Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

[Grand Guru]

As of the 1sr December 2021, booster jabs will be offered to the people with compromised immune system:
Those with HIV and a CD4 COUNT BELOW 200
Those with blood cancers: leukaemia etc.
Those receiving high dose steroids
Those on chronic renal dialysis
And transplant recipients

 

[Adephi]

 

[Adephi]

 

[Mollie]

Hope you people have enough alcohol lol

 

[SAVaper]

Hope you people have enough alcohol lol

I made plenty of moonshine. No worries here

 

[Hooked]

Omicron is going to affect tourism badly. Even here in lil ol' Yzer we're seeing the consequences. A guest house has advertised room for 8 people, because an overseas group has had to cancel.

And a student who was supposed to go on a religious group excursion to Israel is sad and forlorn, because Israel has closed its borders, only a month after reopening.

 

[Hooked]

UPDATE:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/new-covid-variant-travel/index.html

One flight was from Johannesburg and one from Cape Town.

UPDATE:

13 test positive for Omicron after S Africa-Netherlands flights
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59451103

"... The Dutch National Institute for Public Health announced the 13 Omicron cases on Sunday, but noted that its investigation had "not yet been completed", meaning the new variant could still be found in more test samples..."

 

[Feliks Karp]

https://www.news24.com/news24/south...-govt-moves-to-increase-vaccinations-20211128

The government is proposing that the country remains on alert Level one, and if the Covid-19 infections increased, mandatory vaccination might be explored.

Well-placed insiders confirmed to News24 that part of the proposals included Covid-19 testing for travellers arriving in South Africa and better vaccination "mobilisation", which could consist of more Vooma weekends - an initiative aimed at increasing vaccinations.

 

[Grand Guru]

https://www.news24.com/news24/south...-govt-moves-to-increase-vaccinations-20211128

The government is proposing that the country remains on alert Level one, and if the Covid-19 infections increased, mandatory vaccination might be explored.

Well-placed insiders confirmed to News24 that part of the proposals included Covid-19 testing for travellers arriving in South Africa and better vaccination "mobilisation", which could consist of more Vooma weekends - an initiative aimed at increasing vaccinations.

Responding to an increase in the infections rate by increasing the vaccination mobilization.... Ummm sounds like a load of BS to me.

 

[ARYANTO]

Hope you people have enough alcohol lol

Did a supply run this afternoon

 

[Feliks Karp]

Responding to an increase in the infections rate by increasing the vaccination mobilization.... Ummm sounds like a load of BS to me.

"a load of BS" pretty much sums up our gov though

I guess we'll see at 8, to be honest, I don't think our economy has the capacity for getting too hardcore, especially at christmas, I see them putting down some rules and then asking people to have some personal accountability, and warning us that they will get the stick if it gets out of hand. The spike in crime and down turn in personal finances from the last two years has been very apparent, it's a juggling act, we'll see just now how they decide to execute the show.

 

[Adephi]

Responding to an increase in the infections rate by increasing the vaccination mobilization.... Ummm sounds like a load of BS to me.

I think he's just going to soften us up for a big announcement in 2 weeks time. And possibly vaccine mandates.

 

[zadiac]

Here we go!

I hope not. We are so sick of working at roadblocks. Really.

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

I think he's just going to soften us up for a big announcement in 2 weeks time. And possibly vaccine mandates.

I hope and pray you're wrong (other than the vaccine mandate that is)

 

[ARYANTO]

Summary , beer stays open !

 

[Adephi]

In a nutshell: government protected us before. The jab can do it now. Mandatory jabs being discussed.

And a middle finger to the countries that banned us.

 

[Adephi]

Summary , beer stays open !

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Grand Guru]

On vaccine mandates

 

[Adephi]

On vaccine mandates

They must just go ahead with it now. If people want to riot they must go and knock themselves out. We deal with riots on a regular basis. We can deal with a couple of Karen's at the Union Buildings.

 

[Hooked]

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

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That's only because cancer hasn't yet infected some areas of our country ... give it time

 

[Grand Guru]

That's only because cancer hasn't yet infected some areas of our country ... give it time

Sadly true

 

[Stranger]

OK, we have a new variant, do we have info on: is it more transmissible ? Will it cause more serious infection ? Will it increase the risk of death? Is it vaccine resistant ?

 

[Intuthu Kagesi]

OK, we have a new variant, do we have info on: is it more transmissible ? Will it cause more serious infection ? Will it increase the risk of death? Is it vaccine resistant ?