Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

bobmac said:
World changing.
A cheap safe vaccine that can be kept in a fridge so can reach even the poorest countries worldwide.
Vaccinations to increase in the UK up to 1 million per week giving the NHS a moral boost, knowing there's light in their tunnel.
Well done to the scientists who made this happen so quickly.
Brilliant
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I've heard they are going with the one vaccine as many people as possible plan for now

Excellent news again

Keep it rolling guys
 
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Certainly looks like separation but, not so easy to see, as graphs not from day 1 and 2nd dose timings vary and not a 1,2,3 people etc scale. Pzifer one was much easier to see.

However ague able the most important is trying to get rid of the worst cases, and from this table of hospitalisations would appear good , could be due to chance due to low numbers/short time frame but you would hope not L-

https://www.thelancet.com/action/showFullTableHTML?isHtml=true&tableId=tbl5&pii=S0140-6736(20)32661-1

Wonder how quick they are aiming for, I assume probably within 3ish months edit for 1sr dose to all in 'danger' groups ? Going to be a massive task, best of luck to all involved.

Sure I remember reading that some of the trial people had longer time gaps between 1st and 2nd shot, will have to re-read the lancet write up as must have been in there. Just reread some of it and it is mentioned, second dose timings a little bit all over time), cant wait to see the final data to be released, as should be interesting read. Well worth reading the link below if it interests you and certainly been great for me to read them and understand the processes more.

Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK - The Lancet
 
pauljames87 said:
I've heard they are going with the one vaccine as many people as possible plan for now

Excellent news again

Keep it rolling guys
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It is a rational policy, but they desperately need to immediately apply it to the Pfizer vacc programme currently taking place. It is a waste of resource to give 2 vaccs to the little old ladies who rarely leave their care homes and who are very well protected by one shot.

It is worth pointing out that there is no evidence about how a 12 week interval affects response to the Oxford vacc, even if clever people can infer that it won't do any harm, but the lack of adequate evidence was enough to knock the low-high regimen on the head, and inference about how it might plausibly help was not considered adequate. Some inconsistencies here which should be more full explained.
 
Need some help understanding the math. A local news outlet reported this morning on 7 Areas of MK that have more than 1000 cases per 100k people. The area I live in is reported as having approx 1040 per 100k, with 98 cases reported. The area in question is circa 20k residents. If we have 98 confirmed cases for 20k people, how does that become 1040 for 100k?

If we multiply 20k x 5 to get 100k, why are we multiplying 98 x 10+

My brain is hurting trying to understand this
 
need_my_wedge said:
Need some help understanding the math. A local news outlet reported this morning on 7 Areas of MK that have more than 1000 cases per 100k people. The area I live in is reported as having approx 1040 per 100k, with 98 cases reported. The area in question is circa 20k residents. If we have 98 confirmed cases for 20k people, how does that become 1040 for 100k?

If we multiply 20k x 5 to get 100k, why are we multiplying 98 x 10+

My brain is hurting trying to understand this
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The maths doesn't add up, 98 cases in 20k is 490 per 100k. They must be talking about a wider area.

The BBC website reports a rate of 775 per 100k for the week 19-25 Dec, some 2095 cases, up 306 from the previous week.
 
Ethan said:
The maths doesn't add up, 98 cases in 20k is 490 per 100k. They must be talking about a wider area.

The BBC website reports a rate of 775 per 100k for the week 19-25 Dec, some 2095 cases, up 306 from the previous week.
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Thanks Ethan, this is the report I read, and it says

The Tattenhoe and Emerson Valley area, which includes Tattenhoe Park, has a case rate of 1,042.4 cases per 100,000 people with 98 recorded cases.

https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-new...hw3tvyh9wEqtdVAAEfophq3h6ybBdEWhrFsuEtwlsWXO4

I then checked the population for both areas

http://emerson-valley.localstats.co...gland/south-east/milton-keynes/emerson-valley

17896

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....es-areas-where-population-booming-3032338?amp

12161

I appreciate that there may be a few differences in the actual numbers of people across the two areas, but if there are only 98 cases recorded, then I don't see how we can even be near 1k per 100k
 
need_my_wedge said:
Thanks Ethan, this is the report I read, and it says

The Tattenhoe and Emerson Valley area, which includes Tattenhoe Park, has a case rate of 1,042.4 cases per 100,000 people with 98 recorded cases.

https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-new...hw3tvyh9wEqtdVAAEfophq3h6ybBdEWhrFsuEtwlsWXO4

I then checked the population for both areas

http://emerson-valley.localstats.co...gland/south-east/milton-keynes/emerson-valley

17896

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/lifestyle/family/these-are-milton-keynes-areas-where-population-booming-3032338?amp

12161

I appreciate that there may be a few differences in the actual numbers of people across the two areas, but if there are only 98 cases recorded, then I don't see how we can even be near 1k per 100k
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98 people causing a rate of 1042/100k could only occur in a population is 9404 or thereabouts.
 
Watching the press briefing from MHRA and Sky News reporter doing typical British Jornalism proud.

Appear totally negative with limited knowledge of a subject facing in to what are clearly experts in their field.

What a polished knob end.
 
GreiginFife said:
Watching the press briefing from MHRA and Sky News reporter doing typical British Jornalism proud.

Appear totally negative with limited knowledge of a subject facing in to what are clearly experts in their field.

What a polished knob end.
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Nicely shut down by the scientists though, and made to look like the idiot that he is
 
I was impressed when our nurse at the drs was telling us that NHS staff (not sure if our trust or national) were paid to have the vaccine before it was approved to basically be another trail .. too birds with one stone

Now she's giving out the vaccine on her days off for free

Amazing work
 
bobmac said:
World changing.
A cheap safe vaccine that can be kept in a fridge so can reach even the poorest countries worldwide.
Vaccinations to increase in the UK up to 1 million per week giving the NHS a moral boost, knowing there's light in their tunnel.
Well done to the scientists who made this happen so quickly.
Brilliant
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Good to have the ability to inject 100million a week but like the Nightingales, if there aren’t enough needle stickers or it isn’t in the right place that seems highly unlikely.
 
anotherdouble said:
Listening to Matt Hancock on radio this morning announcing Oxford vaccine go ahead. He was then questioned about nightingales and their decommissioning. He said he was surprised to read this as it was not true. He went on to say that they are in a state of readiness and in his words, but as of yet they are not needed.
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Exeter nightingale hospital has been in use for non COVID patients for around a month.
 
Old Skier said:
Good to have the ability to inject 100million a week but like the Nightingales, if there aren’t enough needle stickers or it isn’t in the right place that seems highly unlikely.
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I started the volunteer process to be a needle sticker and quit when the very long application form asked for about 4 references (I think). As I've just been made redundant after 30 years and start a new job in Jan it just felt more faff than I wanted. If you want volunteers try not to put too many barriers in their place.
 
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