COVID Vaccine !

[Ajax Bay]

Is it me or this thread significantly less useful and has less contributors since @Ajax Bay started to contribute - with his overly long posts - which meander here and there - but ultimately have him crawling ever further up Boris Johnson s arse ?
Well there's one more joining the exodus. Bye all.

Edit: Yes, it's you. Please don't go: you started this thread back in October and have helped it along for 3 months, despite all the oddities. You will miss all the useful detail and I will miss all your attractive ad hominems. Anyway BJ is from Balliol and I wouldn't walk up the Turl and cross the Broad for him.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/f...d-be-agreeable-even-when-you-disagree.227879/

 

[nickyboy]

Is it me or this thread significantly less useful and has less contributors since @Ajax Bay started to contribute - with his overly long posts - which meander here and there - but ultimately have him crawling ever further up Boris Johnson s arse ?

Well there's one more joining the exodus. Bye all.

I want a balanced discussion on important topics. It's interesting that there are fewer posters on the Vaccine thread than on the Pandemic thread. Some less charitable than me may draw the conclusion this is because the Vaccine thread doesn't pass their first filter of it being a good place to criticise the government's performance

Because someone presents a view different than your own doesn't mean they are "crawling even further up Boris Johnson's arse". If you can't handle a viewpoint different than yours maybe this isn't the place for you and go back to other threads that are set up to bash the government

 

[rualexander]

I heard something this afternoon that gave me a real WTF moment! A senior nurse we know has now had two Covid-19 vaccinations. That's good, isn't it? Well, not when you learn that this nurse has had one Pfizer jab and the other was the Astra/Zeneca one! We don't know if this nurse is double-covered, or not covered at all. It came to light on the system which has to log all such vaccinations given.

Given that both brands of vaccine work by generating the spike protein to stimulate the immune response, I wonder if it matters much how the spike protein is actually generated.
The Pfizer does it by directly inserting synthetic mRNA into the human cells which then generate spike proteins via the ribosomes to present to the immune system.
The AstraZeneca does it by a modified adenovirus which inserts its DNA into the human cells nuclei, which then produces mRNA and generates the spike protein in the same way as the Pfizer.
So the end result is much the same.

 

[dodgy]

478k vaccines yesterday, just thought I'd pop in to say that. Bye!

 

[Ajax Bay]

[is this] thread significantly less useful and has less contributors since @Ajax Bay started to contribute

We are indebted to you starting this thread @kingrollo
And (in the spirit of 'facts') you are absolutely right: there are less contributors now than in that first euphoric month of pessimism and speculation. Is it less useful? I guess the community will be the judge. So here's a 'shout out' to those who were there before or as the first vaccine's efficacy rate was released to the world.

@Adam4868

@Beebo

@DCLane

@dodgy

@Drago

@Electric_Andy

@Hover Fly

@ikdo01

@Julia9054

@kingrollo

@Landsurfer

@lane

@lazybloke

@marinyork

@matticus

@midlife

@Ming the Merciless

@newfhouse

@oldwheels

@PK99

@RoadRider400

@roubaixtuesday

@Rusty Nails

@Seevio

@slowmotion

@srw

@steveindenmark

@tom73

@Unkraut

@winjim

 

[winjim]

We are indebted to you starting this thread @kingrollo
And (in the spirit of 'facts') you are absolutely right: there are less contributors now than in that first euphoric month of pessimism and speculation. Is it less useful? I guess the community will be the judge. So here's a 'shout out' to those who were there before or as the first vaccine's efficacy rate was released to the world.

@Adam4868

@Beebo

@DCLane

@dodgy

@Drago

@Electric_Andy

@Hover Fly

@ikdo01

@Julia9054

@kingrollo

@Landsurfer

@lane

@lazybloke

@marinyork

@matticus

@midlife

@Ming the Merciless

@newfhouse

@oldwheels

@PK99

@RoadRider400

@roubaixtuesday

@Rusty Nails

@Seevio

@slowmotion

@srw

@steveindenmark

@tom73

@Unkraut

@winjim

TBH my contributions are less relevant and I feel less special now that everybody else is starting to get vaccinated.

 

[Adam4868]

We are indebted to you starting this thread @kingrollo
And (in the spirit of 'facts') you are absolutely right: there are less contributors now than in that first euphoric month of pessimism and speculation. Is it less useful? I guess the community will be the judge. So here's a 'shout out' to those who were there before or as the first vaccine's efficacy rate was released to the world.

@Adam4868

@Beebo

@DCLane

@dodgy

@Drago

@Electric_Andy

@Hover Fly

@ikdo01

@Julia9054

@kingrollo

@Landsurfer

@lane

@lazybloke

@marinyork

@matticus

@midlife

@Ming the Merciless

@newfhouse

@oldwheels

@PK99

@RoadRider400

@roubaixtuesday

@Rusty Nails

@Seevio

@slowmotion

@srw

@steveindenmark

@tom73

@Unkraut

@winjim

I'm not to sure what your on about regarding me ?

 

[Ajax Bay]

TBH my contributions are less relevant and I feel less special now that everybody else is starting to get vaccinated.

We are in your debt for being a volunteer on the trial.

I'm not to sure what your on about regarding me ?

I was just including you as someone who'd contributed to this thread in its early days. Am pleased that your parent has now had both doses (like mine).

You could ward off vampires with a bombay bad boy and pickled onions monster munch!
I'm hoping they'll have a anti gove vaccine by the time they get to me.

 

[lane]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55783042

Vaccine queue jumping. Council staff forwarding emails to mates so they can book a slot even though they are not in a priority group.

 

[classic33]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55783042

Vaccine queue jumping. Council staff forwarding emails to mates so they can book a slot even though they are not in a priority group.

Hopefully they get caught by the system if they try.

 

[Blue Hills]

Apparently Lancashire expects to have all over 50s done by early to mid March.
also everyone over 16 with underlying health issues.
Though may then have to pause a bit for other areas to catch up.

 

[Julia9054]

The vaccine calculator is now telling me I will have my first dose end of February.
That is assuming I am in group 6 - the what sort of asthma puts you in what group debate.

 

[lane]

As far as I can see no one with asthma will be in group 6. I have asthma so have looked into it.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Apparently Lancashire expects to have all over 50s done by early to mid March.
also everyone over 16 with underlying health issues.
Though may then have to pause a bit for other areas to catch up.

As long as every area/region has adequate supplies I'm of the opinion that those that are ahead of the curve in numbers vaccinated should carry on and not pause.

Unless there is a strong medical reason as to why this shouldn't be the case then why stop?

 

[lane]

I see the South African variant is in the UK - but luckily "no evidence of community transmission" now where have I heard that before. So before we have even rolled out 6m doses we have managed to let let in a variation the vaccine does not fully work against.