Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[grandjoeblue]

Seen more rumours that vaccination passports are being implemented in the UK.

I don't see the massive issue with this, if the vaccine is safe it should be pretty much mandatory.

 

[tsubaki]

Seen more rumours that vaccination passports are being implemented in the UK.

I don't see the massive issue with this, if the vaccine is safe it should be pretty much mandatory.

Its a terrible idea - to be effective it would basically mean ID cards by another name and regular checks of a live system to catch people out. We’d never get rid of it and the opportunity for abuse by the state is way too much.

The only acceptable way of doing it would be to require vaccinations to go to another country (and to come here) which is something people are already familiar with.

 

[PhilM]

I would imagine she's in the minority if our sons school is anything to go by. He's got additional needs so I'm in regular contact with them and they're pretty open about the fact that understaffing coupled with the constant changes to what's being asked of them during this has left them in a mess.

I've said here previously that we fully appreciate how fortunate we've been with their school as they've been brilliant throughout.

Understandably, we know we're fortunate and I genuinely feel sorry and concern for you, your son and countless other families because most are not like it.

Now it's not a tested or entirely reliable system, but my wife was saying that they do the same yearly tests with their children across her primary schools.

They work out a scaled score and a large percentage of children have dropped between 5-15 points year on year compared to their previous results.

Their youngest children, five to seven year old children, are primarily working around the 70 mark or below, with average children being between 90-110.

Frightening stuff really when you consider the damage to the youngest children.

 

[peteblue]

Anyone got the figures for influenza or have we eradicated it?

Covid has killed it....

 

[peteblue]

How close are they to certifying the Oxford one??

Last I saw was for 28/29th Dec.....

 

[peteblue]

Already confirmed in Iceland, Denmark Netherlands Italy Belgium France. But our friends in the EU put travel bans on the UK who informed WHO about the new variant. wonder why the EU countries didn't tell WHO?

They didn’t even know about it until we told them....gang of scruffs....

 

[spectateur]

Anyone got the figures for influenza or have we eradicated it?

Well it is much less contagious than C19, so all the means used against the latter will have been very effective against the flu.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Already confirmed in Iceland, Denmark Netherlands Italy Belgium France. But our friends in the EU put travel bans on the UK who informed WHO about the new variant. wonder why the EU countries didn't tell WHO?

Amazing that these bans haven’t been lifted now that its almost certainly not of origination in the U.K. it’s as if we are being punished for being better at identification and handling of the virus in terms of reporting.

im also dismayed at the media and their addressing of the blocks. Haven’t seen one report from major news outlets (basically sky or bbc) on how freight into the country has been rerouted through Innsbruck and Zebrugger (sp) with minor time and cost delays.

 

[spectateur]

Herd immunity is the only way to overcome the virus. How we get herd immunity is the issue at hand and where the government has to be questioned.

But herd immunity is never attained with a constantly mutating virus such as influenza and the coronovirus called the common cold.

 

[BlueDraka]

Amazing that these bans haven’t been lifted now that its almost certainly not of origination in the U.K. it’s as if we are being punished for being better at identification and handling of the virus in terms of reporting.

im also dismayed at the media and their addressing of the blocks. Haven’t seen one report from major news outlets (basically sky or bbc) on how freight into the country has been rerouted through Innsbruck and Zebrugger (sp) with minor time and cost delays.

We come second in the world for Geno sequencing which helped us identify the variant very quickly and informed WHO asap. Been identified in most EU countries but they choose to hammer usn. And people still defend the EU

 

[COYBL25]

We come second in the world for Geno sequencing which helped us identify the variant very quickly and informed WHO asap. Been identified in most EU countries but they choose to hammer usn. And people still defend the EU

It`s looking like the EU have messed up big time with their ordering of the vaccine too, massively under ordering, leaving them woefully short.

 

[Paul Rideout]

It`s looking like the EU have messed up big time with their ordering of the vaccine too, massively under ordering, leaving them woefully short.

To be fair (and I’m very EU neutral, genuinely see the floors in both pro and anti eu arguments) no one has come out of this year politically strong IMO. Maybe Modi in India? Or perversely Xi Jinping perhaps? (Though he’s drawn a lot of scrutinising eyes onto their actions in the region)

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Oh look, lying again.

Another group of key workers our government don't two plops of poo about.

Just accept French demands as it's their risk to manage.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Anyone got the figures for influenza or have we eradicated it?

It won't be eradicated, but the lockdowns would have an effect in reducing levels, which is the entire point of them. Lockdown are not just rolled to manage COVID it's to reduce demand on the NHS, wholesale!

 

[Leylo]

My friends mum has just been refused a vaccine because she's allergic to penicillin, which I am as well didn't think that would be a problem hope oxford one has no problems like that