Coronavirus (2021) thread

[iceman]

If 30 million people can vote on election day why can't we have a vaccination wk and get the whole country done it takes 2 mins to vote 2 mins for injection or is that me being stupid?

 

[mrbelfry]

Forgive me if I'm incredibly stupid but re: the delayed second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Surely they will have data about effectiveness from a few different time periods - they wont just have tested it at 21 days surely? Wasn't the second dose initially announced as 28 days but then licenced for 21? I'd expect Pfizer to insist on the 21 days as they are licensing the vaccine in multiple places not just the UK. Obviously they will know their own vaccine best but we won't just be hoping for the best with the change in regime

 

[bugsyblue]

Yeh someone posted a link on here to a story on the BBC website about a dentist who had volunteered to do the jabs. He had been asked to fill in a huge document and provide evidence of qualifications and courses he had attended. He pointed out that as a fully qualified dentist he had to have all of these but actually collating and then providing certificates for courses he'd attended years ago was going to take him ages so he gave up.

Of course a huge medical organisation is going to have red tape. One error and the organisation gets sued. It’s people’s health so there has to be checks.

Despite all that we are ahead of all other western countries in our vaccination programme. The NHS has done a phenomenal job to roll it out as quickly as they have. It’s true now though they need help to hit targets. I hope we find a way to allow dentists or even medical professionals in the army to assist. The sad truth though is a lot of other medical ailments are having to be put on hold to tackle the pandemic.

 

[Bantamgaz]

Another step in the absolute shitshow that is this governments dealing with this whole pandemic.

School's were safe yesterday but not today, my 16 year old has got his mock exams next week and GCSEs in 4 months, I presume none of these will go ahead but as there has been absolutely no committal comments from any of the clowns 'in charge' we dont know as yet.

These new lockdown rules as blundered and stuttered out by the bumbling buffoon mean the only change in my family life is my kids don't go to school, I can still see my parents and Mrs Gaz's parents as they look after my 3 year old therefore they're in our childcare bubble and nursery is still open so she can still go there and mix with numerous other kids.

If the shithouse had put London in tier 3 when he originally should have I cant help but think all these new 'draconian' measures could and should have been avoided, but in doing that he may have upset tory party donaters and we all know that's the major crux of most of the issues we face, all the cunts are in it for themselves

He made an arse out of the first lockdown my god 2 million flying in an out during a pandemic:( I ain’t got much faith in him getting this one right ...........

 

[BlindEyeSeesAll]

I know it’s early days but roads didn’t seem any quieter on my drive to work.

I think it’s going to be tough to replicate the March lockdown.

The M60 was busier than ever at 6:30 this morning.

 

[bugsyblue]

If 30 million people can vote on election day why can't we have a vaccination wk and get the whole country done it takes 2 mins to vote 2 mins for injection or is that me being stupid?

Yes because any Tom dick and Harry can hand you a piece of paper and pen. Only a trained medical professional can give you a jab

And that’s before you get into vaccine production, transportation, storage etc.

 

[gazinho]

He said GCSE exams were cancelled last night - he also said why he had left it as late as possibel to decided whether to close schools or not.

He most certainly didn't, he said it wouldn't be fair for ALL exams to go ahead as normal, that is utterly ambiguous in the extreme.

I get you tend to defend things he does and that's completely fine as is your right but please don't try to make out he's said things that he hasn't.

I genuinely couldn't give less of a shit about political bias im not Labour nor Conservative all I care about are my family and friends and this position we find ourselves in, 10 months down the line from when we were in this exact same position, affects those closest to me hence my anger and utter contempt for the circus that weve got telling us what to do

 

[gazinho]

There’s absolutely no way tier 3 would have stopped this new variant, even though they should have closed London sooner.

Tier 3 wasn’t working in the NW, even before the variant arrived here.

I don't disagree it wouldn't have completely stopped this variant but if London (and the South East) had been put into tier 3 when it should have im convinced we wouldn't be in full lockdown now

 

[bonespost]

The M60 was busier than ever at 6:30 this morning.

All making there way to here for an eye test

 

[Ban-jani]

I don't disagree it wouldn't have completely stopped this variant but if London (and the South East) had been put into tier 3 when it should have im convinced we wouldn't be in full lockdown now

Lives would have been saved so believe me, I am not suggesting it wouldn’t have made a difference and shouldn’t have been done but lockdown was inevitable.

It’s spreading all around the country at a rapid rate.