Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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How do two 30 years old get the vaccine like? o_O
I think there’s a big disparity between local areas. I’m 41 and got my first jab a couple of weeks ago here in Suffolk. I actually got the text message from my GP literally 5 minutes after hearing on the radio that the government were “suspending” all under 50s jabs for the short term due to the expected lowering of available vaccines. When I went to get it done there were quite a few others in the queue who I would have put in the 40’s bracket.
 
I think there’s a big disparity between local areas. I’m 41 and got my first jab a couple of weeks ago here in Suffolk. I actually got the text message from my GP literally 5 minutes after hearing on the radio that the government were “suspending” all under 50s jabs for the short term due to the expected lowering of available vaccines. When I went to get it done there were quite a few others in the queue who I would have put in the 40’s bracket.
I'm the same age and haven't heard a dickie bird.
 
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I’ve just done some Big Shaq style “quick maths” on this AstraZenica blood clot scandal and I’m confused.

According to reports I’ve just read, the estimates are that these “rare” blood clots occur normally between 2 in a million and 16 in a million (between 1 in 500,000 and 1 in 62,500). In the UK there has been 18 million doses of the AstraZenica vaccine given, with 30 cases of the clotting occurring. This is 1 in 600,000, which is actually LOWER than would normally be “expected” even without having the vaccine.

So I’m really struggling to see any causation link here?
And as one who had a heart attack coming up 20 years ago, I can say with certainty, given that I was told everything by the medics following my heart attack, that blood clotting over a (long) period of time is instrumental in narrowing the internal walls of the arteries through which blood passes. Given that heart disease/heart attacks is one of the biggest killers as a result of the foregoing, I agree with you that it is likely that blood clotting in an individual is almost certainly more likely due to an underlying condition which has been occurring over a long period of time, rather than a jab that triggers it totally within a very short period of time. I'm not claiming anything definitive here, just passing on what I have been told by the medical profession...
 
My area seem to be going though 2nd doses more than the 1st, judging by the folk I saw going in the other day. That said, its worth checking your GP has your mobile number/correct address.
Oh they do for sure. It's also an area with an extremely high BAME population, so there might be a "vulnerable" population as long as your arm to get through first.
 
Oh they do for sure. It's also an area with an extremely high BAME population, so there might be a "vulnerable" population as long as your arm to get through first.

Cool. Just trust the systems. They are the key to all this, and are incredible.
 
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