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AlgarveBlu said:
A different type of vaccine to be released for the end of the year in the states - fingers crossed -

Moderna plans to produce 20m vaccines by the end of the year
The US biotech company Moderna has announced that it expects to produce 20m doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, Reuters reports.
The announcement, made in a filing with US securities regulators, comes after Moderna’s chief executive, Stephane Bancel, told Reuters on Thursday the company plans to seek emergency authorisation for the vaccine’s use in high-risk groups if it proves even just 70% effective.
Moderna has never brought a vaccine to market, but has received nearly $1bn from the US government under its Operation Warp Speed programme and has also struck a $1.5bn supply agreement with the US.
The vaccine aims to use messenger RNA (or mRNA for short) to trick recipients’ bodies into producing viral proteins themselves. No mRNA vaccine has ever been approved for an infectious disease, but proponents say it could be easier to mass produce than traditional vaccines.
The company continues to expect to make 500m-1bn doses of the vaccine in 2021, Moderna said in the filing on Friday.
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Stock price is up $13 in ten days (25%) so it’s certainly ’good news’ for some......
 
AlgarveBlu said:
A different type of vaccine to be released for the end of the year in the states - fingers crossed -

Moderna plans to produce 20m vaccines by the end of the year
The US biotech company Moderna has announced that it expects to produce 20m doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, Reuters reports.
The announcement, made in a filing with US securities regulators, comes after Moderna’s chief executive, Stephane Bancel, told Reuters on Thursday the company plans to seek emergency authorisation for the vaccine’s use in high-risk groups if it proves even just 70% effective.
Moderna has never brought a vaccine to market, but has received nearly $1bn from the US government under its Operation Warp Speed programme and has also struck a $1.5bn supply agreement with the US.
The vaccine aims to use messenger RNA (or mRNA for short) to trick recipients’ bodies into producing viral proteins themselves. No mRNA vaccine has ever been approved for an infectious disease, but proponents say it could be easier to mass produce than traditional vaccines.
The company continues to expect to make 500m-1bn doses of the vaccine in 2021, Moderna said in the filing on Friday.
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To be honest the words ‘experimental’, ‘70% effective‘ and ‘No mRNA vaccine has ever been approved for an infectious disease’, are not making me rush to stick my neck out, or in the case arm, to have it done.

And I’m as pro vaccine’s as you can get, given I had them all stuck into me as a kid :)
 
Fucking hell, i go out for a couple of hours to adopt a cat and the covid Shit has hit the fan

R number 1.1-1.4
The updated R number came as 4,322 new daily coronavirus cases were recorded in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.this is an increase of almost 1,000 compared with Thursday - and it is the highest daily figure seen since 8 May

news.sky.com

Coronavirus: R number is now between 1.1 and 1.4 nationwide, with the UK reporting 4,322 new daily COVID-19 cases

The R number has increased from between 1.0 and 1.2 to between 1.1 and 1.4.
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Birmingham nightingale has been put on high alert, numbers in hospitals up a worrying amount and more deaths

The second wave I feared is starting to happen
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
The real number is probably nearer to 8500 cases today, as I’d much prefer to trust the ONS and the Covid symptom study numbers than anything the government puts out.

What I would say is that everyone should download the Covid symptom app and report on it, once a day if possible. The website is linked and the app links are on the first page.

https://covid.joinzoe.com/
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Indeed. Let’s not forget the lack of testing and contact tracing is a convenient way to hide the truth. When incompetency seems to high, the chances are that it is deliberate and serves a purpose. No doubt in my mind that the schools are responsible for the sudden surge, universities opening soon and the bad weather is on the way. Bleak winter awaits.
 
Considering how the Russians used Novichek in our country! Why wouldnt they be sending Covid positive people walking through our streets and infecting as much as possible?

Might sound crackpot but I bet the russians have thought of it
 
BobKowalski said:
To be honest the words ‘experimental’, ‘70% effective‘ and ‘No mRNA vaccine has ever been approved for an infectious disease’, are not making me rush to stick my neck out, or in the case arm, to have it done.

And I’m as pro vaccine’s as you can get, given I had them all stuck into me as a kid :)
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it’s surely got to be safer than the skag I inject myself with every time I hear the latest government policy announcement on covid
 
R rates by region
As we mentioned earlier, SAGE estimates suggest that the R number in the UK is between 1.1 and 1.4
Here's how this breaks down across England:
  • East England: 1.0 to 1.3
  • Midlands: 1.2 to 1.5
  • North East and Yorkshire: 1.2 to 1.4
  • South East: 1.1 to 1.4
  • South West: 0.9 to 1.6
  • London: 1.1 to 1.4
  • North West: 1.2 to 1.5
The R number represents the average number of people each COVID-19 positive person goes on to infect. When the figure is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially.

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Coronavirus news live: Donald Trump announces rollout of 150 million 'rapid' COVID-19 tests

The latest COVID-19 news as millions download the NHS Test and Trace app, the 10pm curfew is enforced and daily cases spike.
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Yvonnne Doyle, the medical director at Public Health England, has said she is seeing clear signs the virus is now spreadly widely across all age groups.

She added she is particularly worried by the increase in rates of admission to hospital and intensive care among older people.

Ms Doyle added this could be "a warning of far worse things to come

Same link as above, rolling covid news
 
AlgarveBlu said:
A different type of vaccine to be released for the end of the year in the states - fingers crossed -

Moderna plans to produce 20m vaccines by the end of the year
The US biotech company Moderna has announced that it expects to produce 20m doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, Reuters reports.
The announcement, made in a filing with US securities regulators, comes after Moderna’s chief executive, Stephane Bancel, told Reuters on Thursday the company plans to seek emergency authorisation for the vaccine’s use in high-risk groups if it proves even just 70% effective.
Moderna has never brought a vaccine to market, but has received nearly $1bn from the US government under its Operation Warp Speed programme and has also struck a $1.5bn supply agreement with the US.
The vaccine aims to use messenger RNA (or mRNA for short) to trick recipients’ bodies into producing viral proteins themselves. No mRNA vaccine has ever been approved for an infectious disease, but proponents say it could be easier to mass produce than traditional vaccines.
The company continues to expect to make 500m-1bn doses of the vaccine in 2021, Moderna said in the filing on Friday.
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Yeah.
Right.
Oh see their stock price shot up.
What a coincidence.
 
GM scoreboard:

Bolton 102 - up from 76 and still on a par with the century numbers it had a week ago. 1497 in month (new local record - see below). 644 past week. 178 over 2 days (was 206). Pop score up 36 in one day to 1284.

Bury 69 - up from 36. Doubling its record score in successive days and now running 10 times the numbers it was two weeks ago (when it had 7, 6, 5 on successive days). Very worrying increase here. 526 in month (new record). 243 past week (new record). 105 over 2 days (was 71) - by miles a new record. Pop score up a staggering 35 in one day to 1058.

Manchester 144 - up from 102 and a new all time GM record in a day - and three succcessive century numbers which even Bolton has not (yet) achieved. The big rise in Manchester has become another notable concern (amongst many) at a time when restrictions are supposed to be helping. 1552 in month (yet another GM record set here). 627 past week (Manchester record but Bolton pips it here for the county). 246 over 2 days (was 217) yet another GM record. Pop score up by record 26 in one day to 991. All but certain to be the sixth of the ten boroughs to go into the 1000 club tomorrow. And to show how bad this outbreak is Manchester was lower than Stockport on this measure in the Summer.

Oldham 59 - up from 38 to - you guessed it - new record. 807 in month (new record). 315 past week (new record). 97 over 2 days (was 83). Pop score up 25 to 1482. Will be in 1500 club tomorrow.

Rochdale 42 - up from 29 (but not a record at least). 598 in month (record). 235 past week (record). 71 over 2 days (was 77). Pop score up 19 to 1226.

Salford 64 - up from 53 (new record). Six times where it was couple of weeks back. 724 in month (new record). 307 past week (new record). Pop score up reord 25 to 934.

Stockport 40 - up from 32 (new record). Another big rise up from in the teens in just a week. Like other places in GM in trouble after looking OK very recently. 374 in month (record). 193 past week. (3 weeks ago it had 28 in a week, 2 weeks ago 66, last week 141 - this shows very clearly how numbers are skyrocketing not just here but GM wide). 72 over 2 days (was 57) (another record). Pop score up by record for here of 13 to 786. It took well over a month to pass through the 600s and nearly three months to pass through the 500s. It has taken just 11 days to get here in the 700s and if it has a worse day tomorrow will be in the 800s more than six times faster than it passed through the 500s in the spring/summer. Still top of this rating in GM as nobody else is doing much of a job of the chase.

Tameside 50 - up from 22 to yet another record. 652 in month (record). 253 past week (record). 72 over 2 days (was 63). Pop score up record 22 to 1087. Flying through the 1000s and likely into the 1100 club tomorrow.

Trafford 30 - (record) and big rise from 18 but still by miles the best in GM. 373 in month. By one snatches this top in GM title from Stockport! But barring big changes will be holding on to it for some time I suspect. 131 past week. Not even close as leader in GM in this category. If Stockport and Wigan are still out of restrictions Trafford has to be. Surely. Pop score up a record 12 points to 823 so made little headway catching Stockport for its last remaining GM title.

Wigan 49 - up from 39 (though not quite a record still worringly high like Stockport). This has held GM titles too but has lost them with these slips. You have to wonder if Trafford can avoid not going the same way as theae two given its record numbers today. 463 in month (record). 239 past week (record). Like Stockport but even more starkly - Wigan 3 weeks ago had 40 in a week, then 2 weeks ago 86 in a week, and last week 147 in a week. Pop score up 15 to 830.
 
kaz7 said:
Yvonnne Doyle, the medical director at Public Health England, has said she is seeing clear signs the virus is now spreadly widely across all age groups.

She added she is particularly worried by the increase in rates of admission to hospital and intensive care among older people.

Ms Doyle added this could be "a warning of far worse things to come

Same link as above, rolling covid news
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I genuinely believe the mortality rate will be lower this time for reasons we have all gone over. I’m more worried about the lack of study done so far on the quite sizable amount of people with long covid which as I can tell does not discriminate on age groups which is a bit worrying if it ends up being a This chronic disease.

the reality is though we just don’t have the resources to study this at the moment whilst trying to deal with testing, vaccine/ anti viral developments, the economy and trying to save the rest of the population from the indirect consequences of covid
 
kaz7 said:
Yvonnne Doyle, the medical director at Public Health England, has said she is seeing clear signs the virus is now spreadly widely across all age groups.

She added she is particularly worried by the increase in rates of admission to hospital and intensive care among older people.

Ms Doyle added this could be "a warning of far worse things to come

Same link as above, rolling covid news
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Good that at last a PHE warning on this because this has been very obvious from the data I have been posting here for days and as I have mentioned numerous times no journalists seem to have bothered finding this data for themselves and are putting out false claims that the data is not being reflected in hospitals.

One in the Telegraph today.

I have been charting how it has been doing that in a football forum for two weeks now and how ventilated patients then rose and keep rising and deaths are starting to do the same.

I sure hope someone with influence in the government is capable of reading the numbers like I am (as its not rocket science) and not just offering the spin they are told to put on them.

Hopefully a PHE director will wake up the lazy sods in Fleet Street to look at the data for themselves.
 
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