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Dirk Z

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  1. My experience is that what they actually wanted is proof of some address other than a hotel or guest house. I live in a condo that is in my wife's name. So we drew up a rental contract stating that I rent space there for unlimited time. And that provided for the tick in the box. Apart from that the visa needs to be OK, I don't know if a tourist visa will do, since I have a retirement visa. But some proof of address may help.

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  2. 19 minutes ago, TheRealRobin said:

    Statistically you are more likely (I think around 80+%) to die from covid if you are obese, suffer from hypertension or heart disease. So you are correct about natural selection, but it will not be based on whether you believed in the vaccine or not, it will be based on how well you've looked after your own health in the past.

    You are half correct. Statistically you are more likely (I think around 80+%) to die from covid if you are obese, suffer from hypertension or heart disease AND if you are not vaccinated.

  3. 3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

    Why is that those ‘claiming latest research’ only ever post without a link, without anything to back up their claim and when they do its never a reliable source such as the CDC, WHO, LANCET or anything Peer Reviewed ???

     

    Dick Z... I do agree with your assertion that IF the spread of virus is equally probable from Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated people then taking a vaccine in the first places comes down to personal choice rather than community choice.

     

    However, that is a big ‘IF’... Additionally, when it is already proven that vaccinated people are protected from contracting the virus (and testing positive for) Covid-19 in the first place (i.e. 95% of those dual vaccinated with Pfizer) then their already is a far lesser possibility of community spread. Add to this fact that for those who do contract Covid-19 do so to a far lesser degree (minimised symptoms), they are carrying less viral load and gain, the risk of transmission, or degree of transmission is again minimised as a result of the vaccine. 

     

    Even IF as you stated above there is a risk of transmission from vaccinated people, it is clearly far less. Any research which states otherwise needs to contradict what is already understood of viral load.

     

    Ultimately if 50% (Sinovac) to 95% (Pfizer Moderna) vaccinated individual do not contract Covid-19, they cannot spread it (*Note, the efficacy figures quoted above are pre Delta variant figures). 

     

    Also note: That while I did make the comment for ‘sources’ to reference your claim, I do not think it necessary to provide sources of efficacy and the rest of my comment as this is widely understood and readily available information, whereas we have to dig a lot deeper to source information that the risk of spread of Covid-19 is relatively equal between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. 

    Here is some additional information. It's still immature, but yet...

    https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/08/31/nu-de-vaccinatiegraad-blijft-steken-is-de-vraag-hoever-het-kabinet-wil-gaan-om-die-op-te-krikken-a4056698#/handelsblad/2021/09/01/#112

    https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/08/19/coronavaccins-beschermen-minder-goed-tegen-de-deltavariant-a4055363

    https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/files/coronavirus/covid-19-infection-survey/finalfinalcombinedve20210816.pdf

    If you have trouble with the Dutch articles... maybe that is a reason for me to omit some sources, but there is always Google translate.

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