Coronavirus (2021) thread

[artfuldodger]

Is there an issue with people coming forward for their second vaccine? It seemed to be a bit of a theme during the briefing.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I actually never knew that, I just thought it reduces the chances of me becoming seriously ill with it. Thanks for the information.

It's not quite that good according to public health England. But much is still uncertain, and new evidence coming in all the time.

Here's the latest summary:

 

[artfuldodger]

Love this quote from Van-Tam

He says "take it steady, don't tear the pants out of it" but we can't live for years and years with rules.

"People have to learn to manage the risks for themselves," he adds.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Bolton hospital has gone from 19 to 25 patients with Covid between Monday and today.

Most are unvaccinated but 3 of them have had both doses of the vaccine.

That's disappointing. I thought a double vaccine dose was pretty much guaranteed to keep you out of hospital. Obviously not :-(

 

[Chippy_boy]

2967 total cases of the new variant now known in the UK.

Such a shame we were not more quick to make brave decisions on travel to and from there. As it was clear where that was going early enough and this is not wise after the fact given this countries close links to India.

Not sure I agree. It was always going to be difficult to keep it out no matter what we did.

Also, increasing numbers of new Indian variant isn't necessarily a bad thing if it just means it's taking over as the dominant variant at the expense of other variants, i.e. you cannot catch 2 variants at once so maybe - and it is only a maybe - it's just that people are getting the Indian variant whereas were it not here they would have caught one of the existing ones.

Also also, who knows if it causes more serious disease, is more infectious or is less susceptible to our vaccines? Do we know if this is the case?

 

[antspider]

That's disappointing. I thought a double vaccine dose was pretty much guaranteed to keep you out of hospital. Obviously not :-(

Maybe they have underlying health issues

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

I've just activated the myGP TICKet vaccination status feature. You get a green next your photo and it has your name, date of birth and date of your second vaccination. Interestingly, you are unable to take a screenshot of it for security reasons.

Looks really good.

There are other security features on this part of the app. As well as not being able to take a screenshot the time is displayed to the second at the bottom of the screen so it has to match exactly when you are showing it. Once you have uploaded a recent photo of yourself you cannot change it either.

 

[True_Blue69]

Hancock says they will announce on 14 June IF the full easing of restrictions 7 days later will happen.

We need the next 4 weeks to see how things develop and continued caution in the next few weeks are vital if we are to get this new variant under control.

It’s hardly out of control, less than 3k cases in total out of 66 million people.

 

[Healdplace]

Maybe they have underlying health issues

They did suggest that was a factor in general but did not specify with these 3 patients. Especially if they are only just admitted. They might be home tomorrow.

 

[Healdplace]

It’s hardly out of control, less than 3k cases in total out of 66 million people.

I think they meant by spreading to new locations as it has been doing pretty much daily.