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[casholaa] 16/3/2021 10:03

Well, I'm hoping that other vaccines take up the slack but Germany and Italy have infection spikes just now

[milliecusto] 16/3/2021 09:49

Not great for air travel

[casholaa] 16/3/2021 09:43

France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Holland may have suspended administering Astazeneca vaccine

[justiceforthemany] 14/3/2021 18:06

Exactly. This is an absolutely tiny % of overall deaths but the hype has been massive from the start. There are 50-60,000 deaths in an average month in the UK. It's all there on the ONS website.

So as many as 2,000 deaths every single day from NON-Covid diseases, be that Cancer, COPD, Asthma, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Stroke, Heart Attacks, Road Traffic Accidents, Suicides, Sepsis.

52 deaths vs 2,000 from Non Covid illnesses. Wear masks, socially distance, wash your hands yes but the economy and travel, hospitality must reopen ASAP.

[chiefbrody] 14/3/2021 18:00

When will the government start publishing cancer deaths then.Or suicides, deaths on the roads...The Covid numbers are absolutely trivial now.

[justiceforthemany] 14/3/2021 16:29

Just 52 deaths and 4.600 new cases.
6 month low.

[m1k3y1] 13/3/2021 22:43

The results lag by 2 weeks. Let's see what April 12th brings.

[justiceforthemany] 13/3/2021 22:42

5,500 new cases out of a population of 68 million.
UK testing has doubled over the past week due to schools yet cases are flat/fallen which means the positivity rate is dropping fast.
Should we not just accept already that we will just have to live with this virus best we can with masks, distancing etc. instead of hiding in our homes for the next year or two?

[chiefbrody] 13/3/2021 22:27

Yet lockdown continues..

[justiceforthemany] 13/3/2021 21:59

UK, US, Israeli cases and deaths continue to fall despite number of tests increasing with schools reopening.

The vaccines work!

Some European countries are now paying for the delays in vaccine roll out.

[m1k3y1] 13/3/2021 21:02

Well Bojo certainly isn't helping .

[chiefbrody] 13/3/2021 20:48

Might as well let it go bust if the government doesn't want us to have any airlines.

[m1k3y1] 13/3/2021 19:28

Sky News.....Virgin

[chiefbrody] 11/3/2021 17:23

That seems to be the aim of the commies in charge aye.

[m1k3y1] 11/3/2021 17:20

Starting to get a bit ridiculous. Do they propose having the whole country in a semi permanent lockdown even though almost 50% have received the vaccination ?

[chiefbrody] 11/3/2021 16:56

But its too early to book another holiday says the government. We night get a third wave. And a 4th, 5th.This winter will be bad with flu deaths. And rinse and repeat.

[justiceforthemany] 11/3/2021 16:22

UK beds occupied by Covid patients down a massive 30% week on week, to 6,975
Peak was 35,000

[activeservo] 09/3/2021 20:28

Good point re China.I think the Meghan coverage was based on who paid the largest bung...obviously Meg.No-one actually cares about two nobody's who couldn't hack royal life. Harry who? Imagine the productive time wasted by all of us just reading the headlines, let alone watching the interview.

[casholaa] 09/3/2021 19:21

Has anybody noticed that we don't hear about the state of covid in China??? Instead are having Megan Merkle and ex-prince Hairy shoved down our throats on loop.

[casholaa] 09/3/2021 19:20

Unfortunately, I have underlying health conditions. I'll most likely divert my attention to researching the effectiveness of the other vaccines available globally with a view to visiting those far-off places just to get a shot of something proven to work against variants -I'm not leaving my fate in the hands of the conservatories or the labiors.

[m1k3y1] 09/3/2021 18:35

The article doesn't say the AZN is not as effective and I suspect, in time, it will be proven to be .

[casholaa] 09/3/2021 16:59

Opens the door to vaccine discrimination, I've only had my first shot and it's AZN. Would have preferred the Pfizer.

[m1k3y1] 09/3/2021 12:46

There will come a time,very soon, where they will have no option but to open up.
The NHS will just have to deal with any sick people and the general public will have to accept being vaccinated.
Vaccinations will improve and the impact of the virus will reduce.

The alternative is no international travel and successive, never ending lockdowns, as they admit the virus will never be completely eradicated.