It depends which journals you read on the effectiveness over time. I was toying with posting a couple of them, but they were seriously heavy going, and once I'd teased the meat off the bones, it basically said they still were not sure how effective it was at any given time period after the shot, or when the optimum time for the second shot is. Quite a few are suggesting that the first dose is effective enough to leave it at that, and use the second shot to inject a wider number of people.
Had a few beers last night at mine with mates. Was supposed to be 6 of us. Three have already had it, me been one of them, the other three have all just tested positive And having to isolate. All three feel a bit washed out and nothing more Same as the other three were. pretty sure this means alcoholics are more likely to fight off the virus
If over 70's including vulnerable groups it's something akin to 99% protected of those most at risk of dieing, it looks like the Oxford vaccine will get the nod in this next week so it should be a case of how quickly it can be both made and circulated to those that want the jab, if correctly organized and that's the big if you would hope a massive vaccine program could be rolled out for January and February, after that theres no legitimate reason for everything to return immediately but i hold my breath for that. I thought it was only 500,000 vaccinated so far ? City Man @ Flu as literally totally disappeared across the world so far this season
It's over 500,000 vaccinated, but I'm assuming (or asking) that those that have tested positive will have acquired at least some immunity, or will be protected from the worst excesses of the effects.
The conspiracy types reckon it's a Cull. They think people are as bad, as evil as that? ****ing Drama Queens. Go watch your ****ing David Icke videos and look up to the stars at night. To the mass alien invasion that's happening right now all over the world. Most people are good. They look out for each other and that will never change. Just saying EDAGD....
Different vaccines have different effectiveness after single doses https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55410349
I wouldn't believe anything associated with that ****, but you're saying pretty much what I was saying in my reply above.
Don’t think I’ve seen it mentioned once on here At the risk of doing a Chazz, I had it at half term back in October. Had a continuous cough for two days, then a few days of headaches and then after that, I lost my sense of smell for a couple of days. I’ve had worse in the past but appreciate it affects us all differently (I’m in my 20s which probably helps) and not suggesting anybody start downplaying its seriousness.
Pffft. I died from it...twice, but I got better. I still went to work, and nobody would have noticed any difference.
What that article does not mention is that the immune system has one response to an "invader" it sees once, and a different one to an "invader" it encounters multiple times. The immune response for multiple "attacks" is stronger, but (more importantly) much longer lived, which is why almost all vaccines have two initial doses and a later "booster jab" to give continued protection for years. As vaccines are produced from cell culture and need to be sterile, they are slow to manufacture and that will be the limiting step for a full roll out. If the body's immunity is lost before the second shot, you are going to have to give two more shots to give full (or as good as that vaccine gets) protection. Now you could give everyone one shot and then conduct a blood test (on everyone) before the delayed second shot to see what level of antibody they retained in their blood and if they could get away with only a second shot, but I don't think that's practical. All the above is general to immunisation and may vary for specific covid strains.
