Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Tipp blue]

Of course we've used the Pfizer vaccine in the UK all this has been gone through before - it's AZ being produced on several sites. Logistically and contract wise the EU sites were always earmarked to supply the EU. The British sites Britain. The actual volumes of production were also mentioned in a post above.

Why do you insist on misspelling 'Boris' it's only five letters and seems difficult to misspell? If it's intentional it does seem childish, it's rather like spelling Keir Starmer Keir Stammer.

There is a town near me called Borris, phone is changing it automatically as it's something I type regularly and it's such a small change I don't notice.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

EU only threatened to stop exports to places that have more people vaccinated per head of population than the EU. can anyone here give me 1 reason why the EU shouldn't ban exports to UK and USA? Why healthy people under 50 should have access to EU produced vaccine ahead of vulnerable people in the EU.

No point repeating the statistics on volumes of vaccine produced or why such an imbalance exists, the Pfizer vaccine is not manufactured here.

It's a lose / lose situation, Vaccine export bans are such a stupid brainless move they'll attract endless criticism and shred the EU's reputation around the world for whst ?

Any gain to their own program would be so tiny and small as to be barely visible, the vaccine they're arguing about isn't even wanted by so many and Britain is a small producer by volume anyway, it's tiny.

Vulnerable people in the EU might be better helped if the EU concentrated on trying to obtain far larger volumes of vaccines from far larger volume producers rather than displaying such destructive and reckless behaviour towards a country which just doesn't produce much anyway. (relatively speaking).

It's like trying to fix a small coffee stain on the carpet while a bulldozer knocks down your house.

Stupid and idiotic hardly do it justice

 

[Tubey]

Read the responses to this utterly tremendous news in that Twitter thread and then feel free in joining me in losing faith in society.

 

[marnie]

My Brother in Law is a Captain at BA. He was busy early days with repatriation flights, but in this lockdown is basically being with provided flights just to keep his minimum air miles up. Hardly any in other words.

I think he painted our house in his spare time.He did a fantastic job on the landing.

 

[Neiler]

Firstly, we started vaccinating in the UK nearly a month earlier than you did in countries covered by the EU. That was your decision. Every country within the EU had the same autonomy as the UK did to grant an emergency license, but we were the only ones that did.

Secondly, the UK is adopting a completely different vaccination strategy to Europe in that we are getting as many as people as possible given their first dose as quickly as possible. It's a calculated scientifically driven gamble and involves giving the second dose after 12 weeks rather than 3. Had you adopted the same strategy then perhaps your father may well have had his first injection by now. Anyway, the over 50s and health workers are all expected to have had their first jab by the middle of April. If anybody healthy aged 32 who is not a health worker has already had their first jab, they are extremely lucky and would most likely have benefitted from being in the right place at the right time.

Thirdly, the USA are now manufacturing more than 130m doses a month. and have a population of 330m. The EU area are manufacturing over 120m doses a month and have a total population of around 440m. The UK is manufacturing less than 10m doses per month and has a population of just under 70m. So both the EU and USA are producing substantially more vaccine doses per head of population than the UK is, but we're suddenly becoming the bad guys here for not exporting any. It's a f'kin joke.

Any source for those monthly production stats mate?

 

[Jebus_lives]

There is a town near me called Borris, phone is changing it automatically as it's something I type regularly and it's such a small change I don't notice.

I have a similar problem. There is a town close to me called fat self-serving arsehole.

very quaint, with a lovely tearoom.

 

[davek]

It helps to have both. Lockdown bringing the extremely high rate down has been needed, alongside vaccines working to limit the impact of infections.

Mandatory masks in shops has been helpful.

There was never a silver bullet, a range of measures was always needed.

Exactly. But that doesn't suit the breast beating Little Englanders who want to see this as Johnny Foreigner getting outsmarted over vaccine roll out.

 

[davek]

The case rate is insignificant compared to the testing we are doing. If the EU did anything like our number of tests their already horrendous numbers would go through the roof. This is not good. I would seal the borders now......

The real answer is to stop the type of vaccine nationalism you and people like you spout and get the whole globe vaccinated.

 

[davek]

I mean we have been locked down for months, but a week after we start the vaccination program the hospital numbers go down?

But yeah, its all lockdowns.

Oh Dave.

We were six weeks into the vaccine programme and the case rate went from less than 20,000 to over 40,000.

 

[Goat]

We were six weeks into the vaccine programme and the case rate went from less than 20,000 to over 40,000.

So the vaccine increased cases now?

lollollollol

 

[jinkyali]

The real answer is to stop the type of vaccine nationalism you and people like you spout and get the whole globe vaccinated.

Not often I agree with you.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Read the responses to this utterly tremendous news in that Twitter thread and then feel free in joining me in losing faith in society.

Thick as whale jizz

 

[davek]

So the vaccine increased cases now?

lollollollol

Statistically cases went up. That's because the beauts in government had given a green light to thick people to go out and infect as many people as they could before finally seeing the NHS threatened with collapse (for the second time). So that was in the system coming down the track with age groups not getting the vaccine.

 

[BlueToff]

Read the responses to this utterly tremendous news in that Twitter thread and then feel free in joining me in losing faith in society.

If only Covid just infected thick people

 

[COYBL25]

So the vaccine increased cases now?

lollollollol

It’s a side effect of the gnats piss.

Those pesky forens had it right all along.