Don’t know, just said on BBC over 85’s but that’s the Astra Zeneca trials.Is that true?
I don't know of anyone either, my 2 lads (untested) have had it, one in Oxfordshire & one in Stretford right at the start of the epidemic but locally nothing.And yet there are also other cases where the illness is mild.
My friend's husband is in his early 70s, had a stroke a few years back and has to take lots of medication daily. He tested positive, spent a few days in bed and is now up and about again.
Another friend has a 96 year old mother in a care home. She tested positive (twice!) and is still with us.
I'm not downplaying the terrible impact it can have on some, just pointing out that even for the vulnerable it isn't necessarily a death sentence for each and every person.
I'm in Oldham, one of the worst effected areas in the country. I don't know one single person yet that has contracted it and been hospitalised.
Maybe our NHS is run on such a shocking financial tight rein by the government that any extra requirement, however small the increase, puts it under strain almost immediately and that's what we should require them to look at in the long term
Prof John Van Tam said yesterday that many of the vaccines target the same 'weak link' in the virus so there is a good hope these will work aswell. I guess we may be getting the results of some other trials soon??Remember there are 202 vaccines in development and 47 in clinical trials.
If quite a few of these work then all the above will change to be more rapid.
May also turn out that different vaccines better suit different age groups.
A lot of learning as they go will be taking place.
Just wow20, 402 cases - down again by 938 on yesterday.
But 532 all settings deaths. New high.
I seem to remember you were rebuked only last week for suggesting this would be happening next month.That’s assuming these are the only places doing it. They won’t be.
Good news on the cases continuing to plateau. Just need deaths to start to fall.20, 412 cases - down again by 938 on yesterday.
But 532 all settings deaths. New high.