davids
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But if there are no foreign holidays this year people will be forced to holiday at home. Those figures assume that the Spanish will all sit at home and won't spend a cent in their own country.
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Chris O'Connor
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We have to accept the inevitable that the virus will never be eradicated and you have to accept it's worldwide and therefore the extent of the problem. There will always be places where it's completely out of control and spreading rapidly, even with the best vaccines because not all will have them.
It's why the COVAX program is so important and why no country or continent can be complacent even if in the future it's down to only 'background' levels in Europe and nearer home. A worldwide problem needs the world to come together and keep fighting it on every continent even after its down to very low levels in Europe, North America and parts of Asia
Wherever it's more prevalent there are going to be further mutations. The more mutations there are then the chances are that the Covid virus' spike protein will also be radically altered by some of them. The more radically the Covid virus' spike protein's shape is changed then the less effective current vaccines are likely to be.
There is then an adaption process in which current vaccines will have to be modified to cope with new mutations. The vaccination program will likely continue next Winter and Spring too with at least booster shots with new mutations protection for vulnerable groups and maybe more extensively too, rather as the seasonal Flu vaccines are given now. It'll only be seasonal Covid vaccines once some control is exerted everywhere though. While the levels are high it will still be an all year round problem.
There is the prospect of different techniques being used to develop a vaccine not so dependent on a largely unchanged Covid virus spike protein but targeting one of the virus' core proteins, If developed the new vaccine wouldn't be anything like so rapidly overtaken by new mutations making it far more effective for far longer.
It's why the COVAX program is so important and why no country or continent can be complacent even if in the future it's down to only 'background' levels in Europe and nearer home. A worldwide problem needs the world to come together and keep fighting it on every continent even after its down to very low levels in Europe, North America and parts of Asia
Wherever it's more prevalent there are going to be further mutations. The more mutations there are then the chances are that the Covid virus' spike protein will also be radically altered by some of them. The more radically the Covid virus' spike protein's shape is changed then the less effective current vaccines are likely to be.
There is then an adaption process in which current vaccines will have to be modified to cope with new mutations. The vaccination program will likely continue next Winter and Spring too with at least booster shots with new mutations protection for vulnerable groups and maybe more extensively too, rather as the seasonal Flu vaccines are given now. It'll only be seasonal Covid vaccines once some control is exerted everywhere though. While the levels are high it will still be an all year round problem.
There is the prospect of different techniques being used to develop a vaccine not so dependent on a largely unchanged Covid virus spike protein but targeting one of the virus' core proteins, If developed the new vaccine wouldn't be anything like so rapidly overtaken by new mutations making it far more effective for far longer.
PaulPowersTash
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Tourism in Spain is the third major contributor to national economic life after the industrial and the business/banking sectors, contributing about 10–11% of Spain's GDP. in 2018 it was responsible for 13.5% of total employment.
That's a hell of a game changer if it goes belly up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Spain
TaffyToffee85
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Pah, holiday at home!?. I’d rather stay here and save up until it’s time to fly again. Spending the money on a “staycation” while waiting for the skies to reopen is money down the drain.
A 5 star hotel in Reykjavik or Oslo next year. By then Iceland will have sorted its Kent Variant issue and many more than the 19,800 so far will have been jabbed by the resumed AZ vaccine. Iceland has hit a few knocks during this pandemic, but they act before anything can happen, unlike this country who sit back and act only after they have waited for something bad to happen. If our government had the same mindset as Iceland’s, then there would be a lot less people dead than there actually is.
This U.K. holiday thing is like we have to holiday at home, no choice about it. It’s rammed in our faces all the time, even with special TV shows about “staycations”.
Got the latest figures and will analyse them in a moment.
Barnfred 55
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She doesn't look like that now mate. Then I suppose, neither do you
random
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Not sure Pete ever looked like that
Barnfred 55
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Bloody big buggers though aren't they. Can't see supply being a problem. It's the packaging
Barnfred 55
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Well no. I guess not
TaffyToffee85
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98 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, although a little late.
So far this week the figures have been 17, 112, 98..... last week they were at this same time 65, 110, 141.
This gives us a rolling total of this week so far being 227 vs 316 at the same stage last week; a drop of 89.
If the daily average stays the same, we will be looking at about 530 deaths come the end of the week, but it should be even more lower what with the speed deaths are coming down.
The weekly average of deaths comes down to 79, after being a non-mover yesterday on 85.
What with the way testing figures have fluctuated lately, it’s not with me analysing the cases.
So far this week the figures have been 17, 112, 98..... last week they were at this same time 65, 110, 141.
This gives us a rolling total of this week so far being 227 vs 316 at the same stage last week; a drop of 89.
If the daily average stays the same, we will be looking at about 530 deaths come the end of the week, but it should be even more lower what with the speed deaths are coming down.
The weekly average of deaths comes down to 79, after being a non-mover yesterday on 85.
What with the way testing figures have fluctuated lately, it’s not with me analysing the cases.
Well end of the day people have been badly impacted by this all across the board. It's all relative.
I lost loads of work. Luckily got some back. But it's been a big hit for me. Fortunately, though, everyone I know well and all my immediate family have avoided getting really ill from COVID so that's a big plus- obviously.
There's a line between being able to air concerns fairly and then being weirdly selfish, like. I know everyone has been affected one way or the other through this though there's no doubt it's a lot easier to take if you haven't lost your job or your main interests haven't been totally cast aside as unimportant and stuff.
duncs pigeon
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Phone call from Docs, booked in for first jab on Saturday
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Phone call from Docs, booked in for first jab on Saturday
Excellent news, but I thought you were only 14......
Theres not a single person this hasnt impacted in some way, we have all suffered, all made sacrifices, all lost things, whether thats money, holidays, going to Goodison, even visiting our friends and family, it all counts and it all matters.
We didn't do it for the old, the sick, the ill, the fat, I thought we did it cos thats what we should do as humans, protect other humans.
I know, a silly idea, but I would rather we clung on to the last thing that makes us human and not animals.
Agree with the principle like but there's approx 360,000 people in Iceland.
There's 350,000 people in the Wakefield district, where I live... 500,000 in Liverpool.
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