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Was thinking over the weekend that an issue at the moment is that in the first lockdown the situation was novel, the weather was good and generally people thought that it was a brief intermission in normal life. Many folk got paid (and I know of a case because of the way it works got more money than working as prior years were good).
Now the weather is nasty, we see businesses folding, the days are darker (but lengthening) there is likely greater infection just due to time of year, more deaths maybe due to other respiratory illnesses around and morale is down which also affects how the body responds to disease. Even the NZ model that they are fortunate that they can implement seems to have potential issues if you get false negatives. If the infected person remains asymptomatic they could spread things nicely before it's recognised. I think the hope is that once the more vulnerable are vaccinated and that vaccine prevents infection (at best) or reduces symptoms to the "cold/flu" level then it becomes (to us) an endemic condition like cold/flu. Repeated infections even of variants would hopefully get to faster immune responses etc. Vaccinate where needed but generally it may work and hospitalisations are reduced down to "manageable". |
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EU vaccine farce: Eurocrats go to war with maker of Oxford jab – legal action threatened
BRUSSELS boss Ursula von der Leyen has clashed vaccine-maker AstraZeneca after it announced delays to the European Union's supply. https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...-von-der-Leyen |
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The Guvmin appears silent on vaccine delays to the UK.
I dislike this secrecy and lack of transparency. |
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Spanish MEP Domenec Ruiz Devesa has started a petition calling on the European Commission to ensure that the EU flag is emblazoned across all coronavirus vaccine deliveries throughout Europe. In a letter to his fellow MEPs, the Spaniard writes: "You may have noticed that in most, if not all of the images available on vaccine delivery to Member States, the EU logo is wholly absent from all the logistics, including planes, trucks, boxes, etc. This is inconsistent with the role played by the EU, whether in terms of vaccine authorization, funding for vaccine research, the set-up of central procurement, funding for delivery," he says, calling it "a major missed opportunity in terms of communication and social media." Also here's his letter to Von der Leyden. https://www.docdroid.net/wzzsgFd/let...vaccines-1-pdf |
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So putting the EU flag on things takes precedence over getting the vaccine to where its needed. :rolleyes:
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The vaccines are made by private companies not the EU. So why should that horrible flag be on everything.
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There's a report about to break in Germany claiming Astra Oxford vaccine is only 8% effective in over 65's
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That’s odd. If there wasn’t sufficient data to make that determination from the clinical trials, where is the data coming from now? Far too few people have had even one dose, and not for long enough. At best this can only be an inference from trial data the manufacturer itself has already said should not be used in that way.
Of course there’s absolutely no chance there’s any sour grapes in Germany over the way the UK has ignored (and thoroughly humiliated) the EU vaccination programme and is now implementing a comprehensive programme of its own, using a vaccine largely designed and manufactured in the UK. |
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Less than 2 weeks ago, the Germans were praising its effectiveness.
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I don't think it's constructive to try and point score here between nations. That approach fails anyway as all the companies concerned contain a wealth of international talent. Astra Zeneca is an Anglo-Swedish company headed up since 2012 by Pascal Soriot, a Frenchman.
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It may work short term, but if the vaccine works, it works. The rest of the world will prove them wrong. |
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