Coronavirus

[Kevin Carr's Gloves 3891]

21 minutes ago, Alex said:

Except Sunderland, they’re in tier 3 

They'll be celebrating a 3-2 win.

[Renton 21599]

3 hours ago, Rayvin said:

That's really interesting (and not too surprising). Is it within acceptable norms for testing durations at roughly a year?

 

No.  A decade is more normal.

[Dr Gloom 21914]

41 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said:

They'll be celebrating a 3-2 win.

7 in a row 

FTM

[Dr Gloom 21914]

Pfizer vaccine approved in the UK and set it be rolled out in 8 days - before any other western country, including the US!

[ewerk 30585]

Let the fuck ups in roll out begin!

[ewerk 30585]

Someone at the Telegraph is unnecessarily trying to make Allison Pearson look stupid.

Edited December 2, 2020 by ewerk

[Alex 35073]

 

[PaddockLad 17245]

Apparently, according to a contributor to the 5 Live Breakfast show,  the speed with which this vaccine was approved  is all down to Brexit

 

 

[Alex 35073]

Well it must be true then 

[Ayatollah Hermione 13862]

Hope I get superpowers from this vaccine. One of the good ones though, like mind-reading or a healing factor not a shit one like growing fins or...help me out, Fish

[Alex 35073]

Hancock, possibly still devastated at the loss of his step grandfather, completely incapable of defining what a substantial meal is (live on GMTV) 

[Rayvin 5217]

So we have approved this vaccine ahead of even Trump...

 

Factors in the decision presumably including:

 

1 - Brexit is imminent and the country won't survive the twin crisis.

2 - It can be painted as some kind of crazy success story.

3 - The government is tired of dealing with this and wants it to go away so that their primary policy goal of shameless corruption can be pursued with less scrutiny.

4 - What could possible go wrong anyway

5 - Common sense, another victory for.

 

This government is not competent enough to be trusted in taking a leading role on this.

[Dr Gloom 21914]

1 hour ago, ewerk said:

Someone at the Telegraph is unnecessarily trying to make Allison Pearson look stupid.

Some page editor knew what they were doing there

[PaddockLad 17245]

Is anybody dubious about taking any of the proposed vaccines?

 

 

[Dr Gloom 21914]

is it wrong to be excited about the vaccine? to think we might actually get a grip on this thing sooner rather than later? that 2021 might be alright after all? 

our government are bound to fuck it up, aren't they? 

[ewerk 30585]

Just now, PaddockLad said:

Is anybody dubious about taking any of the proposed vaccines?

 

 

Nope, give me all three of them.

[Rayvin 5217]

3 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

is it wrong to be excited about the vaccine? to think we might actually get a grip on this thing sooner rather than later? that 2021 might be alright after all? 

our government are bound to fuck it up, aren't they? 

 

With January 1st, 2021 as Day 1 of our new post-EU reality, I think we can safely say that 2021 will not be alright after all.

[Dr Gloom 21914]

dose me the fuck up

[Rayvin 5217]

Ok so the MHRA has approved it which might be more reassuring than just the government coming out and announcing it. Are they 'independent' in the same way that the EHRC has been shown to be 'independent' or are they actually credible?

[Renton 21599]

22 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Is anybody dubious about taking any of the proposed vaccines?

 

 

 

Honestly, I doubt many with even basic qualifications or understanding of molecular biology would be concerned by the new mRNA vaccines, which includes the Pfizer one. They are very clean without the adjuvants that caused safety issues in other vaccines. 2 month safety data is adequate. Given the risk benefit ratio of preventing this disease, this is an absolute no brainer and I am surprised the EMA and FDA haven't expedited their approval too. They will, but lives will be lost in the mean time.

 

I'm hoping to be vaccinated before the New Year and I have no concerns at all. 

Edited December 2, 2020 by Renton

[Renton 21599]

3 minutes ago, Rayvin said:

Ok so the MHRA has approved it which might be more reassuring than just the government coming out and announcing it. Are they 'independent' in the same way that the EHRC has been shown to be 'independent' or are they actually credible?

 

The MHRA is the UK's regulatory body on medicines and medical devices, fully independent and staffed by scientists and medics. 

[Meenzer 15518]

20 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Is anybody dubious about taking any of the proposed vaccines?

 

Social media, as always, is where to find the true nonbelievers:

 

[Rayvin 5217]

 

6 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

Honestly, I doubt many with even basic qualifications or understanding of molecular biology would be concerned by the new mRNA vaccines, which includes the Pfizer one. They are very clean without the adjuvants that caused safety issues in other vaccines. 2 month safety data is adequate. Given the risk benefit ratio of preventing this disease, this is an absolute no brainer and I am surprised the EMA and FDA haven't expedited their approval too. They will, but lives will be lost in the mean time.

 

I'm hoping to be vaccinated before the New Year and I have no concerns at all. 

 

Thanks for this, feel a bit better about it now. It's just hard to trust this government in any sense whatsoever.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Rayvin

[NJS 4378]

19 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Is anybody dubious about taking any of the proposed vaccines?

 

 

I'd like to see the Oxford one firm up the 90% success figure with the dosing regime change. 

 

I might sneak into the Pfizer run as a fat over 55 with asthma. 

[Tom 14011]

Apparently all we need to do to make the vaccine safe is change the WIFI password.