[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[LamieRobertson]

Since August 13th, the global 7 day moving average for Covid deaths has dropped by 8.4%.

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1301146016750632960?s=21

 

[LamieRobertson]

https://twitter.com/cricketwyvern/status/1301151133688369153?s=21

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Worldometers update;

Since August 13th, the 7-day moving average for Global Deaths has gone down every single day.

Since August 13th, the global 7 day moving average for Covid deaths has dropped by 8.4%.

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1301146016750632960?s=21

Sometimes the news is so good that it justifies being repeated!

 

[driller]

Since August 13th, the global 7 day moving average for Covid deaths has dropped by 8.4

 

[Fungus]

Since August 13th, the global 7 day moving average for Covid deaths has dropped by 8.4%.

https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1301146016750632960?s=21

There's good news, and there's very good news - like this. We can only try to control this within our own borders, but it's reassuring if the rest of the world is also heading in the right direction! (Yes, I know it's an average, and will still be increasing in some countries.)

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

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[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Faster accurate testing on the way - results in 15 minutes

http://www.pharmatimes.com/news/roche_to_launch_sars-cov-2_rapid_antigen_test_1347614

 

[Guinness Boy]

Since August 13th, the global 7 day moving average for Covid deaths has dropped by 8.4

If only we had your opinion on The Zutons' album.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Good news for the WEST WEST Sussex boys, girls and non-binaries. A new test and trace station is popping up very soon.

https://www.chichester.co.uk/health...VlASfpTRyHN-Feo_p1cuAI1fHxOVkbK3VGnB1UURkXT-w

 

[Mellotron]

From New York Times today, just a little snippet from Infectious Diseases Specialist, Donald G. McNeil Jr.

Is there any hopeful news about the virus that we can lean on as the pandemic carries on?

Yes, absolutely. I’m optimistic that there will be safe vaccines pouring out of factories by sometime next spring, and that this will all be over far faster than I expected just a few months ago.

 

[Mellotron]

Not surprising, but;

Randomised study shows calcifediol (vitamin D) supplementation in hospitalised COVID patients significantly reduces chance of ICU admission.

Article from Science Journal - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076020302764

 

[Mellotron]

Last of 3 tonight...

Pfizer CEO suggests they could know whether their vaccine works by the end of October.

Pfizer could have results from its late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial as early as October, CEO Albert Bourla said Thursday.

The pharmaceutical company has already enrolled 23,000 volunteers in the phase three trial that began in late July, Bourla said during a Q&A with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, a trade group. It hopes to enroll at least 30,000 participants, he said.

“We expect by the end of October, we should have enough ... to say whether the product works or not,” he said.

U.S. health officials have previously said results from late-stage vaccine trials could come in November or sooner.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/03/pfizer-ceo-confirms-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-may-have-results-in-october.html

 

[Yoda]

Speaking of vaccines, the Oxford vaccine could be ready for for distribution in October pending results of the Phase Three testing on some 50,000 people worldwide and are already producing millions of doses in India.

 

[Mellotron]

Speaking of vaccines, the Oxford vaccine could be ready for for distribution in October pending results of the Phase Three testing on some 50,000 people worldwide and are already producing millions of doses in India.

Seems it will understandably take quite a few months to roll out the vaccine to everyone, with key workers and the vulnerable being (rightly) first in the queue. Preparing myself (as a relatively healthy mid-thirties man) for the fact I probably won't get the jab(s) until maybe March-June 2021, assuming we see one approved this side of the New Year..

However, just to know we have one that is safe, effective and works will be massive for many people's mental health, and could give us a more solid timeframe on when all of this will be over.

 

[Mellotron]

GSK and Sanofi to start human trials of potential Covid-19 vaccine

9/4/2020

GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi are to start testing their protein-based Covid-19 vaccine on humans for the first time, following promising results in earlier studies.

GSK, the world’s largest vaccine maker, and the French drugmaker Sanofi joined forces in April to work on an effective treatment to halt the devastating pandemic.

The vaccine being developed by London-headquartered GSK and Paris-based Sanofi combines existing technology used by Sanofi to make its flu vaccine, along with an add-on from GSK, known as an adjuvant, which can be mixed with a vaccine to trigger a stronger immune reaction.

The firms said the clinical trial, which involves 440 healthy adults in the US, was designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immune response of the vaccine, and it is hoped that first results will be received in early December 2020.

A phase 3 trial could begin before the end of the year, which would involve the vaccine being given to thousands of people, and if successful, GSK and Sanofi would request regulatory approval in the first half of 2021.

Combined, the two pharmaceutical firms have the largest vaccine manufacturing capability in the world and are scaling up manufacturing to target producing 1bn doses in 2021.

https://www.theguardian.com/busines...ofi-to-start-human-trials-on-covid-19-vaccine

 

[Poojah]

Seems it will understandably take quite a few months to roll out the vaccine to everyone, with key workers and the vulnerable being (rightly) first in the queue. Preparing myself (as a relatively healthy mid-thirties man) for the fact I probably won't get the jab(s) until maybe March-June 2021, assuming we see one approved this side of the New Year..

However, just to know we have one that is safe, effective and works will be massive for many people's mental health, and could give us a more solid timeframe on when all of this will be over.

Genuine question for anyone with the relevant medical knowledge. Does a person with vaccine-induced immunity against a given virus test positive for it if it is in their system but contained through an immune response? I would assume they would, but I have no idea how long it takes someone with immunity to overwhelm a virus and rid it from their systems.

Either way, you'd hope to see a sharp decline in cases as the vaccine rolls out as the virus' ability to spread reduces. I'm throwing out numbers, but in effect if you start with the elderly and vulnerable, you'd probably only need to approach c. 50% of the population before normality as we know it can resume.

 

[LamieRobertson]

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[Mellotron]

Either way, you'd hope to see a sharp decline in cases as the vaccine rolls out as the virus' ability to spread reduces. I'm throwing out numbers, but in effect if you start with the elderly and vulnerable, you'd probably only need to approach c. 50% of the population before normality as we know it can resume.

I've read similar.

Whilst it won't technically be "over" until a large number of people are vaccinated, even after 20-30% have had the jab (plus those who have some form of immunity due to T Cells or antibodies), the virus will start really struggling to spread.

 

[Mellotron]

No severe side effects for first 2,000 volunteers who received Oxford vaccine in Brazil.

 

[Algernon]

Genuine question.
Thalidomide was tested and considered to be safe in the 1950s.
That was tragically found to not be the case after a 9 month gestation period.
These new covid vaccines can only have been developed and tested for a max of 5/6 months as of today.

Could any covid vaccine rolled out in 2020 confidently be deemed 100% safe (due to more rigorous and complete testing) or is there the chance we could be rushing things and unleashing something terrible?