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[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread
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Very, very disappointed at your utter failure to step in. Poor effort
Me too
Just sent you a "fetch beer message" but got an error 400 Bad Request back. Think the thing's on the blink already. Still, no side effects thus far......
LamieRobertson
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Me too
Just sent you a "fetch beer message" but got an error 400 Bad Request back. Think the thing's on the blink already. Still, no side effects thus far......
I’m running on windows 98 still. I refuse to
Upgrade
LamieRobertson
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Possible peek into the near-future in the UK - suggestion Israel may have reached herd immunity.........
In Israel, more than half (5.3 million) its residents have been vaccinated and an additional 830,000 people have tested positive for the virus in the past, which should give them some natural immunity.
That works out as roughly 68% of the population who are likely to have antibodies in their blood which can fight off the virus.
Prof Eyal Leshem, a director at Israel's largest hospital, the Sheba Medical Center, said herd immunity was the "only explanation" for the fact that cases continued to fall even as more restrictions were lifted.
"There is a continuous decline despite returning to near normalcy," he said.
"This tells us that even if a person is infected, most people they meet walking around won't be infected by them."
And cases are falling in all age groups including children, even though under-16s are not generally being vaccinated.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56722186
In Israel, more than half (5.3 million) its residents have been vaccinated and an additional 830,000 people have tested positive for the virus in the past, which should give them some natural immunity.
That works out as roughly 68% of the population who are likely to have antibodies in their blood which can fight off the virus.
Prof Eyal Leshem, a director at Israel's largest hospital, the Sheba Medical Center, said herd immunity was the "only explanation" for the fact that cases continued to fall even as more restrictions were lifted.
"There is a continuous decline despite returning to near normalcy," he said.
"This tells us that even if a person is infected, most people they meet walking around won't be infected by them."
And cases are falling in all age groups including children, even though under-16s are not generally being vaccinated.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56722186
36 people in Brighton and Hove have tested positive over the last 7 days, during the peak in January this was over 2,000 a week. also as a footnote out of the 36 people tested positive only one of them was over 60 years old , Further proof that the vaccines are working?
Numbers update - notable today is daily admissions which have fallen below 200. Number in hospital continues to go down, so plenty more are still leaving than going in.
Infections - 2,491, rolling 7 day down 11.5%
Deaths - 38 (234 last 7 days)
Admissions - 181, rolling 7 day down 15.5%
Jabs - 76k 1st, 313k 2nd, cumulative 32.3m & 8.2m
In hospital - 2,481
Plus :
Today’s reported deaths figure of 38 is 15.6% down on last week (45), and the lowest Wednesday since 23 September (37).
Latest seven-day averages:
Today: 33
Yesterday: 34 (-2.9%)
A week ago: 31 (+9.3%)
23 January peak: 1,248 (-97.3%)
Infections - 2,491, rolling 7 day down 11.5%
Deaths - 38 (234 last 7 days)
Admissions - 181, rolling 7 day down 15.5%
Jabs - 76k 1st, 313k 2nd, cumulative 32.3m & 8.2m
In hospital - 2,481
Plus :
Today’s reported deaths figure of 38 is 15.6% down on last week (45), and the lowest Wednesday since 23 September (37).
Latest seven-day averages:
Today: 33
Yesterday: 34 (-2.9%)
A week ago: 31 (+9.3%)
23 January peak: 1,248 (-97.3%)
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https://www.theguardian.com/society...produces-strong-antibody-response-study-shows
Quite a lot to take away from this article but I guess the main thing is that they are learning how best to utilise different vaccines for different scenarios.
Quite a lot to take away from this article but I guess the main thing is that they are learning how best to utilise different vaccines for different scenarios.
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LamieRobertson
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I guess some slight negative news is you haven’t been to the pub..still time I guess
I was just looking back at some headlines from 2018 - in early January that year there was a surge in "normal" flu hospitalisations.There were 5,000 admissions in the first week of Jan 2018, and 27 deaths. There was a story about an otherwise healthy 18 year old who died of pneumonia after catching flu. OK - I realise Covid-19 is far more serious than "normal" flu....but I can't remember much sustained coverage in the news at the time.
I guess some slight negative news is you haven’t been to the pub..still time I guess
Fishing work party at the lake tonight...been trimming bushes
LamieRobertson
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Fishing work party at the lake tonight...been trimming bushes
All for a bit of trimmed bush
LamieRobertson
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None testing positive in Adur for the last three days...only 14 in the whole of April
Numbers for the newly merged hospital trust covering BSUH, Southlands, Worthing and Chichester hospitals.
12 COVID patients in hospital this week, down from 19 last week. Zero in intensive care.
[Can’t easily find directly comparable data, but at peak on 12 January:
All 66 COVID intensive beds were occupied at BSUH and there were 925 COVID patients in hospital in all of Sussex].
12 COVID patients in hospital this week, down from 19 last week. Zero in intensive care.
[Can’t easily find directly comparable data, but at peak on 12 January:
All 66 COVID intensive beds were occupied at BSUH and there were 925 COVID patients in hospital in all of Sussex].
LamieRobertson
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LamieRobertson
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https://twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1382324594498011137?s=21
People aged over 80 receiving a single dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca COVID vaccine show equivalent antibody responses five weeks post vaccination. However, stronger cellular (T cell) responses were seen in people who had received the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
People aged over 80 receiving a single dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca COVID vaccine show equivalent antibody responses five weeks post vaccination. However, stronger cellular (T cell) responses were seen in people who had received the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.