COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[mancity1]

Worldwide the serious / critical condition rate is reducing and is the death rate of closed cases.

Positive signs.

Countries that have good contract tracing and quarantine programs have already got on top of the pandemic but many have had to do so at the expense of overseas travellers and the boost to the economy that brings.

Notwithstanding the advances in treatment and disease control since 1918 this pandemic is not as lethal and the Spanish flu by some margin.

We will get on top of this in 2021 vaccine or no vaccine in my opinion provided this doesn't mutate on a large scale.

 

[03 March 2002]

The results this week on Pfizer for example are great but the Pfizer vaccine will require a very complex cold chain (storage and transport at -70c until it's administered) and a system for doing this for over 100 million+ doses doesn't exist yet.

Blown hugely out of proportion unfortunately. In analytical science we've been mass transporting samples all over Europe and indeed the world on dry ice for years and years. Anywhere worth mentioning will have several -70c storage freezers. Don't worry about this aspect at all.

 

[Healdplace]

Northern Ireland 3 wks ago v 2 wks v last wk v today

Deaths: 5 v 9 v 10 v 8 today

Cases : 1039 v 840 v 679 v 791 today - first real increase week to week in a while. Hopefully a blip.

7 day rolling cases total 6693 v 6255 v 4498 v 3886 today

Patients : 289 v 352 v 418 v 441 today

Ventilated 32 v 37 v 42 v 35

The hospital numbers have slowed and the ventilators plateaued - which is good. But deaths here are part of the reason.

 

[mosssideblue]

Blown hugely out of proportion unfortunately. In analytical science we've been mass transporting samples all over Europe and indeed the world on dry ice for years and years. Anywhere worth mentioning will have several -70c storage freezers. Don't worry about this aspect at all.

Are these storage conditions not required at every GP surgery and any other facility being earmarked for administering the vaccine

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Ages of infections in scotland

133 people aged 65+
31 of whom are 85+

108 kids under 15
23 of whom are aged under 5

179 aged 15-24

841 aged 25-64


***Deaths***

25 people aged 85+
18 people aged 75-84
12 people aged 65-74
9 people aged 45-64

 

[mancity1]

Blown hugely out of proportion unfortunately. In analytical science we've been mass transporting samples all over Europe and indeed the world on dry ice for years and years. Anywhere worth mentioning will have several -70c storage freezers. Don't worry about this aspect at all.

Co2 to the rescue again.

 

[kaz7]

Worldwide the serious / critical condition rate is reducing and is the death rate of closed cases.

Positive signs.

Countries that have good contract tracing and quarantine programs have already got on top of the pandemic but many have had to do so at the expense of overseas travellers and the boost to the economy that brings.

Notwithstanding the advances in treatment and disease control since 1918 this pandemic is not as lethal and the Spanish flu by some margin.

We will get on top of this in 2021 vaccine or no vaccine in my opinion provided this doesn't mutate on a large scale.

The states have more people in hospital now than at the peak of the first wave so i dont agree with your assumptions

 

[03 March 2002]

Are these storage conditions not required at every GP surgery and any other facility being earmarked for administering the vaccine

It's not a difficult logistical question. Storage at -70c if not available on-site (as I've said in a previous post, I fully expect this to change to -20c and hopefully 2-8c soon after authorisation) -> transport on dry ice (-70-80c) -> thaw and administer

 

[kaz7]

Blown hugely out of proportion unfortunately. In analytical science we've been mass transporting samples all over Europe and indeed the world on dry ice for years and years. Anywhere worth mentioning will have several -70c storage freezers. Don't worry about this aspect at all.

Bollocks i am afraid , the out of hospitals setting dont have that facility ,gp surgeries and care homes certainly dont and they have to be able to store them because giving the jab is time consuming as they have to be drawn up and double checked before use, it is a huge logistical problem

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Blown hugely out of proportion unfortunately. In analytical science we've been mass transporting samples all over Europe and indeed the world on dry ice for years and years. Anywhere worth mentioning will have several -70c storage freezers. Don't worry about this aspect at all.

Had my flu jab today, the nurse said they didn't have storage facilities at the temp needed