Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[davek]

I had no issues with my vaccination as I have said previously. I do not know anyone who has had any issues, from people I know in different parts of the country. I hate to think of the negative effect that you must have on the mental health of people you know in the real world. It is bad enough having to read your constant, continuous negativity on here. You have become GOT's equivalent of Fraser from Dad's Army. Your life's motto seems to be "every silver lining has a cloud".

Thanks for your contribution.

 

[maccavennie]

Hospital data:

Another good day with falls almost across the board. Though the reduction is slowing as numbers fall inevitably.

UK total:

Patients 8090 - it was 39, 248 at the peak on 18 Jan - (fall of 31, 158 in 52 days)

Ventilators 1197 - it was 4077 at the peak on 24 Jan - (fall of 2880 in 46 days)

England only:-

Patients: down 288 in day to 6687 v 9092 last week

Peak was 34, 336 on 18 Jan (fall 27, 649 in 52 days)

Ventilators: Down in day 36 to 1101 v 1454 last week

Peak was 3736 on 24 Jan (fall 2635 in 46 days)

Regions:

Patient // Ventilators // change in past 24 hours and v last week

East down 62 to 607 v 927 // down 6 to 102 v 129

London down 65 to 1335 v 1821 // down 3 to 336 v 458

Midlands down 82 to 1483 v 2043 // down 9 to 242 v 295

NE & Yorks down 5 to 1077 v 1444// down 2 to 143 v 202

North West down 38 to 1080 v 1363 // down 2 to 136 v 165

South East down 37 to 846 v 1116 // down 10 to 105 v 152

South West UP 1 to 259 v 378 // down 4 to 37 v 53

The falls have slowed somewhat this week, but are still happening.

I appreciate these posts mate. The one I look out for are the folk who come off the ventilators. It sounds minimal when it's said that 50 or 30 or 70 have come off the ventilators yesterday or the day before. In reality it's a bloody massive drop, it's another life that is fighting from the brink.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I'm going for my own soon and many more people on this forum will also. It's an attempt to find out what faces us. That's the purpose. I believe people will be interested.

Just tell the vaccinator how great Boris is for organising and whipping the NHS Armed forces and Local authorities into some semblance of order. It's very important to do this prior to being stabbed, as this will make sure it won't hurt a all.
Then when done, say thank you by clapping, their little smiles makes it all worth it.

 

[TommyDavo]

I appreciate these posts mate. The one I look out for are the folk who come off the ventilators. It sounds minimal when it's said that 50 or 30 or 70 have come off the ventilators yesterday or the day before. In reality it's a bloody massive drop, it's another life that is fighting from the brink.

Unfortunately it doesn’t tell you why they have come off a ventilator. Dying is a perfectly acceptable reason to the data.

 

[maccavennie]

Unfortunately it doesn’t tell you why they have come off a ventilator. Dying is a perfectly acceptable reason to the data.

That is very true as well mate. A fair few of them hopefully will be ones coming off them for the right reasons though.

 

[Moomin]

Definitely agree mate, you look at vaccines purchased, despite the mad dash is quarter 1, the EU has purchased 2.3 billion vaccines, the UK 347 million, the west will be awash with vaccines, with many multiples of its population going spare.

Hopefully most of those end with Covax, this thing isn’t going to be tamed until every country can vaccinate to a decent degree.

I second this, we could have an issue that the UK and western Europe have been vaccinated but the likes of Brazil allow a mutation which can bypass the vaccines to spread and we are back to square one.

At least we would have a vaccine to rework but we need to attack this together to eradicate this virus.

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

As one of The LHCH attendees I’ve got no qualms about going back for my second dose.

As the other, I to have no issue with returning to LHCH, we where given the date of our next jab before we left the centre, so expecting no problems.

 

[SussexToffee]

729,854 active cases according to Worldometer as of 11/03/21, this is just over 31,000 closed cases from the day before. There is a very good chance, that by today’s update this figure will be sub 700,000.

 

[bigjonny]

As the other, I to have no issue with returning to LHCH, we where given the date of our next jab before we left the centre, so expecting no problems.

If all goes to plan the pubs open the day before my second appointment, I’ll be getting the bus back to town anyway so I may have a pint in The Ship and Mitre to celebrate .

 

[Neiler]

New advice recommends use of AstraZeneca for over 70s

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine can be used for those aged 70 years and older, in fresh advice to the Department of Health.

www.rte.ie

 

[grandjoeblue]

New advice recommends use of AstraZeneca for over 70s

The National Immunisation Advisory Committee has recommended that the AstraZeneca vaccine can be used for those aged 70 years and older, in fresh advice to the Department of Health.

www.rte.ie

Good news. The political point scoring on the AZ vaccine has been an absolute disgrace and no doubt has resulted in the loss of life across the EU.

Good that countries are finally following the science.

 

[Billy Dean]

Good news. The political point scoring on the AZ vaccine has been an absolute disgrace and no doubt has resulted in the loss of life across the EU.

Good that countries are finally following the science.

TBF I don't think it was political point scoring to rule out use for over 65/70s

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Looks like there will be plenty AstraZeneca doses going spare.

Nordic countries halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Denmark, Iceland and Norway have stopped administering the shot while Italy has banned the use of a batch of AstraZeneca doses as a precaution after an unconfirmed number of people developed blood clots.

www.dw.com

 

[Barnfred 55]

Had my first jab yesterday. No problems with any side effects. Apart from being greeted with a thunderous hailstorm when we arrived at the vaccination site it all went pretty smoothly and quickly.

Went to a mass vaccination site at a building that holds agricultural shows in normal times. So it's used to herding animals in and out .

We went through 2 checkpoints outside (where we were told to put our masks on even though we were still inside our car. They checked to ensure we were booked in. Inside gave our details, were then interviewed by a nurse to check certain medical details, and then went onto another nurse who gave the jab which literally took no more than a second. We were given leaflets to explain some side effects we may experience, and asked to remain in our car for 15 minutes before driving away just in case either of us had a serious reaction.

The whole process, from arriving at the site to being back in our car took less than 10 minutes. I did not stand or sit in 1 queue along the way, social distancing and mask wearing was adhered to strictly throughout, and everybody we dealt with was friendly and welcoming.

I haven't spoken to anybody who has had a bad experience going for the jab, apart from some who had mild reactions, such as sore arm or slight flu like symptoms. I really don't understand why anybody would refuse to go through this or, even worse, would try to stop other people going through it, especially as it is so important to saving lives.

 

[Neiler]

Good news. The political point scoring on the AZ vaccine has been an absolute disgrace and no doubt has resulted in the loss of life across the EU.

Good that countries are finally following the science.

To be very fair, the data from trials was a bit messy and incomplete particularly for that cohort, a bit of caution was the best in mitigation i think, but defo good news research has reassured and another vaccine for the over 70s!