Thread: Expat residents and vaccination

Originally Posted by Latindancer

I can't believe this, but I just sent you a green !

Get fucked as well.

Anger, angst, sheer vindictiveness, and old trembling fingers can cause that.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'll be having an antibody test next week to see how effective the Pfizer has been.

Given that to date there is still no reliable antibody test currently worth the effort I rather think you are, somewhat typically, talking out of your arse.

Originally Posted by OhOh

There are a number of respectful posters here on TD which make it worthwhile to visit and post.

There are of course the uneducated posters who, as in many sites, believe a constant repletion of their opinions makes them real buddies with their entourage. They prefer the gang culture as opposed to the leader culture.

C'est la vie.

Not only denying your biased Chinese confabulation and the support you think you have on here, but also claiming to be a leader now?
How very odd for one whose opinions are so often ridiculed. You do seem to be the one slavish following a discredited country that hides behind such leadership that censors anything contrary. That would give most normal folk massive concerns, but not you it seems.
The Chinese are not well known for their probity.

Originally Posted by Switch

How very odd for one whose opinions are so often ridiculed

And by such highly praised posters.

I am rightly honoured at last.

Another win/win it seems.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

A reading of 0.8

I presume a reading of less than 1.001 is a warning of imminent death, <1 month, from the Kent/African/.... variant/mutation/.....

Originally Posted by OhOh

I presume a reading of less than 1.001 is a warning of imminent death, <1 month, from the Kent/African/.... variant/mutation/.....

Do you HooHoo?

Are we supposed to care what you presume given that it's usually wrong?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It's not a very big gang.

The grinders size is irrelevant, their results are all that matter.

You're into grinding eh Hoohoo?

Oooooooooooo Kkkkkkkkkk.

I'll go with a grindr vaccine

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

P.P.S. The results should be back tomorrow. A reading of 0.8 is considered adequate for SARS-COV2 antibodies.

ELISA? You part of a clinical trial?

Originally Posted by nidhogg

ELISA? You part of a clinical trial?

Not officially but I have free access to tests if I want them.

Since I've had the vaccine and three weeks has passed, I thought I might as well give it a shot.

It seems I have a lot more than I need.

I wonder if I can sell them on eBay?

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

I'd take the Johnson & Johnson. Single shot and easily stored in conventional referidgeration.

Also, The AZ Oxford is unreliable for older folks.

Also, it's part British owned and I wouldn't give them fuckers the fluff out off my navel.

You do realise that Oxford are also largely responsible for controlling malaria in Thailand for the past few decades. Where are the Chinese, or the Thais for that matter, in dealing with such issues in Asia?

One of my colleagues has had the chinky shit, so I have told him to go and get the test so we can compare numbers.

^ Bravery. Taking that is as brave as flying in the new Comac C919.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

One of my colleagues has had the chinky shit, so I have told him to go and get the test so we can compare numbers.

You may be in for a surprise..
The Chinese are in general very good at medicine

Originally Posted by lom

You may be in for a surprise..
The Chinese are in general very good at medicine

Who knows but I won't lie.

The chinkies are claiming it's 72% efficacy, so there should be a correspondingly lower number.

We shall see.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Granted, there is no point you going for an IgG test as you haven't been vaccinated, have you?

You ridiculous old fucker.




P.S. My appointment is in one hour

P.P.S. The results should be back tomorrow. A reading of 0.8 is considered adequate for SARS-COV2 antibodies.

The readings are not conclusive and no-one of any merit credits the current testing regimes as anywhere near foolproof. Presumably you are in some wog place, yes?

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

The readings are not conclusive and no-one of any merit credits the current testing regimes as anywhere near foolproof. Presumably you are in some wog place, yes?

The "readings"?

It's not tea leaves you cretinous slob, it's a blood sample analysed on some very expensive lab equipment.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

The readings are not conclusive and no-one of any merit credits the current testing regimes as anywhere near foolproof. Presumably you are in some wog place, yes?

This discussion is not about testing you buffoon. It about vaccines.
The % effective is based on trial results. For the Germans to suggest it might be less effective in older people is simple scare mingering. Astra Zeneca has already confirmed that the sample size for their vaccine had fewer older test subjects than other groups in their trials.
Once again you are demonstrating confirmation bias and trying to undermine the British connection out of nothing more than personal hatred, and some boneheaded backstabbing for similar, vindictive reasons.
Your facts are plucked from the same ether as your Brexit vitriol, so you don’t have much, if any, credibility on this subject.
All vaccine manufacturers are currently examining the effects of vaccines delivered so far. Try not to jump to conclusions based on your flawed opinions and personal hatred.
Wanker.

Originally Posted by Switch

Astra Zeneca has already confirmed that the sample size for their vaccine had fewer older test subjects than other groups in their trials

Their test group were between 18-55 years old and the efficacy of the AZ vaccine is averaged over that group, for the 55-65 years old it is extrapolated.
It is more than strange that they had so few elderly participants, it must either be that they have not understood what the most vulnerable age group is or their figures for that group are really bad.

Originally Posted by Switch

This discussion is not about testing you buffoon. It about vaccines.

Actually it is about testing, specifically testing the antibody count post-vaccination.

While some antibody tests - the ones that are checking yes/no - can have unreliable results, the right ELISA test is designed to to assess the actual level of antibodies.

There is still no peer-reviewed data showing that a particular antibody count grants immunity, but the general assumption is the higher, the better. There's also no data on whether the count is going to be the same for any two individuals.

Of course if I now get Covid by dint of being in the 5%, and I'm asymptomatic by dint of being vaccinated, they are never going to know that the vaccine didn't stop me getting infected but stopped me being symptomatic.

I'll post the chinky result when I hear it. And we now have people getting the AZ vaccine, too, so if I find someone's had two of those, I'll send them to get tested as well. Luckily it's free and on demand for all of us courtesy of our employer.

P.S. He's still a buffoon though.

Originally Posted by lom

Their test group were between 18-55 years old and the efficacy of the AZ vaccine is averaged over that group, for the 55-65 years old it is extrapolated.
It is more than strange that they had so few elderly participants, it must either be that they have not understood what the most vulnerable age group is or their figures for that group are really bad.

Did you see the study (not yet peer reviewed mind you) that said AZ is better when the jabs are 12 weeks apart? Apparently they may have misinterpreted that small sample of data that gave a 90% immunity when the first dose was halved....

^ Yes I saw it.
They have to make a decision about what time there should be between jabs and announce that to their customers.