Coronavirus (2021) thread

[squirtyflower]

The EMA and EU should focus on getting more vaccines approved and vaccinations ramped up from their available supply, before challenging exports to other Countries in public. If they had concerns about the equity of vaccine distribution, which might well be reasonable, they could have picked this up in private with AZ and Pfizer.

I was referring to somebody else’s posts re. AZ employees

Especially France

 

[N1985]

The fact we will have nearly 7 million people vaccinated by the end of the day is mind blowing.

 

[Chappie]

If we gave the Germans Dido Harding, we would really throw a spanner in their works!

Excellent swap and retribution for inflicting us with Dido Hamman

 

[Healdplace]

Wales update:

8 deaths

570 cases

At 7.9% positive

Weekly Pop 219 - continuing to fall daily - down from 231 yesterday

 

[paulchapo]

On isolation - I don't suppose any of you saw This Morning - but they had this young covidiot live from the Middle East in a bikini by a pool who claimed to have followers on line for being a 'motivator' and had no regrets posting her 'content' because it 'inspired' her followers and as a 'professional inspirer' the trip was work related.

About if she would self isolate and pay for a hotel on return she said she intended staying there until she could do things back here.

About time someone sent a message and took her passport away temporarily and or assured her they would find her 'free' accommodation in Hotel Holloway on return until she did some truly inspitational community service like clearing up the mess in hospitals for a month.

But of course nothing will happen and these kinds of fingers up to the real heroes and heroines will continue.

She was asked about the message to nurses and doctors on the front line from what she was doing and claimed to be an essential worker - as they showed her having a joy ride on a camel.

We need to clamp down on things like this not make a joke out of it which seemed to be the point.

I do not regard this as an amusing story. I regard it as a terrible message to people out there to do what they like that someone should be making clear and showing would have consequences.

I saw the interview and as irritating as it was I don't think she technically broke any law by flying there when she did? Morally is another story. I think Schofield said the rules on what's essential travel have been tightened since although what's deemed essential is subjective I guess

These so called online celebrity bloggers I don't get but a lot seem to make a decent living out of doing it and with the job situation as it is I can't blame them. She's certainly not as reprehensible as that Scottish mp who travelled on a train in spite of knowing she had covid and kept her well paid job.

I would imagine loads of rich people and some not so rich but with holiday apartments abroad got away in December before foreign travel was banned. I have friends in their seventies in Tenerife at the moment who are going to stay there until the weather and hopefully restrictions here improve. I can't say I blame them as even though there is a curfew there and restrictions they can still get some sun and have a beer while watching some live entertainment, something we can't do here.

I agree with you though it is stretching it to say doing exercise classes and posting pictures online from Dubai is essential business.

 

[Healdplace]

Wales Vaccination Update:

First doses done yesterday 18, 693 - (triple reported yesterday from Sunday) but well below 23, 991 on Saturday.

Second doses yesterday 38 - they are doing similar low numbers every day of these.

Total first doses 289, 526

Total second doses 581

 

[Gabriel]

The fact we will have nearly 7 million people vaccinated by the end of the day is mind blowing.

Excellent news.
Do we know how many of those are actually vaccinated (i.e. had both doses) and how many have simply had their first dose? I know that is a technical difference, but it will be a factor, as those awaiting the second dose will need to be supplied in early April, presumably.

 

[Blu3m00n91]

If nearly 80% of the over 80’s are vaccinated and they count for the large majority of hospitalisations/deaths then surely restrictions should ease late feb/March. The whole point of lockdowns was to stop hospitals getting overrun. That’s what I’m hoping anyway because every day this government are all contradicting each other

 

[N1985]

Excellent news.
Do we know how many of those are actually vaccinated (i.e. had both doses) and how many have simply had their first dose? I know that is a technical difference, but it will be a factor, as those awaiting the second dose will need to be supplied in early April, presumably.

Around 550k second dosed.

But with a 85-90% short term efficency off the first dose it should be more than enough to bridge the gap between 1st and 2nd.

There's nowhere in the world I'd rather be living right now than the UK

 

[N1985]

If nearly 80% of the over 80’s are vaccinated and they count for the large majority of hospitalisations/deaths then surely restrictions should ease late feb/March. The whole point of lockdowns was to stop hospitals getting overrun. That’s what I’m hoping anyway because every day this government are all contradicting each other

Hopefully it's a case of underpromising and over delivering. Not backing themselves into a corner like they have done a few times since this started. Keep everything as it is. Watch the cases fall. Then assess.