COVID vaccine works - we're saved!

Good old science eh?Covid vaccine: First 'milestone' vaccine offers 90% protection - BBC NewsBut wait, was it all those prayers?

It's going to be interesting to see what the anti-vac brigade do about that. But if they stick to their dumb beliefs it'll be a self-solving problem.

Apparently the UK pre-bought 40m does - enough for 20m people (it needs two doses 1 month apart). Health service workers and at risk people get the first batch.I wonder how they work out the allocation of the rest?Stock market has gone ballistic.Edited by Tangle, : typo

Just when we thought things were looking up, we now have a new variant of the bug that is between 40 to 100% more transmissible and Christmas is cancelled. ffs.I also have an employee, face down, ventilated, in intensive care not expected to make it and 4 of his close family infected.Life is pretty crap at the moment.edit:they're saying c50% nowEdited by Tangle, : No reason given.Edited by Tangle, : No reason given.

It looks like the great Swedish experiment has ended in tragedy For much of this year, those who object to measures to control the virus have hailed Sweden as a libertarian paradise, supposedly showing us how Covid-19 could be kept under control without intrusive government restrictions.Of late, these champions have fallen silent. It’s not hard to explain why. Recent days have seen Sweden’s Nordic neighbours Finland and Norway offering emergency medical assistance as Stockholm’s hospitals have been overwhelmed, infections and deaths have spiked dramatically upward, and the King of Sweden has made an unprecedented criticism of the government’s bungled strategy.https://www.newstatesman.com/...osed-myths-lockdown-sceptics

AstraZeneca vaccine now approved here.Very good news; we have 100m doses and it doesn't need special storage. And it's cheaper than the mRNA vaccines.I may get it by March with a bit of luck

I reckon we'll now all be gauged on how fast we roll out these vaccine. At the moment Israel is winning.Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations - Our World in Data

We've just changed strategies from two doses 21 days apart to two doses 3 months apart. The theory being that the first jab will give a high level of protection and we can get that protection into more people faster by delaying the second.I think I just heard on the news that you Yanks are going to stick with the original plan?

My deepest sympathy.He's sulking and playing golf while the US burns.

In this case the luck involved is where I live. I happen to be near a good health centre and a major hospital. Had I been somewhere else it might be different. (Just like you being born in a Christian country luckily (sic) made you a Christian.) Pure chance.As it happens a new piece of luck is that they're delaying the second dose which means the first dose comes faster to me.

... and that was lucky, was it not :-)

So you think the no-show of a random customer was pre-determined then?Edited by Tangle, : No reason given.

You're quite mad...

Crazy my boy, totally bonkers.

Evidence for this 'known fact' please.Antivaxer, climate change denier ... anything else in your 'I'm a total nut-job' bag?Edited by Tangle, : No reason given.