The vaccine developed in Australia was safe.
'But UQ researchers working on the trials involving 216 people found the vaccine generated additional antibodies that tripped up some HIV tests, leading to false-positive results in those tests.'
This vaccine development has been abandoned to maintain public confidence in the development process.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-11/covid19-vaccine-csl-uq-hiv-element-what-went-wrong/12973952Australia will not commence vaccination until at least March of next year. The virus has been eliminated from the general population except for travellers who have returned from overseas and are quarantined for two weeks in hotels. Occasionally there is an outbreak as some worker at a quarantine hotel catches the virus and starts to spread it in the general community. The tracing systems are now good enough to quickly identify those who come into contact with the infected person.
Whenever I go into a restaurant, bar, library, meeting etc, I have to fill out my contact details or scan a QR code.
Consequently, there is no need to vaccinate the population immediately and it makes sense to wait until more is learned about the effects of the vaccination in other countries.
Meanwhile, back in Cecil County MD where I used to live, the latest count of cases is 2697. It will probably be at 3500 by Xmas based on the past two weeks increases. When I left on July 24, it was 577.
My stuff is getting closer. It's on its way by truck from Melbourne to Brisbane. and yesterday I bought a soldering iron. Since I have some 6V6's and 6550s, I may build Roscoe's screen driven amp.
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