Coronavirus (2021) thread

[BlueAnorak]

In Chile, we're learning the hard way that record Covid vaccinations don't mean the end of the pandemic (inews.co.uk)

Mostly Sinovac being used. 50% efficacious and still a large chance of death.

 

[blueparrot]

At the moment how many people are dying of COVID in the under 30's? How many have even died in the last 3 months?

This is the perfect time to be highly selective of the vaccines we use as we learn more about them.

As under 30s will be offered a different vaccine, it doesn’t matter, but as you’r asking don’t know about under 30 but 14 under 44 have died this week.

 

[Healdplace]

Gov UK data delayed due to the previously mentioned delay in Welsh data.

Which has just appeared btw

Wales:

2 deaths - was 2 last week

69 cases - was 126 last week

1.2% positivity- was 1.2% last week (it was a double day data last week so in effect 63 cases then)

 

[Tim of the Oak]

They did that because they didn't think the AZ vaccine was as efficacious for the SA variant- not for any other reason. They seem to have ignored the near 100% protection from death bit.

I think that was the South Africans and the later decision by the (wider) African Union followed the blood clot “findings”. The South Africans had no alternative close to being available IIRC, so it was strange decision to stop the AZ vaccine roll out given the potential protection from death.

 

[BlueAnorak]

At the moment how many people are dying of COVID in the under 30's? How many have even died in the last 3 months?

This is the perfect time to be highly selective of the vaccines we use as we learn more about them.

In the UK not many, in Europe, quite a lot, in Brazil lots.
The point you are forgetting is the novel nature of this virus. Once you have immunity to the basic Covid-19 virus you are less likely to die from a new variant.Vaccination makes this much less likely.
The variant that is of huge concern at the moment would merge the worse features of the UK, SA and Brazil variants. Rumours are that a US Washington Heights variant (New York state) and a variant in India achieve this.
So best to be vaccinated before the really bad varruant arrives.

 

[Healdplace]

Northern Ireland data

0 deaths - was 3 last week

112 cases - was 57 last week

4.2% positivity - was 2.8% last week

Weekly cases rolling total 774 - was 717 yesterday and 650 last week.

Patients 77 - down 7 on yesterday - was 118 last week

Ventilated 5 - down 1 on yesterday - was 9 last week

 

[Healdplace]

So total deaths today with England out of hospital to come (often weekend catch up added) is 38

It was 17 last week.

And three nation cases with England to come is 402

It was 442 last week.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Johnson & Johnson vaccine paused over rare blood clots

Following rare blood clots, the US, South Africa and EU have suspended the jab.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good grief! "After 1 person has died", they want to pause the whole program??? Utter, utter madness. Do they just not understand the "cost of doing nothing"????

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths wk to wk

279 / 59 NW / 26% (25% fall wk to wk)

164 / 35 NW / 21% (41% fall wk to wk)

101 / 26 NW / 26% (378% fall wk to wk)

98 / 19 NW / 19% (3% fall wk to wk)

40 / 8 NW / 20% (61% fall wk to wk)

12 / 1 NW / 9% (70% fall wk to wk)

33 / 8 NW / 24% (175% RISE wk to wk) TODAY

Looks worse than it is I suspect! Hopefully!

 

[St.Pauli support]

Good grief! "After 1 person has died", they want to pause the whole program??? Utter, utter madness. Do they just not understand the "cost of doing nothing"????

Maybe they do, when from about 193m jabs
98m were Biontech/Pfizer (mRNA),
85m were Moderna (mRNA),
and about 7m J&J (vector).

They have the perfect supply of alternative vaccines to recommend J&J for an age group with a very low risk of thrombosis.