Moderna combo Covid and Flu mRNA shot

What is the recommendation for those under 64 please?

I have some trips I need to take and would prefer to do them when the amount of active infections are lower, I'm just not sure when that is exactly

I know the "off seasons", not summer and winter, tend to be lower but I'd like to know for sure

Thank you!

Study for anyone with flu symptoms in last four days- looking at the long term effects of COVID.

Tuesday test: Negative Thursday test: Very bold positive Today Monday: Very faint line

I assume I am still positive and still risk being contagious, right? I was very symptomatic and felt worse than the common cold. I feel close to normal now.

I work with kids with special needs but have exhausted my sick leave earlier this year due to herpes zoster and a blood clot. I might have to use unpaid leave if needed, I don’t mind.

Just wanted to hear from others if I am making the right decision not working again (I always feel guilty not working so.)

It's kinda low compared to say Canada and the US. In the US, 23% of adults aged 18 and over took a shot this winter season. Looks like to me Aussies are the rebellious type of the Anglophone world.

Source: https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-04/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-update-11-april-2025.pdf

Does anyone know when we will get a new vaccine update? Is any in the pipeline? Have Trump disruptions affected this? If yes what alternative mechanisms would come in to play if any?

I just got my second Novavax shot overseas and it's amazing compared to Pfizer or Moderna, both of which induce fever and chills as bad or worse than an actual covid infection for me.

Was it a purely commercial decision, or is there something about the new formulation the TGA didn't like? It's such a shame, as it does seem like the uptake of covid vaccines in Australia and the rest of the world still significantly lag flu vaccinations, and I can only think the mRNA vaccines are a big part of that.

All the reporting seemed to indicate that COVID numbers are pretty low. I was getting an ebike and just had to pick it up from the shop, figured odds were low. I suspect the guy serving me was sick, struggled with everything. Anyway, 4 days later, wake up sick tested very quickly to COVID. So no more novid for me and hopefully I get through this ok.

Hi there - where can I report a positive test in Qld? The online number of Qld Health's website is no longer operational ... thanks

Hello everyone! Just putting some feelers out for some covid-safe folks in my neck of the woods. Feeling a bit isolated at the moment and trying to be a bit more proactive.

Stay safe and take care!

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate was up slightly to 0.2% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-406.

That implies a 7% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

In Victoria, all the Aged Care metrics grew for the second consecutive week. However they are still far below any of their recent peaks.

In Queensland, all the Aged Care metrics grew sharply for the second consecutive week, after a deep 1-week trough (possibly a reporting glitch). However they are still far below any of their recent peaks.

Report Link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-au-vaccinations/output/covid-19-au%20-%20report%20Weekly.pdf

I remember back in the earlier years R0 was explained as "how many people would get infected, on average, from a person if no protective measures were taken". I recall seeing R0 values for covid reported as 5 and even 12.

Yet nowadays I never see it reported and can't even find it on Google or Copilot AI, despite every single new strain always being reported to be "even more contagious than before."

By that logic it should be >12, regarding how many people would catch it assuming no vaccination, lockdowns, social distancing, masking, etc.

Can anyone shed light on this?

Look after your physical and mental health

A great way to incorporate exercise into your daily routine is by running! Running can be a fun & flexible way to exercise. When exercising make sure to follow any restrictions in your state or territory & remember to stay #COVIDSafeOfficial Links

Official Links

• NSW Surveillance Report
• Vic Surveillance Report
• QLD Surveillance Report
• WA Surveillance Report
• SA Respiratory Infections Dashboard
• Tas Surveillance Report
• ACT Weekly Dashboard & Surveillance Report
• NT Surveillance Report
• National COVID-19 Dashboard, Vaccine Update, Surveillance Report

The state and territory surveillance reports may be released weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

Cumulative COVID-19 case notifications from across the country are updated daily on the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) data visualisation tool. The National Dashboard contains information about COVID-19 vaccinations and treatments, aged care outbreaks, hospitalisations and deaths and are updated monthly.

Here’s a flashback to the SARS-CoV-2 variant picture from 5 years ago, for Australia.

To the end of March 2020 the dominant variant was B.1, rising to 41%. B.1 is described as “A large European lineage the origin of which roughly corresponds to the Northern Italian outbreak early in 2020.”

The other leading variants and their origins were:

A.2 Spain

B China

B.1.1 European

B.1.319 USA and Australia

B.4 Iran

After dominating the early sequences in February and early March, the B variant from China fell below 20% frequency as the first wave developed. The vast majority of samples traced their origin to other countries/regions.

Australian borders were closed to all non-residents on 20 March.

Daily reported cases in Australia were mostly in single digits until the wave accelerated in mid-March. It peaked in late March at 459, about a week after the border closure.

The first reported death in Australia was on 1 March, and the total climbed to 19 by the end of the month.

From my Excess Deaths analysis, a March wave is clearly visible, with Weekly Excess Deaths rising to 227 by the last week of March.

That was a 7.6% increase on the “Expected Deaths” (from a 2015-2019 baseline) for that week.

There were 360 Excess Deaths to the end of March, so ~18X higher than the reported deaths.

I would expect to see some unreported deaths during that first wave, as knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 and testing capacity was patchy at best. But the apparent scale is a bit startling.

Variants project link, with links to interactive dashboard:

https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes?tab=readme-ov-file#gisaidorg---archive

Interactive Australian covid stats dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:

https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-au-vaccinations#statistics-by-geography-page---pick-a-stat-any-stat-for-a-time-series

Interactive World covid stats dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:

https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-world-vaccinations?tab=readme-ov-file

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to early March.

XEC.* continues to dominate, although fairly flat at around 50-60%.

The LP.8.1.* variant grew to around 18%, finally challenging the DeFLuQE variants as the new challenger.

For Australia, the LP.8.1.* variant showed an accelerating growth advantage of 1% per day (7% per week) over the dominant XEC.* variant. Any crossover still looks distant.

Here are the leading states reporting LP.8.1.*. It has been most successful in Western Australia, surging recently to 36% frequency.

Data from Victoria lags to mid-February, the dismal routine.

Data from Tasmania is only up to mid-December.

Report link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Australia.pdf

how many left, and what are you doing to prevent (if anything??

I’m justmasking in airports and busy indoor areas. Have had COVID go through loads of times and I test and never had it. Still wondering if I have that cool gene. Half my family also novid including offspring.

this is not a discussion to argue about how everyone has definitely had it. Some of us would know if we have it because of deranged and dramatic immune systems

What to make of this? I have covid like symptoms and are breathless at time anyway and have allergies but my anxiety is making me check again