Off Topic Covid 19 restrictions have done one

The worm has turned.

 

Oink Oink....

 

Britain’s health chief says a new study showing that a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks supports the government’s strategy of delaying the second shot so more doses can be delivered to more people.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s comments came after Oxford released a study showing the vaccine cut transmission of the virus by two-thirds and prevented severe disease. The study has not been peer-reviewed yet, but it was greeted with excitement by U.K. officials under pressure to justify their decision to delay the second dose.

“That reduction in transmission, as well as the fact there is no hospitalizations, the combination of that is very good news. And it categorically supports the strategy we’ve been taking on having a 12-week gap between the doses,” Hancock told Sky News on Wednesday.

https://nypost.com/2021/02/03/astra...ly-cuts-transmission-of-covid-19-study-finds/

 

If an individual is taking all sensible precautions, and keeping social contacts to a minimum, showing no symptoms themselves and nobody in their immediate circle or even in the extended circle is showing symptoms or testing positive, is it reasonable to assume they themselves are negative?

If so, what would be the advantage to them or society in them having a test that at best could only show that they were clear of the virus at that specific point in time?

I get that it could limit the spread if they had somehow picked up the virus despite all of those measures, but if they are taking pretty much full precautions already, I don't see that would change much anyway.

 

Hull has gone back up the covid league but at the same time cases have dropped to 174 per 100,000, the East Riding is even better though the fact we wont be going back to tiers still good to know the levels of infection in the community are sharply declining as we head towards spring.

 

No, because about 20-30% of people with the virus are asymptomatic (numbers vary between studies).

Society gets to find out if the numbers of asymptomatic infections are up or down and you get to know if you are yourself a carrier of the virus.

Sensible or full precautions? Taking sensible precautions is a middle ground approach in the circumstances you describe above to be able to have some degree of freedom to earn a living and shop and exercise. Full precautions are staying at home and not interacting with anyone, and limiting interactions with other members of your household wherever possible. Which is what people who are virus carriers need to do.

 

Surely, if an individual was an asymptomatic spreader, they would become aware of people that they had spent time with contracting the virus, especially after all this time, and if they are careful who they mix with?

By sensible precautions, I'm pretty much referring to what you describe as 'full'.

 

From 9.37 am on the coming Saturday pubs should be open for people who have had the jab.
Well, 3 days from Saturday as the advice is not to have alcohol for a few days either side of the jab.

 

Not if everyone they infected were asymptomatic, untested and still alive OR they infected someone randomly they didn't know (e.g. passing too close to on the street or in a line-up in a supermarket etc, even if wearing a mask) who passed on the infection to others not in their circle.

 

Rather extreme in itself, especially if nobody in the wider circle is found positive, but all of that applies the minute you walk out of the test centre, never mind the journey in to it.

 

Wow these dialogues above must be what the inner sanctums of SAGE must be like

or an episode of Last of the Summer Whine...

 

Has someone been jabbed?

 

Not yet. Perceptions and thoughts on the subject will be different from 9.37am on Saturday.

 

I 'Like' x10

 

Good to see there are still fans of episodes of Jackanory adding value to debate.

 

did you hear what her nickname was at college?
Seaweed....not even the tide would take her out

 

I can't understand why everyone compares Nicola Sturgeon to The Krankie's to be honest.










Bit harsh on poor Janette if the truth be told.

 

If anyone actually wants to hear the science behind things to do with the vaccine and Covid in general I have been watching this channel as he breaks it down quite nicely

Dr. John Campbell - YouTube

 

I've also found his videos informative and well balanced, although when I have posted them in the past, some people were not as impressed, although they were not at all specific as to why.