Daily check-in

[teaotter]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Sunday) to midnight (8pm Eastern Time on Monday).

Poll #25845 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 43

How are you doing?

I am ok
36 (85.7%)

I am not ok, but don't need help right now
6 (14.3%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
16 (38.1%)

One other person
18 (42.9%)

More than one other person
8 (19.0%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for help or advice if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[ratcreature]

Here GPs were allowed to vaccinate everyone since early June, but the extra vaccination centers were still only for priority groups and only opened up booking for everyone today. I haven't managed to book anywhere yet. And the Delta variant here has been doubling its share of infections over Alpha every week for a while, though it's not yet dominant. This all sucks. I mean not as badly for me as for vulnerable people in developing countries who have even worse chances, but it it still sucks.

[fred_mouse]

Agree that this sucks.

I have no idea what the situation is with GPs. I'm just under the old cut off for age for AstraZeneca, and was perfectly willing to accept the very low risk of blood clot if it would have got me a shot sooner. As one co-worker said 'I've taken my share of long haul flights', and while my understanding is that the type of clot is different the risk is about equal.

It sounds like things are much more concerning where you are than where I am. We've had a total of three community cases this week, the first brought back from inter state, and the other two are direct contacts. I'm just a bit argh at the moment, because we had a limited 'not a lockdown' called Sunday and then an actual lockdown called tonight, and the disease modeller in the back of my head is screaming about exponential growth and, etc.

[ratcreature]

Here in Germany Delta is now about 15% of the samples they test, though overall the infection numbers are still going down. But it's forecast to become dominant next month because it's been growing just like in the UK only a bit later. And only a bit over 50% have their first vaccine dose, so that's not good.

[fred_mouse]

Oh, that is concerning. Your vaccination rate is better than Australia though - our states range from 27.2 % - 42.9% of the population have had their first dose, and that highest one is quite a bit higher than the next one down. (I don't know the average across Australia; the information I have is from this map, which used to have the total but doesn't seem to any more)

[ratcreature]

I checked the sites for available vaccination appointments again this evening, and managed to snag one in a vaccination center in two weeks. At least I now have a timeline for my wait for getting vaccinated! :D

[kathmandu]

Oh, yay! Glad to hear you were able to make an appointment!

[fred_mouse]

Wonderful! You'll have your first dose before I get mine!