davek
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SA variant and AZ.
Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Nope, pretty sure it protects against serious illness (as per the graph Neiler posted the other day).
It was the infection that it was poor with.
Correct.
davek
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British Heart Foundation:
Is the Oxford vaccine effective against the South African strain of Covid?
A small study of 2,000 people in South Africa has shown that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine offers minimal protection against mild cases of the South African variant.The study, which was based people of an average age of 31, shows that protection may be as low as 10%. The research wasn’t able to determine whether it protects against serious illness or hospitalisation, because this group of people were at low risk of serious illness. More research is needed to see if the vaccine offers protection against more severe disease.
Covid: South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine rollout over new variant
A study of the vaccine's efficacy against the South Africa variant shows "disappointing" results.
www.bbc.com
and then, as of now, there's been a small trial. However, they need to work on a booster to be sure.
Is the Oxford vaccine effective against the South African strain of Covid?
A small study of 2,000 people in South Africa has shown that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine offers minimal protection against mild cases of the South African variant.The study, which was based people of an average age of 31, shows that protection may be as low as 10%. The research wasn’t able to determine whether it protects against serious illness or hospitalisation, because this group of people were at low risk of serious illness. More research is needed to see if the vaccine offers protection against more severe disease.
Oxford University is working on adapting the vaccine to ensure that it protects against this variant, as well as other strains. They have said a ‘booster’ jab could be available by autumn 2021.
There are currently only a small number of cases of the South African variant in the UK, and the government has put measures in place to minimise community spread of this variant.
Covid-19: what it means if you have a heart condition
Covid-19 can cause serious illness if you have a heart or circulatory disease. Find out who’s at risk of serious illness, what to do if you test positive and how to manage symptoms.
I've just quoted that too.
So, not exactly doom-mongering at all. As it says, more research is needed.
You can assume the worst, but there's also no evidence of it not working against them and since Pfizer and Moderna both seemingly do work for the serious illness, you'd reckon it would.
grandjoeblue
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Vaccine jabs mate, I trust them all. I just think after all the initial criticism of the AZ vaccine the results its showing are amazing.
peteblue
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The EU cocked it up, so now they are like rats in a sack.....
davek
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'Thought to', not 'proven to'.
There's a fairly sizeable chasm between each position.
davek
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davek
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If you quoted it you should realise it does not support your case.
It doesn’t even matter what they’re doing now, anyway. The horse has bolted.
The reason the UK is in a better position isn’t just because the contracts were signed separately from the EU. It’s because they were signed in June 2020. The German Pfizer deal wasn’t agreed until September.
Anybody who tries to argue the UK would have signed contracts for hundreds of millions of doses in June 2020 had we still been in the EU is deluded.
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Why?
SussexToffee
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There have been a total of 21,358,815 first doses today. I worked it out at 31.3 percent of the population of the U.K. as a whole. If you only only include adults, that’s 39 percent, as children have not yet been included in these plans.
There’s also this development today...
schoolsweek.co.uk
There’s also this development today...
Just 0.14% of secondary school Covid tests are positive
Around 3,000 positive Covid test results have been recorded by secondary schools since the beginning of the year, with pupils slightly more likely to test positive than staff. NHS Test and Trace statistics show that just 0.14 per cent of all lateral flow tests (LFTs) results reported by...
schoolsweek.co.uk
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