Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[BlueToff]

Strange isn't it that our main media prefer not to inform us of the pubic dissent to lockdown etc in other countries.

tbf I don't know if the Dutch media would have reported on the divvy EDL lot protesting masks last year or whatever

 

[Goat]

FFS.

Careful, he's gonna be talking about motorway pile ups in a minute.

 

[BlueToff]

Agreed, you can probably add another 10-15k on top of that for the true representation.

Well, if you're looking at people who possibly died with it before we knew it was a thing, then yeah (we had a similar amount of deaths due to respiratory illnesses in Oct-Dec 2020 as we did in Oct-Dec 2019 - but that was a big leap from the year previous).

Then again, can factor that off against the number of people who have had this but won't have been counted among the official figures due to not being able to get a test at the time (last spring for example) or being asymptomatic etc etc

All cancels each other out really.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Not meaning to come at you but aren't people drinking more than ever and exercising less since the pandemic started? I think the majority of people will be in much worse condition physically and mentally.

yup, not to mention used masks all over the streets.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Today's marks the first anniversary of Johnson attending his first COBRA meeting on Covid. We should be so blessed he managed to miss only 5 earlier meetings, while engaged in crucial negotiations over another divorce financial settlement.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

The Slovak friend's update:

So I've got the first shot...I feel OK right now (5 hours after)...hopefully it stays that way.

One lady had a problem though, we had to sit for about 15 minutes and she began to feel very unwell just after the shot.

Many people were actually there, I was surprised. 3 people each minute had an appointment and it was organised surprisingly well...even that one unfortunate moment, they took it seriously and acted immediately. I hope that lady is OK.

Come on Europe, come on World, let's get rid of this, and live the life to the fullest.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

An interesting read;

Analysis: How the Czech Republic slipped into a Covid disaster, one misstep at a time

On an epidemiological map of the world, the Czech Republic shows up as a tiny island of doom and gloom. While the global number of new coronavirus cases has been dropping for six consecutive weeks, the Central European nation of 10 million has been experiencing near record levels of new infections.

edition.cnn.com

Particularly reference to early success attributed to locking down earlier than most - but a variant eventually hitting them.

Of course - potential variants is why it's obviously very important to avoid insular views.

 

[Neiler]

At last some data emerging from the UK.

Good news!!!!

Study in Britain finds vaccines more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over-80s

The results of the study, which analysed both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, was hailed as “extremely good news” yesterday.

www.thejournal.ie

 

[Deleted member 48881]

 

[BlueToff]

At last some data emerging from the UK.

Good news!!!!

Study in Britain finds vaccines more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over-80s

The results of the study, which analysed both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, was hailed as “extremely good news” yesterday.

www.thejournal.ie

Is that the same stuff that came out last week, or just more of it?

 

[BlueToff]

Fried Mars Bar Murderer

 

[BlueToff]

Oh @Neiler so it seems it’s an update on last week’s data (which was 28 days). That’s now 35 days and still showing very good protection.

Brilliant news

 

[grandjoeblue]

At last some data emerging from the UK.

Good news!!!!

Study in Britain finds vaccines more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over-80s

The results of the study, which analysed both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, was hailed as “extremely good news” yesterday.

www.thejournal.ie

Interesting to see the AZ vaccine is performing at a similar level to the Pfizer vaccine. Wonder if its more effective with 1 dose but the pfizer vaccine is more effective with two doses?

 

[ForeverBlue92]

At last some data emerging from the UK.

Good news!!!!

Study in Britain finds vaccines more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations in over-80s

The results of the study, which analysed both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, was hailed as “extremely good news” yesterday.

www.thejournal.ie

Praise the Lord for Tony Blair's masterstroke of the single dose vaccine.

 

[mrb85]

FFS.

Had a look at the US CDC statements recently? Concluded that in respect of existing Covid death counts the virus is 'rarely' the cause.