Can confirm. As one of those scientists I'm only interested in making patients' lives better. I am under absolutely zero pressure to cut corners, find ways to raise prices or endanger anyone. Bad PR in this game can be a life sentence - look at the damage the nitrosamines issue is causing with established products such as Ranitidine.Pharma companies are not charities, they make money , a lot goes back into finding new drugs , they make losses on potential drugs that never make it to market , there are many of those every year
The scientists at these companies want to do what all of them do and that is make vaccines to save people and other drugs to make peoples lives better
Funny you should mention ranitidine, i was looking that up yesterday when a pharmacist said it had been withdrawn , is it gone for good do you know ?Can confirm. As one of those scientists I'm only interested in making patients' lives better. I am under absolutely zero pressure to cut corners, find ways to raise prices or endanger anyone. Bad PR in this game can be a life sentence - look at the damage the nitrosamines issue is causing with established products such as Ranitidine.
Pharma companies are not charities, they make money , a lot goes back into finding new drugs , they make losses on potential drugs that never make it to market , there are many of those every year
The scientists at these companies want to do what all of them do and that is make vaccines to save people and other drugs to make peoples lives better
I agree (as far as I know about these companies).Can confirm. As one of those scientists I'm only interested in making patients' lives better. I am under absolutely zero pressure to cut corners, find ways to raise prices or endanger anyone. Bad PR in this game can be a life sentence - look at the damage the nitrosamines issue is causing with established products such as Ranitidine.
Even if the situation with nitrosamines resolves favourably, it will be incredibly difficult to salvage the reputation of Ranitidine given it was the focal point of the cancer hysteria.Funny you should mention ranitidine, i was looking that up yesterday when a pharmacist said it had been withdrawn , is it gone for good do you know ?
theyre looking to rollout massively soon, i believe this tests are being kept separate and theyre looking into following up positives with PCR. normal testing still goes ahead.Just wondering - are these the only tests being done in Liverpool now? Or just extra ones being included in the official daily case data on gov.uk? Or listed separately altogether?
As they are quick response tests they will all presumably be reported on the day.
I ask as the Liverpool cases shown for last night by Gov.UK were 201. Will these 220 be the numbers for today perhaps.
Or are they still doing other tests?
Liverpool's positive case numbers over past 4 days published on Gov UK were 185 - 186 - 165 - 201
Problem with Pharma (and many other businesses) is that they are highly regulated and as such operate within the bounds of the law, not morality. I know Pfizer have a very aggressive business strategy and I'm quite sure they're suffering a bit of a patent cliff at the moment which is intensifying things.I agree (as far as I know about these companies).
I think the Pfizer news has been tempered by the costs differences (£29 to AZ's £2) and the distribution (or perceived lack of) to third world countries (vaccine nationalism). Also the fact they haven't joined Covax (as yet).
Is is just Pfizer that are the baddies amongst the rest?
https://www.corp-research.org/pfizer
North Manchester General seemed to rely a lot on interim managers and management consultants when my old company used to provide their medical rostering. There weren’t clear lines of accountability which led to things like people / teams not turning up to their allocated training that just waisted time and money. They sometimes have competing projects trying to do the same job eg reduce sickness absence.That's NHS Management for you.
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Tbf, AZ have a similar rap sheet too.Problem with Pharma (and many other businesses) is that they are highly regulated and as such operate within the bounds of the law, not morality. I know Pfizer have a very aggressive business strategy and I'm quite sure they're suffering a bit of a patent cliff at the moment which is intensifying things.
Their rap sheet definitely contains more characters than some of their competitors according to that website.
Cost can most likely be attributed to the technology used, they are using a more novel (newer) technology which would undoubtedly be more expensive to produce, also, you know, they're American.
Question if anybody knows the answer as I can't seem to find what I need to know and wondered if anybody has any idea?
Daughters class at primary school has been sent home this morning. Me and her mother have shared custody and its fallen on a day she has dropped her off so has now gone home with her.
Does my daughter now have to stay at her mothers house for the next 14 days or are we still able to use two homes? I did the drop offs Monday and Tuesday so it's not like I haven't seen my daughter since last week.
What a shitshow.
The purpose of self-isolation is explained in the advice given by the Government and it should be taken incredibly seriously. If you are self-isolating because you are showing symptoms, then we strongly recommend you continue to do so – even if your symptoms are relatively mild, self-isolating could literally save lives.
However, it should be ok to continue with child arrangements if each person is willing to personally self-isolate, and not come into contact with anybody else.
Bear in mind that doing this can affect the wider family, too – anyone else in the affected households should also isolate themselves. If there are people in those houses who are continuing to have to work, such as frontline health workers, then we would urge people to reconsider and put child arrangements on hold until the situation develops.
Above all, we would urge people to take a common-sense approach. This situation could yet go on for months.
Bear in mind that symptoms might not be showing today, but people can be infectious before they show symptoms. An apparently healthy person today could have a fever and cough tomorrow, so don’t take good health for granted.
Also consider using technology to maintain contact – conversations on the phone, or by Skype/Facetime etc, if a child needs to be isolated with one parent. This could be the most practical solution, especially if there are older/vulnerable relatives in either household whose health needs must be prioritised.
In short:
The most important thing is to look after yourselves, your families and everyone else in society. Remember these measures have been put into place to save lives, so don’t take unnecessary risks.
- You are still permitted to stick to your child arrangement orders
- If you show symptoms, follow Government advice – it is designed to save lives
- If you have symptoms but still want to respect child arrangements, then be communicative and sensible. If everyone agrees, you can still go ahead – but everyone involved must self-isolate too.
- Consider the impact on the wider household, who would all need to self-isolate as well
- Vulnerable, elderly or at-risk family members’ health must be the priority
- Use technology such as Skype or Facetime as an alternative way to maintain contact during isolation.
Interesting information on Long Covid.
estimages of currently being 300k long haulers in the UK alone so far.
Notes that a lot of this is from a pre release document but from very established scientists.
half of all asymptomatic cases tests still have LIVING virus in there intestines 3+ months post infection. he summerises this could be the same for Long Covid suffereres.
there is a lot more details in there about how the virus infects some cells that could be causing the long covid.
not had chance to finish the video yet but what Ive seen is very interesting.
well you've got to have the good stuff.I certainly wont be taking a vaccine. I will never put anything into my body that is not 100% safe.
I was speaking to my drug dealer the other day about this and he completely agrees.
Justifying her failures by talking about the failings of others. She’s such a prick.Nicola Sturgeon says that the R may now be 'slightly under 1' but some areas are showing rising transmission again.
And concerned by the central belt where cases have stabilised but done so 'stubbornly high' and are meeting to discuss what to do and whether 'further restrictions are necessary' given the winter to come.
She adds that cases are lower in Scotland than some other parts of the UK.
so this may be, I guess promising is the wrong word, something that rather than being a life-long damage based syndrome, is actually something that could potentially be treatable and significantly reduce the effects of long covid?
I understand a lot of people have actual lung damage, but in the case of some symptoms being the result of having active virus rather than also being permanent post-covid damage, from your post it seems there's potential to solve that sort of thing?
that was my take from it, Identifying what is going on allows for theraputics. but how much we can treat I dont know. the living virus in the gut I guess we can but in the gut it wouldnt be effected by antibodies so not sure what the Vaccine would do there if anything.
im guessing that a some of it is viral fatigue which has been around a long time so not sure what the fixes are there other than just time.
And taken billions out of the public purse in the process.One of the things that makes science great is the wranglings over the truth.
Throughout history theories are postulated, argued over by the experts and then proved either be to be true(ish) or false.
Unfortunately sometimes these debates are curtailed by outside influences. For example Galileo‘s theory of the solar system being ridiculed and banned by the church, and with Galileo himself put under house arrest.
Today it seems that if you have a differing opinion from the ‘norm’ it is easy to be labelled as a conspiracy nut. And Governments, big tech and others have seemingly taken sides as the true way forward with Coronavirus and shut down discussion on alternative approaches.