Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Citizen of Legoland]

I am shielding my wife with latter stage ms and I haven't heard a fucking squeak about when we will get vaccination despite ringing my gp till they are sick of me

Have the NHS written to you or your wife before to ask you or her to shield? I thought that everyone in that group had been offered the vaccine now?

 

[blueparrot]

i really thought we would see the death rates come down a lot quicker ..

No will be next month before we see a big impact from the first round of vaccines, though care homes seem to be showing signs and over 80s a smaller sign.

 

[johnnytapia]

there are a lot of interesting podcasts out there about why BAME uptake is low, to simply blame those people is way too simplistic, i think you should broaden your knowledge in that area. It basically boils down to mistrust of governance from years of unethical healthcare research and the perception of systemic racism

please dont heap blame on these communities, this is exactly the last thing that is needed

Being offered free healthcare that will protect them, their loved ones and the wider (global) society. And not taking up that offer because of perceived racism. Idiots.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

i really thought we would see the death rates come down a lot quicker ..

I'm been delighted that they've come down as fast as they have!

 

[johnnytapia]

Might look those books up, that's exactly how it works. I belong to an astronomy club and one of the members got invoved with videoing simple experiments to prove a flat earther wrong online. They kept coming back with more arguments. I've not been to the club for I year now but would bet he's still on that hamster wheel we we get back to meetings.

No need for videos, just look at the shape of the shadow Earth projects on the moon. A circle. And there’s only one 3D shape that has a circular shadow- a sphere.

 

[twosips]

Not bad. Little slower of a drop in cases compared to recent weeks, but not bad. Good to see deaths coming down.

 

[1.618034]

No need for videos, just look at the shape of the shadow Earth projects on the moon. A circle. And there’s only one 3D shape that has a circular shadow- a sphere.

How about a hemisphere, cone or cylinder?

;-)

 

[mosssideblue]

Just back from having my jab (AZ). As everyone else has said, such a professionally run operation.

Absolutely no discomfort whilst having it and, my balls haven't fell off yet :)

 

[Nellies left peg]

Have the NHS written to you or your wife before to ask you or her to shield? I thought that everyone in that group had been offered the vaccine now?

Yes they have. Last year, and I was off from March to end of June and now from November 12th and am still currently off. Told my firm that I was having time off regardless if I got paid or not. Spoke to our gp and we are both red flagged as her being extremely vunerable and me being her main carer

 

[BlueHammer85]

another new Covid variant found in the UK and other countries including Nigeria, Denmark and Canada. 38 cases found here.