Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Tipp blue]

My wife, type 1 diabetic got a message today that she is getting her vaccine on Tuesday.. I'm delighted it's like a weight has been lifted.

 

[peteblue]

So basically no better off than Russia and Germany for full protection.

Better than both and improving at a faster rate....and that ignores the other 31 million first doses the U.K. has done. You can argue the numbers or the percentages or whatever until you are blue in the face but the U.K. is wiping the floor with everyone in Europe in both first dose and now second dose......

 

[peteblue]

Ok.

You are a fireman, there are 2 houses :

House number 1 is on fire
House number 2 will eventually go on fire

Which house do you deal with first?

I mean house 2 will catch fire, but its not on fire yet.

He’d go to house number 3 and give them a lecture about being rich Tory barstewards.....

 

[peteblue]

It was up to this government to get us a couple of vaccines that dont threaten life or limb.

Never in a million years will the Yanks pass that AZ vaccine.

Because it undercuts American vaccines, that’s why....

 

[Goat]

Because it undercuts American vaccines, that’s why....

The at-cost vaccine must be discredited as much as possible so people can buy the overpriced cougar urine from The US.

 

[peteblue]

The at-cost vaccine must be discredited as much as possible so people can buy the overpriced cougar urine from The US.

AZ have already said they’ve lost out on about £21Bn of profit and because of the grief given by the EU wouldn’t do it again. This will still be the vaccine that saves the rest of the world, and leaves the rich to pay through the nose....

 

[davmaher]

Experts stress Covid vaccine benefits outweigh risks after seven UK deaths

30 reported cases of blood clotting issues after AstraZeneca jab out of 18.1m doses

www.theguardian.com

*sigh*

I've got to go back in 10 weeks time for another game of Russian Roulette.

There are literally millions of people who will be going back for a second injection. Only drama queens like you will make any fuss over it. If you are that worried don't go. It's that simple. You don't believe the vaccine works anyway so if you had any backbone or principles you would just swerve it.

 

[Tipp blue]

The at-cost vaccine must be discredited as much as possible so people can buy the overpriced cougar urine from The US.

Cougar urine or gnats piss?

 

[Goat]

Cougar urine or gnats piss?

Im holding on for the tiger blood.

 

[toffee82]

Im holding on for the tiger blood.

I'm getting a shot of Dragon spunk.

 

[grandjoeblue]

Unbelievable to see so many people out and about today. Today made me realise how good normality would be.

Easy to forget what we had.

 

[tsubaki]

What better way?

It's a pretty crap situation.

They've been advising against any unessential travel. And if you land back in the UK from anywhere (unless it's for very specific work I imagine), you have to quarantine at home (and pay for the tests to be sent to you) or in a hotel if the countries are red listed.

The Home Office's idea to fit GPS tags was a much better idea than the hotel one has turned out to be - it would have been much cheaper, and much less draconian.

 

[davek]

So they didn’t ask you if you’d had COVID, been in contact with anyone who had or been tested in the weeks before your jab?

No, they didn't.

The whole thing was a shambles. Very poorly organised - too may people let into the hall and not socially distanced. I wont be going back there for the second, that is for sure. The AZ vaccine I'll get if I simply have to.

 

[BlueToff]

The Home Office's idea to fit GPS tags was a much better idea than the hotel one has turned out to be - it would have been much cheaper, and much less draconian.

But didn't people want the system that Aus and NZ had in place?

GPS tags on what, people?

Either way it's pretty draconian isn't it?

Edit: not saying something can't be done, btw, just - isn't the entire point to deter people from travelling unless they absolutely need to, and for those that do travel, it's for them to quarantine/isolate.

 

[davek]

Better than both and improving at a faster rate....and that ignores the other 31 million first doses the U.K. has done. You can argue the numbers or the percentages or whatever until you are blue in the face but the U.K. is wiping the floor with everyone in Europe in both first dose and now second dose......

Get in. Foreigners are rubbish.