TrentVilla Posted January 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2021 600k vaccinations in a day is pretty impressive and quite the ramp up, no idea if that is sustainable but if it is then they’ll fly through the first four groups. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2021 Loving the sarcasm in this tweet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: 600k vaccinations in a day is pretty impressive and quite the ramp up, no idea if that is sustainable but if it is then they’ll fly through the first four groups. Just think when new vaccines come on stream also. There are 2 more arriving in Spring/summer. You would imagine that SOMEWHERE is having shortages now with 600,000 being done. I guess a word of caution is that the start of the week had much smaller numbers presumably because of snow delays so to get to such a big number today they may have been using buffer stocks built up from then. It may not be possible to repeat these kinds of numbers with normal supply. But let's hope they can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 23 hours ago, sne said: How about this new Chines testing method that they claim is much more accurate And I thought it was bad enough with the nose and mouth tests. So I take it you first do the anal probe and then you do the mouth swab? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 27 minutes ago, Mic09 said: So I take it you first do the anal probe and then you do the mouth swab? I'd assume so, if in doubt just google ass to mouth for instructive videos 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: 600k vaccinations in a day is pretty impressive and quite the ramp up, no idea if that is sustainable but if it is then they’ll fly through the first four groups. I’m absolutely in awe of the roll out of the vaccine. I don’t think many people thought those kind of numbers were possible. Immense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2021 Just now, Genie said: I’m absolutely in awe of the roll out of the vaccine. I don’t think many people thought those kind of numbers were possible. Immense. Neither did I, that combined with the emerging news of the impact of vaccination really gives hope we are getting out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Just think when new vaccines come on stream also. There are 2 more arriving in Spring/summer. You would imagine that SOMEWHERE is having shortages now with 600,000 being done. I guess a word of caution is that the start of the week had much smaller numbers presumably because of snow delays so to get to such a big number today they may have been using buffer stocks built up from then. It may not be possible to repeat these kinds of numbers with normal supply. But let's hope they can. We could be like China 2. Parties, festivals, concerts whilst the rest of the world looks on jealously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 31, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: Neither did I, that combined with the emerging news of the impact of vaccination really gives hope we are getting out of this. Is that what Blair has been saying or have you heard something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, sidcow said: Is that what Blair has been saying or have you heard something else? Data from Israel is showing very very low infection rates in those who have had the vaccine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Some good early data from Isreal Quote The state’s 24/7 campaign has meant many vulnerable populations, including about 70% of over-60s, have already received the prescribed two doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine. The country is injecting up to 200,000 people a day, and last week made the jab available to anyone over 35. Secondary school students aged 16 to 18 are also included, in the hopes of allowing them to sit exams. Israel’s health ministry released its first official results last week, showing that only 317 out of 715,425, or 0.04%, of people became infected a week after becoming fully vaccinated against the disease – the time when increased immunity is expected to kick in. Of the vaccinated people who were infected, 16 had to be treated in hospital, or 0.002% of the total. One domestic healthcare provider, Maccabi Healthcare Services, released an encouraging smaller study on Thursday. It revealed that out of 163,000 Israelis given both shots, only 31 were infected, compared with nearly 6,500 infections among a control group of unvaccinated people. Link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 31, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2021 I said something about the data from Israel a week or so ago and people were sceptical. Funny old world 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 I'm happy with this prediction from September. The 100m doses already sitting on a shelf was very wide of the mark but the rest was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 45 minutes ago, darrenm said: I'm happy with this prediction from September. The 100m doses already sitting on a shelf was very wide of the mark but the rest was good. Just looking at your September prediction there, and then seeing the following story which was published in October: Maybe it was complete bollocks at the time of course, but quite funny to look back on now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted February 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) BBC. Hancock to give an update later? Quote Tests for South African variant in Surrey Door-to-door testing for the South African variant of coronavirus is to start in Surrey after cases were found with no known links with travel or previous cases. So far, cases of the variant in the UK had been traced back to South Africa – but experts say two people in Woking found with the variant have no such known links. Local council workers will go house-to-house to offer swab tests for 9,500 people in the Goldsworth Park and St Johns areas of Woking, Surrey, from this afternoon - with house checks also planned for nearby Egham later in the week. Surrey’s Local Resilience Forum urged people in the affected areas to "remain calm" and continue to follow the rules on lockdown and self-isolation. Edited February 1, 2021 by trekka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted February 1, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 1, 2021 Door to door testing followed by nailing them shut and paining an x on the door. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, TrentVilla said: 600k vaccinations in a day is pretty impressive and quite the ramp up, no idea if that is sustainable but if it is then they’ll fly through the first four groups. I was reading somewhere that the smaller GP surgeries and pharmacies are only reporting their vaccination numbers weekly, and so the 600k included a weekly catch up of those places. No idea if this is accurate but sounds plausible. Edited February 1, 2021 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted February 1, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 1, 2021 Just now, ender4 said: I was reading somewhere that the smaller GP surgeries and pharmacies are only reporting their vaccination numbers weekly, and so the 600k included a weekly catch up of those places. No idea is this is accurate but sounds plausible. It does and would make sense given the much lower numbers at the start of the week which were attributed to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) Today's and tomorrow's figures will make for interesting reading then. If they are back down to 200-300k again that will be a shame. I would be a little disappointed if some are reporting weeks worth because the figures are specifically labeled as those receiving jabs in the last 24 hours. Edited February 1, 2021 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 36 minutes ago, sidcow said: Today's and tomorrow's figures will make for interesting reading then. If they are back down to 200-300k again that will be a shame. I would be a little disappointed if some are reporting weeks worth because the figures are specifically labeled as those receiving jabs in the last 24 hours. They wouldn’t lie to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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