Coronavirus - UK
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@nostrildamus so did wearing pooh pants but the only other person who got away with that is MC Hammer.
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
Re News Media & the pandemic.
I'm going to make a prediction that as it's now looking like the gummint will meet it's Feb 15 target of 13.5m vaccinations, the media will start complaining of failure as the target was too low and it should have been double that.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Erua_ELXAAIR2jY?format=png&name=medium
Seems target is 3.5m next week, so Boris may get there a week early.
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"Up to a fifth of staff in some care home groups have refused a coronavirus vaccine when offered with suggestions that younger workers are more likely to be resistant."
"The majority of care home staff who have been offered the jab are getting vaccinated but data obtained by PA news agency from a number of providers shows between five per cent and 21 per cent of staff offered a vaccine have declined it".
Both of Mrs Meldrew's parents have been receiving 24/7 home care from care companies. At least 6 of their carers have tested positive for Covid and both her parents have contracted Covid, despite being house-bound, but seem to be doing OK. Yet the care companies have pulled their staff due to their positive tests, leaving Mrs M & family to provide 24/7 care for weeks at a time.
So you'll excuse me if I tell 20% of care workers to fuck right off.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
"Up to a fifth of staff in some care home groups have refused a coronavirus vaccine when offered with suggestions that younger workers are more likely to be resistant."
"The majority of care home staff who have been offered the jab are getting vaccinated but data obtained by PA news agency from a number of providers shows between five per cent and 21 per cent of staff offered a vaccine have declined it".
Both of Mrs Meldrew's parents have been receiving 24/7 home care from care companies. At least 6 of their carers have tested positive for Covid and both her parents have contracted Covid, despite being house-bound, but seem to be doing OK. Yet the care companies have pulled their staff due to the positive tests, leaving Mrs M & family to provide 24/7 care for weeks at a time.
So you'll excuse me if I tell 20% of care workers to fuck right off.
What a bunch of fluffybunnies!
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@Victor-Meldrew If I had my way it’d be a case of No Jab, No Job.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
A lot of their carers are BAME and I wonder if they have been influenced by the anti-vaxxers who have targeted minority groups.
That sounds very plausible. Irony is that the stats suggest that they're particularly at risk!
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@Victor-Meldrew yeah on a call with Bonesetta's family last night and aunty works in a care home. 5 staff have refused the jab... interestingly she said most were some of the oldest staff. Go figure.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew yeah on a call with Bonesetta's family last night and aunty works in a care home. 5 staff have refused the jab... interestingly she said most were some of the oldest staff. Go figure.
Trying to look for the good in people so perhaps they think they are making the jab available to more deserving people?
Even then, it's a bit misguided to say the least.
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Coronavirus - UK:
Some potentially good news.
"Update 13 Jan: Covid hospital admissions fall in London and the south east for first time since Xmas"
NHS deaths by date seems to be indicating that English mortality second wave peak will be 8 January, give or take a day.
Latest numbers suggest London and South East on way down (slightly) but other regions of England about to hit top.
Today's still suggesting London may have peaked last Friday. South East spike on Tuesday? Rest of Engand plateauing.
Now looks like this week will be peak for country as a whole.
Latest figures still show London peaking last weekend, with Tuesday peak for England as a whole.
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@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
UK getting act together: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/16/britain-will-able-vaccinate-nation-against-new-covid-strains/
This was all I could read, but seems enough.
"Britain will be able to vaccinate the entire nation against dangerous new Covid strains within four months after a £158m super-factory opens later this year, The Telegraph can disclose...."
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If anyone was unsure that Drakeford is not up to the task in Wales this strategic mistake / miscommunication just confirmed it.
"Mark Drakeford said one of the reasons more of the supply had not been used at once was to prevent "vaccinators standing around with nothing to do".
This is a fucking sprint not a marathon.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
If anyone was unsure that Drakeford is not up to the task in Wales this strategic mistake / miscommunication just confirmed it.
"Mark Drakeford said one of the reasons more of the supply had not been used at once was to prevent "vaccinators standing around with nothing to do".
This is a fucking sprint not a marathon.
Yeah, I saw that this morning. Couldn't believe the idiocy of it so has assumed something is lost somewhere in translation.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
If anyone was unsure that Drakeford is not up to the task in Wales this strategic mistake / miscommunication just confirmed it.
"Mark Drakeford said one of the reasons more of the supply had not been used at once was to prevent "vaccinators standing around with nothing to do".
This is a fucking sprint not a marathon.
Yeah, I saw that this morning. Couldn't believe the idiocy of it so has assumed something is lost somewhere in translation.
Which is why I wrote 'strategic mistake / miscommunication' but other members of the Senedd who have attempted to clarify Drakeford's position have just muddied the waters.
Shambles.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - UK:
@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
If anyone was unsure that Drakeford is not up to the task in Wales this strategic mistake / miscommunication just confirmed it.
"Mark Drakeford said one of the reasons more of the supply had not been used at once was to prevent "vaccinators standing around with nothing to do".
This is a fucking sprint not a marathon.
Yeah, I saw that this morning. Couldn't believe the idiocy of it so has assumed something is lost somewhere in translation.
Which is why I wrote 'strategic mistake / miscommunication' but other members of the Senedd who have attempted to clarify Drakeford's position have just muddied the waters.
Shambles.
With all due respect to Wales, it's classic council-like behaviour. Zero forward planning, with extreme wastage on optics.
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4.2 million vaccinated as of today.
Been wary of praising the roll-out in case the Curse of the Meldrews strikes, but that is a bloody impressive achievement.
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@MajorRage As an auditor is just an accountant but without the personality, so a councillor is an MP without the common sense.
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@Bones said in Coronavirus - UK:
@pakman said in Coronavirus - UK:
UK getting act together: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/16/britain-will-able-vaccinate-nation-against-new-covid-strains/
This was all I could read, but seems enough.
"Britain will be able to vaccinate the entire nation against dangerous new Covid strains within four months after a £158m super-factory opens later this year, The Telegraph can disclose...."
There's been a program in place to streamline the whole process from a virus being discovered to a patient leaving a GP surgery/vaccination centre running for 4-5 years. Ex-colleague of mine has been working on it for a while. It's around operational process streamlining and getting everyone from vaccine developers, regulators and manufacturers working to a common plan.
One example: rather than present the regulators with trial protocols and results to get approval, the trial protocols are agreed up front before the trials take place, which reduces the risk of trial needing to e done again.
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@MiketheSnow said in Coronavirus - UK:
If anyone was unsure that Drakeford is not up to the task in Wales this strategic mistake / miscommunication just confirmed it.
"Mark Drakeford said one of the reasons more of the supply had not been used at once was to prevent "vaccinators standing around with nothing to do".
This is a fucking sprint not a marathon.
It's coming to something when the media understands the process better than politician!
Just bonkers.