Fester,
Dead right !

Fester,

What science-based evidence about recent coronavirus variants are you referring to?

Hi JF,

The covid vaccines I have received have all been rigorously tested, and the evaluation is ongoing. I know a few antivaxers who have raised concerns about the evidence for the safety and efficacy of covid vaccines. Two claimed to have a sound basis for these views. One directed me to a site that claimed there were currently a trillion demons encircling the earth, some rubbish about Donald Trump the world saviour, then some crap about how 5000 celebrity illuminati were about to be arrested for paedophilia (at this point I lost interest in the site). The other gave me a link to a talk by a fundamentalist religious nutter. The site contained links to numerous other religious antivax sites, including one suggesting that you would go to hell if you were vaccinated.

The current stats from Queensland indicate a nine fold increase in the risk of hospitalisation for unvaccinated compared to fully vaccinated persons. I feel sorry for people who distrust information provided with the best intention by health authorities and instead choose to believe antivax nutjobs.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/12/howard-stern-rips-novak-djokovics-anti-vax-stance-in-profanity-laden-tirade/

Well the poor kid didn't get far. She had only got to Nerang yesterday to pick up more of her gear, & the header tank of her radiator burst "with a bang". My son borrowed a tilt tray from a mate, & picked the thing up & brought it here this afternoon. Looks like he is going to have more work to do for her. He is getting sick of it, but she is a nice girl, who has had a lousy deal, so can't help himself.

He said the header tank is spilt wide open about 15cm along the top front. He thinks it may have been previously damaged, but the radiator cap must have not let pressure out. Evidentially the EGR valve on these can fail in a way that lets exhaust pressure into the cooling system, I doubt a head gasket could do it.

Luckily it happened before she had got too far, or she would have been on her own.

Hi Fester,

How could vaccine for Omicron be vigorously tested in the time frame since it was recently discovered?

Just like there is nonsense in blah blah among anti vaxers there is also nonsense among pro vaxers. For example there is no stay safe advice or government mandate about need to eat essential nutritious meals (almost daily) to strengthen natural immunity to fight disease. There is no sense in ignoring nature that has in fact been rigioursly tested.

Some of us who have already had covid symptoms conscientiously
prefer to rely on our own natural immune system instead of being squirted with a money making out of date coronavirus strain vaccine.

To not he allowed into a restaurant or a country with our own natural healthy immune system is absurd and preposterous.

Hasbeen,
I suggest putting a desert spoon of pepper in the radiator and leave the pressure cap off and dont drive too fast in hot weather. And keep checking the temp gauge and water level.
Good on your son for helping.