Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LinekersLegs]

Obviously only one data point but a very encouraging one

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Billy Dean]

Obviously only one data point but a very encouraging one

My GP recommended I do an antibody test before getting a booster. Although it seems still not much is known about antibody levels

 

[Ghost Rider]

Obviously only one data point but a very encouraging one

Just to question one thing about that.

There was no vaccine 20 months ago?

 

[LinekersLegs]

Just to question one thing about that.

There was no vaccine 20 months ago?

He was the second person on earth to get the vaccine as part of the small initial test group

 

[Ghost Rider]

He was the second person on earth to get the vaccine as part of the small initial test group

Right ok.

Got to say at that point it's a little dangerous to be straight in there so quickly after it was made then. Who knows what could have gone wrong after only I assume 3 months of development for a brand new virus!

 

[LinekersLegs]

Right ok.

Got to say at that point it's a little dangerous to be straight in there so quickly after it was made then. Who knows what could have gone wrong after only I assume 3 months of development for a brand new virus!

Aye, we owe a lot to the people to volunteer for trials of this and other drugs.

Iirc there were animal trials to establish safety but still a non negligible risk to be in that first group and even without that there was a lot of bloodwork testing and general time commitment.

 

[JLW]

I don't think that's true. most people want to be vaccinated, and there's no reason why anyone shouldn't want to be unless it's for medical reasons. It helps you fight off the illness if you get it. It's a good thing.

The boosters - they're definitely needed for people in certain age groups and vulnerable categories. I don't think it's right for anywhere to use boosters as another form of ID though. It's not right for the vaccines to be used in that way but it's better than the alternative. The boosters shouldn't need to be done that way, all it does is feed into anti-vax theories.

A lot of people are only vaccinated because of the fear of losing jobs and being restricted to travel. If there was no threat to freedom the vaccination percentage would be far lower than what it is. I know loads who have said they had it because the want to go the match and concerts, that was their reply when asking if they’ve jabbed. The answer wasn’t to protect themselves from the virus.

 

[BlueToff]

But if not for incentives and restriction fears no chance this many people would have gone for the vaccine in this short timespan

I for one got vaccinated to be able to travel. Travel is crucial for me, I love being on the road. If they let me free, (like completely free, all over the world) I would have waited for a few years.

Why though?

As in why wouldn't you want extra protection from the virus?

 

[BlueToff]

A lot of people are only vaccinated because of the fear of losing jobs and being restricted to travel. If there was no threat to freedom the vaccination percentage would be far lower than what it is. I know loads who have said they had it because the want to go the match and concerts, that was their reply when asking if they’ve jabbed. The answer wasn’t to protect themselves from the virus.

I'd be surprised if that isn't just bravado.

 

[BlueToff]

A decent percentage of young people have got it to go abroad easier. I know a few people in my family/friends where thats the primary reason for getting it.

I wouldn't rush out to get a booster but if I needed one to fly I'd get one pretty quickly. I believe countries who have mandated it in workplaces have had a good increase in vaccinations but that doesn't really seem to have happened in the care sector here.

Younger people perhaps, yes.

But generally I'd say a good percentage of people got the vaccine because they know that it's, on balance, the right thing to do.

 

[roydo]

Younger people perhaps, yes.

But generally I'd say a good percentage of people got the vaccine because they know that it's, on balance, the right thing to do.

Thats exactly why my lads got the jab, 26 and 28. Nowt to do with being able to do stuff.

 

[CharliePotato]

A lot of people are only vaccinated because of the fear of losing jobs and being restricted to travel. If there was no threat to freedom the vaccination percentage would be far lower than what it is. I know loads who have said they had it because the want to go the match and concerts, that was their reply when asking if they’ve jabbed. The answer wasn’t to protect themselves from the virus.

100%.

 

[BlueToff]

Thats exactly why my lads got the jab, 26 and 28. Nowt to do with being able to do stuff.

I'm not saying everyone who doesn't get one or hasn't so far is 100% selfish, Roydo, not at all.

It's just the right thing to do for your safety first and foremost. It only starts protecting other people when they get vaccinated, which was my point the other day.

I'm dubious on the boosters for all age groups. Because it does hint that it just won't stop and I'm not sure the evidence is there yet to justify it for people around my age (and your lads' ages). But obviously if the time comes where there is evidence then I'll go and get it if I need to.

 

[roydo]

I'm not saying everyone who doesn't get one or hasn't so far is 100% selfish, Roydo, not at all.

It's just the right thing to do for your safety first and foremost. It only starts protecting other people when they get vaccinated, which was my point the other day.

I'm dubious on the boosters for all age groups. Because it does hint that it just won't stop and I'm not sure the evidence is there yet to justify it for people around my age (and your lads' ages). But obviously if the time comes where there is evidence then I'll go and get it if I need to.

Wasnt suggesting you were mate. Not in the slightest.