Covid vaccine: Single-dose Johnson & Johnson jab is 66% effective
An international trial shows the jab gives complete protection against hospitalisation and death.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Whats that, 5 now? Or 4? Does anyone else think there's starting to be too many vaccines? All made with slightly varying testing methodology, requirements for storage and use and different effectiveness against differing strains of the virus. Its becoming like a vaccine pic n mix and the more different ones that are rolled out the more chance there is for a cock up. What happens if you get Vaccine A for the first shot but Vaccine B for the second? Are these vaccinations all being recorded properly?
No, it's good that there are alternatives. They all use different methods and some will work better against different variants, or offer different ways of altering them to challenge mutations in the future. They also cost hugely different amounts, so offer poorer countries an alternative to paying say £20 a shot.
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It's very depressing, are we all not grown-ups? Find a way to help as many of the vulnerable no matter where they live!
We walked away from the EU to do things on our own and look after ourselves. Remember hearing that we were getting our country back.Well we have got it back.
We cant really complain when the EU countries want to protect themselves. People voted for this so we have to live with the consequences.
We cant really complain when the EU countries want to protect themselves. People voted for this so we have to live with the consequences.
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It's pretty depressing. Knocking this back to an endemic, treatable disease entirely depends on every country working together - this means limiting travel to reduce the risk of spreading mutations before they can be contained, and sharing (affordable) vaccine manufacture capacity.
I sometimes wonder if we deserve to continue as a species.
I sometimes wonder if we deserve to continue as a species.
An additional 549,943 vaccinations have been reported over the past 24 hours in England.
An overall total of 8,251,146 in England.
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IF the supply chains work, IF there isn't another new strain that is vaccine-resistant, and IF somewhere around 70% of the adult population have a vaccine, we COULD be out of this by the late summer.
I'm actually hopeful. The parallel NHS delivering the vaccines is doing a miraculous job, and it really is running on string and a prayer. And a shedton of volunteers.
I'm actually hopeful. The parallel NHS delivering the vaccines is doing a miraculous job, and it really is running on string and a prayer. And a shedton of volunteers.
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I don't think that's right. My dad won't have his second jab until the end of March. I suspect over the next few months, it will be the same adults having their second jabs rather than the rest of the population. So I imagine it will be more like the end of July which is still pretty good.
I don't think they will stop doing new ones. The figures are so much higher per day than a couple of week ago. From 8th December to January 14th was less than 3 million in total. Now half a million a day. Even if they give half the second and half the first it will still be just under 2 million new ones per week.
As the numbers needing the second one grows I would hope the numbers per week will rise again.
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My second jab should be around 24/25th March. I have a suspicion we'll all be having the one that's particularly effective against the South African variant as a booster later in the year if it doesn't get squashed and contained.
I should have been giving some masterclasses in South Africa this Spring. I doubt that will ever happen now. Gutted for everyone in education missing out, and those juggling flaming turds from all sides still trying to deliver classes.
Does anyone hop back to the first few pages of this sub every so often and think "oh, my sweet summer child..."?
I should have been giving some masterclasses in South Africa this Spring. I doubt that will ever happen now. Gutted for everyone in education missing out, and those juggling flaming turds from all sides still trying to deliver classes.
Does anyone hop back to the first few pages of this sub every so often and think "oh, my sweet summer child..."?
yeah it's depressing seeing everything I had planned for 2020 being ripped away! lol