Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[GrandOldTeam]

We have been jabbing for nearly 2 months? Thought it started early Jan.

December mate.

Covid-19 vaccine: First person receives Pfizer jab in UK

Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, becomes the first person in the world to get the jab as part of a mass vaccination programme, calling it the "best early birthday present".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

The vaccine will likely have a huge impact on long covid too.

I don't have a problem with the current lockdown as its justified and most people will be the same but some on here want lockdown to continue forever. Worrying mindset.

Boring...

 

[roydo]

December mate.

Covid-19 vaccine: First person receives Pfizer jab in UK

Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, becomes the first person in the world to get the jab as part of a mass vaccination programme, calling it the "best early birthday present".

www.bbc.co.uk

Blimey. Time flies.

I saw a queue outside a second, non medical site, jab centre in Portishead today. So far, they have used the GP surgery, I guess cos its all the oldies/vulnerable, so have facilities if required.

The folk in the queue were deffo in the next age group down, and they can be processed much more quickly than the other age groups, so that follows the tweet you posted.

 

[BlueToff]

She got the Pfizer vaccine, so basically it’s trial and error then

To an extent, but so far there hasn't been any evidence of it not working, which is a positive (I really mean that in hope too, because both of my grandparents have had Pfizer). It is based on previous vaccines and how they have worked and the logic that more protection comes from the first dose than the booster. As I said, there's now additional evidence that it's around 90% protection, and it is 100% proven that the first doses go a very long way to preventing serious illness, though it's unsure on infection.

That new evidence/study has to be reviewed but hopefully it comes up that it's actually correct, and then at least it's a bit of peace of mind!

 

[BlueToff]

We have been jabbing for nearly 2 months? Thought it started early Jan.

Pfizer was mid-December, AZ started Jan 4th

 

[roydo]

Pfizer was mid-December, AZ started Jan 4th

Sound. Using the AZ is obviously so much quicker to dispense as well.

 

[tsubaki]

We have been jabbing for nearly 2 months? Thought it started early Jan.

early December was the first Pfizer jab

 

[Connor mcloud]

To an extent, but so far there hasn't been any evidence of it not working, which is a positive (I really mean that in hope too, because both of my grandparents have had Pfizer). It is based on previous vaccines and how they have worked and the logic that more protection comes from the first dose than the booster. As I said, there's now additional evidence that it's around 90% protection, and it is 100% proven that the first doses go a very long way to preventing serious illness, though it's unsure on infection.

That new evidence/study has to be reviewed but hopefully it comes up that it's actually correct, and then at least it's a bit of peace of mind!

My wife’s just been on the phone coincidently and she said there’s some talk in the hospital about doing a mix and match vaccine, one dose Pfizer one dose the Oxford, don’t know how true this is.

 

[BigMick]

Very early days but some potentially good news.

A new treatment developed by an Israeli hospital could offer hope for thousands of hospitalised coronavirus patients.

Officials at Ichilov Medical Centre in Tel Aviv announced this morning that the medication, named EXO-CD24, which is being tested at the hospital has shown promising results, with an estimated 95% effectiveness in treating the coronavirus.

The drug is designed to treat moderate and serious cases of the coronavirus, and is given to patients via inhalation directly into the lungs.
In the first stage of testing, 30 patients in serious or moderate condition were given EXO-CD24 and observed for changes to their condition. Of the 30 test subjects, 29 showed significant improvement in the three to five days immediately after they received the medication. The 30th subject also showed significant improvement, but after the initial five-day period.

Prof. Nadir Arber of Ichilov’s Integrated Cancer Prevention Centre said the medication will serve an important role in combating the pandemic, even after the mass vaccination campaign is completed.
‘Even if the vaccines do their job, and even if there aren’t any new mutations, one way or another, the coronavirus will be staying with us. That’s why we developed this special medication: EXO-CD24. This is unprecedented. It’s been about half a year from the time the idea was hatched and the technologies created, to the first human trials conducted and phase one of testing completed.”

 

[roydo]

My wife’s just been on the phone coincidently and she said there’s some talk in the hospital about doing a mix and match vaccine, one dose Pfizer one dose the Oxford, don’t know how true this is.

Tis true. They are hoping they work well together.

Like most new medicine, its all a bit hit and miss, but they obviously have done it before, so are confident it wont be a complete waste of time/dangerous.

 

[maccavennie]

Same with pregnant women too. Worried for when/if my sister, who has asthma pretty bad, will get hers. She's due in July, so I guess it will be after that, but really don't know.

Nobody to blame. You can't go testing vaccines on pregnant women.

My missus got the Pfizer on the 23rd December due to her job. It was supposed supposed be 3 weeks spacing and then she was told in the new year they were spacing hers out to 12 weeks. She deals with covid patients every single day she's in work so I sincerely hope the calculated risk they've taken spacing it out out that length of time works.

 

[BlueToff]

My wife’s just been on the phone coincidently and she said there’s some talk in the hospital about doing a mix and match vaccine, one dose Pfizer one dose the Oxford, don’t know how true this is.

I know that's been brought up in reports but there's been no suggestion they will 100% do it. I guess Whitty and Vallance would be asked about it if it came.

There's no real need to mix them imo but then again what do I know. I'd just think to make sure whoever gets one type gets the same type. There's going to be a ton of AZ compared to Pfizer so vast majority will from now on be getting that.

 

[BlueToff]

My missus got the Pfizer on the 23rd December due to her job. It was supposed supposed be 3 weeks spacing and then she was told in the new year they were spacing hers out to 12 weeks. She deals with covid patients every single day she's in work so I sincerely hope the calculated risk they've taken spacing it out out that length of time works.

Same, for everybody!

My housemate got her first jab mid-December (like 16th/17th iirc) and then her second jab in the first week of Jan, but think that was purely because she got her first before the cut-off point.

 

[maccavennie]

Very early days but some potentially good news.

A new treatment developed by an Israeli hospital could offer hope for thousands of hospitalised coronavirus patients.

Officials at Ichilov Medical Centre in Tel Aviv announced this morning that the medication, named EXO-CD24, which is being tested at the hospital has shown promising results, with an estimated 95% effectiveness in treating the coronavirus.

The drug is designed to treat moderate and serious cases of the coronavirus, and is given to patients via inhalation directly into the lungs.
In the first stage of testing, 30 patients in serious or moderate condition were given EXO-CD24 and observed for changes to their condition. Of the 30 test subjects, 29 showed significant improvement in the three to five days immediately after they received the medication. The 30th subject also showed significant improvement, but after the initial five-day period.

Prof. Nadir Arber of Ichilov’s Integrated Cancer Prevention Centre said the medication will serve an important role in combating the pandemic, even after the mass vaccination campaign is completed.
‘Even if the vaccines do their job, and even if there aren’t any new mutations, one way or another, the coronavirus will be staying with us. That’s why we developed this special medication: EXO-CD24. This is unprecedented. It’s been about half a year from the time the idea was hatched and the technologies created, to the first human trials conducted and phase one of testing completed.”

This is unbelievable news this if it works out well. You'll have patients being able to be moved from ICU after a few days to a nornal ward therefore lessening the stress and working at over capacity for the staff.