[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[Kinky Gerbil]

Question for those in the know about the jab

Do you have many no shows?

 

[Mellotron]

UK vaccinations - 934,466 as of 29/12 - not including Wales' numbers, so could be closer to 950k or so.

1 in every 70 have now had the vaccine in UK.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

UK vaccinations - 934,466 as of 29/12 - not including Wales' numbers, so could be closer to 950k or so.

1 in every 70 have now had the vaccine in UK.

And the vaccine isn't licensed for under 18s, so it is more than 1 in 70 of the target number.

 

[Mellotron]

And the vaccine isn't licensed for under 18s, so it is more than 1 in 70 of the target number.

Good point - the real key is getting those higher risk 22m vaccinated.

 

[atomised]

Good point - the real key is getting those higher risk 22m vaccinated.

Its so hard to find a decent break up of age bands. Specifically how many under 18s can be taken off the population. I am starting to feel more positive that we can get the most vulnerable vaccinated fairly quickly

 

[Mellotron]

Its so hard to find a decent break up of age bands. Specifically how many under 18s can be taken off the population. I am starting to feel more positive that we can get the most vulnerable vaccinated fairly quickly

A quick google suggests around 21% (14million) of UK population is under 18.

 

[DIFFBROOK]

Edit. Data not able to post

 

[Mellotron]

In terms of the higher risk, it seems we're at about 1 in 25-30 having already had a jab so far. This will improve rapidly in coming weeks.

 

[Yoda]

In terms of the higher risk, it seems we're at about 1 in 25-30 having already had a jab so far. This will improve rapidly in coming weeks.

I would reckon closer to 1 in 50 as due to storage issue's, front line NHS Staff have also been receiving it before it is wasted/expired.

 

[atomised]

A quick google suggests around 21% (14million) of UK population is under 18.

I just kept finding census results and.didnt really fancy dredging through them

 

[Mellotron]

I would reckon closer to 1 in 50 as due to storage issue's, front line NHS Staff have also been receiving it before it is wasted/expired.

I was factoring in around 30% going to non-over-80s?

 

[Hugo Rune]

100 million ordered with 40 million available by the end of march. 15 million should be here by the end of this year

Thanks.

15 million to be rolled out from Monday then. Looking very good.

 

[macbeth]

Thanks.

15 million to be rolled out from Monday then. Looking very good.

Any prediction obviously comes with the caveat that this government couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Any prediction obviously comes with the caveat that this government couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery

That's as may be but that is NOT good news!

 

[macbeth]

That's as may be but that is NOT good news!

You're right, I apologise

...on that front, however, here's some further sciencey affirmation that the new variant isn't a problem for the vaccines/antibodies:

https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/1344391790208700420?s=19

It's not lab data, but it's as good as we've got at the moment

 

[saulth]

5.79m vaccinations worldwide.

9.54m now!

 

[Mellotron]

Just under 1 in 5 over 80s have now been vaccinated in the UK.

 

[LamieRobertson]

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1344731171675111424?s=21

Over one million vaccinated in UK now

 

[dazzer6666]

Need to have a think about the vaccination rate relative to the most vulnerable....without doing the sums, seems to me there is a massively front-loaded positive impact of the vacc programme. Very high % of the hospitalised come from high risk categories that will be vaccinated first....so we can expect the numbers in hospital, ICU and dying to dramatically decline as the vaccinations take effect on those most at risk.

 

[The Wizard]

Here’s to a better 2021, it’s strange that this thread dying and no posts from all the good people who inhabit it will signal that the crisis is well and truly over. Here’s to a beer, a hot May weekend and a packed Amex with a last minute winner, probably at home to Wycombe