Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[tsubaki]

God you’re like a broken record

yes, with reason

 

[BlueStevie35]

yes, with reason

Is it not more important that we get people their first dose? For the record, as of yesterday 496, 796 had received a second dose

 

[tsubaki]

Is it not more important that we get people their first dose? For the record, as of yesterday 496, 796 had received a second dose

Its important that people get vaccines that are effective, based on the testing process and approval. The AZ one can be given 4-12 weeks after the first dose; it’s been approved on that basis.

The Pfizer one has *not* been, and there are at least a million plus people who’ve had a Pfizer first jab but not a second one within the manufacturers (and approved) recommended timeframe. We do not know whether the protection we have given them will last; remember as well to get that jab you were in the highest risk category (or possibly were frontline NHS). That we have that many vulnerable people at risk should be getting more attention than it has.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Fantastic news that 10m in the UK have been vaccinated.

 

[davek]

Passed ten million first doses, apparently:

UK passes 10m Covid vaccination milestone

About 15% of population has been offered first jab, as experts call for focus on hotspots

www.theguardian.com

no mention in that article of second dose numbers, mind

Is that because the UK is at the bottom of that table?

 

[tsubaki]

Fantastic news that 10m in the UK have been vaccinated.

have had their first dose

 

[tsubaki]

Is that because the UK is at the bottom of that table?

we are (or were last time I looked) about tenth, behind Germany

the crazy thing is that if we’d just given the Pfizer people the dose on time, we’d be third worldwide; two million plus people would be fully protected - and we’d still have given around 7-8 million a first dose

 

[grandjoeblue]

have had their first dose

Are you some sort of vaccine dose bot?

 

[peteblue]

Next gen vaccines already being worked on.

GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac to make Covid vaccines targeting new variants

The UK-based firm is teaming up with Germany’s CureVac.

www.thejournal.ie

AZ have said something similar I believe. I’m quite pleased to see our Pharma companies forward planning for this tbh.....

 

[tsubaki]

Are you some sort of vaccine dose bot?

yes

 

[summerisle]

 

[Walken]

Weird how the right have latched onto the odious term 'virtue signalling' but make the most obvious and insincere examples of it, instead of using the poor old timer they might follow his example and act with some empathy

 

[peteblue]

Is that because the UK is at the bottom of that table?

Only if it makes you happy. It really doesn’t matter that the U.K. has provided more jabs than Germany, France, Italy and Spain combined, there are some on here who will always find a way to spin the numbers and insist the U.K. is crap....

 

[davek]

we are (or were last time I looked) about tenth, behind Germany

the crazy thing is that if we’d just given the Pfizer people the dose on time, we’d be third worldwide; two million plus people would be fully protected - and we’d still have given around 7-8 million a first dose

It's a case of 'never mind the quality feel the width' with the Tory murderers.

 

[tsubaki]

It's a case of 'never mind the quality feel the width' with the Tory murderers.

would it surprise you to learn the PM’s dad has had both jabs in line with Pfizer guidance, Dave?