davek
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You said you were "dubious about the whole thing". There's been 3 million cases in this country and officially 83,000 killed. How can you remain dubious? Is it a mirage? Are we all being conned?
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davek
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In a world where a bellend like Johnson is still in power after slaughtering 100,000 Britons, I suppose it makes some sense.
Johnson and Johnson say they will report on their vaccine trial from Jan 21st and hope for approval early Feb. This is a single shot vaccine that can be stored in a standard fridge, could be a game changer.
www.bloomberg.com
J&J Plans to Submit South African Vaccine Trial Data
Johnson & Johnson’s preliminary data from the South African arm of a phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial will be ready for submission to U.S. regulators by Jan. 21, according to the head of the country’s Medical Research Council.
www.bloomberg.com
davek
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I think it was something about 24/7 immunisation hubs - and he said "when we can".'Ramp up' soundbite time again.
Commons Sub-Committee Meeting, getting grilled = "what about the Brazilian variant...what about the 24/7 super hubs".
A clown who should be sitting in a cell in the Hague if there was any justice.
ForeverBlue92
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Im convinced its the blood type that they earlier speculated.
Be interesting to know if certain blood types clot more or are easier for foreign cells to attack than others.
Lockdowns don't work long term because when you do leave them, cases rise.
They only work with a vaccine, which we now have.
The Tier 3 areas are generally showing steady rates, outside of the north west weirdly enough. West Yorkshire has low rates across the board - and has been T3 or in lockdown since late October.
It is really sad and it is just all crap. At least we have the vaccine giving us hope. The numbers are grim but shouldn't be a shock to anyone that they're rising. Because of the lag from infection to death, and how the deaths are reported (not all from one day but over the month, albeit most in the last two weeks).
We're getting people vaccinated at a quick rate. Needs to be quicker. We'll hopefully start to see cases decline over the next few weeks and then we'll see deaths start to drop too. Hopefully by March we're looking at a similar case to what it was by the end of last May, and we have the added bonus of the vaccine.
There's light there.
grandjoeblue
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Possibly, all of my family have type O and no ones caught it yet (touch wood) and some studies suggest type O might be less likely to be infected.
CharliePotato
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I still am dubious, but again that’s my opinion , I respect other people’s who aren’t. If I go out I wear my mask, I respect the rules. if I go into a supermarket and there is a shop worker there the least I can do is respect their position and outlook. I have probably been tested as much as anyone in on this site, 6 times in the last 2 weeks and that’s no joke. I have had the virus myself in March and because of my line of work I, we get tested a lot, I know at least another 30/40 who have tested positive. One a couple of days ago.
I’m from the middle of the city and have a lot of people around me, a lot, and I know no one who has died from it. No one, I also don’t know anyone who knows any who has either, I have friends like I’ve said before who are Drs and Nurses and they haven’t exactly changed my opinion.
I have been around europe and parts of the US\Asia whilst this have been going on and have seen nothing that reflects the scaremongering you see on the news.
So yeah sorry if I’m dubious but I believe what I see not what I hear, and in no way is this any disrespect to anyway who has sufferers either directly or indirectly with this, because I’m not saying it’s no there. It obviously is, but it’s not what it seems. It is not hat it’s been made out to be.
While I don't fully agree with your point, I agree with parts of it.
There is a lot of hysteria. However, the numbers have to be calculated somehow. They have to put down COVID on the death certificate or there would be no way of saying who actually died from it or who didn't.
There has to be more perspective in some cases. Of the people that have died, if COVID didn't get them this year, something else would. But that's putting it bluntly and doesn't make it right, because if somebody gets an extra 12 months with their family then that's what should be strived for. Hell, an extra 12 days.
My worry is the hysteria over this never stopping, and it is uncalled for., We see it with the new variants, all the fear over whether the vaccine will work. And calls for more lockdowns, or track and trace for the flu ffs.
All things we should be taking heed from granted, and that's further down the line. First things first is just getting the vaccine out to as many people as possible.
I had a family member die from COVID last May. 69, healthy(ish), but had had a heart scare in 2019, and had nearly gone then. Basically, even though they weren't unhealthy, they weren't exactly fit as a fiddle. But, he went into hospital with a stomach issue and never came out, as he caught it in there. That was avoidable in the sense that had he not gone into hospital, he probably wouldn't have got it, but then again he was ill and needed to go in.
My friend's granddad died from it in October, but he was in his 80s, and last January had been in hospital for a month with pneumonia. As my friend put it, he was on his last legs. There'll be a lot of people like that, but it doesn't make it any better.
davek
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But what are you dubious about? You know people are dying from it, they're dying in the tens of thousands. Just because you dont personally know of anyone who has - what relevance is that? Why would you need personal knowledge of a fatality to confirm it?
35,000 people die of lung cancer in the UK every year. Less than half of the Covid death toll in the UK in the past 10 months.
Can you imagine if you came on here saying you were dubious about lung cancer because you didn’t know anybody who’d died from it ?
Your post was offensive and a pisstake, to be frank.
It’s one store, and is being managed by the pharmacy within the store.
You were complaining about the speed of the rollout the other day. Can’t have your cake and eat it.
The UK is doing well, the Oxford early vaccine approval sees them leading out in Europe.
I think when you see tables like that though you have to factor in the UKs single dose policy at the moment, that obviously means the UK can reach more population statistically but may not have the same level of community protection giving one done per person, compared to other countries who are giving two doses.
Sad thing about that table is barely a third one country on it.
davek
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I can have a cake and a vaccine apparently.
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