Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[gonetomorrow]

Hey people arriving here need to test negative!
Way to go!
Why didn't they think of that before?

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Banana Republic.

I cant understand why that description seem to irk or anger some people on here; it's absolutley spot on, even if I do say so myself.

A small state that is politically unstable as a result of the domination of its economy by a single export, such as bananas, controlled by foreign capital?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Obviously no vaccine is 100% but this is slightly concerning more so with UK government spacing advice.

'Care needed' after getting Covid vaccine

Vaccination has been shown to prevent severe infection, even in people who catch the virus.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[bullybeef]

Obviously no vaccine is 100% but this is slightly concerning more so with UK government spacing advice.

'Care needed' after getting Covid vaccine

Vaccination has been shown to prevent severe infection, even in people who catch the virus.

www.bbc.co.uk

I hate to say it, the true effectiveness of these vaccines remains to be seen.

 

[Billy Dean]

All the restrictions announced recently by Merkel, regions are starting to diverge from them and dilute them already. This is why cases (and deaths) are increasing in Germany.

 

[navidson]

Why is ANYBODY allowed to fly into or out of the country?!

 

[Lord Buckethead]

A small state that is politically unstable as a result of the domination of its economy by a single export, such as bananas, controlled by foreign capital?

yeah, you're right.
We don't have any Exports to speak of thanks to Thatcher and successive Tory Governments killing off Manufacturing.

We have a Service lead economy suffering because there is nobody to serve because if they left their homes they would die.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Why is ANYBODY allowed to fly into or out of the country?!

Rich people must go on Holidays.
De Piffle's Dad must urgently go visit his holiday homes.

 

[Tubey]

Sickening.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Obviously no vaccine is 100% but this is slightly concerning more so with UK government spacing advice.

'Care needed' after getting Covid vaccine

Vaccination has been shown to prevent severe infection, even in people who catch the virus.

www.bbc.co.uk

If the vaccine doesn't work we are in for an extremely dark future. The experts are saying that even with this lockdown the R rate won't go below 1 due to the super variant.

Hate to say this but its looking more and more like the UK cannot win this battle with COVID.

 

[Barnfred 55]

This is one of the leading initiatives.

Global Virome Project

www.globalviromeproject.org

They face a massive challenge though as there are an estimated 1.7 million unknown virus's waiting to meet us

I'm sure those nice Chinese guys will give them a hand

 

[Tubey]

If the vaccine doesn't work we are in for an extremely dark future. The experts are saying that even with this lockdown the R rate won't go below 1 due to the super variant.

Hate to say this but its looking more and more like the UK cannot win this battle with COVID.

People don't seem to understand what the vaccine does... it doesn't necessarily stop you getting COVID. That's why these vaccines have an efficacy rate of around 70 to 90%. Even at 90%, 1 in 10 will still catch COVID after the vaccine.

However, the key point - and this has been borne out by every study with these vaccines and has been since the very earliest ones with rhesus monkeys in around June - is that the vaccine will stop you getting seriously ill from COVID.

That is why people say we can't eradicate it (because we can't get full immunity from it) but we can live with it, because as long as we are innoculated against it then the lethality of the virus is greatly reduced.

There's no doubt at this point that vaccines will beat COVID as we know it today. It will mutate, and we'll mutate the vaccine to meet what it does. We'll beat it. It's just a matter of time. We just won't destroy it.

 

[grandjoeblue]

People don't seem to understand what the vaccine does... it doesn't necessarily stop you getting COVID. That's why these vaccines have an efficacy rate of around 70 to 90%. Even at 90%, 1 in 10 will still catch COVID after the vaccine.

However, the key point - and this has been borne out by every study with these vaccines and has been since the very earliest ones with rhesus monkeys in around June - is that the vaccine will stop you getting seriously ill from COVID.

That is why people say we can't eradicate it (because we can't get full immunity from it) but we can live with it, because as long as we are innoculated against it then the lethality of the virus is greatly reduced.

There's no doubt at this point that vaccines will beat COVID as we know it today. It will mutate, and we'll mutate the vaccine to meet what it does. We'll beat it. It's just a matter of time. We just won't destroy it.

Completely understand all of your points. I just can't see a return to normality any time soon. There will be various new variants and further restrictions and lockdowns for years to come.

 

[Brennan]

Completely understand all of your points. I just can't see a return to normality any time soon. There will be various new variants and further restrictions and lockdowns for years to come.

You’ve no evidence to suggest this.

 

[grandjoeblue]

You’ve no evidence to suggest this.

Evidence?

I'm not a virologist mate I haven't got a clue. I'm just going off what we are seeing already, a lot of fear over 2 new variants and lets face it there will be plenty more to come as the poorer countries probably won't be fully vaccinated for at least five - ten years.