[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[A1X]

Apologies if fixtures

https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/vaccine-queue-uk

 

[Mellotron]

I think the 2 things that stuck out on the various reports about the mass vaccination centres this morning was the capability of doing a jab every 15 seconds and that there are "dozens" of them planned.

Yup - 7 starting today but my understanding is somewhere between 40-50 are planned across the UK.

 

[atomised]

Apologies if fixtures

https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/vaccine-queue-uk

I just tried it again based on the 2 million a week target as a 47 year old and it had first jab mid may at the latest and programme completed in 1.05 years. Cheered me up even if it is an optimistic take

 

[dazzer6666]

I just tried it again based on the 2 million a week target as a 47 year old and it had first jab mid may at the latest and programme completed in 1.05 years. Cheered me up even if it is an optimistic take

It’s pretty much nonsense - Hancock has already stated that the aim is to do all over 18s by the Autumn. We’ll do way better than the calculator predicts [emoji16]

 

[RossyG]

It’s pretty much nonsense - Hancock has already stated that the aim is to do all over 18s by the Autumn. We’ll do way better than the calculator predicts [emoji16]

Could even be by mid-August if things continue as planned (ie. 2m per week).

Just in time for the new football season.

 

[atomised]

It’s pretty much nonsense - Hancock has already stated that the aim is to do all over 18s by the Autumn. We’ll do way better than the calculator predicts [emoji16]

It is, but still nice to see it going pretty well. Reality is if this is going to become an annual jab then it needs to take.well under a year to cover everyone and there is no reason providing supply lines work well that we can't be almost there come august

 

[Mellotron]

It is, but still nice to see it going pretty well. Reality is if this is going to become an annual jab then it needs to take.well under a year to cover everyone and there is no reason providing supply lines work well that we can't be almost there come august

I think the hope - especially with improving treatments - is that it may join the flu as being annual for over-50s, but probably not for everyone. That's my initial, limited understanding anyway.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I think the hope - especially with improving treatments - is that it may join the flu as being annual for over-50s, but probably not for everyone. That's my initial, limited understanding anyway.

I still have the feeling that once the 9 groups are done it might be a "if you want it" situation this will spread out any booster jabs in future years.

 

[Notters]

I think the hope - especially with improving treatments - is that it may join the flu as being annual for over-50s, but probably not for everyone. That's my initial, limited understanding anyway.

The prof I listened to on the radio yesterday said they still have no idea how long the immunity will last - anything from a year to a lifetime - though I guess this will depend on how much the virus mutates as well.

 

[Mellotron]

The prof I listened to on the radio yesterday said they still have no idea how long the immunity will last - anything from a year to a lifetime - though I guess this will depend on how much the virus mutates as well.

So many unknowns - hopefully it turns out to be similar to a closely-related virus, MERS - for which people are still showing T Cell immunity some 17 years later.

 

[Yoda]

So many unknowns - hopefully it turns out to be similar to a closely-related virus, MERS - for which people are still showing T Cell immunity some 17 years later.

Lets also not forget those that show T Cell immunity from the original SARS-COV-1 outbreak.

 

[Arkwright]

Having spoken to a volunteer at The Westway Centre who are doing the vaccines in Caterham, yesterday (Sunday) six nurses completed 600 jabs. With more and more centres opening in East Surrey they are rapidly getting through the community.
Light at the end of the tunnel, personally I'm more positive it would just be nice to have a clearer picture of when I'm due for the jab, working customer facing I'm bathing in sanitizer and my hands aren't as soft as they were........

 

[Madafwo]

Yup - 7 starting today but my understanding is somewhere between 40-50 are planned across the UK.

Using the lower figure of 40 that is enough capacity for 115,000 jabs a day in those centres alone. Unless my maths is wrong, which is likely.

 

[LamieRobertson]

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1348598703658041344?s=21

Signs of further hope...maybe

 

[Mellotron]

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1348598703658041344?s=21

Signs of further hope...maybe

Just embedding the tweet.

[TWEET]1348598703658041344[/TWEET]

 

[Mellotron]

2.4m jabs in UK so far, apparently.

Would suggest we are now hitting at least 150,000 or so a day.

 

[Diablo]

2.4m jabs in UK so far, apparently.

Would suggest we are now hitting at least 150,000 or so a day.

That is indeed good news. May seem small in relation to population but gradually the most susceptible are being vaccinated !! Keep jabbing!!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Just embedding the tweet.

[TWEET]1348598703658041344[/TWEET]

I tried and failed ..so many thanks

 

[macbeth]

Just embedding the tweet.

[TWEET]1348598703658041344[/TWEET]

Slightly off topic, but how do you embed a tweet on here please?

 

[Driver8]

Novavax have signed a deal to manufacture their vaccine in Germany for UK and European distribution. The results of the UK phase 3 trials (which at least three of us from NSC are on) are due imminently. The UK has ordered 60m doses.

https://www.pharmaceuticaldaily.com...uring-agreement-for-novavax-covid-19-vaccine/