But people don’t or they certainly didn’t last year, I went in tk maxx loads without masks touching stuff no one enforcing anything, then went to a restaurant all done proper distance etc and guess which one had to shut down!Would guess you can shop with a mask on
Everything is levels of normality, and trying to keep too many people from taking the piss. We are off to the in-laws shortly for a roast dinner - both of them have had both jabs, me and the missus have had our first. No difference whether we have this dinner now or in 3 months or 3 years time, at some point life goes on.
Missus runs the social club at a local non league team trying to get them to mask up sign in and generally stick to the rules was impossible players were worst.But people don’t or they certainly didn’t last year, I went in tk maxx loads without masks touching stuff no one enforcing anything, then went to a restaurant all done proper distance etc and guess which one had to shut down!
Scotland vaccination update:
2, 553 837 first doses given - 17, 948 today - was 20, 141 yesterday & 27, 351 last week
451, 057 second doses given - 16, 116 today - was 20, 401 yesterday & 22, 503 last week
I know people will continue to die of this but it's heartbreaking when you think some of these could have been saved if the vaccine had come a little earlier for them. That's not to disparage the sheer fantastic efforts of the scientists etc, just that some got through the first 12 months and then died as the rest of us were beginning to see daylight.Only 5 of the 15 England hospital deaths were aged over 80 btw - that is 33%.
You are miles better than that.I await the Female contraceptive pill being banned in the EU. It is more dangerous than the OA-Z vaccine - if the CVST effect is causal of course.
Then they will have to ban cars too. The raw chance of dying in a car crash is 1/20,000 every year.
You are miles better than that.
The CVST risk linked to contraceptive pill is known since decades.
AZ risk is brand new and we still have to learn a lot, and what a good scientist does is facing the problem in detail and transparency (in free countries, like UK) and then finding the best solution.
IF there is a risk, why not give AZ to people with a much lower CVST risk like older age group or younger men, while giving other covid vaccines to younger women? Just an idea.
Btw, after AZ being opened up to the 60+ we have seen a RUN only in North-Rhine Westphalia yesterday with 200k+ new AZ vaccination dates within 1o hours with the website crashing due 25m hits...
Many people are aware of a positive AZ risk profile and eager to get jabbed. Communication is key.
Hiding problems under the carpet is not what science should do.
No the problem is looking at the risk of Vaccine vs Covid-19 and making an informed decision.You are miles better than that.
The CVST risk linked to contraceptive pill is known since decades.
AZ risk is brand new and we still have to learn a lot, and what a good scientist does is facing the problem in detail and transparency (in free countries, like UK) and then finding the best solution.
IF there is a risk, why not give AZ to people with a much lower CVST risk like older age group or younger men, while giving other covid vaccines to younger women? Just an idea.
Btw, after AZ being opened up to the 60+ we have seen a RUN only in North-Rhine Westphalia yesterday with 200k+ new AZ vaccination dates within 1o hours with the website crashing due 25m hits...
Many people are aware of a positive AZ risk profile and eager to get jabbed. Communication is key.
Hiding problems under the carpet is not what science should do.
I think even that is questionable, er i.e. stupid. 9 clot deaths in Germany in the 2.7m people vaccinated. vs a COVID death rate in Germany of 923 per million. Of course the COVID death rate in younger women is very low, but even so.They have. Which is why they are rightly giving it to the older population but not the younger. THAT is an arguable but perfectly reasonable step to take given the data showing the much greater incidence of clots in the under 40s -especially in young women.
Totally agree.he is not suggesting they should he is just pointing out that other things carry risks as well so we have a sense of perspective.
the idea that any medicine has no side effects potentially is nonsense as JVT demonstrated when he read out the potential side effects of paracetamol at a press conference.
the trouble is society is sooo focused solely on Covid we have lost perspective .
there is a risk in most things, including taking other regular OTC medicines . There are people dying of lots of things everyday although it would seem over that last year you would think that all people die of is Covid .
science should not hide anything under the carpet it should be transparent but when demonstrating the risk with the vaccine they should put that in context of other risks which we do everyday and don’t even think about. Like the female pill.
it also helps people put that risk in context if they have something to compare it to and so hopefully they feel more comfortable taking the vaccine As the risk is comparable with many other risks they take every Single day and they don’t even give it a second thought.
Totally agree with this too.I think even that is questionable, er i.e. stupid. 9 clot deaths in Germany in the 2.7m people vaccinated. vs a COVID death rate in Germany of 923 per million. Of course the COVID death rate in younger women is very low, but even so.
And the rest of your points are very valid. EVEN IF pausing vaccinations in younger women made sense, the messaging and the way it's made people nervous and reluctant to get vaccinated is going to cost thousands of lives. It's a right screw up.