[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[Norman Potting]

Does it give you the urge to behave like '60's football fan ??

 

[dazzer6666]

Also more reports from Israel that infections and hospitalisation have continued to rise in all other age groups EXCEPT the over 60’s, can’t be coincidence and surely must be the vaccine beginning to take effect?

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Are they actually rising, or just increasing as a % of the total as the overall number drops as the O60s fall away from the numbers ?

 

[Poojah]

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/l...d-19-nasal-spray-ready-for-use-in-humans.aspx

This could be in the shops soon according to today's Telegraph. Will be another weapon in the in the arsenal if it works. Will be especially good if the vaccines don't stop transmission.

Also more reports from Israel that infections and hospitalisation have continued to rise in all other age groups EXCEPT the over 60’s, can’t be coincidence and surely must be the vaccine beginning to take effect?

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A genuine question, not a challenge of the data; if (as we are led to believe) the vaccines do not provide any protection for 10 - 14 days, why do we see an immediate drop in case % for over 60s the day after vaccination begins? Are there other factors at play here, or is this a suggestion that vaccination is beneficial more quickly then we are being told?

 

[dazzer6666]

Just to add that the positive case number reported today for yesterday is the lowest since December 19th........

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Walking past a local doctors surgery, great to see a steady stream of old folk out for a Sunday afternoon trip to get their COVID jabs.

 

[Mellotron]

63m vaccinations worldwide.

Over 1.3m vaccinations in last 3 days in UK alone.

 

[LamieRobertson]

A lot of positive stuff today ..just look at this thread

 

[banjo]

I like this thread. It’s comfy.

 

[Poojah]

A lot of positive stuff today ..just look at this thread

Here’s another one for you. The UK has now given a first vaccine dose to 10% of its population, the first ‘big’ nation to get anywhere near this milestone. Next in line would be the US at around 6%, with Italy the top EU country currently hovering above 2%. France, well, let’s not mention France...

Also interesting is that it took us around a month to get to 5%, but only two weeks to reach 10% from there. We’re absolutely motoring now, and getting faster it seems by the day.

 

[Poojah]

Blimey, here’s another great example of the media, and specifically the BBC, going out of its way to present an unduly pessimistic picture. Here’s a link to the article, with the graph of interest below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55784199



What’s wrong with it? The graph suggests that we are currently way off pace in terms of the daily number of vaccinations required to hit our target of 15m by mid-Feb - around 380k per day. However, this is very misleading.

It is calculated by taking the mean average from the past seven days’ numbers. However, firstly, it includes a couple of slightly underwhelming days towards the beginning of that period and secondly it ignores the fact that we have seen consistent daily increases in vaccinations delivered to almost 500k yesterday. Taking a median average, or even the numbers for the last four days, paint a very different picture.

We’re going to smash that target, and if the person who decided that graph was a good idea wants to have a bet I’ll happily put my house on the line.

 

[portslade seagull]

Blimey, here’s another great example of the media, and specifically the BBC, going out of its way to present an unduly pessimistic picture. Here’s a link to the article, with the graph of interest below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55784199

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What’s wrong with it? The graph suggests that we are currently way off pace in terms of the daily number of vaccinations required to hit our target of 15m by mid-Feb - around 380k per day. However, this is very misleading.

It is calculated by taking the mean average from the past seven days’ numbers. However, firstly, it includes a couple of slightly underwhelming days towards the beginning of that period and secondly it ignores the fact that we have seen consistent daily increases in vaccinations delivered to almost 500k yesterday. Taking a median average, or even the numbers for the last four days, paint a very different picture.

We’re going to smash that target, and if the person who decided that graph was a good idea wants to have a bet I’ll happily put my house on the line.

Typical BBC only looks for the negatives

 

[dazzer6666]

Blimey, here’s another great example of the media, and specifically the BBC, going out of its way to present an unduly pessimistic picture. Here’s a link to the article, with the graph of interest below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55784199

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What’s wrong with it? The graph suggests that we are currently way off pace in terms of the daily number of vaccinations required to hit our target of 15m by mid-Feb - around 380k per day. However, this is very misleading.

It is calculated by taking the mean average from the past seven days’ numbers. However, firstly, it includes a couple of slightly underwhelming days towards the beginning of that period and secondly it ignores the fact that we have seen consistent daily increases in vaccinations delivered to almost 500k yesterday. Taking a median average, or even the numbers for the last four days, paint a very different picture.

We’re going to smash that target, and if the person who decided that graph was a good idea wants to have a bet I’ll happily put my house on the line.

Yep, total bollocks and a case of ‘lies, damned lies and statistics’. With a load of new mega-centres opening tomorrow, fully expect us to hit a daily 500k+ sometime this week and maintain it - the mid Feb deadline is starting to look well within our grasp.

 

[Mellotron]

Israel really aren’t messing about - over 40% of total population vaccinated already!

 

[dazzer6666]

Israel really aren’t messing about - over 40% of total population vaccinated already!

Interesting to note though that we’ve still administered almost double the number of vaccines that Israel has (in fact we account for 10% of global vaccinations so far). Israel had large quantities of the Pfizer drug up front I believe as they agreed to provide all their data for analysis (which is brilliant for all other countries to help shape their approach), and have the benefit of a large and efficient army to help too.

 

[MJsGhost]

For the first time this year, the GP practice my wife works at has had ZERO new covid cases reported over the weekend

 

[BBassic]

My other half got her vaccine last night which is great news.

 

[DIFFBROOK]

In Yorkshire - A friend of mine and his wife early to Mid 70's have been vaccinated. Received a text on saturday at 10.09. Appt at 12.10, out by 12.25pm

In Brighton - My Mum and Dad in there 70's received a letter from NHS to be prepared for vaccination. I fully expect them to receive a call this week.

My sister - NHS received her jab last week.

It is all happening. I wish the media would focus on the good news stories - cos they have a massive role to play in peoples well being

 

[Madafwo]

Top work everyone in keeping me going this weekend! Thank you. 3 family members who are front line care workers had received their first doses this weekend, just waiting on my parents to get their call now.

 

[Sorrel]

My parents, in their late 70s, have had the vaccine. Things are looking positive for the medium term, I think.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Moderna's covid vaccine is still effective against the variant first discovered in South Africa.

Put simply, it appears vaccines will still be effective against new variants, but maybe slightly less so. However, vaccines can be updated to target new variants quite quickly.

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