Vaccine Progress

[Captain Z]

Can't believe none of the rags went with 'Taking Our Jabs' re: the EU story tonight.

[Uncle TechTip]

Next week.

[poo]

UK Gov - horrible incompetant cunts
EU - horrible incomptentant cunts

[idunnosomename]

I want this new one

[JamesTC]

You get a miniature England flag with the English one.

[jobotic]

I want this new one

So do I, sounds well good.

[JesusAndYourBush]

Can't believe none of the rags went with 'Taking Our Jabs' re: the EU story tonight.

Surely the vaccines have been ordered upfront.  Months ago when the first vaccines were revealed, the news story usually ended with "The UK has ordered x million vaccines."
So if various EU countries have also ordered x million vaccines then there shouldn't be a problem with another country "getting our vaccines".  If everyone has put their orders in already, just follow the rules and deliver what everyone ordered.

[MojoJojo]

Surely the vaccines have been ordered upfront.  Months ago when the first vaccines were revealed, the news story usually ended with "The UK has ordered x million vaccines."
So if various EU countries have also ordered x million vaccines then there shouldn't be a problem with another country "getting our vaccines".  If everyone has put their orders in already, just follow the rules and deliver what everyone ordered.

I've not looked into it in detail, but from what I understand there are production problems with the vaccine in Europe, which is the cause of the shortfall. In the UK vaccine production is going fine (AstraZeneca says this is because the UK placed it's order earlier so they've had more time to get it going). EU says the contract they've signed means they should be getting some of the UK produced vaccine. AZ says no because of their contract with the UK.

Tbh, it doesn't sound like the EU has much of a case - if nothing else shipping vaccines from the UK to Europe isn't a simple matter. But then I've only heard from UK sources on this.

[shh]

Where Hungary leads, the EU follows...

https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-germany-open-to-chinese-and-russian-vaccines-amid-delays/a-56396510

[Buelligan]

Once more, the free market shows itself to be the most efficient way of solving humanity's problems

[idunnosomename]

Fancy the Sputnik one now

[JamesTC]

Feel like shit, just want a Russian to pump me with their sputnik.

[idunnosomename]

told you this Oxford one was a load of bobbins. they probably just jerked off into a big bat of saline for the bants

[Cuellar]

Yeah not arsed about getting the Oxford one now. No doubt the South Africa variant will soon become the dominant one so we're all fucked anyway. Total lockdown until 2022.

[JamesTC]

Like how it was ineffective in over-65s until it turns out it was effective?

[Cuellar]

Yeah, like that, except where the drug makers themselves say 'yes it doesn't work well at all, we'll need to tweak it and we won't have it ready before Autumn'

and

'This means we'll probably have to abandon the idea of herd immunity through vaccination'

[JamesTC]

A new study, not yet peer reviewed, involved about 2,000 people who were on average 31 years old.

But Prof Sarah Gilbert, Oxford lead vaccine developer, said vaccines should still protect against severe disease.

She said developers were likely to have a modified Oxford jab by the autumn to combat the South Africa variant.

Link

So it will still protect you from severe disease.

[Cuellar]

Seems to be sufficiently shit that South Africa itself has stopped using it, though.

[JamesTC]

They have paused the rollout which is a bit different.

[Cuellar]

No, it's completely useless. Smash up the supplies we have, like prohibitionists. Empty them into the sewers and wait for death.

[Blue Jam]

told you this Oxford one was a load of bobbins. they probably just jerked off into a big bat of saline for the bants

Bit sinophobic there mate

[Ferris]

Smash up the supplies we have, like prohibitionists. Empty them into the sewers and wait for death.

Finally someone speaking sense.

[jobotic]

Galveston, oh Galveston!

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is effective against the coronavirus variant that emerged from South Africa, according to a new study. The PA Media report goes on:

In a study of 20 vaccine recipients, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston, America, found that the vaccine neutralises the virus with the N501Y and E484K mutations ...

In the UTMB study published today, after testing the sera samples - obtained from blood - authors found evidence that the mutant viruses were neutralised - destroyed by the sera panel.

However, there was variation as neutralisation against the E484K mutation was slightly lower than neutralisation against the N501Y mutation, according to the study published in Nature Medicine.

New strains of the virus that appeared in the UK and South Africa share the same N501Y mutation.

A separate South African strain has an E484K mutation, but a number of cases have also been detected in the UK causing concern.

These mutations are located in the viral spike protein, and could potentially increase the affinity of the viral spike for the ACE2 receptor to which SARS-CoV-2 is known to bind.

Researchers say the N501Y mutation also seems to expand the range of hosts the virus can infect to include mice.

Two days after my dad had a dose of the stupid useless Oxford one.

[BlodwynPig]

Galveston, oh Galveston!

Two days after my dad had a dose of the stupid useless Oxford one.

He's going to have to cancel that Safari now.

[JamesTC]

The vaccine turns you gay!

Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote on his Telegram social-media platform: "Don't go near those who have had the COVID vaccine. They have become homosexuals."

The radical Islamist has nearly 210,000 followers on his Telegram account.

He doesn't say whether it is all the vaccines or just Pfizer. I don't think his study has been peer reviewed so obviously take it with a pinch of salt but it makes you think.

[SpiderChrist]

The vaccine turns you gay!

He doesn't say whether it is all the vaccines or just Pfizer. I don't think his study has been peer reviewed so obviously take it with a pinch of salt but it makes you think.

Makes me think of cock. With a pinch of salt on the end.

[idunnosomename]

Bit sinophobic there mate

your honour, please look at your keyboard!!!!!!!!! i am innocent.

[flotemysost]

The vaccine turns you gay!

He doesn't say whether it is all the vaccines or just Pfizer. I don't think his study has been peer reviewed so obviously take it with a pinch of salt but it makes you think.

Maybe he means one of the forthcoming ones. Johnson & Johnson = two Johnsons, again, makes you think.

Would genuinely love it if my very conservative great uncle, who had the Pfizer jab in December, came out aged 90.

[Gulftastic]

Just had my first dose. My arm's not burst yet.

[Cuellar]

And how gay are you feeling?