Covid-19 Vaccinations

[Mups]

@Zaphod

Here you go Mups.

Is More Than One Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine Necessary?

Thanks Zaphod.

[OldGreyFox]

@galty

Got this on my facebook today.

The first data on the #COVID19 vaccine rollout suggests it is having an impact on stopping serious illness.
Data released by Public Health Scotland found that by the fourth week after the first dose of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines, the risk of being admitted to hospital reduced to 81%.
Meanwhile, Public Health England found that the risk of being admitted to hospital and dying was reduced by over 75% after the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Find out more
Covid vaccines - 'spectacular' impact on serious illness - BBC News — sharing a COVID-19 update.

So it’s got nothing to do with the lockdown or the fact that everyone has to wear a mask in the shops. And with the good weather there are more people getting outside, kids are not attending school and…Nursing homes and residential homes are harder to access than fort knox round here. I’m not saying the vaccine isn’t doing a good job of protecting people, but let’s not get too carried away…We all know what the BBC are like…

[OldGreyFox]

@Mups

True, and I can assure anyone that sure wasn’t all in my mind! I don’t think they would strap me to a trolley and rush me off for a CT scan and 2 x ECG’s if it were.

Incidentally, does anyone know why we have to have 2 jabs? We don’t have 2 Flu jabs, do we.

Morning Mups…
We have two jabs Mupsy because like fibreglass, one is the filler and second one is the hardener…

[Mups]

@OldGreyFox

Morning Mups…
We have two jabs Mupsy because like fibreglass, one is the filler and second one is the hardener…

Morning Foxy

Thanks for that.

[mart]

@OldGreyFox

So it’s got nothing to do with the lockdown or the fact that everyone has to wear a mask in the shops. And with the good weather there are more people getting outside, kids are not attending school and…Nursing homes and residential homes are harder to access than fort knox round here. I’m not saying the vaccine isn’t doing a good job of protecting people, but let’s not get too carried away…We all know what the BBC are like…

I’m pretty sure this is right for the present time. We won’t know how well the vaccine is working until we all start going out and mixing with others as much as we used to do.

[OldGreyFox]

@mart

I’m pretty sure this is right for the present time. We won’t know how well the vaccine is working until we all start going out and mixing with others as much as we used to do.

So hasn’t the lockdown worked this time round mart? And the reduction in deaths and infections is purely down to the vaccines?

[mart]

@OldGreyFox

So hasn’t the lockdown worked this time round mart? And the reduction in deaths and infections is purely down to the vaccines?

I perhaps didn’t put it well. I’m saying that I think it is the lockdown rather than the vaccine that is giving the present figure and that we won’t know how well the vaccine is working until we all go out again.

[JBR]

@Artangel

Mags, Sir Ian McKellen felt a sense of euphoria after his vaccination.

Did you know there’s cases of ‘vaccine envy’ too?

What? Mags AND Ian McKellen?

Why didn’t I feel any euphoria?

I’m a little annoyed now. I think I might go back and ask for another one as mine didn’t do that.

[OldGreyFox]

5 questions to ask your friends who plan to get the Covid vaccine

[Mags]

That’s a crafty way of getting money from you … have you paid them Bob? ;-)

We do things different in this country.

[Lindyloo]

@OldGreyFox

5 questions to ask your friends who plan to get the Covid vaccine – OffGuardian

Answers:

1. (a) Massive resources have been put towards creating a vaccine for Covid. (b) Massive numbers of scientists have worked separately and together to create a vaccine. (c) There has to be a first time for everything!

2. See a b and c above.

3. See c above

4. Yes!

Everything about the vaccine can be assessed on risk. How great is your risk? Are you going to risk NOT having the vaccine…I know the answer to that…and YOUR risk is lowered by others having the vaccine.

How would it be if we didn’t have a vaccine and the numbers of deaths just increased and increased…

That’s the alternative - assess that risk!

[OldGreyFox]

@Mags

That’s a crafty way of getting money from you … have you paid them Bob? ;-)

We do things different in this country.

Ha! Ha! Hell no Mags, what? a Yorkshireman giving money away…

[OldGreyFox]

@Lindyloo

Answers:

1. (a) Massive resources have been put towards creating a vaccine for Covid. (b) Massive numbers of scientists have worked separately and together to create a vaccine. (c) There has to be a first time for everything!

2. See a b and c above.

3. See c above

4. Yes!

Everything about the vaccine can be assessed on risk. How great is your risk? Are you going to risk NOT having the vaccine…I know the answer to that…and YOUR risk is lowered by others having the vaccine.

How would it be if we didn’t have a vaccine and the numbers of deaths just increased and increased…

That’s the alternative - assess that risk!

Why would I have the vaccine Lindy? I won’t be catching the virus…
Apparently my knowledge of how viruses spread will keep me safe…
I only posted the article for the sake of ‘Balance’ Lindy…Only a fool would blindly put something in their bodies that they know nothing about…Do you know what the side effects will be in say two years time?

[JBR]

@lindyloo

answers:

1. (a) massive resources have been put towards creating a vaccine for covid. (b) massive numbers of scientists have worked separately and together to create a vaccine. (c) there has to be a first time for everything!

2. See a b and c above.

3. See c above

4. Yes!

Everything about the vaccine can be assessed on risk. How great is your risk? Are you going to risk not having the vaccine…i know the answer to that…and your risk is lowered by others having the vaccine.

How would it be if we didn’t have a vaccine and the numbers of deaths just increased and increased…

That’s the alternative - assess that risk!

[JBR]

@OldGreyFox

Why would I have the vaccine Lindy? I won’t be catching the virus…
Apparently my knowledge of how viruses spread will keep me safe…
I only posted the article for the sake of ‘Balance’ Lindy…Only a fool would blindly put something in their bodies that they know nothing about…Do you know what the side effects will be in say two years time?

I think I’ll risk it!

[Zuleika]

@JBR

I think I’ll risk it!

What makes you say that JBR? I’m not a risk taker . Are you, generally speaking?

[JBR]

@Zuleika

What makes you say that JBR? I’m not a risk taker . Are you, generally speaking?

I was being funny! I don’t see it as a risk.

[Bruce]

I wonder if they will put out a flu vaccine this year?

It normally comes out in April but all you foreigners with your nasty diseases are still banned from entering this land of milk and honey and all returning residents still under going a fortnight’s quarantine I wonder what are the chances of anybody catching flu this winter?

[Lindyloo]

@OldGreyFox

Why would I have the vaccine Lindy? I won’t be catching the virus…
Apparently my knowledge of how viruses spread will keep me safe…
I only posted the article for the sake of ‘Balance’ Lindy…Only a fool would blindly put something in their bodies that they know nothing about…Do you know what the side effects will be in say two years time?

I’m not a scientist - are you?
These are the vaccinations I’ve had as a child:
Six x smallpox
Four x Yellowfever
Two x Cholera
Two x TAB

In addition - 28 x 2 Rabies antidote injections; 2 anti-malarial tablets per day x nearly 10 years!

As an adult I’ve had many other vaccinations.

I guess I just don’t worship my body as much as you - but I do value my life!

[Twink55]

@Lindyloo

I’m not a scientist - are you?
These are the vaccinations I’ve had as a child:
Six x smallpox
Four x Yellowfever
Two x Cholera
Two x TAB

In addition - 28 x 2 Rabies antidote injections; 2 anti-malarial tablets per day x nearly 10 years!

As an adult I’ve had many other vaccinations.

I guess I just don’t worship my body as much as you - but I do value my life!

Well said Lindyloo!
I think that around 20 million have now had the vaccination in the UK but, unless everybody does, we will not be free from the dangers of this virus.
There will always be a few who cannot have it, but in the event of any of them catching the virus, there will be more places in hospitals where they can get the best care.
Most of us had the jab to give ourselves a better chance, should we catch Covid, but the vaccine is the first step towards beating Covid! It wont stop us catching the virus, but having antibodies already in our immune system, it will make it easier to recover.

I never had my TB jab, because I didn’t want a jab, so I didn’t take the letter from school to my parents! How stupid was I? If TB does come back and I catch it, then it will be my own fault… I wonder how many people will accept responsibility if they catch Covid!