Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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First bit of positive news in a very very long time. Hopefully in a few months time we can get back to some form of normality.
I think this week is the first time I've really noticed how it's had an affect on my kids, just not having that freedom to do as they wish.
They're great kids, they never moan but I csn just hear it in their voice, that disappointment that they can't have a mate round for tea, or go out as a family for a meal and not feel uncomfortable.
I think my son knows the stats better than me when it comes to infections and increase/decrease in numbers.
So I'll take any bit of positive news that means we are all taking a step forward together.
I think this week is the first time I've really noticed how it's had an affect on my kids, just not having that freedom to do as they wish.
They're great kids, they never moan but I csn just hear it in their voice, that disappointment that they can't have a mate round for tea, or go out as a family for a meal and not feel uncomfortable.
I think my son knows the stats better than me when it comes to infections and increase/decrease in numbers.
So I'll take any bit of positive news that means we are all taking a step forward together.
Catfish Blues
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I'm pretty sure we're ( the NHS ) are already geared up to use this vaccine soon after it gets approved. Not 30 million , but probably enough to vaccinate health care workers and the most vulnerable ?
If I remember rightly, the deal with Pfizer means we've agreed to pay at least part of the costs up front regardless of whether the vaccine gets approved or not, which means the risk of starting manufacture before approval is shared between business and government ? To be fair, I'm not totally sure about that bit though.
peteblue
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I’ll be first in the queue
Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection
The vaccine is a "significant step" forward for getting life back to normal, but challenges remain.www.bbc.co.uk
And once it’s been tested on Groucho, I’ll be next.....
With luck, knowing that there is an effective vaccine coming, it will make the new measures more bearable and effective and get the current waves down faster.
Catfish Blues
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Good lord, there are some fuckwits in the world. Sadly, he's probably made up with the attention he's getting and will also get other fuckwits on board with it
The vaccine requires two doses, given three weeks apart. Pfizer and BioNTech are working around-the-clock to scale up production, in hopes of having 50 million doses — enough for 25 million people to receive both shots — by the end of the year, and 1.3 billion doses in 2021.
The vaccine uses a new technology never before deployed in an approved medical product. Each injection contains lipid nanoparticles — fat bubbles — that surround a strip of genetic material called messenger RNA. The genetic material carries the blueprint for the distinctive spiky protein that studs the coronavirus surface. After being injected into a person’s arm, the fat capsule delivers its payload to the body’s cells, and the messenger RNA instructs those cells to build the spike protein, effectively teaching the immune system how to recognize and block the coronavirus.
The same approach is being used by Moderna, a biotechnology company that expects to report early results this month for another leading vaccine candidate.
Pfizer, unlike its competitors, did not join Operation Warp Speed, the government initiative designed to erase the financial risk of vaccine and therapeutics development by providing funding to companies and helping coordinate the trials. Instead, Pfizer plowed $2 billion of its own money into the project and then struck a $1.95 billion contract with the U.S. government to provide 100 million doses, contingent on the vaccine being effective
The vaccine uses a new technology never before deployed in an approved medical product. Each injection contains lipid nanoparticles — fat bubbles — that surround a strip of genetic material called messenger RNA. The genetic material carries the blueprint for the distinctive spiky protein that studs the coronavirus surface. After being injected into a person’s arm, the fat capsule delivers its payload to the body’s cells, and the messenger RNA instructs those cells to build the spike protein, effectively teaching the immune system how to recognize and block the coronavirus.
The same approach is being used by Moderna, a biotechnology company that expects to report early results this month for another leading vaccine candidate.
Pfizer, unlike its competitors, did not join Operation Warp Speed, the government initiative designed to erase the financial risk of vaccine and therapeutics development by providing funding to companies and helping coordinate the trials. Instead, Pfizer plowed $2 billion of its own money into the project and then struck a $1.95 billion contract with the U.S. government to provide 100 million doses, contingent on the vaccine being effective
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Aren't they already mass producing these vaccines?
Get all the key workers and pensioners sorted as soon as possible. Hopefully they'll just get it done.
Get all the key workers and pensioners sorted as soon as possible. Hopefully they'll just get it done.
So, ideally this vaccine will be rolled out to the NHS staff who need it pre-christmas
vulnerable groups possibly early next year
we’ll see how much governments actually do want to get countries back up and running and out of states of semi-lockdown come spring
vulnerable groups possibly early next year
we’ll see how much governments actually do want to get countries back up and running and out of states of semi-lockdown come spring
Trump’s legacy could be the vaccine (he’ll claim)
my worry is that governments who have just been panicked into successive lockdowns will do the opposite
without being a conspiracy nut, once this is fully up and running (which obviously could be months off), we’ll see how swiftly they want to try and restore normal life
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