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Katie Woolf spoke with COTA NT CEO Sue Shearer · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And we have been talking about those vaccination rates and
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  Speaker 1: some of the changes that have come into play. I
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  Speaker 1: know some of you are very unhappy with those calls
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  Speaker 1: from amsand that we need to get to ninety to
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  Speaker 1: ninety five percent when it comes to those vaccine numbers.
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  Speaker 1: But one announcement that was made yesterday that has quite
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  Speaker 1: a few people pretty pleased. I think you'd have to say.
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  Speaker 1: I've had numerous people get in contact with me over
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  Speaker 1: recent weeks to say, Katie, I really want to get
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  Speaker 1: the vaccine, but I don't want to get the Astroseneka.
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  Speaker 1: I want to get the phizer. We now know that
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  Speaker 1: anybody over the age of twelve is able to get
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  Speaker 1: the fires a vaccine. And joining us in the studio
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  Speaker 1: to talk more about this is the Council of the
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  Speaker 1: Aging CEO here in the Northern Territory Soushire are good
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  Speaker 1: morning morning. Oh hang on, I turned your wrong microphone on,
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  Speaker 1: So I told myself I wouldn't do that.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'd love to see your face to face.
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  Speaker 1: It it is. It's lovely to see you as well.
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  Speaker 1: And so what was the reaction yesterday from some of
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  Speaker 1: our more senior territorians to the fact that they can
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  Speaker 1: now get that vaccine the visor.
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  Speaker 2: I was so excited, but actually it's not the relieved
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  Speaker 2: they relieve now. I've had quite a few people call
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  Speaker 2: and discussed with me, and I've said, look, I'm not
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  Speaker 2: a health expert, but why can't I get visor. I've
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  Speaker 2: spoken here and spoken there, and I really want the visor.
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  Speaker 2: So I think a lot of seniors will be very
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  Speaker 2: relieved that now they have the choice. So, as you
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  Speaker 2: said yesterday with those was it five hundred, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: There was about six hundred. Yesterday there was one hundred lets,
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  Speaker 1: so that was out of the super clinic at Palmerston.
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  Speaker 2: I know a lot of our seniors will be, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in the church we're booking in to get the visor.
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  Speaker 2: Discuss it with their doctor first, obviously.
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  Speaker 1: But go for it.
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  Speaker 2: So really happy news.
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  Speaker 1: Was there much hesitancy for the astrosenica from some of
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  Speaker 1: our seniors in the community.
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  Speaker 2: There has been a fair few, but as you saw,
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  Speaker 2: I was surprised on our Facebook page, the anti vaxer's
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  Speaker 2: got hold of it so and as we deleted them
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  Speaker 2: all and said that's not your platform, that's our platform.
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  Speaker 2: So there's still a lot of really anti vaxers out there,
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  Speaker 2: which I don't know how you reach them. And one
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  Speaker 2: of the biggest anti vaxers, unfortunately, is a person who's
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  Speaker 2: in a position of power in a particular religious organization
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  Speaker 2: in the Northern Tertiary. And we had a few very
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  Speaker 2: distressed people call up, ladies call up and say, you
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  Speaker 2: know that that person is telling them not to get
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  Speaker 2: the vaccines.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I do hope that authorities are aware of that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think it's certainly one thing to have
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  Speaker 1: your own personal opinion when it comes to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to the vaccines, but then you know, to be sort
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  Speaker 1: of forcing that down.
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  Speaker 2: Position of powers, especially in a religious view, is just
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  Speaker 2: really not on. And as you said, I sent it
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  Speaker 2: straight to the health department, straight to the powers that
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  Speaker 2: be there. But how do you stop how do you
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  Speaker 2: stop that sort of well, really to meet ignorance and
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  Speaker 2: these one particular person has a couple of health issues
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  Speaker 2: and if they ever got COVID, they wouldn't be here.
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  Speaker 2: So that's that's a really sad state of affairs. But
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  Speaker 2: the hesitancy, the ones with the vaccine hesitancy, now they've
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  Speaker 2: got the choice. I'm sure you'll see an uptake, as
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  Speaker 2: you said, with those fires of ones. There an uptake
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  Speaker 2: in having the vaccine and staying safe. And as we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about before, though, Katie, I think it's a shane.
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  Speaker 2: We've all most of us have had well, the ones
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  Speaker 2: who want to see and go away have had their vaccines.
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  Speaker 2: I think a little bit of empathy should be shown
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  Speaker 2: here over Christmas. If we want to go to some
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  Speaker 2: hot spots to see relatives, which we have some people
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  Speaker 2: haven't seen for a long long time. They're totally up
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  Speaker 2: to date with their vaccines. Why can't they come home
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  Speaker 2: and self isolate, especially if they live alone or a
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  Speaker 2: couple live together. I think, you know, we have to
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  Speaker 2: be a little bit more shure, a little bit more empathy,
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  Speaker 2: and you know it's not a great risk, especially if
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  Speaker 2: they've just come home and isolate. So I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: see the Northern Churchary government give senies in the Tertary
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  Speaker 2: a very good Christmas present.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and you're not the only one. We've certainly had
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  Speaker 1: other industry leaders as well saying that they want that
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  Speaker 1: certainty around Christmas time. I know Jarvis Ryan from the
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  Speaker 1: Education Union as well saying that teachers need that certainty
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  Speaker 1: and in many cases if they're working out in the
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  Speaker 1: bush for example. It's going to help them determine whether
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  Speaker 1: they come back next year or not.
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  Speaker 2: Oh exactly. So I know that John Patterson has said,
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  Speaker 2: you know, ninety five percent, but you know, really the
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  Speaker 2: ones who can prove that they are vaccinated at least
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  Speaker 2: and maybe that might be an inducement for the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the people to get vaccinated duh, who are a
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  Speaker 2: little bit hesitant. But the other thing, Katie, has been
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  Speaker 2: discussed as well. We've had the Department of Health at
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  Speaker 2: Cody this week calling the over eighties exces to talk
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  Speaker 2: to them and see have they had their vaccine, is
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  Speaker 2: there a problem or they like to discuss because these
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  Speaker 2: are all registered nurses as well, to discuss their problems.
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  Speaker 2: And if they haven't got any family, they are all alone,
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  Speaker 2: but they do want to get the vaccine. We're quite
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  Speaker 2: to pick them up in our little bus and two
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  Speaker 2: of them off to get their sex so they stay safe.
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  Speaker 1: So that's really good to hear. And so you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's been so much discussion obviously about COVID and about
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  Speaker 1: the vaccination rates. But I understand as well that the
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  Speaker 1: Senior's Card, the directory has been released.
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  Speaker 2: I've got hold off the press, hold off the press,
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  Speaker 2: you can give one. I know you're too young. I
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  Speaker 2: know you're older and bolder, but that's for your mom.
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  Speaker 2: That's your mom. We know that scene is in a
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  Speaker 2: nothern church are very loyal, they spend locally and we
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  Speaker 2: do really want to help the businesses stay in business.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what that directory is all about. And everyone
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  Speaker 2: in there offers some sort of discount to a senior.
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  Speaker 2: So go to your electric office, or go to the library,
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  Speaker 2: or come into Coder collect your copy. It's we've really
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  Speaker 2: increased it. There's over over four hundred businesses in the now.
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  Speaker 2: It's really grown and grown, and business is really happy
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  Speaker 2: that they've supported it this year. We know it's tough
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  Speaker 2: but to give a discount as well, so we're really
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  Speaker 2: really please. And Katie running out of time, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: really excited about our next event, which is Grandparents' Day,
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  Speaker 2: and we've got one of our entries dropped off yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: This young Indigenous primary school student has done a painting
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  Speaker 2: of her, a special Indigenous painting of her going hunting
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  Speaker 2: with her grandmother and learning on about it. So it's
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  Speaker 2: just wonderful to see that's on the that's the twenty
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  Speaker 2: first of October, So all the schools please get your
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  Speaker 2: entries in. We'd like to see as many entries as possible.
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  Speaker 2: NBM is a major sponsor, as is an ordurchy government
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  Speaker 2: and the whole idea, as you can see by that
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  Speaker 2: I should have brought it to show you it's a
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  Speaker 2: wonderful painting, is that we respect our elders and we
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  Speaker 2: can learn from them and let's work together with them.
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  Speaker 1: Our you know, honestly, sceniors are such an important part
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  Speaker 1: of our community. I think to myself, you know, if
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  Speaker 1: I didn't have the assistance from my mother, I know
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  Speaker 1: that a lot of families feel the same. Whether it's
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  Speaker 1: your biological parents or whether there are other sceniors that
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  Speaker 1: are part of your life are able to help you.
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  Speaker 1: It is instrumental. They are instrumental for us in our
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  Speaker 1: community in so many different ways. And Grandparents' Day sounds
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  Speaker 1: like a fantastic day.
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  Speaker 2: Have to come down, bring him on down, and we'll
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  Speaker 2: have lots of things there for the children as well.
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  Speaker 2: But as I keep saying, really we are the social
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  Speaker 2: fabric that binds the community together, yep. So we really
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  Speaker 2: have to have a lot of respect for our seniors
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  Speaker 2: and work with them. But you should have seen them
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  Speaker 2: in Alice, Catie. There was a one called the yuk Band,
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  Speaker 2: the ukulele band and about fifteen seniors singing all the
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  Speaker 2: Roger Miller songs. That's awesomeing their ukuleles. It's their time
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  Speaker 2: to shine and like on Saturday up here, it was
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  Speaker 2: their time to shine.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, good stuff, wonderful stuff. Well sou Shi, it is
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  Speaker 1: always great to catch up with you. The CEO of Kota,
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  Speaker 1: the Council of the Aging, thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: your time this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katy, love to see your smiling face.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I'm always happy. Justite what some people say, good
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  Speaker 1: on ya, Sorry, thank you