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Hair salon bans patrons who have had the jab

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Gold Coast hair salon is turning away customers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, claiming they are concerned for the “health and safety” of their staff.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Khemia HI Vibe Frequency Salon at Palm Beach posted a policy update posted the policy change on its social media pages, claiming the “unknown health effects of the mRNA vaccine” are not covered by its public liability insurance.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to their new policy, customers are required to notify the salon if they have had the vaccine before making an appointment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The unknown health effects of the mRNA vaccine are not covered by our public liability insurance,” the salon wrote on its Facebook and Instagram pages.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CO96i_CJ7iz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CO96i_CJ7iz/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Khemia HI vibe Frequency Salon (@khemia_frequency_salon)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We are deeply sorry for any inconvenience to you.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All vaccines confirmed for use in Australia have been heavily regulated to ensure their safety by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Australia’s vaccine safety and regulatory process is world class and people can be confident that vaccines approved for use are safe and effective,” Acting Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, and Head of the TGA Adjunct Professor John Skerritt said in a joint statement in April.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Our vaccines will save lives and are an essential part of tackling this global pandemic.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Khemia team said the policy would be reevaluated after the completion of clinical trials in 2023.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post was also flagged by Facebook as “missing context”, and a fact box appeared beneath it that read: “Independent fact-checkers say that this information could mislead people.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The salon’s owner told 9News she had heard of women contracting side effects without actually being vaccinated.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I guess a lot of people would question that and I think it’s like anything, it’s like the disease or the virus at the moment - it’s spreading somehow and somehow women are reporting side effects when they haven’t had the host,” she told 9News.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though the side effects of vaccination might feel like you are sick, they do not mean that you are or that your symptoms are contagious, and there are no verified reports that support Ms Adler’s claims.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Side effect symptoms cannot be spread to others,” Manisha Juthani, MD, infectious disease specialist at Yale Medicine and associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine, told </span><a href="https://www.verywellhealth.com/covid-vaccine-side-effects-not-contagious-5182483"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Verywell</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “The vaccine cannot give you the virus, so the symptoms you experience are a manifestation of your immune system building a response so that you can fight the virus in the future should you be exposed to it.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Today that public hesitancy over getting the jab was understandable but would not derail the government’s plans to reopen Australia’s borders.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s understandable that some people are hesitant, but ultimately, the more people that get the jab, the better.”</span></p>

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KFC patrons get surprise of their life after Prince William visits

<div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text redactor-styles redactor-in"> <p>Prince William surprised some unexpecting KFC diners after he said hello through the glass at a London KFC.</p> <p>He was on the way to an engagement with his wife, Kate Middleton, and walked past the outlet.</p> <p>He stopped to say hi to a woman through the glass in a window seat of the store, according to photographers.</p> <p>A member of staff was visibly shocked but someone ordering at a touch screen was oblivious to who was outside.</p> <p>The takeaway chain later took to Twitter to joke about the incident, saying Prince William, or "His Royal Thighness" as they call him in one tweet, "can't wait to be wing".</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">William whispered quietly to himself; <br /><br />“Oh, I just can’t wait to be wing” <a href="https://t.co/oKlQPiV3YJ">pic.twitter.com/oKlQPiV3YJ</a></p> — KFC UK &amp; Ireland (@KFC_UKI) <a href="https://twitter.com/KFC_UKI/status/1318547339573940225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <p>The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were in Waterloo to see one of the sites featuring the Duchess of Cambridge's Hold Still community exhibition, with 112 sites around the UK showcasing shots from the digital photo exhibit.</p> </div> </div> </div>

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Busy in blue: The Queen is back to work and expressing concerns over one important aspect of her job

<p>Queen Elizabeth II is back to work today, after relaxing on a months-long summer holiday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.</p> <p>In true HRH fashion, her schedule is packed over the next few weeks, but she was full steam ahead and visited one of her patronages at Haig Housing.</p> <p>Haig Housing is the UK’s largest military housing charity as it provides over 1,500 properties across the country to armed forces veterans at affordable and accessible rates.</p> <p>For the visit, she decided to wear a matching hat and a blue double-breasted coat. The Queen finished the look with black gloves and a matching black bag.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B3eva4Lnj8T/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B3eva4Lnj8T/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Today Her Majesty The Queen visited @haighousing in Morden to officially open their new development of 70 homes. Haig Housing is the country’s largest military housing charity, with over 1,500 properties across the UK, providing affordable and accessible accommodation to armed forces veterans -some who have been severely wounded - and their families. 🎥The Bowman family welcomed The Queen into their new home. Michael served in the Grenadier Guards for 14 years, and is one of the newest residents in the development. The Queen has been Patron of @haighousing since 1952, and 70 years ago, in 1949, opened a Haig Housing estate in Jersey. (📷 swipe ⬅️⬅️) The Queen also met @royalairforceuk veteran Ken Souter, who served with 73 squadron from 1940 and flew Hurricanes in North Africa. Her Majesty recently sent Ken a birthday card to celebrate his 100th birthday 🎂 After meeting more residents and schoolchildren from the London Borough of Merton, along the Queen Elizabeth Terrace - a block named in her honour, The Queen unveiled a plaque to declare the development officially open. 📷Press Association 🎥TheRoyalFamily</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/theroyalfamily/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> The Royal Family</a> (@theroyalfamily) on Oct 11, 2019 at 6:54am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>She was greeted by local schoolchildren and Haig Housing staff upon arrival before meeting residents whose new homes in the Centenary Development have been specifically designed to meet their needs.</p> <p>The Queen has been patron of Haig Housing since 1952. It was also at Haig Housing where she met with 100-year-old World War II vetran Ken Souter, where she was “glad to see” that his special birthday card turned up.</p> <p>It is tradition that the Queen sends every citizen who turns 100 a hand-signed card, but after they’re sent off in the mailbox, it’s out of her hands.</p> <p>She added that she's "always worried" about whether or not they'll arrive on time, according to<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://twitter.com/RE_DailyMail/status/1182622399419879424?s=20" target="_blank">royal reporter Rebecca English.</a></p> <p>Souter was thrilled with the visit, saying that the Queen is a “truly amazing lady”.</p> <p>“It was an honour to meet her on her first day back on public duty,” he said.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr">The Queen meets <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyalAirForce</a> veteran Ken Souter, who joined 73 squadron in 1940 and flew Hurricanes in North Africa.<br /><br />Her Majesty recently sent Ken a birthday card to celebrate his 100th birthday 🎂 <a href="https://t.co/ql0xQSElVj">pic.twitter.com/ql0xQSElVj</a></p> — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1182611056734150658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Next week, the Queen will make several public outings, including the State Opening of Parliament, where she is expected to give the Queens’ Speech.</p> <p>She will also be attending a service with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall to celebrate the 750th  anniversary of the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey.</p>

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Duchess Kate turns heads in recycled Alexander McQueen dress

<p>Duchess Kate stepped out in style as she attended the 2019 Portrait Gala in London on Tuesday evening.</p> <p>The dress itself is a recycled Alexander McQueen gown that the Duchess previously wore to the 2017 BAFTAs.</p> <p>The dress has been refashioned to include sleeves, as it was previously an off-the-shoulder gown.</p> <p>The Duchess teamed the dress with a pink morganite and diamond earrings by Kiki McDonough as well as a Prada clutch.</p> <p>Other celebrities that were at the event included David Beckham and Victoria Beckham, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Bianca Jagger.</p> <p>There was also another royal in attendance, as Princess Beatrice attended as a guest with her partner Edoardo Mapelli Mozi. It was their first public appearance as a couple.</p> <p>This is the third gala evening that Kate has attended in her role as Royal patron of the National Gallery.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery to see her outfit on the night.</p>

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Princess Eugenie opens up about her health struggle

<p>Being allowed to have her own Instagram account, as she’s not likely to ever ascend the throne in the British Royal Family, Princess Eugenie provides some entertaining insight into what life is like as a royal.</p> <p>She candidly shares behind-the-scenes and throwback photos, like the <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/family-pets/2018/06/princess-eugenie-shares-rare-photo-of-buckingham-palace-in-tribute-to-father-prince-andrew/">rare recent snap</a> of her father Prince Andrew inside Buckingham Palace celebrating his first Trooping the Colour as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.</p> <p>However, Princess Eugenie’s most recent post revealed the health struggle she has gone through with scoliosis (curvature of the spine), which she has suffered since the age of 12.</p> <p>Shining a light for International Scoliosis Awareness Day, the royal – who is ninth in line to the throne – shared two of her personal X-rays along with four other photos (scroll through the gallery above) to help spread the word about the condition, as well as thanking the hospital and staff that treated her.</p> <p>“I’m very proud to share my X Rays for the very first time,” Princess Eugenie wrote.</p> <p>“I also want to honour the incredible staff at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital who work tirelessly to save lives and make people better. They made me better and I am delighted to be their patron of the Redevelopment Appeal,” she added.</p> <p>Opening up about the corrective surgery she underwent, Eugenie also revealed in an article on the hospital’s website, “This was, of course, a scary prospect for a 12-year-old; I can still vividly remember how nervous I felt in the days and weeks before the operation. But my abiding memories of RNOH, where the surgery was carried out, are happy ones – everyone there was so warm and friendly, and they went out of their way to make me feel comfortable and relaxed.”</p> <p>The operation, which took eight hours, involved surgeons inserting eight-inch titanium rods into either side of her spine, along with one-and-a-half inch screws at the top of her neck.</p> <p>The princess continued, “After three days in intensive care, I spent a week on a ward and six days in a wheelchair, but I was walking again after that.”</p> <p>Now the proud patron of the hospital’s Redevelopment Appeal and the new state-of-the-art facility – Princess Eugenie House – which has been named after her, the royal further acknowledged, “Without the care I received at the RNOH I wouldn’t look the way I do now; my back would be hunched over. And I wouldn’t be able to talk about scoliosis the way I now do and help other children who come to me with the same problem.”</p> <p>She continued, “My back problems were a huge part of my life, as they would be for any 12-year-old. Children can look at me now and know that the operation works. I’m living proof of the ways in which the hospital can change people’s lives.”</p> <p>To see Princess Eugenie's X-rays and photos of her visiting the hospital as a proud patron, scroll through the gallery above. </p>

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RSL patron returns sandwich because its not cut in half as requested

<p>A patron at Corowa RSL club has taken the customer is always right to a whole new level, returning a cheese sandwich to staff that hadn’t been “cut in half as requested”.</p> <p>The complaint was originally laughed off by staff at the NSW club, but when they investigated further they found out the patron was technically correct.</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.linkedin.com/embed/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6358888766026977280" height="647" width="504" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>One half of the sandwich turned out to be five centimetres in width, while the other half was six centimetres, a nightmare for any nit-picking customer!</p> <p>Corowa RSL CEO Peter Norris saw the fun in it and shared the photo on LinkedIn.</p> <p>“In Clubland we do see some strange customer complaints. This roll was returned today because it was not cut in ‘half’ as requested by the customer.</p> <p>“While it was quickly dismissed as funny, further investigation revealed the customer was in fact correct and we were a full cm off the perfect cut! Only in Clubs.”</p> <p>Do you think you would’ve sent the sandwich back?</p>

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