on 31-01-2020 10:08
The BBC have announced that two patients in the UK have been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
No further details have been given other than they are both members of the same family and are receiving specialist NHS care.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51325192
At present, 83 Britons and 27 foreign nationals are flying back to the UK from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak.
The flight is due to land at RAF Brize Norton at 13:30 GMT.
The UK passengers will then be taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on the Wirral and quarantined for two weeks.
Veritas Numquam Perit
on 03-02-2021 17:24
You talk sense.
04-02-2021 11:12 - edited 04-02-2021 11:12
04-02-2021 11:12 - edited 04-02-2021 11:12
Anyone beginning to feel like they are just a lab rat? (with apols to @liggerz87 😉)?
Albeit a widely-read one, I think I do...
on 04-02-2021 11:24
on 04-02-2021 11:24
@pgn wrote:Anyone beginning to feel like they are just a lab rat? (with apols to @liggerz87 😉)?
Albeit a widely-read one, I think I do...
- Britain to test combining Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines in two-shot regimen https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/britain-to-test-combining-pfizer-astrazeneca-vacci...
I wouldn't be happy with that at all @pgn and of course they WILL have to seek permission from the people willing to trial it. I'm just pleased I've had my first AZ and the 2nd dose of AZ is booked for April.
Also, if I could put a news blackout on Covid and vaccines for a week, I would.
Personally I'm sick of hearing about it. As someone who has had the vaccine, I just don't want to hear that blah blah company has developed a vaccine which is 90% effective, which causes people to wonder whether the one they had is any good after all.
I know all the science but this constant bombardment of facts, figures and statistics (manipulated or otherwise) is NOT good for the mental health of people who are already suffering due to being in lockdown.
Veritas Numquam Perit
on 04-02-2021 11:59
on 04-02-2021 11:59
Totally agree with what you said @Cleoriff
As I`m still waiting for GP to contact me [my choice rather than phone for an appointment as mentioned in NHS letter I`ve received], I`m a little concerned that if I have the first jab I won`t necessarily have the same vaccine for the second jab. Although the "mixing" of vaccines will have been clinically tested, how sure can we be that this will be as affective as giving the same vaccine [admittedly I haven`t read all the reports]?
Also, I think that there has been too much media coverage on the additional forthcoming vaccines.
on 04-02-2021 12:25
on 04-02-2021 12:25
on 04-02-2021 13:51
on 04-02-2021 13:51
It's all venturing into the unknown a bit too much for my liking
Interesting that Switzerland haven't signed off on the vax as yet
The French and some other EU countries are only giving it to the under 65 groups
I'm certainly not having it yet!
on 04-02-2021 13:56
on 04-02-2021 13:56
Luckily they are only trialling this and if it is deemed successful wont be put into use until August.
There are many eminent scientists who do NOT think mixing is a good idea. They feel having a different second vaccine would be akin to starting a vaccine programme all over again. Until that is ruled out, I'll stick with 1 and 2 of the same make and brand thanks.
Veritas Numquam Perit
on 04-02-2021 14:23
on 04-02-2021 14:23
@jonsie wrote:It's all venturing into the unknown a bit too much for my liking
Interesting that Switzerland haven't signed off on the vax as yet
The French and some other EU countries are only giving it to the under 65 groups
I'm certainly not having it yet!
The French and other countries haven't signed off on AZ @jonsie as they haven't done the testing as we have in Oxford where it was produced.
Personally I wouldn't take one bit of notice of the French anyway. Rarely among the top leading scientists in THIS era. Not forgetting the EU are being a bit sulky as they are claiming they haven't had their fare share.
So why would they want it if it 'isn't being signed off' hey?
They are peeved because the UK have vaccinated millions more than they have.
Countries shouldn't play political games when it comes to the health of their citizens.
Veritas Numquam Perit
on 04-02-2021 16:01
on 04-02-2021 16:01
@Anonymous wrote:You talk sense.
Thanks @Anonymous
My frustartion with all this is growing every day, and mentally I am completely drained now.
I have been thinking about writing to my MP, but he's a tory so wil probably just click delete and not bother reading it fully.
I want to know what they are doign to help university students who have continued to incur debts to pay for houses/flats/halls at their place of study but have not been allowed to go back since they were sent home early December.
The maintenance grant given to students for the last year should be written off as debt as they have been paying for places they have been unable to live in.
They have been the forgotten ones throught this, apart from when the government needed to blame people for covid spreading. It's a disgrace.
on 04-02-2021 16:38
on 04-02-2021 16:38