Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Blue Smarties]

Spain is an odd one as they had a really strict lockdown. Masks worn everywhere, curfews, one person allows to shop in a household, no leaving the house except for work, to buy food or medical supplies, empty your bin or take the dog for a dump. I have friends in Tenerife and even over the Christmas and New Year the curfew was 10-6 and only terraces in bars open and at 50% capacity. They have just relaxed the curfew to 11-6 and inside bars allowed to open up to 50% capacity.

Short of locking people indoors 24/7 forever I don't see how you stop this spreading.

You close all borders.

 

[paulchapo]

You close all borders.

Yes there is that until hopefully every country has it under control.

 

[mrbelfry]

I'm sometimes confused by the messaging to stay at home but then the idea that covid spreads more in cold weather because we all stay in. I'm clearly not as smart as my mother thinks

 

[Ban-jani]

Little worrying that in the past few weeks there have been new strains found in:

UK
South Africa
Japan
Brazil
US (Ohio)

Not exactly the closest locations. I know viruses mutate and all that but I can't shake the fear a new strain will develop that the vaccine is ineffective for, or it becomes more deadly.

Hope everyone is staying safe.

So far the mutations tested haven’t included the protein changing enough for the vaccines to not lock into the virus.

So it’s so far so good but a guy that worked on the Oxford vaccine said it would only take around 4-6 weeks, 6 weeks being the absolute most, to alter the vaccine to fit a new protein, the hard bit has been done.

So long term we are alright unless the virus completely changes to a new virus.

 

[artfuldodger]

I'm sometimes confused by the messaging to stay at home but then the idea that covid spreads more in cold weather because we all stay in. I'm clearly not as smart as my mother thinks

My thought exactly. Spain are doing badly cos it’s snowing and everyone is indoors, but surely that prevents the spread?

 

[BlueAnorak]

Rejoice. 500k vaccinations a day by the end of next week according to the Times.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Little worrying that in the past few weeks there have been new strains found in:

UK
South Africa
Japan
Brazil
US (Ohio)

Not exactly the closest locations. I know viruses mutate and all that but I can't shake the fear a new strain will develop that the vaccine is ineffective for, or it becomes more deadly.

Hope everyone is staying safe.

The Japanese strain is the Brazilian Strain.
Just viruses doing what viruses do. Mutate.
The new mRNA and Vector virus technologies can be retargetted in a couple of months. A huge advance in medical technology.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

My thought exactly. Spain are doing badly cos it’s snowing and everyone is indoors, but surely that prevents the spread?

It does if you don’t mix households.

 

[ell]

Portugal in trouble too. UK or Brazilian variant? Maybe both?

portugal covid - Google Search

www.google.com

Started national lockdown today I think. I follow the numbers daily for Portugal and they are really up and down, somedays 5k somedays 10k

 

[ayrshire_blue]

You close all borders.

Absolutely spot in. It still amazes me how easy it is for people to travel throughout the world. Complaining about the financial cost of shutting all borders is crazy when we see the damage this thing is doing and how it's dragging out. Should have been done last January, and if not then definitely by March. Can't believe so much free travel is still allowed 10 months down the line.