Greynomad wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:44 am
On a more serious note:
I am over 70.
I am also immunocompromised.
Therefore I am TWICE qualified to be included in the Covid-19 immunisation schedule 1b.
So how is it that a 20 year old girl with skin as white as mine, who claims Indigenous Status, has had her first injection (shown on ABC News, no less!), while I’m still waiting to hear when I go onto the list?
Yes, I know I’ll most likely be blasted as a racist, but I’m really pi$$ed off about this.
Maybe I’ll claim Indigenous Status myself....
Went back to the clinic yesterday. The Corowa head clinic is the local hub for vaccination.
They now have vaccine supplies, so I asked if I could book a jab.
Had to answer a swag of questions:
Date of birth?
— It’s in your records. I’m over 70, so I’m in the 1B lot.
Oh, yes. Here it is.
Do you have any disability?
—Yes, Multiple Myeloma.
That’s not a disability.
—It is when it’s terminal.
You have to have a disability... Downs Syndrome, physical disability...
— Would five collapsed vertebrae count?
Oh, yes! That’s a spinal injury. I’ll book you in now.
So a terminal cancer is not considered a disability!
I thought I just had to be over 70 to qualify. It appears not.
Also, friend in Corowa who used to attend the hospital’s private GP clinic, but moved when a new bulk-billing practice opened, phoned to book a jab.
She was told, “Sorry, you’re not on our books as a regular patient.”
Checked with Son-&-Heir: they are supposed to accept any and all people who qualify by age for the 1B rollout.
It seems each hub clinic is making up its own rules.
And when friend contacted the Health Minister’s office, they couldn’t give a flying duck (spelling?) about the situation.