[COVID-19] General Discussion

[Amiga500]

It's not as simple as not vaxxed = less likely to survive

Indeed.

But it is as simple as

not vaxxed = less inclined to listen to professional advice

In this case, advice that would be very pertinent to looking after their new organ(s).

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

ONS debunks ‘spurious’ Covid deaths claim shared by David Davis

Suggestion true number of deaths in England and Wales could be as low as 17,000 is factually incorrect, says ONS

www.theguardian.com

"In the name of god David, go!"

 

[Tallshort]

 

[The_Blindside]

Long Covid: Hidden lung damage spotted on scans

A study detected abnormalities in people who had had Covid but did not need hospital treatment.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The_Blindside]

Trusts cleared to use unvaccinated health staff amid reports of Javid U-turn

Frontline staff in English hospitals who have not had jab may be able to work if dangerous understaffing deemed a greater risk, says regulator

www.theguardian.com

I say get these staff the proper FFP3 equipment then.

 

[The_Blindside]

Why demise of vaccine mandate plan for NHS staff was inevitable | analysis

Analysis: for good policy-making to work, it needs change being ushered in to have backing of all parties involved

www.theguardian.com

Has the threat of a mandate done its job though with c.95% of NHS staff double jabbed?

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Denmark is the known home of this Omicron sub-variant and has been competently run. They are pushing ahead with a removal of restrictions so clearly aren't too concerned. Their per capita fatality rate is currently less than 75% of Scotland's, so initial signs are that the Omicron sub-variant is no worse than Omicron itself in terms of lethality.

Further to the above, another excellent sign here that a left of centre government (i.e. less likely to lift restrictons due to business interests), in the home of the main, more contagious Omicron subvariant, is the first EU country to ditch restrictions. So there must be real potential that this subvariant is even less potent than vanilla Omicron against a vaccinated population. Plus there is confidence that this sub-variant will take over globally from vanilla Omicron due to its increased transmissability.

Denmark Covid restrictions lifted despite increase in cases

It is the first EU country to drop nearly all restrictions, despite relatively high case numbers.

www.bbc.co.uk

I would caveat that globally deaths are rising fairly sharply and next week will become the third highest peak of the pandemic (the highest since June 2021), so Omicron and Delta do appear to still be wreaking havoc with the unvaccinated as case numbers go into the stratosphere.

 

[The_Blindside]

Cases in the UK now include reinfections and todays cases up to 112k.

Covid-19: How many people have been infected more than once?

Reinfections have been rising sharply with Omicron, and they've now been added to official daily data.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The_Blindside]

Exposure to one nasal droplet enough for Covid infection – study

Trial in which volunteers were given dose of virus is first to monitor people during entire course of infection

www.theguardian.com

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Exposure to one nasal droplet enough for Covid infection – study

Trial in which volunteers were given dose of virus is first to monitor people during entire course of infection

www.theguardian.com

Don't start sniffing snot then I reckon

 

[Which Tyler]

The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation

Here is a relatively simple way of giving people important context about the number of vaccinated people who are affected by Covid

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

WHO starting to twig.

Covid: Europe set for ‘long period of tranquillity’ in pandemic, says WHO

Vaccinations, milder Omicron and arrival of spring should keep death rate low as cases rise to all time high

www.theguardian.com

 

[The_Blindside]

Novavax Covid jab approved by UK drugs regulator

UK regulator the MHRA says Nuvaxovid is safe as a first and second dose in adults.

www.bbc.co.uk

5th vaccine approved. Novavax. Protein based, rather than mRNA or viral vector.

 

[The_Blindside]

"In the name of god David, go!"

yeh switched off from watching any of “Dr” John Campbell’s videos after this and pushing Ivermectin - defo lost it and let the subscribers get to his head. Davis just helped amplify this 17,000 figure.

 

[The_Blindside]

‘The case for masks became hugely stronger’: scientists admit their Covid mistakes

Being proved wrong lies at the heart of scientific progress. Here, experts reveal what they got wrong during the pandemic

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

I suspect despite the generosity of not enforcing patents, Moderna suspected nobody would be able to replicate their vaccine. Excellent effort by WHO and South Africa to hopefully provide a very high quality, low cost vaccine.

In world first, South Africa's Afrigen makes mRNA COVID vaccine using Moderna data

South Africa's Afrigen Biologics has used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to make its own version of the shot, which could be tested in humans before the end of this year, Afrigen's top executive said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

 

[The_Blindside]

‘It is an astronomically high number’: US Covid death toll surpasses 900,000

The two-year total compiled by Johns Hopkins University comes less than two months after eclipsing 800,000 deaths

www.theguardian.com

 

[The_Blindside]

‘Trump is not my God’: how the former president’s only vaccine victory turned sour

A rigid anti-vaccine stance among Trump’s supporters means Republicans can’t reap the benefits of Operation Warp Speed

www.theguardian.com

 

[The_Blindside]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1489381500961402883

Anti vaxxer making a fool of himself on QT.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

love it how he starts talking about under reporting...dont we all know and accept people are more likely to report negative things, you're a hell of a lot more likely to complain about a meal than go out of your way to compliment it