COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Blue Maverick]

Pfizer Vaccine approved, pack your bags we are going on holiday next year.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Pfizer Vaccine approved, pack your bags we are going on holiday next year.

little spring in my step now. Great news. For me, its the first physical proof of light at the end of the long tunnel.
Its ok gob shite politicians saying it but this proves to me that once we are through january (which i think will be locked down) things will improve month on month.

lovely

 

[Blue Hefner]

What does sitting on their hands doing nothing achieve? If they believe the country needs restrictions of some sort then vote for restrictions if the only alternative is none at all. If they feel strongly opposed to the restrictions then vote against. Meanwhile the government sets out restrictions but as soon as anyone moans about them Johnson shits himself and starts back-tracking.

They do believe in restrictions, just not the ones proposed as they don’t think they will work.

 

[Gabriel]

Will be interesting to see how many NHS staff can be vaccinated in the coming month(s). I appreciate the U.K. will have low stocks, but there will surely be a need to protect those workers facing the predicted wave in January.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Show some balls for once,they are as spineless as the government.
They could have opposed the tier system or God forbid suggested some other alternative.
As Lancs Blue suggests the most abject bunch of politicians the country have assembled in my lifetime if not ever.

They were not in a position to suggest amendments this legislation. It was an ‘all or nothing’ vote

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Glad to hear about the Pfizer / BioNtech approval. This is a big step forward on the road back to a good quality of life. Hopefully, approval for the Oxford / AZ vaccine will follow soon.

Fingers crossed I will be back on the terraces with a pint in each hand for when the Rugby League season starts. I can wait until next season to see City live in the Prem.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Glad to hear about the Pfizer / BioNtech approval. This is a big step forward on the road back to a good quality of life. Hopefully, approval for the Oxford / AZ vaccine will follow soon.

Fingers crossed I will be back on the terraces with a pint in each hand for when the Rugby League season starts. I can wait until next season to see City live in the Prem.

With Lionel up front!

 

[03 March 2002]

Fair fucks. I've said all along I felt the Oxford/AZ vaccine would 'win' the race so to speak and dependent on supply issues we may still be dosed with that version but in this case I'm happy to be wrong.

What a colossal effort by everyone involved and fair play to Pfizer/BioNTech, their dossier must have been excellent and they clearly didn't get any regulatory push back. Exciting.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Will be interesting to see how many NHS staff can be vaccinated in the coming month(s). I appreciate the U.K. will have low stocks, but there will surely be a need to protect those workers facing the predicted wave in January.

40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine ordered 2 shots of it meaning 20 million people vaccinated. They can make a start on nhs staff and the very vulnerable, when it comes to the general population It looks like we will end up with the Oxford vaccine if you look at storage and cost.

 

[sky tot]

Great news . Good start to the day..

 

[Tim of the Oak]

With Lionel up front!

I reckon we will have that midfielder from Lyon too. Next season could be brilliant.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Sorry not to put a downer on things but given the clowns we have in charge it's one thing that smug tosser "Wancock" announcing this great news and it's another thing to roll this out in full and deliver.

If their roll out of their testing and procurement of PPE is anything to go by I would expect this to be a bumpy ride.

The roll out will involve people with expertise from the annual flu vaccine plus the military, who have a successful track record distributing PPE.

The main issue with PPE was letting stocks deplete and then being faced with unprecedented demand. The vaccines will have a phased distribution which is more doable logistically. There may be the odd hiccup but things are definitely moving in the right direction.

 

[artfuldodger]

Sorry not to put a downer on things but given the clowns we have in charge it's one thing that smug tosser "Wancock" announcing this great news and it's another thing to roll this out in full and deliver.

If their roll out of their testing and procurement of PPE is anything to go by I would expect this to be a bumpy ride.

I think. in the public's eye, this will be their last chance to redeem themselves. Get this right and their many mistakes will be forgiven. Get this wrong, and it may be the final straw.

 

[Northernstorirs]

The roll out will involve people with expertise from the annual flu vaccine plus the military, who have a successful track record distributing PPE.

The main issue with PPE was letting stocks deplete and then being faced with unprecedented demand. The vaccines will have a phased distribution which is more doable logistically. There may be the odd hiccup but things are definitely moving in the right direction.

The military have been fantastic, always do a great job when called upon.

I do hope you are right. Completely get the PPE is a different kettle of fish but we should all be sceptical over promises made by Wancock.

The government can also forget about seeing this as a major victory and celebrating. I want an inquiry straight away over PPE contracts, handling of the virus during intial phases, going in to lockdown late etc.

 

[oman0115]

He must have missed that!

So the world will be vaccinated and the masks and distancing will be gone in April, and we've been guaranteed no more lockdowns. Yep, missed that, but it will be nice to get back to normal.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Great news to wake up to.

I absolutely despise this saying on social media but in this case I'll make an exception:

"INJECT THIS CONTENT RIGHT INTO MY VEINS!"

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

that was quick.

 

[hammocity]

So the world will be vaccinated and the masks and distancing will be gone in April, and we've been guaranteed no more lockdowns. Yep, missed that, but it will be nice to get back to normal.

A project as big as this will take longer than April to complete but vaccines for the elderly and vulnerable followed by age criteria immunisation will ensure a degree of normality by Spring, the situation next December will be unrecognisable to the current month. Medical science and the highly talented pacesetters have given us huge hope for the future, something we couldn't have envisaged or contemplated in March, put your sun hat on, we're on the way out of this horrible 2020 year.

 

[Del_Bosque]

There really is no downer on this news, if you think there is it's just your bias against the Gov.

It's been grim beyond measure, but from middle of Jan the first people in the roll out will have had both jabs and be immune, that's fantastic news in anyones book.

Hopefully by the end of March everyone in at risk groups will be fully vaccinated and immune.

No other countries will be in that position.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

The government have got lots wrong during this pandemic but I suspect things wouldn't have been hugely different regardless of who was in charge as the UK is a very ill disciplined country. That is something for the politics thread. However, they have done a great job of identifying the best potential vaccines and ensuring the risk was spread by pre ordering different ones. We do a good job of distributing the flu vaccine annually via GP surgeries, pharmacies etc (I had my first ever flu jab recently) so I expect that with the extra resources that will be allotted the mass vaccination programme will be far quicker than many expect.