I don’t even know what you’re talking aboutYou think?
married bliss eh
I don’t even know what you’re talking aboutYou think?
But at least they have their freedom
Republicans are significantly more likely to be vaccine hesitant but there is still a sizeable portion of democrats too, in part because younger people and black people are more vaccine hesitant in general. Vaccine hesitancy has faded gradually as they were approved and rolled out, it isn’t a worsening situation nor unexpected, it’s just the uncomfortable reality people hoped wouldn’t materialise. The people at the end of the queue were the most likely to reject it, it was never plausible that it would continue at the same rate.I read that this morning too. Depressing.
One of the comments mentioned the 30% that are anti-vaccers, 30% think the 2020 election was stolen, 30% are Trump supporters = no coincidence, it's the same 30%.
It makes sense as once they'll believe any old thing, vaccination conspiracies aren't a reach for them.
I have a coworker whose husband is a firefighter and refused to get the vaccine when he could have a couple months ago. She hasn't either. He tested positive about 3 weeks ago and spent over a week in the hospital because his breathing was so bad. He went home last Wednesday but was back in the hospital the next day because his breathing had worsened. He'll be on oxygen while his lungs heal and will require 24 hour assistance and supervision at home. Now my coworker will have to stay home to take care of him for the foreseeable future.
Clerical work at a university.What does she do for work?
I don’t even know what you’re talking about
married bliss eh
I'll never understand how a country with so many brilliant minds can produce so many idiots at the same time. That's 100 million people who don't want a vaccine.
Got my date for Moderna in two weeks but will have to drive 100km to get it. Hopefully the early side effects don't make it difficult to drive.
Congrats guys! Super jealous but honestly just happy people are being vaccinated. The more that get vaccinated, the quicker this ends for all of us.Getting Pfizer/Biontech tomorrow. Quite exciting news for me!!
That’s weird. How come you can’t stay local? Is everyone expected to drive that far from home?Got my date for Moderna in two weeks but will have to drive 100km to get it. Hopefully the early side effects don't make it difficult to drive.
I can but I'd only be able to get a date for September/October when they reopen registration for my age group then. All dates for May and June were gone within 5 minutes. All of my friends will have to drive, some of them even 300-400km to be fair.That’s weird. How come you can’t stay local? Is everyone expected to drive that far from home?
I think you should be ok, I got a dodgy stomach fairly quickly but nothing that would stop driving and honestly was probably nerves to a certain extentGot my date for Moderna in two weeks but will have to drive 100km to get it. Hopefully the early side effects don't make it difficult to drive.
That’s so weird. Does that mean someone in the region you/your friends is driving to will miss out because you were willing to travel? Is there no central hub for all these bookings?I can but I'd only be able to get a date for September/October when they reopen registration for my age group then. All dates for May and June were gone within 5 minutes. All of my friends will have to drive, some of them even 300-400km to be fair.
There's a central website where you are booking. Nobody will miss out on vaccines there, it's usually smaller towns/villages where nobody wants to get vaccinated anyway. They've distributed vaccines based on population I think and in those places you will likely have between 0 and 20% people even wanting a vaccine so they will have put themselves on the list by now as well. For instance in my family hometown I could get a date for tomorrow because they've not even had 5% eligible people register. It's only big cities that have loads of people wanting to get a vax.That’s so weird. Does that mean someone in the region you/your friends is driving to will miss out because you were willing to travel? Is there no central hub for all these bookings?
Ah. Ok. Makes sense then. Better than leaving vaccines unused in the fridge.There's a central website where you are booking. Nobody will miss out on vaccines there, it's usually smaller towns/villages where nobody wants to get vaccinated anyway. They've distributed vaccines based on population I think and in those places you will likely have between 0 and 20% people even wanting a vaccine so they will have put themselves on the list by now as well. For instance in my family hometown I could get a date for tomorrow because they've not even had 5% eligible people register. It's only big cities that have loads of people wanting to get a vax.
I think the experts knew this since last January. That the virus is here to stay forever.
They did. Some were saying it here in the UK from the outset, predicting that it will end up like your ideal scenario.I think the experts knew this since last January. That the virus is here to stay forever.
Now it is all managing it. Hopefully, with continuous (adjusted) vaccinations and with people having caught it, the spread will be slower and the virus will become less lethal. Ideally, it would be a new flu/cold-like disease.
Which makes it kind of ironic that failure to adequately control the spread in the UK might go down in history as the main driver behind our failure to eradicate this virus.They did. Some were saying it here in the UK from the outset, predicting that it will end up like your ideal scenario.
Was it ever really possible to eradicate it as soon as it travelled to a couple of other countries though? I always assumed this would be a case of getting it under control and keeping it low level rather than eradicate it completely as we would have to stop every infection in every corner of the world.Which makes it kind of ironic that failure to adequately control the spread in the UK might go down in history as the main driver behind our failure to eradicate this virus.
The vaccines have turned out to be way more effective than we dared hope. If it wasn’t for the Uk variant then eradicating the virus as a result of herd immunity by vaccination would be fairly straightforward.
The original version of covid wasn’t actually very contagious. So if you have a decent vaccine you only needed to vaccinate 50 to 60% of the world to give us a good chance of wiping it out. Which has never been an option with extremely contagious illnesses like measles, despite excellent vaccines. That ship has sailed for covid with these much more infectious variants, unfortunately.Was it ever really possible to eradicate it as soon as it travelled to a couple of other countries though? I always assumed this would be a case of getting it under control and keeping it low level rather than eradicate it completely as we would have to stop every infection in every corner of the world.
As far as I am aware the only virus we've ever eradicated after it had spread is smallpox?
Disagree. South African, Brazilian, Indian (and other variants which will come soon) would have made it impossible to eradicate the virus.Which makes it kind of ironic that failure to adequately control the spread in the UK might go down in history as the main driver behind our failure to eradicate this virus.
The vaccines have turned out to be way more effective than we dared hope. If it wasn’t for the Uk variant then eradicating the virus as a result of herd immunity by vaccination would be fairly straightforward.
Denmark is opening up the AstraZeneca vaccine to whoever wants it, apparently there are around 450k doses. To get vaccinated, there is a video consultation with a doctor, who explains the risk involved and then one needs to provide consent.
It is pretty amazing how a little over a year after this disease hit, there are massive vaccination campaigns in place. I'm cautiously confident that we will manage the pandemic over the next 3 or 4 years as long as a catastrophic mutation doesn't appear.Disagree. South African, Brazilian, Indian (and other variants which will come soon) would have made it impossible to eradicate the virus.
I do not think that the long-term goal was ever to eradicate it (heck, this fecker can go in different animals, so even if you vaccinate every person alive, it might still survive), it was always managing it. And dare to say, we haven't done that badly compared to how connected is the world nowadays and how easily this virus can get spread.
Understood, but I don't think in reality it would have been easy even without the current variants. In my company we have people who work in the Philippines and with the current vaccination rate they are scheduled to get their doses in 2024. I'm not convinced herd immunity would ever work - has a virus ever been eradicated due to that in history? I think the problem would be you only need one person, or one animal to have it in the whole population and it can start spreading again.The original version of covid wasn’t actually very contagious. So if you have a decent vaccine you only needed to vaccinate 50 to 60% of the world to give us a good chance of wiping it out. Which has never been an option with extremely contagious illnesses like measles, despite excellent vaccines. That ship has sailed for covid with these much more infectious variants, unfortunately.
It’s all ifs, buts and maybes with these variants. The Kent variant seems to have been behind a huge acceleration all over the world. Which in turn spat out a bunch of other variants. It will be interesting to look back on the family tree of this thing in a few years time. It does feel like the first step to it really getting out of control happened in the UK but people much better qualified than me will write this all up at some point. It’s crazy how the version of the virus that first shut the whole world down seems so benign compared to the version we’re dealing with now.Disagree. South African, Brazilian, Indian (and other variants which will come soon) would have made it impossible to eradicate the virus.
I do not think that the long-term goal was ever to eradicate it (heck, this fecker can go in different animals, so even if you vaccinate every person alive, it might still survive), it was always managing it. And dare to say, we haven't done that badly compared to how connected is the world nowadays and how easily this virus can get spread.
South African and Brazilian variants happened long before UK variant was dominant anywhere outside of UK. And even the Indian one seems like bit of a strech.It’s all ifs, buts and maybes with these variants. The Kent variant seems to have been behind a huge acceleration all over the world. Which in turn spat out a bunch of other variants. It will be interesting to look back on the family tree of this thing in a few years time. It does feel like the first step to it really getting out of control happened in the UK but people much better qualified than me will write this all up at some point. It’s crazy how the version of the virus that first shut the whole world down seems so benign compared to the version we’re dealing with now.
The first people got their second doses in autumn last year and last they checked, everything suggested they’re still protected. That’s as long as we can say.How long are we protected after second dose?
Great stuff sirI'm getting my second jab of Pfizer on the 14th
ThanksGreat stuff sir