Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!
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Thanks. I was being lazylol
First - before I get bombarded - physical activity and exercise are good and to be encouraged regardless of my opinions of this specific study.
Seems a bit overstated in the Sky piece.
Observational study - so can't show cause. Correlation/association does not imply causation (just for you LL
)Patient report of physical activity is notoriously suspect and the definition of intensity was open to interpretation.
They had to do some statistical wizardry to account for significant patient characteristic differences between the 3 exercise levels and quite smaller numbers of patients in the upper and lowest activity groups. Not shockingly - the more physically active group had lower overall comorbid disease burden.
All in all, I think this supports the recognized effect that healthier individuals with the associated healthier lifestyles over all are less likely to get ill, seriously ill, or die from COVID and likely have more robust immune systems. Exercise might be the end all be all for decreasing the risks of COVID infection - just don't think this study proves that.
TaffyToffee85
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Some new data from The Guardian. It breaks down the impact of hospitalisations and deaths depending on Vaccine type with very interesting results.
Based on around 37 million doses given the resulting cases and deaths are reportedly recorded AFTER at least 1 dose (and seemingly just rounded to nearest so approx).
AZ: 20.6 million first doses / 1 million second
321 positive cases - 1.49 per 100K population
22 deaths - 0.1 per 100 K population.
Pfizer: 11 million first doses / 4.4 million second
626 positive cases - 4.1% per 100K population
40 deaths - 0.3% per 100 K population
I imagine there are many caveats here. One I can think of is age distribution of the vaccines that may have varied. And whether length of time since vaccination is factored in
However, it should help the AZ vaccine gain some confidence back at least.
Based on around 37 million doses given the resulting cases and deaths are reportedly recorded AFTER at least 1 dose (and seemingly just rounded to nearest so approx).
AZ: 20.6 million first doses / 1 million second
321 positive cases - 1.49 per 100K population
22 deaths - 0.1 per 100 K population.
Pfizer: 11 million first doses / 4.4 million second
626 positive cases - 4.1% per 100K population
40 deaths - 0.3% per 100 K population
I imagine there are many caveats here. One I can think of is age distribution of the vaccines that may have varied. And whether length of time since vaccination is factored in
However, it should help the AZ vaccine gain some confidence back at least.
Dharma
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Despite all de Pfeffel's bluster yesterday about an "anti-virals taskforce" a reminder of just how proactive the UK goverment is in response to the pandemic.
This rarely seen video and ALL the evidence behind it was sent to de Pfeffel in JANUARY.
She has never recieved a response.
This rarely seen video and ALL the evidence behind it was sent to de Pfeffel in JANUARY.
She has never recieved a response.
TaffyToffee85
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101,642 active cases according to Worldometer. 4,166,734 have recovered from the virus, a rise from 4,161,433 yesterday.
Tomorrow we should finally get sub 100,000 ongoing cases. Come tomorrow I will be saying “This time last month we had 481,598, what a huge comedown”.
Yesterday we were on 104,567, so it’s a drop of 2,925 today. We were seeing falls in the 10,000s at one point, but it’s still very steady and going down really fast.
Tomorrow we should finally get sub 100,000 ongoing cases. Come tomorrow I will be saying “This time last month we had 481,598, what a huge comedown”.
Yesterday we were on 104,567, so it’s a drop of 2,925 today. We were seeing falls in the 10,000s at one point, but it’s still very steady and going down really fast.
YERRRRRRRRRRRRS I can go for a pint on May 3rd.Last time this was allowed was 5th Nov.
Are you allowed to go out and eat overpriced Greek muck too or is it still state issue iron rations and gruel ?
Allowed to dine outside with distancing.I wont be bothering with that option though lol
I'll have my Frank Sidebottom head on and straw lolBe careful not to MURDER too many when you’re swilling
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Yeah but it shows the system is working.
If the kid wasn't tested he would almost 100% have been asymptomatic, and spread it around the school to other kids who would then take it home to the family. Now all the other kids and family members that have been in contact with the source are self isolating.
I'm surprised it's 10 days though. I'd have just tested your lad again after 5 days and sent him back to school if he was negative.
FFS, Missus wasn't allowed to have a vaccine due to the medication she is currently taking for an ear infection she has.
Sad panda.
Sad panda.
I read about Ivermectin in like August last year. A lot of African countries use it regularly for parasites etc.. Africa has an extremely low Covid history.. Hmmmmmmm
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