This is so appalling. Not sure writing to my local member - the hapless out of his depth assistant treasurer - you know the one who thinks our money in super is a ‘honeypot’, will be entirely effective.
Thanks for the helpful letter, which I have sent to my MP (by snail mail ... as I have lost confidence in emailing; when inboxes are overfull, they are not really read.)
Although I agree with your sentiments in general, I think you are being slightly misleading when mentioning jabbing babies in Australia when you say:
“Our once proud TGA still recommends that babies 6 months of age and older be injected with the gene-based so-called COVID …”
I don’t think it’s actually the TGA that makes the recommendations. I believe it’s ATAGI that does the recommending and even they they don’t recommend it in this age group unless there are specific circumstances.
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COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for children aged 6 months to under 5 years with severe immunocompromise, disability, and those who have complex and/or multiple health conditions that increase the risk of severe COVID-19.
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Sorry, if this comes across as critical and nit-picky. I think you do great work but I believe ATAGI should be given at least some (small) credit for not recommending the jab for mostly healthy kids >6 months to 5 years of age.
I agree too, however it should never have been approved for this age group - they were never at risk. Anyone can argue for those immuno-compromised and other high risk conditions - but this group were excluded from the trials. My question is - how did it get provisional determination/approval for this age group - this age group alone does not meet the criteria.
Pragmatically, I don’t think the TGA had a choice. Imagine the outcry from the covidians if it wasn’t approved. Imagine, if just one child of a covidian died from/with covid and they weren’t given the option of getting the “safe and effective”. I can hear them screaming “Think about the children” over and over again. It would have been a public relations nightmare. Unfortunately, if one child dies from an adverse reaction to the jab, they will just chalk it up to temporal correlation doesn’t equal causation. The good news is only about 48% (ranging from ACT dumb asses at 72% to QLD legends at 39%) of kids 5-11 have had one shot and it goes down to 38% (65% dumb asses to 30% legends) for two shots.
Fortunately, the deaths reported for kids on the DAEN site are low:
< 5 y.o: zero
<11 y.o: 4
< 17y.o: 9
<5 y.o: 20 reported as dying from other adverse effects from other vaccines for comparison.
Here’s some covidians whingeing about not getting subsidised Paxlovid, imagine they couldn’t get the “safe and effective” for themselves or their kids.
The Clubgrubbery video is very good, but it is unfortunately also very long. Sadly, it's not easily possible to skim-listen to a video, in the way that one can skim-read a longish document. My hunch is that many people will just not listen/watch a video that lasts an hour, unless they are already tuned in to the topic, so there is a grave risk of preaching to the converted. I wish it were otherwise, but my experience is that it isn't.
In a world already too full of stimuli, it's tough to get someone already busy to drop everything else they are doing and watch a video for an hour. Not a criticism, just an observation.
since when is speaking on the floor of Parliament a violation of community standards?
This is so appalling. Not sure writing to my local member - the hapless out of his depth assistant treasurer - you know the one who thinks our money in super is a ‘honeypot’, will be entirely effective.
A much more fitting title today Phillip.
Thank you for your work.
Thanks for the helpful letter, which I have sent to my MP (by snail mail ... as I have lost confidence in emailing; when inboxes are overfull, they are not really read.)
Although I agree with your sentiments in general, I think you are being slightly misleading when mentioning jabbing babies in Australia when you say:
“Our once proud TGA still recommends that babies 6 months of age and older be injected with the gene-based so-called COVID …”
I don’t think it’s actually the TGA that makes the recommendations. I believe it’s ATAGI that does the recommending and even they they don’t recommend it in this age group unless there are specific circumstances.
——————-
COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for children aged 6 months to under 5 years with severe immunocompromise, disability, and those who have complex and/or multiple health conditions that increase the risk of severe COVID-19.
——————-
Sorry, if this comes across as critical and nit-picky. I think you do great work but I believe ATAGI should be given at least some (small) credit for not recommending the jab for mostly healthy kids >6 months to 5 years of age.
I agree too, however it should never have been approved for this age group - they were never at risk. Anyone can argue for those immuno-compromised and other high risk conditions - but this group were excluded from the trials. My question is - how did it get provisional determination/approval for this age group - this age group alone does not meet the criteria.
Pragmatically, I don’t think the TGA had a choice. Imagine the outcry from the covidians if it wasn’t approved. Imagine, if just one child of a covidian died from/with covid and they weren’t given the option of getting the “safe and effective”. I can hear them screaming “Think about the children” over and over again. It would have been a public relations nightmare. Unfortunately, if one child dies from an adverse reaction to the jab, they will just chalk it up to temporal correlation doesn’t equal causation. The good news is only about 48% (ranging from ACT dumb asses at 72% to QLD legends at 39%) of kids 5-11 have had one shot and it goes down to 38% (65% dumb asses to 30% legends) for two shots.
Fortunately, the deaths reported for kids on the DAEN site are low:
< 5 y.o: zero
<11 y.o: 4
< 17y.o: 9
<5 y.o: 20 reported as dying from other adverse effects from other vaccines for comparison.
Here’s some covidians whingeing about not getting subsidised Paxlovid, imagine they couldn’t get the “safe and effective” for themselves or their kids.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-30/long-covid-antivirals-subsidised-access-australia/101808102
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The Clubgrubbery video is very good, but it is unfortunately also very long. Sadly, it's not easily possible to skim-listen to a video, in the way that one can skim-read a longish document. My hunch is that many people will just not listen/watch a video that lasts an hour, unless they are already tuned in to the topic, so there is a grave risk of preaching to the converted. I wish it were otherwise, but my experience is that it isn't.
In a world already too full of stimuli, it's tough to get someone already busy to drop everything else they are doing and watch a video for an hour. Not a criticism, just an observation.
I usually have no problem watching videos at x 1.5 speed. This might help you somewhat.
Thanks… I have done that too, when already persuaded that the video is worth watching. Less successful otherwise, however.
Thank you will send this but so far no response to my other emails