Honest question - had you heard of either Vallance or Whitty before the pandemic?
I hadn't (and I'm reasonably sure 95% of the British population hadn't). These people are household names now. The pandemic has unquestionably increased their reputation and status and if you don't think they'll profit personally off the back of this then I think you're wrong.
They may in the future make some money on the "talk" rounds agreed, but right now they are just salaried staff doing there jobs. extending for the sake of it will get them nothing, at most would actually spoil the chances of that "talk" money.
You're right - they are just salaried staff, but they're incredibly well paid. I also think it's unlikely that neither is invested in any companies that will be benefiting from the pandemic (although I have no proof on this, it's just an insinuation).They may in the future make some money on the "talk" rounds agreed, but right now they are just salaried staff doing there jobs. extending for the sake of it will get them nothing, at most would actually spoil the chances of that "talk" money.
Effectively immune from the worst of covid. After a double jab one’s chance of contracting the virus reduces by 94% and then those that do contract it have 10x less chance of dying as we do with standard flu."Effectively Immune"
A double jabbed work colleague is currently struck down by Covid and feeling very breathless with bad aches and pains. Been double jabbed for 5 weeks....
Vallance has shares in Glaxo which is developing a vaccine yep, due to enter phase 3 trials in a few weeks.Hasn't one of them if not both got shares in one of the drug companies producing one of the vaccines?
It’s not even a year and 1/3rd.Come on it's nearly 2 years now?
Can I ask if you had already booked your second and they've just brought it forward?Just been offered and booked my second jab for June 19 - less than eight weeks between the two.
Wife also.
Very happy.
So you’re double vaccinated?All for a virus that I have around a 99.99% chance of surviving.
Do you really believe that? It’s a sad state of affairs if you do. It really is.It's a huge payday for everyone within SAGE so of course they're going to drag it out.
This I’d agree with although I wouldn’t even mention option 1 as it’s not shown to be true via all available data.I'm just fed up with the whole thing. There are two possible outcomes.
1 - The vaccines aren't effective and there's no hope, so we may as well open up and crack on with life because COVID is here to stay.
2 - The vaccines are effective and all the vulnerable people have been offered theirs. So let's open up and crack on with our lives.
The latter is clearly true as we can see from all the data from the past 6 months. How much longer should we drag out these utterly pointless restrictions?
As someone who has urged caution (as I know you have) during this pandemic, I have to agree with this.Effectively immune from the worst of covid. After a double jab one’s chance of contracting the virus reduces by 94% and then those that do contract it have 10x less chance of dying as we do with standard flu.
At what point do we ever lock down or avoid restaurants etc for a normal flu season? There’s fast approaching a point now when the vast vast majority are vaccinated that we need to bite the bullet and carry on with our lives. Certainly in countries where there are 75-80% of the population vaccinated.
Thank you. The points you're making make sense, it's just so frustrating to have my life on hold for over a year - especially so when you see the daily deaths yesterday were 4 (and it's likely all 4 of those refused a vaccine). Plus the number of people in the hospital is down on the week prior.Very sorry to hear that, must be a nightmare. I really hope the situation allows it to go ahead.
I agree, so long as hospitalisations are no more than normal flu, I’m not really arsed what the case numbers say.Thank you. The points you're making make sense, it's just so frustrating to have my life on hold for over a year - especially so when you see the daily deaths yesterday were 4 (and it's likely all 4 of those refused a vaccine). Plus the number of people in the hospital is down on the week prior.
I'm not a COVID denier or anything like that. I'm just frustrated and think the negatives of extending the current restrictions outweigh any positives. I can see the cases going up, but I'm not convinced our hospitals are anywhere near to being overrun with COVID again (nor that these higher number of cases are actually leading to increases in hospitalisations). I'm worried we're being too overcautious and slow because the people making decisions aren't affected by COVID like the rest of us.
Exactly. Someone who has shares in a company that is linked to the industry they work in doesn't in any way suggest there is something underhanded going on. So Vallance has shares in Glaxo - well Whoop Dee Fucking Doo. Lots of people in this country have shares in Glaxo, not to mention all manner of other companies. Share dealing is more accessible to the masses than it's ever been and we can all have a dabble these days.Vallance has shares in Glaxo which is developing a vaccine yep, due to enter phase 3 trials in a few weeks.
Does that mean though everyone who has any advisory roll to the government needs to sell all there shares 1st?
This is the dilemma now. This surge in cases is coinciding with the huge decision as to whether we open up on June 21st. My wife’s best friend is the head of emergency planning of a NW NHS trust. They are waiting on examination of the numbers in Bolton hospitals to give an idea of where the number of hospitalisations will be post peak in this mini wave.I agree, so long as hospitalisations are no more than normal flu, I’m not really arsed what the case numbers say.
From my posts, I'm sure you can tell I'm a 'pessimistic sceptic'. :')Do you really believe that? It’s a sad state of affairs if you do. It really is.
I didn't tweet that, just shared it.Thanks
Did you have to cancel the appointment and rebook>?