The Vaccine Thread

beorhthelm said:

nah, much better to just restrict them, no travel, access to social events, etc., see how long until they get one. the few nutters left are best left to stew in their hovels.

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Rugrat said:

I suspect you'll know this. Given the really small numbers of infections in both groups not only do I wonder about the statistical reliability (but that can swing either way) but also the different behaviours of those in the tests.

Not much point giving a vaccine to someone who is going to self isolate, so is there any reference you know of to how these people go on to behave? In my world I'd tell them all to ignore the basic covid avoidance measures, but that seems a bit extreme and unreasonable

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beorhthelm said:

thats one reason why they give half the trail participants a placebo, to account for behaviours. the trial protocol is to test until you have target number of infections reported, then compare how many are in the group receiving the treatment and the group not. so behaviour changes affect the length of the trail not the validity of outcome. they'll have vetted those on the trail to bias away from those isolating and to those likely to lead normal lives (a lot of medical staff and keyworkers).

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nicko31 said:

So Oxford Vaccine is 70% effective, 90% if the dosage is tweeked. Much cheaper and easier to roll out than the other vaccines, and great solution for the developing world as well

This is pretty good news isn't it?

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beorhthelm said:

nah, much better to just restrict them, no travel, access to social events, etc., see how long until they get one. the few nutters left are best left to stew in their hovels.

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darkwolf666 said:

I dare you to post something positive... Go on, you know you can!

Seriously though, maybe I should ignore it, but it is difficult when you see some of the stuff that is being trotted out, on social media, some of the newspapers, etc., as I have explained elsewhere my wife, who is extremely vulnerable, and will probably be one of the first offered the vaccine, is now not sure she wants to have it, as she has read some of the shit that gets put on Facebook.

While it is great questioning things and keeping an open mind, your posts do tend to be on the negative side of things - I'm guessing you would say that's to give balance, but it's not balanced if it's only from one side.

I like to keep an open mind about things, and do question when I feel the need, equally I put trust in people, the person who builds the plane I fly in, the manufacturer of the car I drive, the people who make the food I eat - and yes, the people who design and manufacture the drugs that are taken daily!

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sparkie said:

Facebook is a virus. It would be wise to turn it off and inoculate yourself against its poison.

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e77 said:

I don't agree with mandatory vaccines but good luck trying to go on holiday abroad (bearing in mind freedom of movement round Europe ends on January 1st as well) without one.

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Kinky Gerbils said:

https://www.wired.com/story/the-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-data-isnt-up-to-snuff/

Not so good news.

Seems to be some errors around the dosage as well

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sparkie said:

Grim reading. I hope they haven't bodged the trial to get the headline

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sparkie said:

Grim reading. I hope they haven't bodged the trial to get the headline

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middletoenail said:

It's written by Hilda Bastian, no formal medical qualifications, a self styled activist for 'the wired' lol

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sparkie said:

So it's a hit job and nothing to be concerned about ?

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middletoenail said:

It's written by Hilda Bastian, no formal medical qualifications, a self styled activist for 'the wired' lol

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Kinky Gerbils said:

Fauci has raised concerns as well, an activist as well?

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