[COVID-19] General Discussion

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ST reporting cases in India will reach 500k per day in next two weeks. And this is likely to be an under reporting of cases because of the lack of testing. if it is right that current tests are coming back with 30% positive, the true figure could well be 3-4 times more than this. There is also a thinking that this second wave is being driven by the B.1.1.7 or variant that originated in Kent.

The message is international co-operation vital now to help Indian authorities out of their own catastrophe. As long as this virus goes unchecked then it'll mutate and Who the f knows what'll happen if it starts evading vaccines.

 

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Outrage as No 10 rules out urgent inquiry into Covid mistakes

Exclusive: bereaved families are told that ‘people who would need to give evidence’ are ‘working round clock’

www.theguardian.com

Kicking a public enquiry into the long grass.

 

[Which Tyler]

Outrage as No 10 rules out urgent inquiry into Covid mistakes

Exclusive: bereaved families are told that ‘people who would need to give evidence’ are ‘working round clock’

www.theguardian.com

Kicking a public enquiry into the long grass.

I'm sure it will be done - once they've got the inquiry into Russian interference in the Brexit (and election) votes

 

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Covid vaccine: Sore arm and headache most common side effects

A UK study of more than 600,000 people found reactions to the jabs were "mild and short-lived".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[The Seeker]

Fire kills 82 at Iraqi COVID hospital, health minister suspended

Iraqi PM suspends health minister and refers him for investigation in response to deadly fire at a Baghdad hospital.

www.aljazeera.com

 

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Brazil begins parliamentary inquiry into Bolsonaro’s Covid response

Opponents hope investigation will torpedo chances of re-election for far-right president

www.theguardian.com

 

[Which Tyler]

12 year old neice is ill with Covid - severe but not hospitalising yet

 

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[ncurd]

I wondered the other day why they lowered the vaccincation age to 42 not 40.

1. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, 42, receives his first Covid jab from Prof Jonathan Van-Tam
2. The vaccination programme is being extended to all 42-year-olds in England

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I wondered the other day why they lowered the vaccincation age to 42 not 40.

1. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, 42, receives his first Covid jab from Prof Jonathan Van-Tam
2. The vaccination programme is being extended to all 42-year-olds in England

Yeh. you only need to watch Contagion to see what Hancock's next policy on Covid will be.

 

[Which Tyler]

I wondered the other day why they lowered the vaccincation age to 42 not 40.

1. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, 42, receives his first Covid jab from Prof Jonathan Van-Tam
2. The vaccination programme is being extended to all 42-year-olds in England

Monday opened for 48 year olds, Tuesday to 46 year olds, Wednesday to 44; Today to 42; tomorrow it'll open to 40 year olds.

It's just a way of evening out expected surge in registrations and is actually a good thing - it show's they've learned from the previous lowering of age thresholds.
Presumably they'll then wait a week or two; for the bookings to slow, before doing the same for the 30-40 year olds.

That's also the national; around here GP invites are way ahead of this.

Yeh. you only need to watch Contagion to see what Hancock's next policy on Covid will be.

I don't recall all that much profteering and corruption over government contracts going on in that film - maybe too much has happened since I watched it though.

 

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I don't recall all that much profteering and corruption over government contracts going on in that film - maybe too much has happened since I watched it though.

Jude Law's character?

 

[Which Tyler]

Jude Law's character?

IIRC that was more snake oil salesman that dodgy contracts - more Trump with his hydroxychloroquine; than Hancock with his gifting £100M contracts to people with no capacity to fulfill them.

Granted though, Test and Trace is a reasonable equivolence to the snake oil

 

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Covid: More than 20 million living in areas with zero deaths

Analysis by the BBC suggests the UK is moving into a new phase of the pandemic.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Is Russia’s Covid vaccine anything more than a political weapon?

Observers say the Sputnik V jab is aimed more at sowing political division than fighting coronavirus

www.theguardian.com

 

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So you’ve had your Covid jab. What can you safely do now?

Those who are vaccinated still need to take precautions. Experts advise on the social etiquette

www.theguardian.com

 

[Gavin]

30-34 years old in Northern Ireland can now get their first vaccine dose.

Bookings opened up yesterday morning, my jab is this evening.

Nanobot ready

 

[BiggusLaddus]

Nanobot ready

Had my first jab a few weeks ago and my wifi signal has never been so good.