Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[Des Parrot]

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Here’s something you won’t read about.
The vaccine programme here in Poland is rolling out quickly using 4 suppliers, AZ, Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

On Sunday my #2, who is fit, healthy and in his early 30s, went for his jab.
He received a Johnson & Johnson single shot jab. A few hours later, he collapsed, he was rushed to hospital and his heart momentarily stopped. 48 hours later he’s still unwell. I don’t know the details but I’d be avoiding the J&J vaccination. His words to me, I’d rather have Covid than go through that again. His wife who also had the jab at the same time has been ill for 48 hours.

On a side note, they’re only leaving 35 days between AZ doses here.

[the other bob wilson]

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Here’s something you won’t read about.
The vaccine programme here in Poland is rolling out quickly using 4 suppliers, AZ, Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

On Sunday my #2, who is fit, healthy and in his early 30s, went for his jab.
He received a Johnson & Johnson single shot jab. A few hours later, he collapsed, he was rushed to hospital and his heart momentarily stopped. 48 hours later he’s still unwell. I don’t know the details but I’d be avoiding the J&J vaccination. His words to me, I’d rather have Covid than go through that again. His wife who also had the jab at the same time has been ill for 48 hours.

On a side note, they’re only leaving 35 days between AZ doses here.

My best wishes to your boy and his wife Des, hope they both get well soon.

[the other bob wilson]

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Politics aside, this is a sad story.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57162428

[xsnaggle]

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Interesting article regarding 'unlock' decisions

I particularly noted his comment about the people saying it was too early and will lead to problems, and how they are the same people who said schools and other things would, and were wrong. Let's hope they're wrong again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57150871

[The Bloop]

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Didnt the Welsh government want a longer Firebreak in the autumn, but couldn't as it would have extended past the end of the Furlough period. They asked Westminster to extend furlough but Boris said no. A short while later Boris renewed furlough anyway.

[lisvaneblue]

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Politics aside, this is a sad story.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57162428

Sad to say this is very political. There's no doubt that many in the NHS have worked their socks off for us all through this pandemic, and I'm sure will continue to do so.

This lady has obviously got a job lined up in the Caribbean thank you followed by a holiday back home in New Zealand. Good for her but she's making political capital out of it, and Mr Starmer as usual has gone in all guns blazing...Ready...Fire...Aim.

This nurse says she was a sister in ITU in London, and as such would have been earning around £60,000 a year so not doing too badly.

[the other bob wilson]

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Now, this is political and will I'm sure be, almost completely, ignored because Boris (TM) is a laugh, he got Brexit done and he's trying his best - not forgetting the old faithful of course, "just imagine what would have happened if Corbyn had been in charge".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57160297

[surge]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57160297[/QUOTE]

This is something that should be highlighted more:

The report said: "While the response to the pandemic has provided new learning from both what has worked well and what has not worked well, it has also laid bare existing fault lines within society, such as the risk of widening inequalities, and within public service delivery and government itself."

The National Audit Office also urged ministers to come up with ideas to prevent (to which I would add here: "even greater" seeing as already mentioned as an existing fault line) widening inequality caused by the pandemic.

The NAO warned that the hundreds of billions of pounds spent in response to the pandemic so far may have an impact on the longer-term sustainability of the public finances.

[the other bob wilson]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57160297

This is something that should be highlighted more:[/QUOTE]

People up in arms about a tiny, tiny fraction of the amount of central Government spending mentioned in the NAO report possibly being spent by the Senedd and yet they appear to have no problem with the issues you raise - very odd.

[Rjk]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57186059.amp

the test and trace system that we've spent so many billions on and still not working properly partly responsible for the spread of the Indian variant.

we've spent like 75% of the NHS budget on this

[surge]

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"Government agreed to pay £280m for masks below NHS standards in ‘truly colossal’ PPE spending spree"

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/government-agreed-spending-substandard-masks-ppe-covid-b935860.html

[Rjk]

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"Government agreed to pay £280m for masks below NHS standards in ‘truly colossal’ PPE spending spree"

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/g...d-b935860.html

https://www.scotsman.com/health/ayanda-capital-everything-about-company-supplied-50-million-faulty-face-masks-uk-and-who-advisor-andrew-mills-2935155

it just gets murkier

[the other bob wilson]

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Good news regarding the vaccines and the Indian variant.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57214596

[surge]

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Good news regarding the vaccines and the Indian variant.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57214596

The majority of the UK has had a single vaccine dose which is believed to be 33% effective against this new variant. Older people were more likely to have had AstraZeneca which (at this early stage, AstraZeneca effectiveness is believed to build up over longer than the 2 weeks studied) is at least 60% effective after two doses and Pfizer 88% effective.

It's definitely more positive than negative but need for ventilation and mask wearing remains.

[Hilts]

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Should the enquiry be asap?

https://news.sky.com/story/dominic-cummings-says-government-failed-public-in-early-pandemic-days-and-apologises-for-deaths-12317232