The COVID-2019 Thread

[HermantheGerman]

There is ample reason.

There is a lack of trust in the Russians telling the truth about their vaccine efficacy. Lying through their teeth about their Covid and Covid death numbers didn't help.

In the case of Sinopharm, it's just the raw data.

My antibody count post-Pfizer was 1380.

My colleagues' counts post-Sinopharm were as low as 79.

According to our lab manager, Sinopharm has produced results even worse than that.

The UAE have been giving people a third dose to try and make it work.

It's fucking shit, and the Thais know it.

Thank you! Simple, short and truthful comment
You might want to add the shitty Indian vaccine to your list.

[Klondyke]

Real-world data shows vaccines kicking butt—including against scary variant

As we know well him, 'arry surely included all "real-world data", did not exclude any...

[harrybarracuda]

Thank you! Simple, short and truthful comment
You might want to add the shitty Indian vaccine to your list.

Since the Indians are making a lot of vaccines for other people, you'll have to narrow it down.

[lom]

you'll have to narrow it down

Blood clot, I think that is specific enough.

[harrybarracuda]

Blood clot, I think that is specific enough.

If that stops you getting a vaccine, you're an idiot. (Not you personally).

[strigils]

I took the chance with AZ and the only side effects seem to be the whinging of the EU and remainers is more noticeable.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

I took the chance with AZ and the only side effects seem to be the whinging of the EU and remainers is more noticeable.

^

[lom]

I took the chance with AZ and the only side effects seem to be the whinging of the EU and remainers is more noticeable.

Not that risky for you, you could barely get any dumber.

[strigils]

^ Yep, there's that noise again.

has anybody ever accused you of having a sense of humour Lom

[harrybarracuda]

The company behind a Danish COVID passport app says its rollout will cause a "domino effect" across Europe.
Netcompany is developing an app which will be ready for use in Denmark by May.


It will show whether a person has been vaccinated against COVID-19 as well as recent test results.
The firm's chief executive Andre Rogaczewski said international interest in the technology is "very high".

"We are talking to at least a dozen of countries, and most of them in Europe right now," he told Sky News.
The UK could be among them, although no details have been confirmed.

COVID-19: Danish vaccine passport app 'will cause domino effect' across Europe | World News | Sky News

[harrybarracuda]

(Reuters) -The U.S. drug regulator gave Moderna Inc clearance to speed up output of its COVID-19 vaccine by letting it fill a single vial with up to 15 doses, with the United States banking on rapid immunisation to stem the spread of the deadly virus.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also authorized vaccinators to extract a maximum of 11 doses from the current vials, instead of the ten previously permitted.

In a statement, Moderna said its vaccine can now can be supplied in vials containing 11 or 15 doses, and it expected to begin shipping 15-dose vials in coming weeks.

“Both of these revisions positively impact the supply of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, which will help provide more vaccine doses to communities and allow shots to get into arms more quickly,” Peter Marks, director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said.

However, the regulator also warned that without proper syringes and needles it may not be possible to extract more that 13 doses from Moderna’s 15 dose vials, and more than 10 doses from the current vials.

Moderna has supplied 100 million doses of its vaccine to the United States as of March 29. Pfizer/BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson’s shots are the other two vaccines approved in the country.

Moderna gets nod to speed up virus vaccine output with bigger vials | Reuters

[russellsimpson]

New CDC Estimates Suggest COVID-19 Is Deadlier Than the Agency Previously Thought


COVID-19 is deadlier than the CDC previously thought, especially among older Americans. According to the "best estimate" in the most recent version of the CDC's COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios, 9 percent of people 65 or older who are infected by the COVID-19 virus die from the disease. The estimated infection fatality rates (IFRs) for other age groups are much lower but still generally higher than the numbers the CDC was using prior to March 19.


The estimated IFR is 0.002 percent for people 17 or younger, 0.05 percent for 18-to-49-year-olds, and 0.6 percent for 50-to-64-year-olds. The CDC's prior estimates used somewhat different age groups, which makes direct comparisons tricky. But the estimated IFR for the oldest age group has risen dramatically, from 5.4 percent for 70+ to 9 percent for 65+.


The new estimates are also higher for the second-oldest group (0.6 percent for 50-to-64-year-olds now vs. 0.5 percent for 50-to-69-year-olds previously) and the second-youngest group (0.05 percent for 18-to-49-year-olds vs. 0.02 percent for 20-to-49-year-olds). The new estimate for the youngest age group is lower (0.002 percent for 17 or younger vs. 0.003 percent for 19 or younger), but that may reflect the lower cutoff
The CDC's earlier estimates were based on a July 2020 PLOS Medicine study that used data from Hubei, China, and six regions of Europe. The Chinese numbers were reported in January and February 2020, while the European numbers were reported in March and April 2020. The CDC's new estimates are based on a systematic review and meta-analysis published by the European Journal of Epidemiology in December. The meta-analysis was based on 27 studies covering 34 locations, including a dozen each in the United States and Europe.


The CDC's new numbers do not include an overall IFR for the United States, which a July update estimated was about 0.65 percent. That estimate presumably would be higher now.
How much higher? We can get a rough idea from the CDC's estimates of how many people have been infected in each state (except for North and South Dakota). Those estimates are based on antibody testing of blood drawn for diagnostic tests unrelated to COVID-19 from patients across the country. Although the patients in those samples are not necessarily representative of the general population, the prevalence numbers, combined with contemporaneous COVID-19 death counts, can be used to roughly estimate IFRs.


Dividing the U.S. death toll as of February 28 by the total estimated number of infections on that date (around 65 million) suggests a nationwide IFR in the neighborhood of 0.8 percent. But that average conceals a great deal of interstate variation. As of February 28, for example, the CDC estimated that 401,000 Connecticut residents had been infected by the coronavirus. The state's death toll at that point suggests that Connecticut's IFR was about 1.9 percent. In Utah, by contrast, the CDC estimated there were 874,000 infections at the end of February, which suggests an IFR of about 0.2 percent. The implied IFR is about 0.6 percent for Texas and California, about 0.8 percent for Florida, about 0.9 percent for Pennsylvania, and about 1.8 percent for New York.

New CDC Estimates Suggest COVID-19 Is Deadlier Than the Agency Previously Thought – Reason.com

[russellsimpson]

and,

DeSantis announces executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine 'passports' in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday announced an executive order prohibiting government entities in the state from issuing COVID-19 vaccine "passports" or "other standardized documentation for the purpose of certifying an individual's COVID-19 status to a third party." Vaccinations are private information, DeSantis argued, adding that he believes "vaccine passports reduce individual freedom and harm privacy." The order, effective immediately, also bans private businesses from requiring patrons to provide documentation certifying either COVID-19 vaccination or prior coronavirus infection. "It's completely unacceptable for either the government or the private sector to impose upon you the requirement that you show proof of vaccine to just simply participate in normal society," DeSantis said. He said Florida's legislature is working on making the ban permanent.

5 things you need to know now - DeSantis announces executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine 'passports' in Florida

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Vaccinations are private information, DeSantis argued
5 things you need to know now - DeSantis announces executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine 'passports' in Florida

No it's not.
Try going to school in Florida without your vaccine certificates Can you spell "Home schooled"?
When the US government requested my wife's vaccine certificate when she came to the US , That's what I said " Vaccinations are private information, "
They said they understood.....

[HermantheGerman]

I took the chance with AZ and the only side effects seem to be the whinging of the EU and remainers is more noticeable.

My condolences that you did not have a choice.

[HermantheGerman]

I guess when you have 126,826 deaths...a few more don't really matter. Go AZ !

[strigils]

My condolences that you did not have a choice.

My condolences most of your country doesn't even have the vaccine to give out. Are you filling in for your countryman Creepy Kraut whilst he's giving us a break

[HermantheGerman]

My condolences most of your country doesn't even have the vaccine to give out. Are you filling in for your countryman Creepy Kraut whilst he's giving us a break

Nope, just waiting for the guinea pigs to suck it up first.
Junkies are known to be desperate people

[harrybarracuda]

Oops

Buenos Aires: Argentine President Alberto Fernández says he had an initial positive test for COVID-19, despite having been vaccinated in January.

Fernández sent a tweet early on Saturday (Argentine time) saying he took a quick antigen test for the virus after feeling a headache and experiencing a fever of 37.3 degrees. He said he otherwise has light symptoms, is isolating and is “physically well”.

He said he is awaiting a confirmation of the result using a more rigorous PCR test.
The President, who turned 62 on Friday, received a dose of the Sputnik V vaccine on January 21 and a second dose a few days later.

Argentine President tests positive to COVID despite vaccination

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Oops



Argentine President tests positive to COVID despite vaccination

No one said that the vaccines are 100% affective at preventing infection. if that's the case then a number of vaccinated people per thousand will me infected.
It is the definition of less than 100%

[harrybarracuda]

No one said that the vaccines are 100% affective at preventing infection. if that's the case then a number of vaccinated people per thousand will me infected.
It is the definition of les than 100%

Not to mention that it's the first I've heard of the shots of a two-dose vaccine being given "a few days apart".

[OhOh]

he is awaiting a confirmation of the result using a more rigorous PCR test.

Well there's the reason, whose test did he take ....

"The Russian Gamaleya Institute that produced the vaccine tweeted that it wished the President a quick recovery, and said the vaccine has a 91.6 per cent rate of effectiveness against infection and 100 per cent against critical cases.

“If the infection is confirmed and occurred, the vaccination assures a rapid recovery without severe symptoms,” it said."

Argentine President tests positive to COVID despite vaccination

Severe storms in a teacup in Argentina and Philippine predicted by expert weather "forecasters" followed by light drizzle.

[harrybarracuda]

Anyone been out on the piss in Bangers?

Patrons of seven Bangkok pubs and bars – mainly in the Ekkamai and Thong Lor areas – have been advised to contact health officials after a coronavirus cluster was reported.
The Disease Control Department said on Friday 40 people in the seven venues had been infected with Covid-19 since March 25-27.
They included 21 cases found at Krystal in Thong Lor, eight at Beer House in Ekkamai, five altogether at Bla Bla Pub and Dollar Bangkok in Thong Lor, and three altogether at The Cassette Music Bar and Pub Dirty in Ekkamai. Another three were found at Baan Phahol Cafe and Bar in the Chatuchak area.
The department said a number of foreigners were among the new cases found at Beer House.

New worry over Bangkok pub clusters

[harrybarracuda]

Oops...

Bangkok bars may shut at 9pm amid ‘critical’ Covid situation

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Separately on Monday, Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said the Health Ministry will propose that all restaurants, bars and nightclubs in Bangkok and four surrounding provinces be closed daily at 9pm and those venues cannot sell alcoholic beverages. These proposals, which will be effective for two weeks, will be submitted to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s subcommittee on Wednesday.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration also plans to prioritise some of its vaccines for residents and workers in a district that’s popular for night-time entertainment, according to Governor Aswin Kwanmuang. So far, more than 240,000 vaccine doses have been administered in Thailand, with about 42,000 people fully vaccinated.

Bangkok bars may shut at 9pm amid ‘critical’ Covid situation

[taxexile]

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration also plans to prioritise some of its vaccines for residents and workers in a district that’s popular for night-time entertainment,

so mongers, mamasans and massage maids will get vaccinated before key workers, the elderly and the vulnerable.

unbelievable.