I can't argue with you other than at nearly 75% have a level of protection and we can all pick a number out of air for protection via already infected.
Well I agree to an extent, but I still think we should use the tools available and not just wait until case numbers against the not yet vaccinated and those who choose not to have one, rise and end up in hospital. Use LFTs And PCR testing and support those financially who test positive to self isolate; even trained sniffer dogs where necessary. Control, what we can control. That is why I am not against a vaccine passport to get the economy up and running again and avoid future lockdowns.
Which age groups disprotiknately work in those jobs that are required to 'open up the economy'?
They need to be tested more regularly Then And be able to prove negative status. it's not unworkable if there is a will to make it Work. Unfortunately, we are still worried about discriminating against those who haven't or won't get vaccinated. J & J vaccine may change things with one jab and speeding up those in 18-30.
Are you sure? I thought that 80% of those infected in the Finnish hospital outbreak had received at least one vaccine. We have enough evidence now to say with confidence that vaccines massively reduce the chance of becoming seriously ill with current strains of covid, but is there enough data yet to say that they offer the same level of protection against long covid?
Looking at Bolton hospitalized 59 new varient, only 5 were either 1 or 2 dosed .
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you're not wrong but i think i also read that several vaccine programmes were/are severely set back because so many resources were diverted to COVID, overs and unders and allOn another note, one potential benefit of Covid (not saying it was worthwhile, but that something good can come out of this) is that it has kick started the vaccine sector. Apparently the whole sector was very stagnant and risk averse, These mRNA vaccines could have been tested on other diseases earlier, but there was a lot of hesitancy around them. Now they have been shown they can work and the speed at which they can be developed, it should lead to better vaccines against other diseases.
How COVID unlocked the power of RNA vaccines
The technology could revolutionize efforts to immunize against HIV, malaria, influenza and more.
If this turns out to be accurate then it's worrying.
Covid: Vietnam detects new UK-Indian variant, health officials say
The mutation, a combination of the Indian and UK variants, is described by officials as "very dangerous".www.bbc.co.uk
Obviously needs confirming. Hopefully the government won't sod about if it starts to spread to other countries.
Chiefs are going to do everything they can to avoid playing the prem final now that the ground has been contaminated with that stuff
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