Re: UK should be grateful
Originally Posted by
Solasch
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Novavac? Is that the vaccine that injects weakened viruses? If your natural resistance is low it gives you the disease! No thanks.
Novava
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Your understanding seems incredibly poor; you might like to look at how flu vaccines for example work to discover that (Shock! Horror!) they work by basically injecting a weakened (or innactivated) virus too.
Something like 7 billion of those are dished out every year but if you'd rather not it means there's an extra one available for somebody else that doesn't want to risk death.
Originally Posted by
Solasch
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Cases have been rising in Chile amid concerns that the country was too quick to release lockdown restrictions and worries about the possible impact of new variants of the disease.
This week, Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, said the case of Chile was “a good corrective” to the idea that a single vaccination programme can eliminate coronavirus quickly, as he warned that rapid success for the UK was not assured.
A degree of caution - especially just before restrictions are eased - is a sensible approach, isn't it?
It's good of you to point out our caution.
I will however remind you
again that our modernized AZ jab to tackle variants is due to be rolled-out this autumn.
I've seen nothing about similar updated vaccines from the other manufacturers.
Originally Posted by
Solasch
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Of particular concern in the UK is whether the South African variant becomes widespread as it is thought to be*partially resistant to the AstraZeneca vaccine, which accounts for about 58% of jabs administered in the UK.
Oh dear.
"South Africa variant can 'break through' Pfizer's vaccine"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-h...-travel-rules/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/william...h=2bf472f55888
Again: I will remind you that our modernized AZ jab specifically designed to tackle variants is due to be rolled-out this autumn and that I've seen nothing about similar updated vaccines from the other manufacturers.
I will politely suggest that you worry about you and yours together with the rest of the EU.
It is they that seem to be far more at risk.