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Taf	14-12-2021 17:54

Re: Coronavirus

The missus has her second eye op on 5th January next year.

The letter says she has to go for a PCR test on 1st Jan, then the entire household MUST self-isolate at home from that same morning until after she returns home on the 5th Jan. "THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD SHOULD NOT GO TO WORK, OR MEET WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE HOME".

It also says that if her PCR is positive, or if anyone in the home tests positive before her op, the entire household must self-isolate for 10 days. The op will then be rescheduled for a later date.

1andrew1

14-12-2021 17:57

Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36105646)

Are you sure?

Your so called liberal buddies, 99Balloons, sorry Ianch99 and Mr K, calling for the unvaccinated to lose their freedoms. This is discriminatory on health grounds and absolutely not liberal in the slightest.

Liberals are against things like proroguing Parliament, ID cards, banning protests and vaccination passports.

I think your terminology for the above esteemed forum members may be slightly adrift. For starters, Mr K is a share-owning capitalist so not a liberal leftie.

Damien

14-12-2021 18:00

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36105636)

More nonsense & claptrap. I’m sticking to vaccines do not stop transmission. Utter rubbish it stops transmission by 70%. That table is incorrect.

At the end of the day, you’re vaccinated so if you feel so damn safe, then your apparent risk is small from either unvaccinated or vaccinated persons because being either, does not stop you catching Covid. Stop going on about stupid percentages and misinformation, it is a correct fact that being vaccinated does not stop transmission, there is no sugar coating it with irrelevant and fabricated data.

But it's not black and white.

You're right that vaccines don't stop transmission. However, there is a lot of evidence they reduce transmission. It's lower for the Delta variant but the studies on it did show a reduction. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...690-3/fulltext

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If vaccines reduce viral density in those who do become infected despite vaccination, it would probably lead to lower infectiousness and less onward transmission. Hence, the authors compared the viral kinetics in breakthrough delta variant infections in vaccinated people with delta variant infections in unvaccinated people. They report that peak viral loads showed a faster decline in vaccinated compared with unvaccinated people, although peak viral loads were similar for unvaccinated and vaccinated people.

As far as I am aware there is no scientific evidence it stops transmission, we can see that in numbers already, but even amongst sceptics it's accepted it reduces it. There is just an argument on how much it does.

After all if it didn't reduce transmission then the numbers never would have gone down.

ianch99

14-12-2021 18:01

Re: Coronavirus

Apparently there was some tool on GBNews claiming that:

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The government knows that Covid-19 vaccines don’t reduce the risk of transmission or infection from the virus.

Here's a Full Fact rebuttal:

https://fullfact.org/online/neil-oli...ccines-effect/

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While they don’t reduce the risk completely, multiple studies have shown vaccines do have a meaningful impact on your chances of catching or passing on the virus once you’ve been vaccinated. Early evidence suggests a booster vaccine will strengthen this effect even more.

pip08456

14-12-2021 18:02

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36105636)

That table is so "Hot off the press" it is irrelevant as the current concern is about the Omicron variant which is more transmissable and has built in vaccine evasion. That means that covid passports are a complete and utter waste of time and vaccines do not reduce transmission by anywhere near 70%.

Thankfully it appears to be less deadly and no-one has yet reported to have died from it anywhere in the world.

There is a vast difference between someone dying with the Omicron variant and dying from it. Project fear yet again.

ianch99

14-12-2021 18:10

Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 36105652)

That table is so "Hot off the press" it is irrelevant as the current concern is about the Omicron variant which is more transmissable and has built in vaccine evasion. That means that covid passports are a complete and utter waste of time and vaccies do not reduce transmission by anywhere near 70%.

Thankfully it appears to be less deadly and no-one has yet reported to have died from it anywhere in the world.

There is a vast difference between someone dying with the Omicron variant and dying from it. Project fear yet again.

You are making statements based on no evidence. There are studies that backup the assertion that a booster jab is effective in reducing transmission:

Omicron: Three vaccine doses key for protection against variant

Please share the research that backs up your assertion that vaccines do not reduce transmission.

Mick	14-12-2021 18:25

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36105653)

That practically nearly every colleague of mine in my healthcare setting, who have recently had their vaccines & boosters have caught Covid two weeks later. Go figure FFS.

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The next person to refer or use incorrect names for news outlets will be banned from debating in this thread. Grow up.

ianch99

14-12-2021 18:32

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36105658)

That practically nearly every colleague of mine in my healthcare setting, who have recently had their vaccines & boosters have caught Covid two weeks later. Go figure FFS

So what? If you work in the medical sector, you should know that science is not based on anecdotal small data sets :dunce:

Mick	14-12-2021 18:34

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36105661)

So what? If you work in the medical sector, you should know that science is not based on anecdotal small data sets :dunce:

Vaccination does not stop transmission. Nothing you say alters this fact whatsoever.

Damien

14-12-2021 18:36

Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36105658)

That practically nearly every colleague of mine in my healthcare setting, who have recently had their vaccines & boosters have caught Covid two weeks later. Go figure FFS.

But that's an unrepresentative demographic to choose as these people will be around very infectious people all day, every day. In the outside world, fewer people should have COVID and those that do will have less serious symptoms and therefore lower infectivity.

All the people that didn't have the vaccine, that caught it despite the vaccine and had worse symptoms despite the vaccine is going to the hospital. It's ground zero for the virus.

mrmistoffelees

14-12-2021 18:36

Re: Coronavirus

In terms of omicron we’re still missing a key piece of information and that is how much more transmissible it is compared to previous variants. Imho anything over 3x more transmissible and we will have an issue for the health service.

There has been one study in Japan not peer reviewed or confirmed which believes that it’s 4.2 times more transmissible. That would be bad news even with the 30% drop in hospitalisations.

TL:DR we still don’t have enough information, South Africa’s statements can’t be taken as 100% applicable to the U.K.

ianch99

14-12-2021 18:37

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36105662)

Vaccination does not stop transmission. Nothing you say alters this fact whatsoever.

That is not what you are claiming, is it? You are claiming that it does not significantly reduce transmission.

Mick	14-12-2021 18:42

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How many times do I have to repeat the line?

Vaccination does not stop transmission?

I’m not interested in, likely, could be, maybe…. Vaccinations only stop serious illness. Nothing more. Vaccinated are still carriers and can still pass on Covid. “Less likely”, is rubbish mantra.

mrmistoffelees

14-12-2021 18:44

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Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36105666)

How many times do I have to repeat the line?

Vaccination does not stop transmission?

I’m not interested in, likely, could be, maybe…. Vaccinations only stop serious illness. Nothing more. Vaccinated are still carriers and can still pass on Covid. “Less likely”, is rubbish mantra.

But they don’t, they significantly reduce the chances of you getting seriously ill

Mick	14-12-2021 18:57

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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees (Post 36105667)

But they don’t, they significantly reduce the chances of you getting seriously ill

Not sure we’re not disagreeing with each other here?

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