Pfizer Vaccine arrived today via CX

[JMock]

no word in the media?

who is first in line?

[Rie]

I think they will have more fanfare when the Sinovac arrives. 1 Country, 1 System and all...

[PatObrien]

JMock, no one. Something else is at work here, obviously. I reflected on this point as I stood in line waiting for my airport-entry COVID test (one I’ve done numerous times already), and the threat of 5000 HKD fine starting March 1. Why not me and the 100+ individuals lining up for a COVID VAC instead?

[3Greens]

because they’ll rightly prioritise those groups that are at risk of serious illness and death before they consider your minor inconveniences of waiting in a line.

[PatObrien]

3, that wasn’t a personal bugaboo. Just pointing out the fact that the government is imposing ANOTHER layer of oversight on TESTING after a YEAR, when they could be engaging on VACCINATION. In whatever sequence. You know this, stop acting obtuse.

[PatObrien]

Somebody, for V...how many deaths in HK this week due to COVID.

[PR0PWASH]

Not darting around the world in the middle of a pandemic would probably help the situation

[PatObrien]

.........Huh?

[PatObrien]

And Pr(0)p, last time I felt the WASH was in 1992. No disrespect, just refernce that’s all.

[PatObrien]

*reference

[Jetdream]

So flight crew to be one of the first groups to get jabbed.

[ACMS]

SCMP just said Sinovac jabs next week and Pilots would be first.......
So, who’s rolling up their sleeve for a Sinovac jab?

[Jnr380]

I would rather get a prostate check by Edward scissor hands!

[LLLQNH]

It will be a condition of employment soon watch! See how many people turn it down then!

[Oasis]

So does anybody know which vaccine the crew will get?

[doolay]

The cheapest one.

[Sir KDM Lowe]

Jnr380

Now that is funny... :)

[Curry Lamb]

doolay

Which really is nothing other than a diluted saline solution, so it’s perfectly safe

[BBN RADAR]

And if it turns out to be more than that, not to worry - your family gets $2.5 mil if you die
:}

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1576100-20210217.htm?spTabChangeable=0

[Rie]

Better off with some side effects. 3 million keeps me in my apartment for a few more years once the allowance runs out.

[Curry Lamb]

I’m not sure what would constitute “serious side effects”, but it may very well be good ones.

Should one “grow” by a few inches, after taking said vaccine, and collect 3 mil in the process, the story would certainly have a very happy ending :}

[JMock]

Just failed in an attempt to post the 29 centres that have been designated vax centres.
5 are to offer Sinovac
24 BioNTech

[Rie]

I think there is an approval required for links sometimes. If anyone is interested it is on covidvaccine . gov . hk / en / programme
click the list of centres and it'll show them all with included vaccine

[Adam Nams]

Link here (https://www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/en/programme) if needed

List of venues and type of vaccines issued (opens in pdf) (https://www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/pdf/List_of_CVC_Venues.pdf)

[Rie]

All open for bookings, most greyed out. Sino at the moment but end of the week they say Pfizer will be unlocked for booking. From company information it looks like the CAD has no objection to either options.

[Jnr380]

I’m so glad so many people are willing to take the Sinovac one! This hopefully leaves my family and I with the Pfizer one

[Curry Lamb]

I got poked yesterday, Sinovacs, and so far no serious side effects, such as growing a spine :}

People just couldn't wait to book jabs: Carrie Lam
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1576951-20210223.htm

[Rie]

Curry, we know the truth! That was a long needle. Couldn’t have been sinovac

[Sue Ridgepipe]

SCMP just said Sinovac jabs next week and Pilots would be first.......
So, who’s rolling up their sleeve for a Sinovac jab?
I think this piece of CCP propaganda might help answer that.....
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202102/1216336.shtml

[Sleepsleep]

No it didn't answer the question. The propaganda piece merely mentioned that many people wanted vaccines and it did not quote exact statistics from the covid jab registration website. (How many signed up for Sinovac and BioNTech respectively?) The politician mentioned, Victor Chan Chi-Ho, is pro-establishment as evidenced by which political party he is in, so the citizens he is in contact with probably is as well. And this claim is justified because...
Victor Chan is a MAINLAND CCP OFFICIAL in Nanning town, Guangxi province and the vice-chairperson of a pro-CCP group (香港政協青年聯會, sorry can't find an English translation for the name), consisting of mainly descendants of rich HK businessmen. I don't think the opinions he gathered in the community are really representative of the HK population.
The article only serves to make the blue ribbon camp love the CCP more. It didn't answer anything.

[1200firm]

Is that a former DFO's son getting the jab in the photo? Why would he be wearing uniform?

[ACMS]

You’ve never heard of PR?

[cabbages]

Evan was gutted not to get that photo opportunity, but Pete has been putting the work in with multiple bicep curls and was clearly the best choice on this occasion.

[Busbert]

Look at those guns. We’ll have to start calling him “Pistol Pete”!

[Oasis]

why the uniform indeed, one would hope he’s not going flying straight after.

[ACMS]

Well hello, anyone home, it’s obvious a PR exercise to show the public the crew are getting vaccines........surely a good opportunity.

[MENELAUS]

Except for the fact that it’s the wrong vaccine.

[Curry Lamb]

ACMS

Being received by a narcissistic sycophant of note, who has zero moral values - just ask a certain ex SO

[ACMS]

Joe and Jane Public don’t know that.....

Its designed to show Cathay crew are doing their bit.

[DownUnderThunder]

Globocnik

What makes you say that?

[MENELAUS]

ACMS

And has already been blackballed by the FAA as incompatible with licensing issue. Politics perhaps. However, worth bearing in mind that at least one fairly big player in the pilot licensing stakes considers it unsuitable for pilots.

[Curry Lamb]

ACMS

And how’s that working out for CXi so far? 2 weeks quarantine, corporate “image” in absolute shambles, crew relations at rock bottom, and just wait for those financial results in April - it’s gonna read like Stephen Kings horror story :ouch:

[carolknows]

Any reason why we can't lockdown like Auckland and get the cases over with?

[MENELAUS]

Yeah. Lockdown for how long ? A year. Panic over one case. Plunge your economy back to barter status.
Plenty of reasons

[1200firm]

BioNtech bookings opened today.

[Dragon Pacific]

Yep. Booked mine. Easy.

[Rie]

Same, simple process. Limited options for now but will open up soon.

[Dragon Pacific]

I’m hoping that they will reduce quarantine requirements for pilots that are vaccinated so I’m happy to get in early.

[Flying Clog]

It will be at least September, with or without a vaccine.

Saying that, I've booked mine. Easy.

[Jnr380]

A bit of wishful thinking. As much as I would love to leave my plush jail cell to explore an outport, it’ll be a cold day in hell when the government allows us to step out at an outport before years end

[anxiao]

Also booked my "Fosun" "Comirnaty" vaccine today. Perhaps the press cannot spell Pfizer, or maybe it has been re-packaged by a local agent. A nice little earner...

What I would like to do is to echo and amplify the posts above on the booking process online. The website should be an exercise in IT classes on how to make things simple, logical and fast for the general public. It was a delight to use and simple to understand. I can assure the Hong Kong people that there are very many worse government COVID vaccination web sites around the world.

[Curry Lamb]

SINOWHACK - BEWARE !!

Two women hospitalised after getting Sinovac jabs
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1579246-20210307.htm

Seems they’re dropping like flies :eek:

[Pistolpete47]

And an old guy had a heart attack on a bus. Stick to the mtr.

[Drc40]

Not sure why anyone would accept the chi-com stick. This is the country who quit reporting COVId data months and months ago, got a free pass from their bought and paid for sock puppets (W.H.O.) and you deem them trustworthy? No thanks! They've kicked out every third party reporter and only push the chi-com narrative. Run and run far away from anything rolling out from the chi-com.

[mothy1583]

Arrived this morning to get my vaccination and discovered that, due to a packaging problem, all Pfizer vaccinations have been suspended UFN. After a while, a message came through confirming the decision and re-scheduling of appointments will happen once they have worked out the problem and whether the batches on hand have been compromised.
Very frustrating.

[MENELAUS]

P...s up in a brewery springs to mind.

[Dingleberry Handpump]

Because the manufacturer warned them of a batch fault?

Would you have gone ahead and dished them out, anyway?

[Rie]

Will be up and running again soon. A titling of a cap that is defrosting from -80 is little to worry about.

[kenfoggo]

Great! So they have injected me with a vaccine which could have been tampered with by anyone because it was not sealed properly!

[Curry Lamb]

Probably another mainland scam, real fake vaccines - like the baby milk powder a few years back, that killed off a dozen or so.

And they want to be a wold power - tell me another joke!