Lamberto L. Macias Sports & Cultural Complex
Near the provincial capital.
They are aware of the new rule.

 

My wife tried there, only Astra available, the vaccine they stopped using in Europe because of side effects, and also the booster that promises least protection against Omicron, I don't want a "better than nothing" booster on top of my "better than nothing" Sinovac, so no thank you.

 

Availability of the deep-freeze mRNA vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) is a day to day thing. Deploy to the field at the wrong time, and some expires and goes to waste. You can call in the morning and ask what is on tap that day.

 

I was given the choice of Astra or Pfizer. My original jab was Sinovac. I chose Pfizer for the booster.

 

I think that getting the booster is a top priority since the typhoon as the social distancing seems to be a thing of the past everywhere

 

You're right Charly, people are influenced by the very positive recent development regarding reported new cases in our province and elsewhere in the Philippines. With Omicron inevitably coming our way eventually, and armed with the knowledge of what's happening in Europe and North America now, we have to fear that it will spread widely and quickly even before the reported case numbers start to substantially rise again. What many people forget is that in the Philippines, the estimated percentage of reported vs actual infections runs close to only 5%. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if the public perception of the situation won't change quickly enough to adjust behaviour in time, and if somewhere between mid February and the end of March hospitals will be full again.
Even if the preliminary findings about Omicron hold, i.e. that it makes people on average less ill than previous variants, then the sheer number of new infections will still cause (a lot of) trouble for hospitals.

 

Now on a Lighter note.