Arch Stanton Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Will the pubs be open? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Haha, the ball is well and truly burst. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 13 hours ago, MuckleMoo said: Received a letter from the government asking to take part in the Covid 19 infection survey. Initial visit consists of a swab and blood sample then a visit once every week for 4 weeks to take further swabs. After that it is a visit every month for 11 months where again they will take bloods and a swab. Good thing is that I'll be getting tested on a regular basis and will be told the results. Bonus is that I get a £25 voucher for every visit A lassie from work was talking about this on Friday. Do you need to have had covid to take part? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 The lads have lost the plot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 The lads have lost the plot [emoji23]Which lads did you have in mind for this? The choice is close to limitless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleMoo Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 A lassie from work was talking about this on Friday. Do you need to have had covid to take part? Nope, completely random as far as I can tell. I've had no symptoms. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 9 hours ago, welshbairn said: If they make rules for Christmas that most people will ignore, and they get into the habit of ignoring through New Year and after, that's public health policy fucked, whether you agree with the strategy or not. Get the number of infected people down before Christmas so when you let people do what they're going to do anyway, there will be fewer people spreading the virus to set off a major spike. ^^^consistently parrots and/or defends whatever he hears said by officialdom on the state broadcaster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Oxford vaccine is 70% effective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, mizfit said: Oxford vaccine is 70% effective. That's the one we'll get. They might water it down a bit to get it cheaper though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifesto Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: That's the one we'll get. They might water it down a bit to get it cheaper though. Not far from the Truth. If first dose is only a half dose, effectiveness rises to 90% 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) 22 minutes ago, mizfit said: Oxford vaccine is 70% effective. Apparently one of the dosing regimes tested is about 90% efficacy: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-oxford-vaccine-is-up-to-90-effective-in-preventing-coronavirus-tests-show-12134940 Edited November 23, 2020 by LongTimeLurker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Well, headlines may focus on the fact it's only 70% effective in comparison to Pfizer and Moderna but it's meant to be far easier to transport so that may mean that it's a lot easier to get out into the population on a larger scale. 70% in the immediate term certainly shouldn't be sniffed at, and if they can tweak the way it's administered to provide 90% then even better. Something like 4 million doses are ready and awaiting approval from regulators - you'd think that may be an expedited process given the situation we find ourselves in. Am I right in thinking that this is the one that is manufactured in Livingston? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Get the more effective one into the high risk folks and care home staff/nhs workers and gies the rest of us the 90% efficacy dose of the oxford one and lets get back to normal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just open everything up and stop fucking around with all this bullshit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Seems a bit weird to see the headline figure and find it a bit disappointing. In reality, if it stops people becoming ill enough to require hospitalisation then the vaccine has done its job. Interesting that the most effective method was was to administer it with a half dose and then the full dose as a follow up which brings the efficacy up to 90%. Looks like the way forward. Edited November 23, 2020 by Michael W 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 How come the other two vaccines need two doses and were reported as such while this one has 70% with one and ~90% with two. What's the difference in why they didn't just report this one as two doses for 90%? Genuine question, I don't really understand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 20 minutes ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Get the more effective one into the high risk folks and care home staff/nhs workers and gies the rest of us the 90% efficacy dose of the oxford one and lets get back to normal. ...is almost certainly what will happen now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Setsniffer Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Here's the headline that Johnson and Sturgeon have been desperate for. just wait, its the express, they''ll be warning us of artic temps and 2 foot of snow by next week, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, madwullie said: How come the other two vaccines need two doses and were reported as such while this one has 70% with one and ~90% with two. What's the difference in why they didn't just report this one as two doses for 90%? Genuine question, I don't really understand. They probably are still waiting to have enough COVID cases in their Phase 3 test group to be able to make the 90% efficacy claim in a manner that is statistically valid. Releasing the data with the lower number will probably be about proceeding with emergency approval ASAP in line with Pfizer and Moderna even before they get the dosing regime sorted out that makes it even more effective. Overall this is very good news. Edited November 23, 2020 by LongTimeLurker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Replies to this are fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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