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Brenda wrote: "Did you mention his reactions to the GP Sarah? That sounds fairly extreme. Glad he was OK again after day 3 though - a bit scary!!"He actually got the vaccine at a community hub, so no direct relationship there for reporting. He is signed up to vax tracker, so has reported diligently on there, though. He's 53, and anecdotally it seems that the closer to 50 you are, the more likely you are to suffer adverse reactions. At 47, I'm now more than happy to hang out for Pfizer...
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Same Brenda. My husband had his at the GP today. No waiting, quick and easy, no fuss. He has had no reaction yet apart from the injection site being a bit sore. I am booked in for Monday morning. Wish me luck!
I had my first jab on Thursday at a vaccination hub. The whole process was super efficient. I had Astra Zeneca and have had no side effects. All my siblings have had their first too.
Phrynne wrote: "I am booked in for Monday morning. Wish me luck!"I hope it goes well for you, Phrynne. It sounds like it's comparatively unusual to experience any more than mild flu-like symptoms for a day or two. Fingers crossed!
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Same Brenda. My husband had his at the GP today. No waiting, qu..."
How's hubby this morning Phrynne? Good luck with yours on Monday :)
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Good luck Phrynne! My hubby and I both had ours this week. I was fine but he had chills and nausea for a couple of days. Seems to hit everyone differently.
I had mine at my GPs and they had a very full waiting room of people who had either just had it or were waiting to get it so that was good to see.
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Krystal wrote: "Karren wrote: "Can anyone explain about Goodreads stats for reviews, are they calculated by Goodreads and added automatically to your account? Top 100 Australian reviewers and top 100 Australian po..."Thanks for the help Krystal.
Over here in UK my wife and I have both had our second jabs now. I'm 65 and had mine a bit earlier - had the Pfizer Biotech with no problems other than slight tenderness at injection site but my wife had the Astra Seneca and had a bit of a headache the next day after each jab. Still, all done now and looking forward to some holidays, mostly in UK. Glad your hubby is okay now, Sarah.
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Both my wife and I have had AZ with no side affects. Most people I ask seem of the same opinion. Think results might get a bit skewed as people more likely to report when they have problems rather than when they don't.
Here we go again Victorians. Back into lockdown from midnight tonight. 🙁 Stay safe everyone. Let the reading begin 😊📚📚📚
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Yes, working from home again. I’m missing my niece’s birthday and the Ballarat Apron Festival. Oh well, we need to get this under control. My nephew is a contact tracer. He had to get staff details from 400 stores and all their contacts in a morning. Please don’t bag the tracers, they are working under tough conditions.
Stay safe Victorians my thoughts are with you hopefully you will get done reading in
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Brenda wrote: "Would never bag the tracers Diana - they do an amazing job! Good luck to all - I hope it's brought under control faster than the 7 days for you, but best to do it now before it gets away again..."Prayers for all in Victoria to stay safe and what a boon it is that we have the facilities be able to trace things back to their source.
I feel very lucky that I can actually still work this time around - the new store I work for does online orders throughout the lockdown so it means I'll still have an income for the week, unlike many others.It is my birthday next weekend though so hoping the lockdown doesn't get extended!
Thinking of all of our Victorians! Thank you for doing the hard yards. Only bonus is more reading time, probably...
Brenda wrote: "Would never bag the tracers Diana - they do an amazing job! Good luck to all - I hope it's brought under control faster than the 7 days for you, but best to do it now before it gets away again..."They have copped a bit of flak here in Victoria. Today I sent my nephew a voucher for healthy meals. He’s single and working long hours so it is good to support him.
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Crossing my fingers for you in Victoria that there are no more cases in the next week and you get out of lockdown soon. You've had more than your fair share of this nasty virus.
I second the wonderful job the contact tracers are doing. Lets make their life a little easier by checking in ( and out something I forget to do) Best of luck to everyone in Victoria I hope things get under control there quickly.
Victoria's loss is Townsville's gain as we are set to host the 1st State of Origin, & the town is going ballistic. We are booked in for our 1st jab on 3 July as the medical centre is only giving them on a Sat arvo. Hope to stay well and for others out there too.
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Brenda wrote: "That's crazy! And then you've got the protesters who show their faces as soon as it's lockdown! Don't people know - by now! - that lockdown works??!!"It certainly does. Lockdowns for shorter periods vs huge outbreaks with major long lockdowns. Who can forget the lockdowns that happend all over Australia when the outbreak first happened? Who wants to go back to that? Mask up, lockdown for a short time, get your jabs and lets get through this!
I'm in WA and we recently had the lockdown in Perth, along with masking for a time after that as well. It works. It's not nice, it's hard on businesses, but when you see what has happened in other parts of the world, we are so blessed and lucky, so let's keep it going.
Thinking of all you Victorians, got you all in my prayers. Stay safe.
Angela wrote: "Brenda wrote: "That's crazy! And then you've got the protesters who show their faces as soon as it's lockdown! Don't people know - by now! - that lockdown works??!!"It certainly does. Lockdowns f..."
Absolutely agree with your comments Angela and Brenda. But agree that as hard as it has been for some people especially in Victoria, we are still blessed compared to the other side of the world.
Dale wrote: "Angela wrote: "Brenda wrote: "That's crazy! And then you've got the protesters who show their faces as soon as it's lockdown! Don't people know - by now! - that lockdown works??!!"It certainly do..."
I think because we have had it so easy in comparison to the rest of the world, that many Aussies are very complacent about it.
Mind you, even in hard-hit areas such as the US, you see people refusing to mask.
What really gets me is when people say there is no such thing as COVID, yet all those deaths, the mass graves, the health systems under huge stress...the proof is right in front of their eyes.
I just shake my head...
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Yes - some guy in one of the Melbourne protests said that a couple of days ago! It beggars belief - why are people dying all over the world if there's 'no covid'????
In a case of life imitating fiction, I’m currently reading Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, set in Botswana and Boston, and earlier had got to the part where Elliott finds a puff adder in his tent.Last night I’d just dropped off to sleep when woken by the dog’s frantic barking (he lives outside), dragged myself out of bed and went through the kitchen, turned the light on and berated him, when I saw it. A snake, well over a metre in length had slithered across the verandah and was tasting the air.
I went outside and down the steps, grabbed the dog and turned on the light in the outside toilet, to assess the situation. From the banding I assumed it was a carpet python, and it was in no hurry to move, perhaps frozen by the lights and barking (aren’t snakes deaf???)
So what to do? Human instinct is to protect. Though there are no young children around, I thought of the spade resting against the shed, but that was halfway down the garden. The dog is no stranger to chasing wildlife in the garden (possums, mostly) and if I went after a snake with a spade he was likely to join in – or worse – go on the offensive when I wasn’t there.
As snakes are protected species under the law I did the sensible thing, and brought the dog under control. We sat there, fascinated, for what must have been twenty minutes, before “fang” finally slid away from the lights, and through the fence into the night.
Alex wrote: "In a case of life imitating fiction, I’m currently reading Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, set in Botswana and Boston, and earlier had got to the part where Elliott find..."Good call
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A little hard to get back to sleep after that experience I suspect Alex!!
Alex wrote: "In a case of life imitating fiction, I’m currently reading Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, set in Botswana and Boston, and earlier had got to the part where Elliott find..."I would not have been getting too close
Alex wrote: "In a case of life imitating fiction, I’m currently reading Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, set in Botswana and Boston, and earlier had got to the part where Elliott find..."Sounds nightmare material. Glad your snake slithered off.
Alex wrote: "In a case of life imitating fiction, I’m currently reading Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, set in Botswana and Boston, and earlier had got to the part where Elliott find..."That would have freaked me out Alex, but I'm glad you let him go on his way. Hopefully to never return!!
Thank you ladies. It's the dog that sleeps outside, not me. But it's been a weird couple of weeks - a dead possum to dispose of (and they really stink), a common tree snake shedding its skin and then curling up on the front porch, and worse - had a rat chew through the fan belt of my 4WD. And no, "Roadside Assist" doesn't do dead rats. For the record, a bushy told me to put pieces of Sunlight soap in the engine so rodents go for that instead.
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Alex wrote: "Thank you ladies. It's the dog that sleeps outside, not me. But it's been a weird couple of weeks - a dead possum to dispose of (and they really stink), a common tree snake shedding its skin and th..."I love snakes so those experiences sound fun to me, but would not be a fan of dead possums and hungry rats!
Last word on the snake (I promise). I realise now that from the snake's point of view, me sitting there with the dog our heat images would have blurred into some kind of blob. Enough to deter any intruder. EOM
Alex wrote: "Thank you ladies. It's the dog that sleeps outside, not me. But it's been a weird couple of weeks - a dead possum to dispose of (and they really stink), a common tree snake shedding its skin and th..."Have heard of a few incidents with rats curling up in car engines and chewing through things. Hope you have less of a wildlife problem.
The other day I moved some debris from my front yard and a rat ran out. Eww … 4 day weekend for me. It’s cold, wet and windy so I’ll be staying home sewing and reading.
Very excited as I am helping organise the school’s Talkfest. We have a few parents who are authors or in publishing and each year we hold a panel event with authors, a bookseller, wine and cheese etc.. The organising group (a publisher, an author, an assistant principal, head of English and me) met yesterday to plan. Today I have to research local indigenous authors who might be suitable for our panel. The theme is ‘Talking Resilience’.
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Check out the information - the event is free, but numbers are limited
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It is moving fast sadly I am staying in and not going out unless I have too, I have plenty of reading to do
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GR adds it automatically. I believe top reviewers is number of reviews and best is number of likes associated with your reviews.