I have no problem with AZ. Seems to work overtime just as well as the mRna ones, maybe even last longer.
Yes I agree, thatâs consistent with what Iâve read. The fact youâve received mixed doses may be even better as data from the Canadian provinces of BC and Quebec have shown.
Guy
Didnât you already get vaccinated months ago with the rest of us? I thought you hadâŚ
yeah seriously. I thought spike had injected every vaccine known to mankind by now. Are you telling us you actually waited for an mRNA vaccine?. Be more patriotic. yeeesh
As Iâve indicated in some earlier posts, I am among the idiots who selected Moderna and BNT only.
With Moderna, I grossly underestimated:
a) the number of old people in Taiwan; and
b) the slowness of Modernaâs delivery schedule.
My a&& however may be saved by the heaps of BNT now arriving. I am scheduled to be one of the recipients next week.
Guy
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What was your reasoning behind this decision?
I teach (like many of us posting here) in a postsecondary institution in Taiwan. I read that teachers were to be included in priority category 7. Great! I reasonedâcorrectly, it turns outâthat they would be allotted AZ based on availability at that time. I thought, OK, Iâll also request Moderna through the general online system to leave this option openâwhatever comes first. Well, the next step was the MOE deciding that postsecondary teachers are not teachers and therefore not included in category 7. At that point, I was left with Moderna only. I added BNT as soon as it was possible to do so, and I will receive that vaccine in the first round Iâve been eligible.
In short, I have followed a convoluted path showing quite clearly that I am not very brightâoverestimating the MOE, Modernaâs delivery schedule, and my potential luck all at once.
Guy
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I still donât understand, but thatâs probably down to me.
You are not alone.
Guy
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come on man, what happen?
you know you could have gone to a clinic and asked? or you could have changed to medigen? You could have done it, but you clearly donât believe in medigen and it seems you are doing mental gymnastics to get around the fact you clearly seemed quite fixated on the mRNA vaccines? Did you also tell others to get anything asap? just asking.
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Locally produced Medigen is available to pretty much any adult who wants it.
oh good.
There seems to be a change in registration groups today. They now allow age 44 to register.
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I believe it was 47 and older previously so now itâs 44 and older. And this is for the first BNT shot. All the press releases, etc. are written so poorly so anyone feel free to correct me.
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I think they should keep lowering the ages until all the available registration for that week is full. After the first 2 days of opening for a specific group, if there are still spots, then continue to widen the groups. There is no reason that we canât continue to give out 300k shots a day or close to whatever the potential is. Maybe that is what they are doing now.
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They have more supplyâin this case of BNTâthan demand. This is good!
Guy
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So more supply of medigen, biontech and Astra zeneca than demand? How does Taiwan want to reach over 80 percent vaccination rate? I said already this wonât happen without announcing further reduction in their zero covid strategy. Vietnam and Australia did so just yesterday⌠Only China and new Zealand that havenât announced when life including travel will start againâŚ
What are you talking about? This is the first moment where there has been sufficient vaccines
Yes I know, but it comes earlier than expected⌠And that is not due too unexpected deliveries⌠so far itâs all going like I said 2-3 months ago. Without further announcement donât expect vaccination rates over 80 percent, max 70 double vaxxed.
I donât get you logic. I know loads of people waiting for vaccines.
Also as I mentioned before, just offer a free Starbucks and all the laggards will take it.
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You need around 90 percent of the people over 12years to reach 80 percent vaccination rate. It doesnât look like 6-12 years are getting vaxxed soon. No studies done on 6-12 year olds yet AFAIK.
And again same pattern as in Europe, once itâs not scarce anymore less people will want it. People were dodging lines to get itâŚ
But now many will not take the second shot if there arenât incentives. For young people travel and be able to come back without quarantine being the number oneâŚ
As even Vietnam and Australia are looking forward to open rather soon, that leaves only nz, Taiwan and China as the odd ones out. Pressure is mounting upâŚ