Coronavirus (2021) thread

[artfuldodger]

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To be fair, it is a concern. Just hope they know either way soon.

Covid-19 in South Africa: Scientists seek to understand new variant

There are fears the new Covid-19 variant could be more resistant to current vaccines.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

It doesn't become Law until parliament vote on it on Wednesday, business won't have had time to tell their staff what their situation is

It becomes law after midnight tonight.

Prime Minister's address to the nation: 4 January 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's address to the nation on coronavirus on 4 January 2021.

www.gov.uk

You should follow the new rules from now, and they will become law in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Parliament will meet – largely remotely – later that day.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

To be fair, it is a concern. Just hope they know either way soon.

Covid-19 in South Africa: Scientists seek to understand new variant

There are fears the new Covid-19 variant could be more resistant to current vaccines.

www.bbc.co.uk

I wonder as well, if the strain does turn out to weaken the impact of vaccines, that this perhaps won't be so bad news for Pfizer and Moderna but potentially terrible news for AZ as it has a lower efficacy to begin with? Ie could a vaccine which is 95% efficacy become 70% against this new strain however one which is 63% becomes only 38%...for example?

 

[Healdplace]

Now we can see the pattern of England only deaths in hospital across the pre and post Christmas period a little more clearly here is the current daily toll on the actual date of death across the past three weeks.

Obviously deaths still get added for some time in ones and twos (there were a couple from early November added today) but I will take it to 31 December as that is the last date we have five full days worth of numbers and so a fairly clear picture of the final number give or take a few still to be added.

Will show the total at 5 days and the current total after all add ons:

DATE /// 5 DAY TOTAL /// CURRENT TOTAL AFTER ALL ADD ONS SINCE

11 Dec 234 /// 274

12 Dec 261 /// 288

13 Dec 256 /// 274

14 Dec 278 /// 286

15 Dec 300 /// 309

16 Dec 241 /// 263

17 Dec 287 /// 318

18 Dec 269 /// 302

19 Dec 267 /// 283

20 Dec 292 /// 309

21 Dec 338 /// 352

22 Dec 305 /// 337

23 Dec 293 /// 331

24 Dec 239 /// 324 Note big catch ups after Christmas due to lack of reporting over Xmas/New Year.

25 Dec 309 /// 389

26 Dec 354 /// 404

27 Dec 371 /// 403

28 Dec 358 /// 384

29 Dec 378 /// 408

30 Dec 372 /// 397

31 Dec 381 .......... Only 5 day data up to here.


As you can see there is a steady upward track and all of these last 7 days will likely be over 400 within a week or so.

1117 died in England hospitals from Covid over Christmas Eve/Christmas Day/Boxing Day.

So many tragic Christmases.

For completeness current numbers for next four days are:-

1 Jan 338 after 4 days

2 Jan 333 after 3 days

3 Jan 244 after 2 days

4 Jan 67 after 1 day

No real sign of anything better on the horizon sadly.

 

[artfuldodger]

I wonder as well, if the strain does turn out to weaken the impact of vaccines, that this perhaps won't be so bad news for Pfizer and Moderna but potentially terrible news for AZ as it has a lower efficacy to begin with? Ie could a vaccine which is 95% efficacy become 70% against this new strain however one which is 63% becomes only 38%...for example?

Absolutely. And the 12 week wait between doses might need a rethink too.

 

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[Sir peace frog]

why cant they make the vaccine into a pill ?

 

[Bluesince1979]

Awful that they haven't included Nurseries in the school's shutdown, some people can still send their kids whilst they're sat at home .
Madness

Your post insinuates that people are just sat at home letting other people look after their kids.
Cost of nurseries i doubt very much.

Very judgemental. People still have to earn a living and put food on the table you know.

 

[bluemoon32]

Scary numbers

 

[kaz7]

830 fuck