michaelc
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Post by michaelc on Jan 4, 2021 19:09:52 GMT
My GP surgery have just phoned to confirm my second Pfizer dose tomorrow is still going ahead. I assume you did the socially responsible thing and asked that it be given to somebody else as a first dose?
Interesting how the meaning of words can change significantly over time. As a young man I recall the last thing you would hear anyone admit to was having had a dose and being on route to the doctors surgery.
Your second unhlighted paragraph was quite amusing. I hope the first was intended to be a joke? If not, the last thing James needs right now is to feel in any way guilty for gobbling up a second dose. I'm sure you wouldn't say that if you met him in person.
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Post by michaelc on Jan 4, 2021 19:14:36 GMT
Is this trend reflected in hospital admissions?
The last time I looked old fogies like me are roughly 50 times more likely to be admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 than people below 50.
It's only one data point, but I got a text message of my radiologist friend a couple of hours ago. It reads "Just done 4 chest x-rays. 3 florid COVID-19, age range 23-35". I found a hundred pounds on the pavement at the cross roads of North Street and High Street. I must visit that spot more often...
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Post by ilmoro on Jan 4, 2021 19:28:54 GMT
We both probably want the same outcome, but for different reasons. Tonight I am whatever people from Southampton call themselves (southy? hamper?). A draw would do equally well. Unfortunately, I think they're known as "Scummers" (no doubt due to Portsmouth friends). If they beat the aforementioned R.S. they'll be heroes to a man (and woman) in my book. Saints to the polite, the opposite of is Skate - all very nautical down here
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Jan 4, 2021 19:54:02 GMT
Unfortunately, I think they're known as "Scummers" (no doubt due to Portsmouth friends). If they beat the aforementioned R.S. they'll be heroes to a man (and woman) in my book. Saints to the polite, the opposite of is Skate - all very nautical down here My original version was 'tonight I am a Saint', just felt if I was challenged on it I would have no defence (a bit like Liverpool tonight).
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Post by Mike on Jan 5, 2021 10:18:30 GMT
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michaelc
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Post by michaelc on Jan 5, 2021 15:03:10 GMT
And yet we were told new strains are unlikely to be resistant to the current vaccines. Which is it ?? And why can't these scientists be more damn humble in their predictions.
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Post by agent69 on Jan 5, 2021 19:55:30 GMT
The graph produced at today's news conference showed that the infection rate in London is falling significantly. It's also falling to a lesser extent in the South East, and in the East of England it's flat.
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Post by stevepn on Jan 5, 2021 20:14:25 GMT
That means about 1,120,000 have covid in England. Will those people still need vaccines?
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Post by adrianc on Jan 5, 2021 21:30:31 GMT
That means about 1,120,000 have covid in England. Will those people still need vaccines? A friend of mine tested positive fairly early on, and felt like death warmed up. A few weeks ago, he tested positive again. This time, he was looking back fondly at the first time round.
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Post by JamesFrance on Jan 6, 2021 9:00:27 GMT
I had my second Pfizer jab yesterday and now have an NHS vaccination card showing batch numbers and dates given. This morning the side effects are more noticeable than the first time with a slightly sore arm and fuzzy head but nothing much.
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Post by registerme on Jan 6, 2021 13:55:33 GMT
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Post by jlend on Jan 7, 2021 17:36:28 GMT
I assume the delivery of vaccines will follow a similar pattern to testing. That is, a very slow initial base followed by rapid growth in capacity over several months (there's nothing like actually vaccinating people to realise what your job entails as vaccine tzar (or whatever they are called)). Why do I ramble on about this? Because I assume this is a short term issue that will be resolved in time for winter 2021/2. btw did you mean 65? The groups were 18 to 55, 56 to 70, 71+ But the sample was so small as I said. I personally think we will just have to wait and see what happens in the real world scenario now. Matt Hancock today said the jabs may be needed every 6 to 12 months because we don't know how long the protection will last. Along with continuing surveillance and symptom testing. I assume there is some logic in repeating the jabs before there is good data on how long the protection lasts rather than potentially leaving it too late.
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Post by benaj on Jan 7, 2021 17:43:42 GMT
Elderly Britons are REFUSING Pfizer's Covid vaccine 😳 Can someone point out this is not the view of majority of Elderly Britons? mol.im/a/9121869
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Post by michaelc on Jan 7, 2021 17:53:11 GMT
Just listened to the no 10 conference today.
Unlike many (not only here but everywhere !) I am not tribal and will like/dislike based upon the ideas and decisions in front of me not based on which party the person is affiliated with.
For the first time in a very long time, I was really pleased with what I heard about getting the vaccine out. Both the CEO of the NHS and the Army logistics commander did give me some confidence that this really is number 1 priority and maybe just maybe the vaccination programme will go well.
No Serco or other private company rubbish. You can't just chuck billions at it and expect the problem to be solved. The organisations need deep cooperation with the NHS, red tape to be removed etc and it appears that is what is happening and could never happen IMO with a private company.
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Post by adrianc on Jan 7, 2021 18:00:13 GMT
Elderly Britons are REFUSING Pfizer's Covid vaccine 😳 Can someone point out this is not the view of majority of Elderly Britons? mol.im/a/9121869Can you warn us a bit more clearly about Daily Wail rabble-rousing guff, please? I'm sure there are a couple of elderly Geordies who've had a "Buy British!" pyrrhic stand in a GP's somewhere. And I'm very glad that the ~1k-shot slabs are being used fully...
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