When will this shit end?

[steviewevie]

Just now, crazyfool1 said:

hancocks half hour incoming .... vaccine numbers ....and  more vaccine numbers would be my prediction 

and probably a fair amount about variants.

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

Didn't they (whoever they are) say that the Kent virus is less contagious than they first thought...maybe 30% more infectious than previous dominant variant instead of 70% more infectious? I guess hard to determine accurately how infectious from data over such a short time frame.

they always said it was between 30 and 70 % ..... but the last few times its been mentioned in the news conference they seem to have not been including the 30 % figure and talking about the 70 % one .... 

[zahidf]

3 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Cases are halving about every 2 weeks...?

15 days

[Homer]

Thanks for the updates guys. You've inspired me to go wild, let my (non-existent) hair down and put the Matt Hancock briefing on.

[tigger123]

4 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

they always said it was between 30 and 70 % ..... but the last few times its been mentioned in the news conference they seem to have not been including the 30 % figure and talking about the 70 % one .... 

Probably the result of the Sage advice from the first lockdown that the public needed to have more fear instilled into them and therefore to focus on the worst case scenario. 

Edited February 8, 2021 by tigger123

[Crazyfool01]

25 minutes ago, northernringo said:

I've seen a few people on twitter suggest we have less supply this week so expect figures to be a bit lower

just had notification on my group that some shifts are being cancelled at one of the local mass vaccination centres .... this ties in with what you have said ....

[topmarksbri]

Not sure about his tie choice - kind of clashes with the flag. 

[Homer]

13 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

hancocks half hour incoming .... vaccine numbers ....and  more vaccine numbers would be my prediction 

I'm officially sounding the brand new vaccines klaxon!

[Freddyflintstonree]

The enthusiasm he has for patting himself on the back makes me very uncomfortable. 

[Crazyfool01]

world leading Genomic sequencing ..... 🙂 

[duke88]

Incredible take-up numbers for the vaccinations.

[zahidf]

All over 70s can now book for their vaccine online without waiting for an appointment 

[xxialac]

7 minutes ago, Freddyflintstonree said:

The enthusiasm he has for patting himself on the back makes me very uncomfortable. 

Humblebragadoccio Matt...

[jparx]

Very thorough from Hancock there. Seemed clear that he wanted to offer a rebuttal to the negative headlines over the last 36 hours.

[Ozanne]

Matt Hancock is John Terry.

[tigger123]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

Matt Hancock is John Terry.

I just laughed out loud at this, spot on.

Upvote!

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, duke88 said:

Incredible take-up numbers for the vaccinations.

yeah, it really is.

[xxialac]

Hancock is that kid in your class who would go up to the teacher after the class to try and make a case as to why he should get an extra mark for his homework.

[steviewevie]

10 minutes ago, duke88 said:

Incredible take-up numbers for the vaccinations.

I'm guessing it will reduce as more younger people get offered..

[zahidf]

 

Van-Tam says no reason to think South African variant will become dominant in UK

Prof Jonathan Van-Tam says the South African variant, B1351, is present in UK but not dominant.

He says the early data does not suggest it has a transmissibility advantage over the current variant dominant in the UK. That means there is no reason to think it will catch up, or overtake, the virus dominant in the UK (B117).

[topmarksbri]

Just now, steviewevie said:

I'm guessing it will reduce as more younger people get offered..

I actually think this is a good argument for vaccine passports, would test the resolve of those who are sceptic.

[zahidf]

 

[zahidf]

 

[zahidf]

When are frontline police officers likely to get the vaccine?

Hancock says that is an important question. He thanks the police for what they do.

He says the vaccine rollout focuses on those most at risk first. Any officer over 50 will be part of the initial rollout.

Then the government will consider in what order to vaccinate the under-50s. It will consider the case for focusing on people most in contact with others, or most likely to pass it on.

He says no decision has been made on this yet.

[jparx]

JVT being an absolute legend here. Some much needed calmness.