Indeed - hence the Gov/scientists' desire to get cases as low as possible whilst we roll out the vaccine. Less cases = less variants.
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Indeed - hence the Gov/scientists' desire to get cases as low as possible whilst we roll out the vaccine. Less cases = less variants.
More genuine good news, thanks.
Hopefully the most we will need to do in the future is get a modified jab every now and again in the same way as the flu jab. On a personal note my step dad (81, black, diabetic) should now be protected as he had a jab two weeks ago and my mum, late 70s who acts as his carer as well, has her letter and will have jab number 1 by mid Feb. They've been shielding more or less since March with mum just going out for a short walk at sunrise. A big relief to me and them.
blue-shifted
Banned
Quite And it's a reminder that vaccinating everyone in the UK won't keep us safe if it can mutate in the third world and keep coming back.
The world needs to be vaccinated
Wow - another significant drop in number of positive cases yesterday (30k reported the previous day) - no decrease in no. of tests performed
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 25 January 2021
Daily 22,195
Last 7 days 236,164 -78,816 (-25%)
Rate per 100k resident population: 390.5
Hospitalisations also down and the weekly rolling number starting to show a consistent drop
Patients admitted
Latest data provided on 21 January 2021
Daily 3,547
Last 7 days 27,039 -2,121 (-7.3%)
Vacc numbers were down (similar to last Sunday) - not helped by the weather presumably.
Cases
People tested positive
Latest data provided on 25 January 2021
Daily 22,195
Last 7 days 236,164 -78,816 (-25%)
Rate per 100k resident population: 390.5
Hospitalisations also down and the weekly rolling number starting to show a consistent drop
Patients admitted
Latest data provided on 21 January 2021
Daily 3,547
Last 7 days 27,039 -2,121 (-7.3%)
Vacc numbers were down (similar to last Sunday) - not helped by the weather presumably.
seagullwedgee
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I listened to an interview with the CEO of Moderna on Bloomberg TV today. Absolutely brilliant man, phenomenal knowledge of his topic and products, but delivered making the complex stuff sound simple, and without scare-mothering or hyperbole, just really detailed informative stuff, not just the here and now, but also the landscape further out too. Very clever chap, very good interview.
Without turning this off subject of good news
It’s almost like out Gov should have waited before scaring the nation again.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
The media had got hold of it so they cut them off at the pass. I’m not a fan of this lot but it was the sensible thing to do. I actually classed that as good news.
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LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Looking at that being reported here ..there are some words of caution ..looks good ..but possibly need to see how the next few days pan out
https://twitter.com/ukcovid19stats/status/1353735895879454726?s=21
Charity Shield 1910
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The best thread continues to deliver.
Yep - but even if it's around 30k the trend is still very much favourable
Lockdown measures do not need to be changed to beat the Kent Covid variant, scientists have said.
Last week, the Government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) warned that the new variant could increase the Covid death rate by 30 per cent.
However, several scientists outside Nervtag have argued that the variant may be simply spreading to more people – leading to increased deaths – rather than being more likely to kill a person who gets infected.
Nervtag scientists also said they have seen no increase in hospital admissions linked to the variant, nor any evidence that it increases the risk of death once a person has been admitted to hospital.
At a briefing on Monday, they said the current restrictions should work to bring down cases even if the variant is more infectious and more deadly.
Professor Graham Medley, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), said: "Reduction of the incidence of infection is the critical thing.
"Whether or not you want to make sure the incidence comes down further by strengthening lockdowns or increasing the duration of the lockdown, I think it's clearly up to the Government to decide that. But it's not that this new result suggests that we need to do anything hugely different."
I know I’ve posted it in two places - but this is good news.
Last week, the Government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) warned that the new variant could increase the Covid death rate by 30 per cent.
However, several scientists outside Nervtag have argued that the variant may be simply spreading to more people – leading to increased deaths – rather than being more likely to kill a person who gets infected.
Nervtag scientists also said they have seen no increase in hospital admissions linked to the variant, nor any evidence that it increases the risk of death once a person has been admitted to hospital.
At a briefing on Monday, they said the current restrictions should work to bring down cases even if the variant is more infectious and more deadly.
Professor Graham Medley, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), said: "Reduction of the incidence of infection is the critical thing.
"Whether or not you want to make sure the incidence comes down further by strengthening lockdowns or increasing the duration of the lockdown, I think it's clearly up to the Government to decide that. But it's not that this new result suggests that we need to do anything hugely different."
I know I’ve posted it in two places - but this is good news.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Remarkable if true.
This will provide a good comparison to our 12 weeks between doses approach.
The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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Indeed, different vaccine structures though. The Oxford vaccine showed that maximum eventual protection was actually when there was between 8-12 weeks between doses, the group was small but it was clearly significant enough to convince the MHRA.
The data coming out of Israel is still showing significant drops, even in those who had only had their first dose so I’m hopeful our medical scientists have called this right. We will begin to get our own data very shortly, you would imagine the government probably have some of the preliminary information already on how many (if any) confirmed cases there has been in those who were vaccinated a few weeks before Christmas.
Exciting times.
crodonilson
He/Him
This is the abolute key, if this is true and the early signs are very encouraging we can turn the tide of this very rapidly if we can hold our nerve and keep our discipline for the next 6 weeks, by then we should have around 27m vaccinated, around 40% of the population and all of the most vulnerable. This should dramatically slash new hospital admissions and further reduce the R rate from its current 0.8-0.9, I put on another thread if you extrapolate the current positive cases forwards in 6 weeks we would be down to under 10,000 daily cases and by Easter under 4,000 daily (this assumes no easing of lockdown). This should be very achievable and if anything should drop further as each week goes by and a further 2-3m get some decent immunity from the virus.
good to see you on this thread. Better for your headspace !
Brighton Centre vacc centre opening today, capacity of 3000 jabs per day 