Coronavirus (2021) thread

[BlueAnorak]

If you wanted proof that vaccination is working...
For the first day in FIVE AND A HALF months, my Medical Registrar daughter is not wearing scrubs today and is returning to her normal Care of the Elderly duties.
7 busting at the seams Covid-19 wards are now down to 2 and they haven't had a new 80+ year old patient with Covid-19 admitted for a week and a half.

 

[M18CTID]

Just saying....

 

[bluethrunthru]

I was a bit cocky yesterday - feel like shit today with aching back and legs - numb left arm - head ache - snuffles and a temperature.
Hopefully will just be today.

 

[Rammy Blue]

If you wanted proof that vaccination is working...
For the first day in FIVE AND A HALF months, my Medical Registrar daughter is not wearing scrubs today and is returning to her normal Care of the Elderly duties.
7 busting at the seams Covid-19 wards are now down to 2 and they haven't had an 80+ year old patient with Covid-19 admitted for a week and a half.

That’s fantastic mate, great news.

 

[unicorn]

Funny how clearer the mind is at 9am. :P I was awake 1am-4am last night - rotten nights sleep. Good point about pub gardens for older folk. That's the thing I like about this forum - people open your mind a bit further. By time April comes, most people over 50 will have been vaccinated I think won't they?

Yes, hope the highest risk groups will have had first jab well ahead of 12 April, though risk in pub gardens minimal by then, and all adults by the time we can go indoors.

I agree about the forum being a great place for diverse and (mostly) respectful opinions, although I only joined Blue Moon originally so I could get called a c**t.

 

[splinter]

If you wanted proof that vaccination is working...
For the first day in FIVE AND A HALF months, my Medical Registrar daughter is not wearing scrubs today and is returning to her normal Care of the Elderly duties.
7 busting at the seams Covid-19 wards are now down to 2 and they haven't had an 80+ year old patient with Covid-19 admitted for a week and a half.

Brilliant news..and a fantastic daughter you have

 

[Healdplace]

Wales data today:

1death - was 4 last week

170 cases - was 317 last week

3.3% positivity - was 5.0%

Weekly Pop score 60 - down from 64 yesterday and 79 last Tuesday.

Another excellent day in Wales with an even lower new low in cases.

 

[Healdplace]

Wales vaccination update:


Total first doses 933, 485 - 7816 reported today - was 2054 yesterday and 8853 last week

Total second doses 111, 716 - 7897 reported today - was 7411 yesterday and 9550 last week

 

[Marvin]

UK press reports suggest 50% of French care workers have turned down the vaccine.

These reports are not always accurate but I believe it based on their overall progress. Hard to understand how you end up making those choices.

 

[moomba]

UK press reports suggest 50% of French care workers have turned down the vaccine.

These reports are not always accurate but I believe it based on their overall progress. Hard to understand how you end up making those choices.

I read similar about UK health workers, something like 25% not taking.

I couldnt really fathom why that would be.

 

[grunge]

UK press reports suggest 50% of French care workers have turned down the vaccine.

These reports are not always accurate but I believe it based on their overall progress. Hard to understand how you end up making those choices.

That pretty much tracks with the general feeling from France. only 58% of people in france said they would take the vaccine.

Which Europeans are likely to be most hesitant about a COVID vaccine?

It's important because COVID-19 will not be brought under control or eradicated unless enough people take the vaccine.

www.euronews.com

 

[Healdplace]

Zoe App (people reporting Covid symptoms not test results) is today predicting 8748 cases - it has been on the high side lately v actual numbers tested but that is the third successive day it was predicting lower than the day before. And it has got the trend right usually.

Its symptom check shows the Midlands is still the region with the most problems. North West is in fourth.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

UK press reports suggest 50% of French care workers have turned down the vaccine.

These reports are not always accurate but I believe it based on their overall progress. Hard to understand how you end up making those choices.

A third of care workers in the U.K. have refused the vaccine and they have had the choice of taking the vaccine for much longer than workers in France.

Third of care home staff refuse Covid vaccine as chiefs admit UK 'has a problem'

Britain “has a problem” with low take up among social care staff, the JCVI admitted

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[come-on-barney]

Wales data today:

1death - was 4 last week

170 cases - was 317 last week

3.3% positivity - was 5.0%

Weekly Pop score 60 - down from 64 yesterday and 79 last Tuesday.

Another excellent day in Wales with an even lower new low in cases.

Starting to rise again in some areas e.g. Torfaen. Plus with all schools, colleges etc and non essential retail very likely to reopen the same week (15th March) will be interesting to see what the numbers are in a few weeks. Plus the vaccine rollout very slow compared to England.

 

[come-on-barney]

Wales vaccination update:


Total first doses 933, 485 - 7816 reported today - was 2054 yesterday and 8853 last week

Total second doses 111, 716 - 7897 reported today - was 7411 yesterday and 9550 last week

2054 let that sink in....

 

[blueparrot]

Starting to rise again in some areas e.g. Torfaen. Plus with all schools, colleges etc and non essential retail very likely to reopen the same week (15th March) will be interesting to see what the numbers are in a few weeks. Plus the vaccine rollout very slow compared to England.

No it isn't only 1% less England 1st dose 2 % higher than England second dose.

 

[ganganvince]

No it isn't only 1% less England 1st dose 2 % higher than England second dose.

All very similar

 

[Healdplace]

2054 let that sink in....

That was a one off I think. Might even be wrong as they said they had tech issues yesterday as I reported here then.

They also announced only the other day that they have vaccinated the highest percentage of the adult population of the UK nations. 38% it was at that point.

North West England was about 35% at that time.

 

[Healdplace]

Hancock briefed Westminster this lunch time that several key factors support the impact of the vaccines.

One being that hospital numbers are dropping faster than cases - which did not happen in last years wave.

Another that the older age groups vaccinated first are showing faster drops in hospitalisation than those who came later on,

ONS data now shows that 25% of the population have antibodies - a notable rise.

 

[come-on-barney]

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All very similar

What does not stack up with that data is the fact that they still seem to be vaccinating the older age ranges. Plus 2054 yesterday or even 8853 last week are not high numbers at all.