hope that the AFL does introduce some common sense principles into whether games go ahead or not - something in the ball park of 5-10 of the starting 22 (missing due to a positive covid test) would be reasonable but how they make a fixture work with more forfeited games will be tough.

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    Fingers crossed by the time the AFL season gets underway the pandemic will be all but over

    The data continues to come in from South Africa; Omicron is very mild.  It’s highly transmissible, no question about that, but there’s nothing yet in the data to suggest anything other than it is not only mild, but the best possible outcome; a fast-spreading, super mild version of Covid. It looks like we got lucky

    It will have to be monitored as it spreads across the world, but based on South Africa’s experience there is no need to worry about this variant

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    28 minutes ago, CYB said:

    Experts predicting 25K+ new cases per day by the end of Jan. If i have understood that number to be correct, undoubtedly we can expect a major impact on the AFL Footy season.

    Im going out on a limb and predicting that the team that manages to avoid COVID the most (luck) will probably end up with the premiership. I do hope that the AFL does introduce some common sense principles into whether games go ahead or not - something in the ball park of 5-10 of the starting 22 (missing due to a positive covid test) would be reasonable but how they make a fixture work with more forfeited games will be tough.

    Interesting, it is doubtful the competition will not be affected in 2022. A few injuries and then covid problems could ruin any team's season. 

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    Pakistan v West Indies One day series has been postponed until June due to positive covid tests.

    Nine positive tests amongst the West Indian players and staff who had mainly flown in from Dubai.

    Five or more EPL games deferred.

    Have to love the "new normal" 😢

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    Do we know when our players received their 1st and 2nd vaccinations? If both were after the Grand Final, then I presume that means the booster shot (under current guidelines) won't be available to them until well into the 2022 season. I'd much prefer them to receive their 3rd shot prior to the season commencing only because there may be some arm soreness and other effects, such as tiredness for a day or two. Nevertheless, if it has to be during the season, so be it.

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Do we know when our players received their 1st and 2nd vaccinations? If both were after the Grand Final, then I presume that means the booster shot (under current guidelines) won't be available to them until well into the 2022 season. I'd much prefer them to receive their 3rd shot prior to the season commencing only because there may be some arm soreness and other effects, such as tiredness for a day or two. Nevertheless, if it has to be during the season, so be it.

    You’d imagine they’d get the booster a day or 2 after a game, to allow 4-5 days before the next.

    Not ideal but haven’t heard of side effects lasting more than 48 hrs for most people.

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    On 12/17/2021 at 7:22 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    You’d imagine they’d get the booster a day or 2 after a game, to allow 4-5 days before the next.

    Not ideal but haven’t heard of side effects lasting more than 48 hrs for most people.

    That was my experience of the third shot. My first two injections were with AZ and the third was Pfizer. Sore arm on the day of the Pfizer injection and some lethargy on the day after. Then I was fine. 

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    On 12/17/2021 at 7:22 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    You’d imagine they’d get the booster a day or 2 after a game, to allow 4-5 days before the next.

    Not ideal but haven’t heard of side effects lasting more than 48 hrs for most people.

    My first dose (non-dominant shoulder) left me with a sore arm for over a week - no other side-effects.
    My second dose (dominant shoulder) was fine after about 3-4 days. No other sie-effects.

    Wouldn't have wanted to play a football game a week after the first one, 5 days after the 2nd I'd have been fine.

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    11 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    That was my experience of the third shot. My first two injections were with AZ and the third was Pfizer. Sore arm on the day of the Pfizer injection and some lethargy on the day after. Then I was fine. 

    Is there no third shot of AZ LDC? I had first 2 AZ and I was wonder what is the best for booster. I had zero after effects. 

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    NHL has shut down for around a week.
     

    NFL allow players who have tested positive but who are double vaxed and not showing symptoms to play. 

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    3 hours ago, old dee said:

    Is there no third shot of AZ LDC? I had first 2 AZ and I was wonder what is the best for booster. I had zero after effects. 

    AZ's major producer.. Serum Institute of India has halved production due to no orders.

    AZ did have an update vaccine, AZ 2816 which was in third stage trials but so far nothing.

    Personally I have booked  Moderna as my booster in a couple of weeks.

    There are a few studies that suggest it shades Pfizer but they're both similar.

    Looking forward to a fourth shot some time in 2022.

    PS: You can have AZ as a booster if you have reactions to MRNA vaccines (very rare for older people.)

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    13 hours ago, old dee said:

    Is there no third shot of AZ LDC? I had first 2 AZ and I was wonder what is the best for booster. I had zero after effects. 

    Further to Diamond Jim's comment above, I believe Pfizer* is the recommended 3rd dose if you've previously had AZ. 

    *And possibly Moderna, too.

     

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    For anyone out there still unvaccinated, here's a graph which might give you cause to reconsider. It's from Britain but I imagine it's the same situation everywhere.

     

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    10 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Looking forward to a fourth shot some time in 2022.

    How prescient of my good self.

    Israel came out overnight recommending a fourth shot for many.

    Israelis over the age of 60 and medical teams will be eligible for a fourth Covid vaccination to protect against the fast-spreading omicron variant, prime minister Naftali Bennett has announced.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/21/israeli-pm-announces-fourth-covid-jab-for-over-60s-to-tackle-omicron

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    11 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    AZ's major producer.. Serum Institute of India has halved production due to no orders.

    AZ did have an update vaccine, AZ 2816 which was in third stage trials but so far nothing.

    Personally I have booked  Moderna as my booster in a couple of weeks.

    There are a few studies that suggest it shades Pfizer but they're both similar.

    Looking forward to a fourth shot some time in 2022.

    PS: You can have AZ as a booster if you have reactions to MRNA vaccines (very rare for older people.)

    Thanks DJ actually read this morning that Australia is only giving Pfizer and Moderna for booster shots. My six months is up in Late Jan. So I will start chasing an appointment after Christmas.

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    For anyone out there still unvaccinated, here's a graph which might give you cause to reconsider. It's from Britain but I imagine it's the same situation everywhere.

     

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    There are none so blind as those that do not want to see LDC.

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    My wife and I had our booster on the 5th Pfizer, both a bit off next day but ok within 48 hrs. Old Dee you can get your booster after 5 mths.

    Also have you noticed how the Aussie Press have all gone back into panic mode, we have been advised that once we reach 90-95%  double Vaxxed we should be focusing in on Hospital Admissions and Death rate. Whereas they are so conditioned to the Covid that is all they can focus on. World news has disappeared.??

    Thank Goodness for the Cricket and Demonland. 💕❤️💙

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    For anyone out there still unvaccinated, here's a graph which might give you cause to reconsider. It's from Britain but I imagine it's the same situation everywhere.

     

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    Thanks LDVC, this graph says it all.!!

    And once again it starts.....

    No fans at this weekend's Newcastle Jets v Wanderers match in Newcastle, NSW.

    And....

    A League Men’s side Melbourne City has had six players test positive for COVID-19, resulting in its FFA Cup tie and its round six clash with Brisbane Roar being postponed.

    The club said the six cases were all double-vaccinated and had taken tests on Tuesday after being alerted by their rapid tests earlier in the day.

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    5 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    And once again it starts.....

    No fans at this weekend's Newcastle Jets v Wanderers match in Newcastle, NSW.

    I’ll be devastated if the cricket is affected. MELB City have half a dozen players test positive now as well.

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    No fans at the Celtic v Rangers, Hibs v Hearts & Dundee v Dundee Utd derby games over the NY, all of which would have seen capacity crowds as it's a bank holiday. At least our game against the plastic paddies is away so it's not us missing out on the gate receipts. 

     

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