Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (7 Viewers)

[shmmeee]

We were top of this list once and had a head start on most countries

 

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[shmmeee]

Where's the boosters on that graph?

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What’s that got to do with anything? Boosters just top up existing immunity they don’t add immunity.

The only thing that will reduce hospitalisations reliably is percentage of the country vaccinated.

 

[Grendel]

What’s that got to do with anything? Boosters just top up existing immunity they don’t add immunity.

The only thing that will reduce hospitalisations reliably is percentage of the country vaccinated.

the graphs as you well know showed adult vaccinations and we are still ahead compared to many European countries in that measurement

Odd it gets political when it suits you

 

[covmark]

The only thing that will reduce hospitalisations reliably is percentage of the country vaccinated.

Surely topping up vaccinations to the most vulnerable will reduce hospitalisations? Waning immunity would surely be an issue?


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[COV]

Looks pretty stalled to me

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certainly looks to be slowing down from that data

 

[Grendel]

Surely topping up vaccinations to the most vulnerable will reduce hospitalisations? Waning immunity would surely be an issue?


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he’s off on one. Clearly another bad day at the home office - best to leave him alone

 

[shmmeee]

Surely topping up vaccinations to the most vulnerable will reduce hospitalisations? Waning immunity would surely be an issue?


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Yeah but it won’t improve things. Just stop them getting worse. My issue is we got to about 60% and basically gave up trying to get people vaccinated. If ESB wants life without restrictions we need to push that number higher.

 

[skybluetony176]

What’s that got to do with anything? Boosters just top up existing immunity they don’t add immunity.

The only thing that will reduce hospitalisations reliably is percentage of the country vaccinated.

I think experts agree that herd immunity can be achieved when somewhere between 80-90% of the population is double vaccinated. If anything the growing urgency around boosters is a measurement of failure not success.

The next year should produce a lot more data around herd immunity now that half a dozen countries have achieved about 80% fully vaccinated.

 

[Evo1883]

Yeah but it won’t improve things. Just stop them getting worse. My issue is we got to about 60% and basically gave up trying to get people vaccinated. If ESB wants life without restrictions we need to push that number higher.

Everybody should want life without restrictions not just earlsdon mate

 

[shmmeee]

Everybody should want life without restrictions not just earlsdon mate

Obvs, but Twas him who started off the convo.

 

[Grendel]

Yeah but it won’t improve things. Just stop them getting worse. My issue is we got to about 60% and basically gave up trying to get people vaccinated. If ESB wants life without restrictions we need to push that number higher.

we got to 85% of adults - I’m not overly keen on injecting under 16s anyway. We can’t force those not vaccinated who are adults and the most at risk to get it

 

[Evo1883]

Bit all over the shop my last post that I deleted

We need to get the deaths down basically

 

[shmmeee]

Anyway , cases dropping aren't they , 214 deaths a tad too high tbh , would be 78k deaths a year .. ideally (although the word ideally is not something we should say but is realistic ) we want to be aiming towards 30-40k a year ( if this is never going away , in the short term atleast

Don’t think cases matter too much TBH, hospitalisations are what fucks the NHS and causes restrictions and ultimately leads to deaths.

Masks and social distancing and stuff are sticking plasters the only way back to normality is vaccination. Vaccination that people like you and ESB have been railing against IIRC.

Bring in vaccine mandates for various jobs and activities like other countries, get the kids vaxxed, get the messaging out there. Anything else is just farting around the edges.

 

[Evo1883]

Don’t think cases matter too much TBH, hospitalisations are what fucks the NHS and causes restrictions and ultimately leads to deaths.

Masks and social distancing and stuff are sticking plasters the only way back to normality is vaccination. Vaccination that people like you and ESB have been railing against IIRC.

Bring in vaccine mandates for various jobs and activities like other countries, get the kids vaxxed, get the messaging out there. Anything else is just farting around the edges.

I haven't been railing against the vaccine , I said my daughter wasn't getting vaccinated.. I have had both jabs , my daughter also now has antibodies as she's had the virus , the vaccine wouldn't have made a jot of difference as she tested positive the day after she was due to have it

I 100% still think we should not force anybody to have a vaccine they don't wish to have .

That won't change

 

[shmmeee]

I haven't been railing against the vaccine , I said my daughter wasn't getting vaccinated.. I have had both jabs , my daughter also now has antibodies as she's had the virus , the vaccine wouldn't have made a jot of difference as she tested positive the day after she was due to have it

I 100% still think we should not force anybody to have a vaccine they don't wish to have .

That won't change

Lockdown lover

Seriously though, your right to swing your fists ends where my face begins. If it comes to it I don’t see why your fringe beliefs should trump my life getting back to normal. Hopefully it won’t come to it and you can have the luxury of your beliefs without impacting others.

 

[Evo1883]

Lockdown lover

If forcing people to get a vaccine is the only way out , then I'm happy to lockdown

 

[shmmeee]

If forcing people to get a vaccine is the only way out , then I'm happy to lockdown

And if lockdown is the only way I’m happy to tell people they can’t do certain things while they’re a risk to others.

 

[Evo1883]

Anyway , we know that a covid vaccine mandate isn't the way out , as there aren't too many countries with them in place and they all seem to be fairing better than us , maybe we just have a more gullible population

Long story short , you don't force people do do anything .. you won't be the one comforting the families of the unfortunate few thousand that have bad reactions or some that even die from reactions because they were forced to get a jab they didn't want (statistically this would happen )

That's why it's imperative we have a choice.

 

[Evo1883]

They say 9 people have conclusively died from the vaccine in the UK

Whilst a further 1600 deaths shortly after vaccine weren't investigated enough to determine conclusive cause .

When somebody gets a vaccination they know the risk , as with anything there is always a risk , ofcourse the pros massively outweigh the cons and somebody like me was happy to take the risk , I agreed to it .

Some people aren't and that's fine , forcing them isn't the answer , nobody is disposible to reach a goal

That's where I'm at

 

[shmmeee]

Anyway , we know that a covid vaccine mandate isn't the way out , as there aren't too many countries with them in place and they all seem to be fairing better than us , maybe we just have a more gullible population

Long story short , you don't force people do do anything .. you won't be the one comforting the families of the unfortunate few thousand that have bad reactions or some that even die from reactions because they were forced to get a jab they didn't want (statistically this would happen )

That's why it's imperative we have a choice.

We have one of the lowest rates of vaccine scepticism in the world. Most countries have done it with vaccine passes in most places. The missus’ family in the Netherlands have to show a QR code for a vaccine or test result to go to work, McDonald’s, concerts, anything. It works. Most people aren’t mentalists they’re just lazy and need a kick up the bum.

 

[Evo1883]

We have one of the lowest rates of vaccine scepticism in the world. Most countries have done it with vaccine passes in most places. The missus’ family in the Netherlands have to show a QR code for a vaccine or test result to go to work, McDonald’s, concerts, anything. It works. Most people aren’t mentalists they’re just lazy and need a kick up the bum.

So you aren't actually calling for mandatory vaccines then , like me you just wish more people would willingly have it .. fair enough

 

[shmmeee]

They say 9 people have conclusively died from the vaccine in the UK

Whilst a further 1600 deaths shortly after vaccine weren't investigated enough to determine conclusive cause .

When somebody gets a vaccination they know the risk , as with anything there is always a risk , ofcourse the pros massively outweigh the cons and somebody like me was happy to take the risk , I agreed to it .

Some people aren't and that's fine , forcing them isn't the answer , nobody is disposible to reach a goal

That's where I'm at

Apart from the hundreds dying to reach the goal of not asking people to be vaccinated to go to crowded places of course. Let’s not pretend your choice is morally neutral here.

 

[shmmeee]

So you aren't actually calling for mandatory vaccines then , like me you just wish more people would willingly have it .. fair enough

No I don’t want people dragged by the stasi to a vaccine centre. I want some barriers put up to encourage the lazy to get it.

 

[Evo1883]

Apart from the hundreds dying to reach the goal of not asking people to be vaccinated to go to crowded places of course. Let’s not pretend your choice is morally neutral here.

People are acting within the law .. your problem is with the government

 

[shmmeee]

People are acting within the law .. your problem is with the government

Yes. I’m a socialist. My problem is always with the govenrment. People will act rationally in the rules set for them, they’re never to blame. It’s why you won’t see me bleating about Amazons taxes either, it’s up to the govt to set the rules.

 

[Evo1883]

I'm more than happy for people to show negative LFTs to attend events , even workplaces.

This on its own will help

Well , by around 33% anyway

It will always be a no for vaccine mandates from me

 

[Grendel]

Yes. I’m a socialist. My problem is always with the govenrment. People will act rationally in the rules set for them, they’re never to blame. It’s why you won’t see me bleating about Amazons taxes either, it’s up to the govt to set the rules.

What about Amazon’s appalling treatment of workers - I refuse to buy from them - you don’t give a fuck - well I never

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Yeah but it won’t improve things. Just stop them getting worse. My issue is we got to about 60% and basically gave up trying to get people vaccinated. If ESB wants life without restrictions we need to push that number higher.

The problem is mate, even if every single person on the planet got the jab, covid would still not go away. So many people don´t understand that and eventually (I hope) the penny will drop and it´ll be clear that we have to manage it.

We have one of the lowest rates of vaccine scepticism in the world. Most countries have done it with vaccine passes in most places. The missus’ family in the Netherlands have to show a QR code for a vaccine or test result to go to work, McDonald’s, concerts, anything. It works. Most people aren’t mentalists they’re just lazy and need a kick up the bum.

The thing with the QR code is that you can show a test (as you have said), so it gives an option to those who don´t want to get vaccinated. The QR codes are also really easy to fake and a lot of people are getting the ones that say they are recovered from the virus. That gives you a QR code that is valid for six months. Add onto that, about 80/90% of places are not actually checking anyway, and the whole thing is a bit of a farce. I do expect that to change somewhat though, as new restrictions come into place here on Saturday.

 

[shmmeee]

The problem is mate, even if every single person on the planet got the jab, covid would still not go away. So many people don´t understand that and eventually (I hope) the penny will drop and it´ll be clear that we have to manage it.



The thing with the QR code is that you can show a test (as you have said), so it gives an option to those who don´t want to get vaccinated. The QR codes are also really easy to fake and a lot of people are getting the ones that say they are recovered from the virus. That gives you a QR code that is valid for six months. Add onto that, about 80/90% of places are not actually checking anyway, and the whole thing is a bit of a farce. I do expect that to change somewhat though, as new restrictions come into place here on Saturday.

Regarding your first bit I disagree. We’ll sort of. It won’t go away like the flu hasn’t gone away but it’ll be far far less of an issue.

Regarding your second of course there’s issues but end of the day their vaccination rate is about ten to fifteen percentage points ahead of ours. France was the same after vaccine passports were introduced. And they’re one of the most vaccine sceptical countries on the planet. Their numbers would be way lower without it.

It’s not some thought experiment we know vaccine passports work to get people vaccinated so let’s do them.

 

[skybluetony176]

What about Amazon’s appalling treatment of workers - I refuse to buy from them - you don’t give a fuck - well I never

I call BS given you vote and champion a government hell bent on reducing workers rights on everything from cancelling the limit for working hours to changing the rules on holiday pay. If Amazon treats its employees appalling its because you vote for a government that facilitates them in doing so and it’s only going to get worse for Amazon employees if the Tories get their way. That’s before you even get into the workers rights already lost under 10 years of the Tories, such as them placing a 1 year limit of wages as compensation for unfair dismissal.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Just a quick poll:

Have you or anybody you know tested positive for COVID after attending a football match this season?

I'm wondering as I've been to 7 games with decent crowds at all. I've yet to hear of anybody I know coming down with covid afterwards.

 

[clint van damme]

Just a quick poll:

Have you or anybody you know tested positive for COVID after attending a football match this season?

I'm wondering as I've been to 7 games with decent crowds at all. I've yet to hear of anybody I know coming down with covid afterwards.

No. Heard of a lot after the Euro final but people 2ho watched in pubs rather than being there.
Knew a fair few including a family member ho got it at the Libertines in the old cathedral.

 

[Grendel]

Just a quick poll:

Have you or anybody you know tested positive for COVID after attending a football match this season?

I'm wondering as I've been to 7 games with decent crowds at all. I've yet to hear of anybody I know coming down with covid afterwards.

no I’ve not been to all home games

 

[wingy]

Somebody posted on here early on that they thought they may have, twist and shout I think, then had to isolate while he was away in one of the Nordic countries.

 

[Skybluefaz]

Just a quick poll:

Have you or anybody you know tested positive for COVID after attending a football match this season?

I'm wondering as I've been to 7 games with decent crowds at all. I've yet to hear of anybody I know coming down with covid afterwards.

Yes. Know of about 5 that got it from one of their group I think at the Boro home game.