Coronavirus discussion thread

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HappyG(rrr) Feb 2021 9:09pm, 7 Feb 2021 37,603 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Lol at anti-parachute! (Glad F has stopped posting. I like a debate as much as anyone but rude words were welling up!) G
K5 Gus Feb 2021 9:11pm, 7 Feb 2021 4,355 posts	0 K5 Gus Further reading suggests that the average age of those on the trial was only 31 - young people tend not to get seriously ill and die. So a badly designed trial, and not sure now whether we can infer anything meaningful ?
Cheg Feb 2021 9:44pm, 7 Feb 2021 2,515 posts	0 Cheg Are we going to get to the point where people turn up at doctors and ask for a certain flavour vaccine? Will they get told tough buttons it’s x or nothing? I’ll take what I’m given I was just interested.
Tim of Fife Feb 2021 10:27pm, 7 Feb 2021 3,292 posts	0 Tim of Fife Now best part of seven weeks since I have been allowed to sit in a humble cafe, or go into a non-food shop. Still 'onside' for now, but patience starting to wear a little thin.
Derby Tup Feb 2021 10:32pm, 7 Feb 2021 48,904 posts	0 Derby Tup What you going to do when you are no longer ‘onside’ Tim?
Tazsedai Feb 2021 10:33pm, 7 Feb 2021 848 posts	0 Tazsedai Can you combine the old and potential new AZ vaccine in 1 jab for the future?
Johnny Blaze Feb 2021 10:42pm, 7 Feb 2021 24,744 posts	0 Johnny Blaze I dunno, but the flu vaccine seems to protect against multiple viruses: Traditional flu shots are trivalent, or three-component, vaccines. This means that they protect against three viruses: two influenza A viruses, H1N1 and H3N2, and one influenza B virus. The specific viruses in an annual shot depend on which are likely to circulate during that year’s flu season. Researchers make this prediction. The influenza viruses contained in the trivalent 2020–2021 flu vaccine are: the influenza A virus H1N1, also known as the Guangdong-Maonan strain the influenza A virus H3N2, also known as the Hong Kong strain an influenza B virus known as the Washington strain
jda Feb 2021 10:59pm, 7 Feb 2021 9,401 posts	0 jda It's a curious and interesting fact that the number of "cycling helmet saved my life" stories vastly exceeds the number of people who ever used to die from head injuries while cycling. On a related matter, the Isles Report found that seatbelt legislation was not associated with any reduction in deaths and serious injuries on the roads. Its publication was suppressed for several years due to the inconvenience of the results.
Little Miss Happy Feb 2021 6:32am, 8 Feb 2021 4,269 posts	0 Little Miss Happy I haven't read into it but I don't see how we can have any confidence that the AZ vaccine protects against serious illness with the SA variant when it was tested on 2000 young people and isn't effective against mild illness which is what we'd expect them to have anyway.
icemaiden Feb 2021 8:03am, 8 Feb 2021 5,101 posts	0 icemaiden None of the vaccines prevent mild illness occurring if you catch any covid variant.