Vaccine plea to community
In the almost 53 odd years I’ve been on this earth, I’ve had the occasional health “drama”. Most of us have. Some lengthy, some short term and some even, as a consequence or as a reaction to some other medical process or medication that had been placed into my body.
Fortunately, all of those “dramas” have had a happy outcome and I have gone on to continue to populate this planet.
I’d like to put those experiences into the context of our current pandemic.
It’s certainly been a roller coaster ride for the last 18 months of Covid-inspired madness. However, I’m thankful that each passing day takes us closer to an eventual resolution.
As our Prime Minister has said, and continues to say, “Australia gets vaccinated, Australia is able to live differently.“
I will also take this opportunity as an elected member in this local community to reinforce and endorse the Federal and State Government’s messages relating to Covid-19, and to specifically encourage my fellow community members to get vaccinated.
I’d also like to acknowledge, that whilst any medical procedure or drug may pose a small risk to a very small number of people, I’d like to reassure, by my experience.
My vaccination was uneventful.
Catching the virus on the other hand, and transmitting it in my community, has a larger risk.
I weighed this up before making my decision to get vaccinated. And get vaccinated I did. My wife and I made appointments, (it did involve a little waiting on the phone but we got there in the end).
We walked in. I waited for my name to be called. Rolled my sleeve up and was jabbed with the needle full of potentially blood-clot forming vaccine. Yes, that very one.
A few drops of blood followed the extraction of the needle, (unfortunately it jabbed a bit of an old sunspot on the way in) but this was rapidly rectified by the application of a band-aid.
We waited the 15 minutes or so we went home.
Over the next few days we paid attention to our vital signs and I am pleased to announce we have survived and are both looking forward to our second dose. Now only around 3 weeks away.
As I mentioned before, I have been sick once or twice in my life and even had a reaction to a medical procedure previously. On all of those occasions I noticed something was wrong and sought and received medical attention. I saw this as no different.
I have also stood alongside my wife and our children as they have had medical procedures and acted accordingly if anything appeared unusual.
I’m not about to stop getting medical treatment for any problems that may afflict me in the future. I will ask questions of my Doctors and weigh up the risks but overwhelmingly, I will continue to put my faith in the medical community and science and seek out the expertise of those thus trained in the future as the need arises.
Each day takes us closer to an eventual resolution. Getting vaccinated will help us get on top of this and back to normal life as soon as possible.
I commend you to roll your sleeves up and do your bit.
– Andrew Gale, Warwick
Hats off to Southern Downs Regional Council!
As relatively new residents in Stanthorpe we were hesitant to approach the Council re the state of the foot path outside our home that was a dangerous trip hazard for my elderly husband and others walking the street.
On the 15th July a request was sent via Email, and to our utter amazement within ten days a team of maintenance men arrived with soil to repair footpath.
We have appreciated the prompt response and thank the Council workers for their help.
Sincerely yours,
– Lavinia and John Reid, Stanthorpe
’Green wrecking balls’
Claiming to save the world from the global warming ghosts, climate alarmists are smashing our future with Green Wrecking Balls.
Greens say they love trees.
However their policies destroy ridge-line forests to make room for subsidised bird-chopping wind turbines with their clear-felled spider-webs of roads and transmission lines.
They also encourage fierce forest firestorms by preventing the protective patchwork of the many small fires once lit by aboriginals and pastoralists. We have a choice – many small fires or a few huge wildfires. Greens have also forced foresters out of the forests, thus removing their practical forest conservation.
Green agendas have also resulted in clearing forests to feed distant power stations with “green” wood pellets and to make room for biofuel plantations. The solar panels they subsidise are smothering grasslands and farms with landscapes of sun-stealing plastic shades (made in China). And where they use mirrors to focus solar heat, birds get roasted on the wing.
Not content with destroying forests and farmland with the plastic, steel and concrete clutter of the green energy twins, turbines and panels are now wearing out and loading landfills with un-degradable plastic waste. Not green at all.
Once Australia had cheap reliable electricity powered by coal and hydro but Green Wrecking Balls are destroying coal power in favour of those unreliable and intermittent energy twins – wind and solar. This has made electricity expensive and unreliable, with zero measurable benefit for the climate.
After their destructive war on coal, the Green Wrecking Balls are now taking aim at cattle.
Green Wreckers are also destroying Australia’s water security and flood mitigation by opposing new dams and weirs and by wasting stored water on “environmental flows”. Droughts and floods will come again.
More Green Wrecking Balls have shredded the reputations of once-trusted organisations like CSIRO, ABC and most Universities. And they green-wash our kids at every opportunity. People increasingly doubt the constant dirge of Climate Alarmism from these Green Cuckoos bred in their cosy taxpayer-funded nests.
Finally, Green Educators have corroded standards in maths, science and engineering, replacing hard data and analysis with manipulated models and green fables.
There is a green agenda, but it’s more about world government than about the environment. It is time to start wrecking the Green Wrecking Balls.
– Viv Forbes, Washpool
Response: Last week’s letters
I wasn’t going to bother responding to ’Mr Anonymous Dam Brigader’ whose letter seems childish and full of misinformation. But in the end some things shouldn’t be let go.
Your claim that connecting Connolly Dam to Storm King Dam would not work is totally refuted by our recent experience as well as modelling done by experts. Do you actually live here?
Secondly what does the modelling say about Emu Swamp Dam in a severe drought? It says that when Storm King is empty Emu Swamp will be as well. Common sense really. Both dams are close together on the same river system- why would you expect any difference?
Connolly Dam which saved us last time is on a different river system and experiences different rain events and micro climate patterns. Connecting to it is a recommendation from experts commissioned by SDRC!
Thirdly, you claim that POW dispute the Badu report. If so why would POW make the report available to anyone through links on their website if they disputed it? Do you wish people not to read the 10.6. 20 Badu report because it’s modelling shows that Emu Swamp is 90 per cent viable only if the dam proponents can get 2300 million litres annually from upstream? (A water allocation it does not currently have.) It also specifically advises GBIP to acquire 400 million litres per annum from the Storm King Dam allocation. ( i.e. our town water allocation.) Your claim that SDRC can sell its unused water has not been strongly supported by the Queensland State Government modelling which has been provided to council.
Can I suggest that you actually read the various reports instead of voicing opinion or spin. (You will know which one applies.)
Mr Tancred’s letter. In a transparent democracy voters (we ratepayers / your employers ) ask questions of you to be sure that you are working in our best interest. When you the politician refuse to answer questions claiming that you don’t wish to “bore or confuse“ we ratepayers, one would have to wonder about your arrogance or wonder what is being hidden.
It appears to me that SDRC’s involvement in Emu Swamp is a necessity for GBIP’s business case but financially and long term a bad idea for ratepayers. If you were kind enough to honestly and openly answer ratepayer questions you might lead us to different conclusions. Yours respectfully.
– John Morison, Stanthorpe
