Goats has been on record to say he literally lives next door to 8 doctors and knows a few more so I wouldn't diss him just yet.
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Down under a thousand in Wales today - surprised by the lower Cwm Taf Morgannwg figure, I wonder if that's got anything to do with the testing situation in Merthyr?
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the daily figure is too erratic to read much into it, the graphs are more useful, it looks as though we may have plateaued, or be coming down very graduallyAttachment 4167
What you say is true for deaths figures, but the day of the week it is doesn’t seem to be that much of a factor when it comes to new cases.
Oxford vaccine 70% effective. It uses more traditional technology bit like the flu vaccine and with similar effectiveness.
So here is a vaccine that is much easier to store and administer but 25% less effective, and it's the one UK has purchased 100m doses of.
Maybe the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be given to the elderly and the Oxford rolled out to the general population.
All good news and the sooner its available the better
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55040635
Interesting line about how the effectiveness rose to 80 per cent in people given an initial half dose and then a full dose.
From what I understand, this is a field where 50 per cent effectiveness is considered good, so I'm not sure I buy that bit about 70 per cent being a "disappointment" and I don't get how thirty cases of Covid among those who were given the vaccine and 101 in those given a dummy works out at 70 per cent protection when 20,000 people were involved in the testing.
The maths do make sense. 101 of 10,000 got Covid when given a placebo. In those given the vaccine only 30 got it, which is 70% less than the placebo group, so it's 70% effective.
Interesting point about the group given a half dose first. No doubt this will be investigated further.
Great news about the Oxford vaccine but can anyone please explain why the results differ with 1.5 doses and 2 doses? What are the mechanics? And which technology will be best?
Gonna have the vaccine anyway, but I am extremely curious about it
The question is, 70% effective but longer term protection, or 90% effective, more costly, and not as long protection.
In 6-9 months these vaccines will start looking a little primitive as other vaccines continue to be developed, the key point being that the virus can be contained, at least, by the wonders of modern science.
A difficult one for us mortals....
One idea is the immune system rejects the vaccine, which is built around a common cold virus, if it is given in too big an initial dose.
Or a low then high shot may be a better mimic of a coronavirus infection and lead to a better immune response.
Covid-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55040635
Worth a watch for the sceptics out there......
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/u...eason-19334025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55057642
Deaths in Wales still on the rise. The highest weekly total since early-May apparently.
Agreed, it's certainly conceivable that many of those deaths were people who caught the virus pre firebreak.
Just under 600 new cases in Wales today with more than two thirds of them in Blaenau Gwent and only 37 in Cardiff. It was a low number of tests compared to normal though, but is that because there weren't as many people requiring them?
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