Australia loosing their minds at being offered the Oxford Vaccine..

[MoirasRoses]

I’ve just been pottering through Twitter & came across a trending thread re-Australia mostly buying the Oxford vaccine. They are losing their minds at being offered the less effective vaccine & accusing the government of wanting to ‘kill them’ & being corrupt & pals with Trump (no idea what he’s got to do with a vaccine from the UK).

Why this major over reaction? Compared to the much more positive & hopeful reaction here? I thought more recently data showed Oxford to be 90% if given 12 weeks apart? And even if only 60%, more than good enough? I was reading an article where a couple doctors were saying almost 100% of people did not need hospital treatment or became seriously ill after one dose. That’s incredible..

@HoppingPavlova

I do think it is awful that Pfizer is selling the vaccine privately. DF & DM (early 70's) both have lung disease, they don't want to die just yet & neither do I want them to.

???? How and when is Pfizer selling the vaccine privately in Aus? It’s not approved by TGA at present for any sale. When it is, the quantity brought in will cover the Govnt Oder (so 10K doses = 5K targeted vulnerable/healthcare group. After that the Govnt orders are currently only for the Oxford vaccine to do remaining population. If you want the Pfizer vaccine at that point the Govnt won’t be stumping up for it so IF (and that’s a big if due to global allocation and whether there would even be any available here for a private market) there was a private Pfizer vax at that point no idea how you think Pfizer would be the awful party in all of this? If the Govnt doesn’t order and gave Pfizer vax on the PBS then what do you want Pfizer to do exactly given they have zero options otherwise.

Like you I think it is extremely unlikely ( impossible)that it will be Pfizer selling the vaccine privately. It fits with our LNP government and their allowing celebrities and the wealthy fly in and out of Australia, when ordinary citizens cannot do this, and avoid the official quarantine facilities to quarantine at hom. It's very likely that it will be them making money out of flogging off part of the stock of doses supposedly reserved for the vulnerable and health workers etc..

Aargh. Home not hom.