Coronavirus (2021) thread

[antspider]

It's really not that far off to be fair.

Really!! Needs must I suppose

 

[Gabriel]

England vaccine update:

443, 330 first doses given yesterday - up just under 19,000 on yesterday

774 second doses - down 344 on yesterday

5, 529, 101 in England now had first dose with 441, 074 having both doses


NB: -

Sometime today England will have 10% of the entire population vaccinated with at least their first dose.

Excuse my ignorance, but does that mean we’ll likely see no/hardly any second doses by later this week?

 

[sky tot]

To be fair hardly anyone I know went abroad for a holiday last year, only one couple in our office and none of my family or friends.

Exactly the same here . The only one I know who went abroad is a dickhead at work , but it’s only flu according to him

 

[N1985]

Really!! Needs must I suppose

Already at the end of January. 62 days till April which is just short of 9 weeks. 1 of those is half term anyway. Just got to keep on plugging away

 

[Healdplace]

England hospital deaths 3 wks v 2 wks v Today:

386 / 45 NW / 12%

508 / 39 NW / 12%

631 / 42 NW/ 7%

623 / 61 NW / 10% Today.


Age ranges of todays 623 deaths.


20 - 39 (4) 0.7%

40 - 59 (52) 8.3%

60 - 79 (226) 36.3%

80 PLUS (341) 54.7%


Very little sign of change in these stats day to day

 

[Healdplace]

Excuse my ignorance, but does that mean we’ll likely see no/hardly any second doses by later this week?

Yes, because they are only doing second doses of the Pfizer vaccine that started first doses about 6 weeks ago. The Oxford ones came later and nobody is at the 12 weeks before the second of those is due until April.

Most will have the Oxford vaccine in coming weeks as the Pfizer plant in Belgium is being redesigned to up capacity so deliveries to Europe will fall in next few weeks.

Numbers have been falling in all 4 nations of the second doses given for a week or two now.

 

[Summerbuzz]

The poor, socially isolated and disadvantaged seem destined to continue to carry the burden for society indefinitely so people with more indulgent lifestyles can 'return to normal'. This all started in as rich people from all over the world descended on an expensive ski-resort in Italy.

I remember watching as it then went back to the major capitals and the east coast. Also the Frat boys in the north west. Then wealthy Americans descended from a decimated New York to Florida. That was right at the start.

Meanwhile millions of the vulnerable and poor have not made it out of their homes in crowded neighbourhoods.

 

[kaz7]

Have you got something to back up that claim?

In my experiences rules were much more enforced abroad, people respected them more, and due to a lack of holidaymakers it was very easy to keep away from people, no crowds to avoid etc etc

And people were, generally, in countries where the rate of infection was a hell of a lot lower than the UK.

Did you go abroad last year?

No i didnt , i was busy having covid and then long covid

You dont just arrive on a beach , you have to pack into airports and on planes , airports abroad are notorious for being packed , at every step there is no social distancing

 

[Chippy_boy]

why wouldnt it be practical. If you can shut some sectors of the economy down completely for 10mthans many others for several mths why cant we shut everything for two weeks. It would take some organising but I genuinely dont see the problem. The benefits would be enormous and we would be out of this much sooner. The alternative is another two or three mths of this misery, high positive cases and very high death tolls. I genuinely think its a no brainer.

The "getting people to stock up on food" part, for example, I just don't think could work.

 

[hammocity]

Anyone know of any means to request an antibody test?

I’ve started on lateral flow testing with work now but I’m intrigued having never actually been out of school since this whole show started.

Sorry if this has been answered but you can request a test at one of the plasma donation centre's, it's expected if you have antibodies you will then donate, the results take about a week to come through. I don't know where you live but there's a NHS Blood Donor Centre at Plymouth Grove, Manchester. The plasma donation takes around 3 hours and you can have several as long as your antibodies are strong enough.