Coronavirus (2021) thread

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The Northern Baptist said:
The Times are reporting the next lifting of restrictions will be delayed between 2 weeks to a month, with the aim of removing restrictions by the summer holidays now.
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Well we are booked for a day on the lash on the 21st June and we are still going, getting fucking stupid now, summer holidays that’s a good one, no one is going away, just kids been sent home for 6 weeks. Personally I’d keep the kids in school to catch up, teachers will have to take it on the chin this year.
 
Blue Maverick said:
Well we are booked for a day on the lash on the 21st June and we are still going, getting fucking stupid now, summer holidays that’s a good one, no one is going away, just kids been sent home for 6 weeks. Personally I’d keep the kids in school to catch up, teachers will have to take it on the chin this year.
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Plenty will be going on holiday over here though to be fair.

Kind of agree on most of the rest of your post though - until I see serious illnesses and deaths increase at a similar rate to cases (as they were before the vaccine rollout) then I feel we have to continue to open up IMO. Covid is never going away completely by the looks of things so we just have to keep on top of it, and we're in a much better place to do that now with the vaccine programmes and better treatments. Just to add that I'm speaking as someone who has been cautious throughout this pandemic.
 
Blue Maverick said:
Well we are booked for a day on the lash on the 21st June and we are still going, getting fucking stupid now, summer holidays that’s a good one, no one is going away, just kids been sent home for 6 weeks. Personally I’d keep the kids in school to catch up, teachers will have to take it on the chin this year.
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I agree with most of what you say but that last line shows a lot of ignorance.
teachers have worked hard over the last year.
ask any teacher would they rather work from the classroom or via on line learning ...
 
George Eustice on Sky this morning saying everyone should holiday at home this year. Distinctly remember Shapps saying exactly the same thing this time last year. 6 weeks later him and his family were holidaying in Spain.
 
vincent said:
George Eustice on Sky this morning saying everyone should holiday at home this year. Distinctly remember Shapps saying exactly the same thing this time last year. 6 weeks later him and his family were holidaying in Spain.
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well the if you had the power to get the airports empty so your family can breeze through for your holiday , you would. ;)
 
Dutch hospitals have noted that those hospitalized even after two shots tend to be those whose immune systems are already weak; they're thus working on seeing whether a third shot might increase their protection.
 
Gabriel said:
Dutch hospitals have noted that those hospitalized even after two shots tend to be those whose immune systems are already weak; they're thus working on seeing whether a third shot might increase their protection.
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Boosters? Better still vaccinate with vaccine based on latest strains. There are trials in UK of up to 7 vaccines in pipeline based on GSK, Valneva, Novovax based on SA variant's genome. This should be a better solution.
 
Health advisers such as Van Tam, Whitty and "Dr H" on GMB do not want this to end.
I get they have to give a worse case scenario but every single time there's some good news they smear it with negativity. We cannot live forever in fear of new variants. In the real world, we need to get back to normality ASAP.
I think there is more to this virus now, maybe some of the conspiracy theories were right.
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Health advisers such as Van Tam, Whitty and "Dr H" on GMB do not want this to end.
I get they have to give a worse case scenario but every single time there's some good news they smear it with negativity. We cannot live forever in fear of new variants. In the real world, we need to get back to normality ASAP.
I think there is more to this virus now, maybe some of the conspiracy theories were right.
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Which ones?
 
Marvin said:
Boosters? Better still vaccinate with vaccine based on latest strains. There are trials in UK of up to 7 vaccines in pipeline based on GSK, Valneva, Novovax based on SA variant's genome. This should be a better solution.
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I think the boosters will automatically be updated with latest anti variant tweeks.
 
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Marvin said:
Boosters? Better still vaccinate with vaccine based on latest strains. There are trials in UK of up to 7 vaccines in pipeline based on GSK, Valneva, Novovax based on SA variant's genome. This should be a better solution.
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Are there any timescales for these being ready to distribute in good numbers? Feels like we've been waiting on Novovax for an eternity, sure their trial results were released in January and then heard nothing since.
 
PannickAtTheDisco said:
Booked both doses, first on Thursday morning, second end of August just before my 2 weeks holiday, which will hopefully allow me to finally go away. About bloody time.
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Well don't read the news today, they don't want people going on holiday this year now!!
But do it and fuck this stupid lot in charge trying to control everyone.
 
ayrshire_blue said:
Are there any timescales for these being ready to distribute in good numbers? Feels like we've been waiting on Novovax for an eternity, sure their trial results were released in January and then heard nothing since.
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Much to the frustration of those of us who have had 2 doses of Novavax, there's another delay. Us volunteers here and and in US were told it would be approved by July. Ive now got a vaccination that isnt recognized but have been told I cant get an NHS one.

Novavax has announced that it will not submit its COVID-19 vaccine to regulators in the US, UK and Europe until the third quarter of 2021 at the earliest, following issues with the manufacturing of certain components of the jab.
 
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Much to the frustration of those of us who have had 2 doses of Novavax, there's another delay. Us volunteers here and and in US were told it would be approved by July. Ive now got a vaccination that isnt recognized but have been told I cant get an NHS one.

Novavax has announced that it will not submit its COVID-19 vaccine to regulators in the US, UK and Europe until the third quarter of 2021 at the earliest, following issues with the manufacturing of certain components of the jab.
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Liked your post but I have huge sympathies with you and people in your position. So frustrating, for everyone. So by the time it takes to fix the manufacturing issues, get this approved and then have it here in sufficient quantities to start putting in people's arms still sounds like it will be a good bit down the line.
 
BLUEMATT23 said:
Health advisers such as Van Tam, Whitty and "Dr H" on GMB do not want this to end.
I get they have to give a worse case scenario but every single time there's some good news they smear it with negativity. We cannot live forever in fear of new variants. In the real world, we need to get back to normality ASAP.
I think there is more to this virus now, maybe some of the conspiracy theories were right.
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Stop being a drama queen, we're at the home stretch now and it's a massive thanks to those names you've mentioned
 
ayrshire_blue said:
Liked your post but I have huge sympathies with you and people in your position. So frustrating, for everyone. So by the time it takes to fix the manufacturing issues, get this approved and then have it here in sufficient quantities to start putting in people's arms still sounds like it will be a good bit down the line.
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I dont want to let the trial down (my 19 year old is also on it), but many volunteers now are ignoring the advice and getting jabbed with a recognized vaccine. Its a bigger deal for the US volunteers because once theyve had 2 recognized jabs, they are allowed to do much more than those who havent. One lady on the US group was saying shes the only one left in her work place who has to wear a mask, which she finds annoying, but also comes with a stigma that youv'e refused the jab. Particularly frustrating when youve actually put yourself forward as a volunteer!!Also seems to be an issue over there for booking cruises.
 
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