Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[WA Toffee]

“Globe still on fire”.... God you really do overreact and dramatise!.

It’s been proven the vaccines work and really damn well do. June 21st we will still have to exercise caution, but if we get through winter, we’ve beaten it.

When Australia had their winter, they hardly moved up in cases and deaths etc.

Something tells me you love these restrictions on life Dave?. Well, let me tell you, it hasn’t got long until it buggers off.

Australia had a proper response from the beginning though, we pretty much kept it out from the start

 

[4737carlin]

Perhaps Texas has the health infrastructure to cope better than India with any spike in virus but it still seems a rash move.

True, also I'm not sure if there was any kind of insistence on having a vaccine in Texas.

 

[whiteshadow]

Unfortunately there has been a further outbreak of covid in 2 old people's homes here in the Creuse département of central France
All the inhabitants had been fully 2 shot vaccinated, the staff had at least one jab.
38 vaccinated people have been re infected by the Brazilian or s African mutation.

If you can read French it's reported in Le Figaro today.

Not good news.

Let's hope the boosters come out quickly.

 

[4737carlin]

Australia had a proper response from the beginning though, we pretty much kept it out from the start

One of my friends who lives in Taiwan, recently came back for his mums final weeks, anyway has gone back now, getting back into the country all kinds of checks and police going to his house to make sure he is in isolation...etc
I think becuase they had SARS years ago they were much more prepared.
Like Australia, some countries have been dealing from day one with this, I dont think the UK has ever at any point dealt with this properly.

 

[PaddyJames]

Nice of the thousands in London to stand up fo their right to a free ventilator on the NHS. Send the army in and rid this world of thousands of absolute balloons.

 

[toffee82]

Unfortunately there has been a further outbreak of covid in 2 old people's homes here in the Creuse département of central France
All the inhabitants had been fully 2 shot vaccinated, the staff had at least one jab.
38 vaccinated people have been re infected by the Brazilian or s African mutation.

If you can read French it's reported in Le Figaro today.

I couldn't find the story.

Has there been hospitalisations and deaths associated?

It is still possible for vaccinated persons to get infected but hopefully they have a better immune response and it is less severe.

 

[Tramps_mate]

Darren Gough at the time was talking about this, predicting it was going to lead to a disaster, and it has.
There was a baseball game in Texas, opening week, sold out stadium and similar, wonder if it's done similar there.
Just hope UK takes note and dosent do any in controlled crowds any time soon

Been doing it for a few weeks already..

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Unfortunately there has been a further outbreak of covid in 2 old people's homes here in the Creuse département of central France
All the inhabitants had been fully 2 shot vaccinated, the staff had at least one jab.
38 vaccinated people have been re infected by the Brazilian or s African mutation.

If you can read French it's reported in Le Figaro today.

Just spotted this

Covid cluster found among 11 vaccinated pensioners in French care home

Covid cluster found among 11 vaccinated pensioners in French care home

www.connexionfrance.com

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Similar situation in the US

COVID research: a year of scientific milestones

Nature waded through the literature on the coronavirus — and summarized key papers as they appeared.

www.nature.com

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Similar situation in the US

COVID research: a year of scientific milestones

Nature waded through the literature on the coronavirus — and summarized key papers as they appeared.

www.nature.com

Good as the vaccines are, in the US there is going to have to be a campaign to persuade more healthcare workers to get vaccinated.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[gonetomorrow]

True, also I'm not sure if there was any kind of insistence on having a vaccine in Texas.

Yeah, you can just imagine those self-righteous Texans refusing to be told what to do - until they're being carried into an ambulance with their ten gallon hats still on!

 

[Mrk]

 

[TaffyToffee85]

Australia had a proper response from the beginning though, we pretty much kept it out from the start

Hopefully the way we are controlling it now, we’ll go the same way also.