road2ruin
Q-School Graduate
Not sure that can be answered without getting political however it's been suggested that it would make upcoming talks awkward......
Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?
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Not sure that can be answered without getting political however it's been suggested that it would make upcoming talks awkward......
Rooter
Money List Winner
Keep us posted over the next few days! I have Pfizer 2 in a fortnight and heard the second can be very different...
larmen
Head Pro
I am 6 days past 2nd Pfizer and had half a day of headaches. Plus the sore arm of course.
What makes me wonder is that at the beginning they talked about 30ish percent experiencing effects, but anecdotal numbers look a lot higher. Maybe there is a placebo effect and a badge of honour in it?
Pants
Challenge Tour Pro
Been Pfizered twice now and no problems whatsoever.
Golfmmad
Tour Winner
Got mine next Tuesday, Pfizer. ?
An interesting observation, given the UK’s total cases per one million of population is six times that of India.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
I have heard they are using google maps now.
SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
Not for much longer. Since 1st april they have been hitting over 100k new cases per day, today was 217k.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
A bloke went into a Chemist with that problem and asked the Spinster Pharmacist what she could give him for it. She thought for a minute and said' A Company Car, Pension and £40,000 a year.There used to be an advert for that kind of "medicine" before the 4th quarter of every NFL game's coverage on TV. It was priceless. They spent half the advert showing older blokes with younger women and then the other half going through the list of the side effects. One of which was "see your doctor if you have an erection lasting more than four hours". See the doctor? I'd be phoning the Guiness Book of Records. In fact, I'd be round to Kylie's house waving a flag
OK, I know it's off subject ?
Swinglowandslow
Well-known member
Wasn't for me. Just a little headache.
But with a population of almost 1.4 billion people their infection rate is a fraction of ours, and likely to remain so.
I don’t know what statistics are considered when adding countries to the red list, but if infection rates are a factor it perhaps explains why India doesn’t currently feature on it.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Kylie - a bit young for me. Helen Mirren or Anna Ford - maybe.There used to be an advert for that kind of "medicine" before the 4th quarter of every NFL game's coverage on TV. It was priceless. They spent half the advert showing older blokes with younger women and then the other half going through the list of the side effects. One of which was "see your doctor if you have an erection lasting more than four hours". See the doctor? I'd be phoning the Guiness Book of Records. In fact, I'd be round to Kylie's house waving a flag
chellie
Tour Winner
Arm was sore again for a day and had a headache that lasted for a day. Four others at work have felt like they had flu that lasted for a few hours. Two have felt "spaced" out.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
I was fine after fist Pfizer 20th Jan. Ten and a half weeks later had second Pfizer at 3pm and I thought everything was well. Next day I felt awful, limb aches, headache and just felt really tired. Following day felt fine as soon as I woke up. Wife and brother-in-law had their jabs same time as me and had no problems other than tenderness for a day where the needle went in and that was no problem for me both times. Even if I knew that was going to happen, I still would have had the jabs.
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Yourself & @SaintHacker both make valid points. To add to the debate, the worldometer site has recently added a weekly trends feature.
E.g.
Cases in last 7 days per million population
India : 948 (+ 62%, Position 71)
UK : 266 (- 8 %, Position 112)
Make of these what you will!
(I don't know the "red list" rules either)
Statistics. Confusing at the best of times!
I agree India has a significant problem with Covid but it’s not as simple as saying we need to shut our borders to them because they’re having 200k cases daily. It’s the context which matters.
Roll on the day when we can all sit down together and say “So, coronavirus. What was that all about?”
Isn’t there a danger of being in denial? COVID death toll is currently at around 3 million. Maybe some countries have over estimated but maybe some developing nation can’t record their actual deaths either.
The reality is that this might even be considered as the 21st century’s Black Death. Yes, medical science has curtailed the impact but just imagine what the death toll would be without lockdowns and vaccines....
There is still a road to travel, and hopefully we will say, “what was that all about,” but let’s not look to dilute the hard work of all those that strive to minimise the impact of what the world is suffering.
Oh, I know there’s a road to travel, and I still think there are twists and turns to come, with the odd sting in the tail.
This isn’t over yet by a long way, I agree.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
And then add in those countries that will never give accurate figures. As an example I give you North Korea, who according to their official figures haven't recorded a single Covid case, let alone a Covid death. There are a few other countries who have figures that I am highly sceptical of.