Coronavirus

[Paul]

Had my second jab yesterday and I'm feeling rough as a badgers arse again. Thought I might get away with it this time having been so bad after the first one.

Should really consider changing that Metal Warrior moniker

 

[EpsomWolf]

Had my second jab yesterday and I'm feeling rough as a badgers arse again. Thought I might get away with it this time having been so bad after the first one.

Just got to hang in there amigo and tell yourself it’s for a relatively short time and a small price to pay. Not easy I know when you’re rough and every minute feels like an hour, but hopefully this time tomorrow it’ll be done and dusted.

 

[lemonjelly]

Just got to hang in there amigo and tell yourself it’s for a relatively short time and a small price to pay. Not easy I know when you’re rough and every minute feels like an hour, but hopefully this time tomorrow it’ll be done and dusted.

very much this. the medicine is nothing compared to the actual illness.
You're doing a good thing MW!

 

[Jabbawolf]

Had my 2nd yesterday, and it seems I am doubly rock-hard - side effects are for pussies....

 

[Sniffer]

Purrrrr

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Sounds like Portugal is coming off the green list.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Saying that I just looked at the lists and they are so much bollocks.

Australia and New Zealand are on the green list. All good apart from the fact that those countries have sealed their borders so no chance of going there until this time next year.

Also, you have to take the status of the trip from the rating of any country you transit through. From my memory you can get to the UK from Oz via Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Dubai and Qatar and the States if you want to go the long way round. All of those countries are Amber or Red in the case of UAE. So what is the point in having Australia on the green list at all?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Qantas do fly one non-stop route now from Heathrow. Problem is it's to Perth which is a billion miles from anywhere else.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

My brother tells the story of an old school friend who got in contact to say he was visiting Oz and they should meet up. Ed asked where he was flying into and the bloke said Perth. Ed replied that the UK was nearer to Moscow than Brisbane was to Perth!

To add to this, when you come out of Brisbane airport and hit the highway the first road sign helpfully tells you it is 800k to Cairns and 3450k to Darwin. The place is fucking vast.

 

[WolfmanOz]

Yup it’s a fucking big country (continent).

I always recall when I first came here I drove from Melbourne to Brisbane (long story) - took 2 days. It’s the same distance as from London to Istanbul.

A week later I did the return trip . . . I’ve never done it again.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

First time I went was via Singapore. The flight crossed the Australian coast somewhere between Broome and Katherine on my seat monitor and I thought we would start the descent reasonably shortly. 4 hours later still at cruising altitude!

 

[Tom Hark]

Sounds like Portugal is coming off the green list.

I wonder whether this is an indication that they'll go ahead with lifting the restrictions in June, i.e. open up the country but keep the borders under tighter control. I wouldn't be against that, personally. International travel could make things worse very quickly (as we saw when they allowed flights from India for a fortnight longer than necessary).

 

[BillyDee]

I think it's a certainty that the roadmap will be stuck to and restrictions will lift as planned on the 21st.

 

[leedswolf]

First time I went was via Singapore. The flight crossed the Australian coast somewhere between Broome and Katherine on my seat monitor and I thought we would start the descent reasonably shortly. 4 hours later still at cruising altitude!

Similar, flying into Sydney (much better than Mango country btw ) from Singapore and as we crossed the Oz NW coastline we still had 6 hours flight time.

 

[Wombat del combate]

To add to this, when you come out of Brisbane airport and hit the highway the first road sign helpfully tells you it is 800k to Cairns and 3450k to Darwin. The place is fucking vast.

Considering the speed you were driving out of Edinburgh post-naga lager, I would suggest that Darwin would be achievable in under a day.

 

[Freddeno]

Finally booked for my first jab june 24th, will be either Pfizer or Moderna..going forward in a faster pace here in sweden now

 

[Tom Hark]

I think it's a certainty that the roadmap will be stuck to and restrictions will lift as planned on the 21st.

Yes, I'm inclined to agree, although until a few days ago it looked like we were being managed for an extension. We went for a meal at a chain pub last week and the manager there swore his bosses had advance info from inside sources that there would be at least another two months added, and no full easing until New Year's Day. We all had the supersalad, which was very good and much better informed.

 

[Kenny]

US to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing, Biden announces

The White House says the U.S. will swiftly share millions more doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world.

apnews.com

 

[Tony Towner]

I wouldn't claim to properly understand this, but the headline is that 1 jab (Pfizer) doesn't do much to protect you against the Indian variant - 2 does, but effectiveness reduces over time so boosters are required.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1400586336164323328

 

[BillyDee]

Pfizer approved for 12-15yos in the UK.