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For really nice plant growth you can actually add co2. Used to do that long ago when i had an aquarium. Using a fancy valve on a soda stream gas bottle.

So finally there is a bit of movement after the massive outcry about the vaccines. Just shows that if there is enough pressure, stuff can get done. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-01-07-south-africa-secures-covid-19-vaccines/

Unfortunately you are 100% right.

Yes I completely assumed they had something in place with Johnson and Johnson. Especially since they expect it to be partly manufactured here as well. But even on that front they seem to have been too busy stealing PPE tenders to do the blindingly obvious.

What my letting agents have done is just to get them blacklisted. That way future landlords are warned. Any other legal action is unfortunately a complete waste of money. Just get her out asap.

I saw their news conference/presentation.  They waffled on about non important stuff and skipped quickly over the stuff that matters. I.e. no orders in place with any vaccine  company yet. They did clearly drop the ball and make a complete mess. But it does seem they are getting heaps of...

They must just get the vaccines approved for use here and private business will do the rest. Unfortunately they are unlikely to do it since it will highlight the pathetic state of the state run medicine side.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-01-02-vaccines-for-south-africa-now/ Good read

I am super pro-vax. So much so that at some stage when I had to get a yellowfever vaccine I asked the clinic to vaccinate me against everything they can. I was vaccinated against something like 15 diseases that day. I did feel odd that evening but I was fine the next day. I do not remotely try...

Also the oxford one looks like it completely prevents hospitalisation even if you are one of the few that do still get covid.

Just dont get the vaccine then - more for us! Debating science deniers is a waste of time.

Now it makes sense that we are paying more for vaccines than if we just outright bought them..... well its still stupid. But it confirms my first post that we can outright just buy doses cheaper now than we are getting it through covax.

So the covax payment we made is to get covid vaccines to low income countries. We are middle income so we are paying more than we are getting and subsidising other poorer  countries. It is exasperating...

I understand both sides of the coin. For a long time i didn't know anyone that had covid serious. And i was of the opinion everyone is over reacting. Being at a hospital every day the last three weeks due to the birth of our twins changed my mind.... its getting serious at the hospitals. And...

34 countries are already vaccinating

Here is a good article mirroring my frustrations https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-12-31-covid-19-vaccine-government-failed-and-people-of-south-africa-are-victims/

Thats part of the covax group - we will only start getting something out of that in the second quarter next year. Countries that ordered directly from the promising candidates are aleady vaccinating. All countries with a bit of brains put orders in with the leading companies directly. And that...

I find it extremely dissapointing to see that all around the world countries have pre orders for vaccines - but South Africa is nowhere. For literally a fraction of the SAA bailout we could have bought enough oxford vaccine to vaccinate the entire country. Africa is also the only continent...

We went for the antibody tests at dischem. 3 different results in 3 consecutive tests since we queried the results. So unfortunately for us it was a waste of money. I hope other people found them more useful/reliable. I think its a bit dangerous - if we did only one we might have thought we had...

Same here. My alcohol consumption went way down and I feel much better. I suspected the ban was coming and didnt stock up. The previous ban didnt bother me at all.... The first ban (when i was still regularly drinking a few beers or wine) was tough - so Im glad that a I just dont care anymore...