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Clarification: by WA, I'm meaning Western Australia, not Washington State USA.
Anyway, having seen the local Health Minister's presser this afternoon (almost half an hour after it was originally scheduled - clearly she's been taking lessons from the Premier) I have taken the precaution of printing out both my COVID-19 Digital Certificate (from My.Gov) which lists the last two COVID vaccines I've received (in my case, the second dose and the booster) but also my full immunisation history from the Medicare website, which shows that I've had three COVID shots (as well as the most recent flu shot). I shall take them with me if I'm planning to head to anywhere that might need proof of vaccination to let me in (big if, these days - at this stage, anywhere that's going to need proof of vaccination status is also going to be far too noisy for me to be interested in visiting).
I really need to see about getting the rest of my vaccinations up to date. I'm almost certainly due for a batch of boosters, as well as things like the Gardasil shot (to prevent cervical cancer) and hopefully the chicken pox one as well (since I've had both chicken pox and shingles, I'd like to prevent further incidents).
I have also checked on my supply of masks, since I'm going to be needing to wear one at work for all of this coming week (mask mandate has been extended to 6pm 07 JAN 2022). Yay. The worst thing as far as I'm concerned about wearing a mask while I'm at work is this: it slows down the rate at which I'm keeping hydrated, and in summer, I need to keep hydrated. I'm tempted to get one of those water backpacks with the straw attachment, so I can poke that under the mask and take sips as required. Ah well, hopefully by Friday the nice people at the health department will have located the last close contacts who needed to be tested, and we can all take off the masks and relax a bit.
Anyway, having seen the local Health Minister's presser this afternoon (almost half an hour after it was originally scheduled - clearly she's been taking lessons from the Premier) I have taken the precaution of printing out both my COVID-19 Digital Certificate (from My.Gov) which lists the last two COVID vaccines I've received (in my case, the second dose and the booster) but also my full immunisation history from the Medicare website, which shows that I've had three COVID shots (as well as the most recent flu shot). I shall take them with me if I'm planning to head to anywhere that might need proof of vaccination to let me in (big if, these days - at this stage, anywhere that's going to need proof of vaccination status is also going to be far too noisy for me to be interested in visiting).
I really need to see about getting the rest of my vaccinations up to date. I'm almost certainly due for a batch of boosters, as well as things like the Gardasil shot (to prevent cervical cancer) and hopefully the chicken pox one as well (since I've had both chicken pox and shingles, I'd like to prevent further incidents).
I have also checked on my supply of masks, since I'm going to be needing to wear one at work for all of this coming week (mask mandate has been extended to 6pm 07 JAN 2022). Yay. The worst thing as far as I'm concerned about wearing a mask while I'm at work is this: it slows down the rate at which I'm keeping hydrated, and in summer, I need to keep hydrated. I'm tempted to get one of those water backpacks with the straw attachment, so I can poke that under the mask and take sips as required. Ah well, hopefully by Friday the nice people at the health department will have located the last close contacts who needed to be tested, and we can all take off the masks and relax a bit.
