When will this shit end?

[zahidf]

AZ finds an extra 10 millions doses to send to the EU and suddenly the story goes away...

[mattiloy]

What has become apparent during the pandemic is that journalists’ training is absolutely inadequate to report on these things. Incentivised only to be first, jump the gun and sensationalise, they have been really shoddy at a time when it really matters. Thank fuck the papers are all dying on their arses.

[st dan]

Playing politics with vaccines when there are many thousands of lives at stake here seems like a game that nobody should be playing at all right now. 

[zahidf]

 

[MrBarry465]

Hotel Quarantine on all international arrivals to the UK coming imminently. As I have said a few times over the past few weeks, all indications are that the gonvernment now want an aggressive elimination of this done this year.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/25/new-quarantine-rules-expected-for-travellers-to-uk

[steviewevie]

So where did that 8% come from? Weird.

[Crazyfool01]

opens can of cider .... 

[Toilet Duck]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

@Toilet Duck any thoughts ? 

Reading through the thread, the 8% seems to come from an extrapolation of the LD:SD vs SD:SD data in the original paper. Since then, AZ have submitted data (which is what the MHRA used to approve) suggesting that the dosing regimen was not behind the greater efficacy, rather the gap between doses. Hence the 9-12 week window for maximum efficacy. AZ themselves previously suggested they’d figured out how to best use the vaccine (how it is currently being used in the UK). The only caveat being that an EMA CMA requires more data than an EUA, so maybe they’ve spotted something. I doubt the EU would be threatening to haul AZ to court over deliveries though if they thought the vaccine was useless! 

Edited January 25, 2021 by Toilet Duck
Typo!

[Mr.Tease]

22 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Well it’s safe to say tomorrow will be interesting!

Statements from AZ & the MHRA would be more than welcome.

Look, if I log in on this forum tomorrow and it’s not filled with news along the lines of: “Cure for Coronavirus found”, “all vaccines 100% effective”, “Boris Johnson announces resignation and general election- Tories face wipeout” and “everything will be fixed by April”, then you are ALL in huge trouble!

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Mr.Tease said:

Look, if I log in on this forum tomorrow and it’s not filled with news along the lines of: “Cure for Coronavirus found”, “all vaccines 100% effective”, “Boris Johnson announces resignation and general election- Tories face wipeout” and “everything will be fixed by April”, then you are ALL in huge trouble!

ok ... I will volunteer for the tories face wipeout headline ..... any takers for the rest ? 

[steviewevie]

So...err...how effective is AZ vaccine on over 65s?

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Just now, steviewevie said:

So...err...how effective is AZ vaccine on over 65s?

60% of the time it works every time.

[Billy Corgan's Ego]

15 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

60% of the time it works every time.

Its looks like its going to be illegal in 9 countries, its that good!!

Edited January 25, 2021 by Billy Corgan's Ego

[steviewevie]

soz if already posted...

 

[Toilet Duck]

6 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

So...err...how effective is AZ vaccine on over 65s?

Data from both the phase 1/2 and phase 3 trial suggested no real differences in older age groups (in fact, immune response in their early trial was actually more robust in older individuals if I recall correctly). 

[Leyrulion]

Keep calm everyone, it was only 2 days ago there were reports of low efficacy from Pfizer vaccines in Israel, which have since been superseded by reports of excellent efficacy of Pfizer vaccines in Israel. 

 

General rule of thumb- don't believe twitter

 

 

[Simsy]

1 hour ago, fraybentos1 said:

Think this one might slip through the net! So thought I’d post it 😇

 

Have I missed something? Who are re-fuk?

[March Hare]

13 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

60% of the time it works every time.

Outstanding 😂

[Leyrulion]

2 minutes ago, Simsy said:

Have I missed something? Who are re-fuk?

Brexit party's new name.

[Ozanne]

2 minutes ago, Simsy said:

Have I missed something? Who are re-fuk?

Reform UK, formally The Brexit Party.

[March Hare]

Just now, Ozanne said:

Reform UK, formally The Brexit Party.

Now the anti lockdown party I think 

[Ozanne]

Just now, March Hare said:

Now the anti lockdown party I think 

Indeed and also political reform.

[Simsy]

1 minute ago, Leyrulion said:

Brexit party's new name.

 

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

Reform UK, formally The Brexit Party.

 

Just now, March Hare said:

Now the anti lockdown party I think 

Ah, so they've already fuked us and now they want to re-fuk us. Fuk them.

[Homer]

20 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

ok ... I will volunteer for the tories face wipeout headline ..... any takers for the rest ? 

Astonishing scenes on tomorrow's front covers.

[Radiochicken]

lol glad to see Germany has their own Laura Kuenssberg‘s and Robert Peston’s