Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Sassy Colombian]

That once happened to @Joey66 after he got his viagra mixed up with a packet of Smarties.

It made chopping wood for his wood burner a bit tricky and potentially lethal.

Jumping in bed with his missus could have been less dangerous than chopping his wood

 

[roydo]

Well, my re-reading of it is this: it doesn';t refer to any gap between 1st and 2nd jab; it refers to the possibility that - the older people are - for some, their immune systems just dont respond as they do for the younger (and when I say younger I dont mean 'young' young).

Its nothing to do with a 2nd dose.

Quite simply, not everyone will have an immune system that will respond to any jab. For flu, covid, polio, whatever.

And even if someone (the majority) have an immune system that will act "normally", it takes up to 3 weeks for the best level of protection anyrate.

This isnt new stuff.

 

[grandjoeblue]

If I remember correctly, we've done 1.5 million & 1.38 million tests and we've had PCR of under 0.5% on both of them, whereas before it was around 1.5-2.0% right, with about half the tests done right?

I'm not sure about specific numbers but you're right in your point.

The % that are testing positive is overall a more useful sign especially when the testing numbers vary so much week on week.

 

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E.U. Exports Millions of Covid Vaccine Doses Despite Supply Crunch at Home

The bloc is a major producer of vaccines but has struggled with its rollout and is pitted against Britain and other allies. In a sign of the frustration, Italy recently blocked a shipment to Australia.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Joey66]

That once happened to @Joey66 after he got his viagra mixed up with a packet of Smarties.

It made chopping wood for his wood burner a bit tricky and potentially lethal.

Burning smokeless coal lately follow out my smoking gun after shooting posters down like you
I get my 2nd jab soon ...... vaccination complete....

 

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[davek]

Its nothing to do with a 2nd dose.

Quite simply, not everyone will have an immune system that will respond to any jab. For flu, covid, polio, whatever.

And even if someone (the majority) have an immune system that will act "normally", it takes up to 3 weeks for the best level of protection anyrate.

This isnt new stuff.

Whoa. I think we need to compare and contrast here. We have been told by experts and non-experts alike that the vaccines - at worst - will place a floor under the vulnerable and stop them falling too ill. Now no one expects that to be 100% for all who get one, but the implications was that 30,000 people could possibly perish and that those unvaccinated and those vaccinated but not responding to it woulkd be the bulk of the casualties. That is a bit of a jolt and NOT what we were told about.

 

[roydo]

Whoa. I think we need to compare and contrast here. We have been told by experts and non-experts alike that the vaccines - at worst - will place a floor under the vulnerable and stop them falling too ill. Now no one expects that to be 100% for all who get one, but the implications was that 30,000 people could possibly perish and that those unvaccinated and those vaccinated but not responding to it woulkd be the bulk of the casualties. That is a bit of a jolt and NOT what we were told about.

Dave, that 30000 figure was posted as what could happen if we reopened too quickly, because Witty was asked what could happen if we did. We are not though.

He basically lobbed the CRG loons in the bin.

 

[peteblue]

You only ever get what you have contracted and paid for....oh and 9,4,3, and 1 doesn’t add up to 35.....

 

[peteblue]

Dave, that 30000 figure was posted as what could happen if we reopened too quickly, because Witty was asked what could happen if we did. We are not though.

He basically lobbed the CRG loons in the bin.

Didn’t you explain that to Dave yesterday as well or maybe I need a beer.....

 

[Neiler]

You only ever get what you have contracted and paid for....

That's proven not to be the case though with the EU shortfall though mate.

35 million is the number of doses total to 125 countries exported from the EU.

 

[davek]

Dave, that 30000 figure was posted as what could happen if we reopened too quickly, because Witty was asked what could happen if we did. We are not though.

He basically lobbed the CRG loons in the bin.

Yeah, but we were told (regardless of whatever happens in terms of lockdown timings) that the vaccinated vulnerable would be ok...hence the possibility of a return to something like 'normal'.

The Whitty remark (and non-repsonse to it) looked like political theatre in retrospect.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

the wife's just asked if I could change to this one

I would totally take advantage of it if that were to happen to my hubby lol

 

[peteblue]

That's proven not to be the case though with the EU shortfall though mate.

It’s all in the contracts. Remember when the EU were going to take AZ to court over this...that’s gone very quiet because they know they were wrong. They are now acting like children screaming ‘but it isn’t fair’...pathetic.