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he prefers the oxford vaccine
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Dr Teck Khong

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Some mRNA vaccines encode not only the targeted protein antigen to elicit an immune response but also produce their own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Unknown possible risks of mRNA vaccines include type-1 interferon responses leading to inflammation and autoimmune conditions.

By contrast, the Oxford vaccine utilises a genetically re-programmed DNA adenovirus, one that produces only common cold symptoms, to express the coronavirus spike protein on the surface of itself.

Then the adenovirus modified not to replicate nor become infectious is injected as a vaccine to develop antibodies and immunological memory to fight the coronavirus with less risk of generating type-1 interferon response and autoimmunity as there is no mRNA lurking in our bodies.
 
Wow, 595 deaths of people who had a positive COVID test within the last 28 days. Can’t wait for this vaccine. Even though the BBC are majoring on ‘is it safe?’ alongside ‘you shouldn’t be allowed to queue jump by paying for it’. The latter hadn’t occurred to me. I’m pretty sure Pfizer will only be selling it direct to governments, so if it gets into the private chain there will be some corruption involved.
 
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sb_73 said:
Wow, 595 deaths of people who had a positive COVID test within the last 28 days. Can’t wait for this vaccine. Even though the BBC are majoring on ‘is it safe?’ alongside ‘you shouldn’t be allowed to queue jump by paying for it’. The latter hadn’t occurred to me. I’m pretty sure Pfizer will only be selling it direct to governments, so if it gets into the private chain there will be some corruption involved.
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I really hope the army are involved as much as possible with logistics etc.
They won't **** it up.
 
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I really hope the army are involved as much as possible with logistics etc.
They won't **** it up.
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I’ve been reading about the storage and distribution. The manufacturers will be packing it in refrigerated boxes with between 1 and 5 thousand doses in the box. As long as the boxes are not opened too often, and are only briefly kept open, all is fine. It is usable for 48 hours stored in normal fridge temperatures (2 to 8C) as it defrosts, but will only be effective for a few hours at room temprature. Should be manageable, but I would have more confidence in a military style distribution, and semi centralised vaccinations, than the complexity of getting relatively small numbers of doses to lots of different GP practices.
 
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The nursery where my partner works has just had its first confirmed positive covid test.
A member of staff.

We're now a tad worried.
 
We're just over half way through our current lockdown and things were going in the right direction, daily cases declining, hospital admissions stable, spare capacity in icu...... however the last 3 days have seen sharp increases in daily cases from a low of 230 on 10th November to 482 yesterday and no real reason why....... those in charge are getting a tad concerned and have told those hoping to travel home to Ireland at Christmas not to make any travel arrangements yet much to the annoyance of a few twitter users, they obviously don't realise there's a pandemic happening......
 
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rangercol said:
The nursery where my partner works has just had its first confirmed positive covid test.
A member of staff.

We're now a tad worried.
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Depends on how they divide into 'bubbles'. My grandson is off school till Thursday due to a boy in his class testing positive, he's fine at present and no other reports of cases. I'm surprised there are so few school cases...
 
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Depends on how they divide into 'bubbles'. My grandson is off school till Thursday due to a boy in his class testing positive, he's fine at present and no other reports of cases. I'm surprised there are so few school cases...
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Yes, it's not in her bubble.
Although, the kids all use the same toilets and all members of staff tend to pass each other occasionally. It's simply impossible to completely isolate all the bubbles in a nursery.

We're just hoping it's a single case.
 
Stroller said:
I'm using the reported Covid-related delays to cancer procedures and other treatments as a tenuous excuse for me to share my health issues on this thread - maybe we should have a personal heath thread for this kind of thing?

Following my colonoscopy last Monday, I got the results today and it turns out that one of the polyps that they removed was cancerous. I am now having a CT scan on Friday to see if the cancer had spread and have a follow-up meeting with a Colorectal Specialist next Tuesday.

First-class treatment at high speed.
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Thanks for the PM, mate. Thinking of you.
 
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Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more

By Flora Carmichael
BBC Reality Check

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News of a vaccine which prevented 90% of people from getting Covid-19 in clinical trials led to a surge of anti-vaccine rumours on social media.

We've looked into some of the most widely shared false claims: about alleged plots to put microchips into people, the supposed re-engineering of our genetic code, and about safety.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/54893437
 
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