Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[LinekersLegs]

Informative thread

 

[COYBL25]

Said it at the weekend mate , if they want to
Do it fair enough but they’re doing it and calling it free will. Feels unfair to be honest .

All they need to do now, is use the media to scare a good percentage of the older population back indoors.

However, I don’t think younger people are the slightest bit arsed tbh.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Thankfully it doesn’t seem to have had the same drop off on full test data that the Merck one did.

“In the study of high-risk patients, called EPIC-HR, 5 of 697 patients who received a five-day course of Paxlovid were hospitalized or died, compared to 44 of 682 who received a placebo. There were no deaths in the Paxlovid group and 9 in the placebo group. Adverse events occurred at similar rates between the placebo and Paxlovid groups, and patients on Paxlovid were less likely to have a severe problem or to stop taking the drug due to a perceived side effect. Patients in the study were considered high risk because they were not vaccinated and had at least one characteristic or underlying medical condition that increased their risk of Covid-19. These could include being over 65, being overweight, or having cardiovascular disease.

The study of patients who were at lower risk, called EPIC-SR, showed that 2 of 333 patients who received a five-day course of Paxlovid were hospitalized compared to 8 of 329 who received placebo. The results were similar in a second analysis, Pfizer said, but barely missed statistical significance. Rates of adverse events were similar between the drug and placebo.”

 

[LinekersLegs]

Thought both threads were well worth a read

 

[NorthernBlue]

I went pubs or restaurants Friday, Saturday and Sunday last week. I just don't really fancy spending Christmas stuck in the house! Plan on being back in the pub on Boxing Day and if I have to isolate after that then it's fine.

Same going out in style this Christmas ready for the grim Jan, Feb and March.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Denmark and Norway rush in stricter Covid measures as cases soar

Scandinavian countries say Omicron is spreading rapidly and expect record number of daily infections

t.co

 

[LinekersLegs]

Separating out the severity of Omicron using London hospitalizations is going to be difficult if this dual wave continues, SA had largely passed its Detla wave.

 

[Leylo]

Just red something on the lines that we may need a jab every 3 months until they get a vaccine that tackles all variants possible, once they do that a vaccine could last for few years. Bloody hope so were all starting to look like dartboards.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Good news, however, UK demographics is much different. The average age of the South African 16 yrs less than ours, the virus is always going to kill less and appear milder in younger populations, that's been established from the onset of this pandemic.

 

[Kurt.]

 

[BlueToff]

Good news, however, UK demographics is much different. The average age of the South African 16 yrs less than ours, the virus is always going to kill less and appear milder in younger populations, that's been established from the onset of this pandemic.

South Africa also nowhere near vaccination rates like the UK's though.

However, a lot of natural immunity from previous waves.

 

[LinekersLegs]

@Groucho to the rescue!

 

[joe1878]

Just red something on the lines that we may need a jab every 3 months until they get a vaccine that tackles all variants possible, once they do that a vaccine could last for few years. Bloody hope so were all starting to look like dartboards.

More pricks than anfield on a match day

 

[efcfanwirral]

Thankfully it doesn’t seem to have had the same drop off on full test data that the Merck one did.

“In the study of high-risk patients, called EPIC-HR, 5 of 697 patients who received a five-day course of Paxlovid were hospitalized or died, compared to 44 of 682 who received a placebo. There were no deaths in the Paxlovid group and 9 in the placebo group. Adverse events occurred at similar rates between the placebo and Paxlovid groups, and patients on Paxlovid were less likely to have a severe problem or to stop taking the drug due to a perceived side effect. Patients in the study were considered high risk because they were not vaccinated and had at least one characteristic or underlying medical condition that increased their risk of Covid-19. These could include being over 65, being overweight, or having cardiovascular disease.

The study of patients who were at lower risk, called EPIC-SR, showed that 2 of 333 patients who received a five-day course of Paxlovid were hospitalized compared to 8 of 329 who received placebo. The results were similar in a second analysis, Pfizer said, but barely missed statistical significance. Rates of adverse events were similar between the drug and placebo.”

Another Pfizer competitor bites the dust