Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Bruce Wayne]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Meanwhile

According to one recent estimate, more than half of all vaccines against COVID-19 have been reserved for one-seventh of the world’s population. At the time of writing, the UK alone has reportedly secured enough vaccines to give each of its citizens five doses. If orders are met, the EU and US could jab their populations three times over, while Canada would have enough to do so nine times.

COVID vaccines: countries have a history of acting selfishly – and when they do, everyone loses out

Selfishness was also a problem when the world was developing vaccines for swine flu and bird flu.

theconversation.com

 

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I feared the social isolation of lockdown most – but I'm tougher than I thought | Alice O'Keeffe

Some friendships have deepened and strengthened, while I’ve also begun to learn the benefits of self-reliance, says author Alice O’Keeffe

www.theguardian.com

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

China and the US clash over mission to find source of the coronavirus

A street scene near a market in Wuhan, China, this week THE World Health Organization's scientific mission to explore the origins of the coronavirus has only been under way for a few days, but has already been the subject of clashes between the US and China over the investigation's access to...

www.newscientist.com

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

De Piffle strikes again, the incompetent, arrogant, wastrel, buffoon of course knows best.

Tell by the response they are very concerned about this variant, they are door knocking, i suppose some "algorithm" tells them to worry as we are near point of "evolutionary turn" and "escape mutations". Rest assured we have a government that listens to "the science"...

 

[Leylo]

Tell by the response they are very concerned about this variant, they are door knocking, i suppose some "algorithm" tells them to worry as we are near point of "evolutionary turn" and "escape mutations". Rest assured we have a government that listens to "the science"...

Got to agree looks worrying to me

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

South African coronavirus variant: All your questions answered

A worrisome new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, known as B.1.351, has already spread to more than 30 countries.

www.livescience.com

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Worth noting that even though the efficacy of the J&J vaccine dropped to 57% in South Africa, it was still 89% effective at preventing severe disease there, so not all doom and gloom. There were also regional variations in the trial.

 

[grandjoeblue]

South African coronavirus variant: All your questions answered

A worrisome new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, known as B.1.351, has already spread to more than 30 countries.

www.livescience.com

At least those vaccines still show a pretty significant level of protection against the variant. Boosters in future can be added to vaccines.

I just hope this variant isn't going to result in significant extra measures in future.

 

[tsubaki]

we’d be third if we just followed the guidance for using Pfizer btw

 

[Bruce Wayne]

we’d be third if we just followed the guidance for using Pfizer btw

Thankfully, case numbers do appear to be falling rapidly, although I'm not sure how much of that is due to the lockdown and how much the vaccinations. Has anyone done any analysis on that?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Worth noting that even though the efficacy of the J&J vaccine dropped to 57% in South Africa, it was still 89% effective at preventing severe disease there, so not all doom and gloom. There were also regional variations in the trial.

That's like saying the average wage in the UK is £38,600 and therefore all is well and good...

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

That's like saying the average wage in the UK is £38,600 and therefore all is well and good...

Or it is like stating that it is still 89% effective at preventing severe disease, which is kind of the point of getting vaccinated i.e. improved health outcomes. It'd be great if the vaccines were all 100% effective at blocking the virus and infections but there is a lot of worry about at the moment, which need not be the case.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

If a country follows a policy designed to give as many vulnerable people some protection as quickly as possible then the one dose option, although not ideal, is a viable strategy.

That statistic while factually correct is fairly meaningless for a country following such a strategy

 

[Chris O'Connor]

PR9 which is a Southport postcode postcode (definitely the Banks area ,- stretches well into Leyland etc) getting door to door testing. I'm PR8 as is the majority of Southport but really, really close now.