Corona Virus

More on the South African variant.
ATM this is only a potential concern;

Specifically, the variant found in South Africa has more mutations in its spike protein — which sticks out from the virus's surface and is used to invade human cells — than B.1.1.7 does, Lawrence Young, a virologist and professor of molecular oncology at Warwick University, told Reuters. Most available vaccines train the immune system to recognize this spike protein. If the spike protein accumulates too many mutations, it may become unrecognizable to the immune system, allowing the virus to avoid detection in the body; this is the potential concern with the new variant 501.V2, Young said.





COVID-19 vaccines may not work as well against South African variant, experts worry (msn.com)

America, the land of the more than slightly crazy. This report says by splitting the dose to two half doses, they open the door for more rapid mutations of the virus. Also, anti- maskers are causing havoc in shopping centres . America, they can have it.

Melbourne’s Burnet Institute chief executive Professor Brendan Crabb said the decision to split the vaccine would save lives but make it less effective.

But splitting the vaccine also created “perfect conditions” for the virus to mutate earlier than expected, which could put the effectiveness at risk, he said.
“Where you only partially vaccinate, you run the risk generating mutations that escape the vaccine,” Professor Crabb said.
“Once you generate a virus mutation all vaccines are less effective.”
Although there was “a lot riding on doing it properly” the sheer number of cases in the US and UK mean desperate measures were being considered to save lives, he said.
“I don’t think anyone could have imagined the numbers. There’s a person dying every 50 seconds in the UK and every 33 seconds in the US.”





Pfizer says 50 million Americans had COVID-19 but herd immunity way off (thenewdaily.com.au)

Principles of vaccines for the control of COVID-19

This video explains the important concepts that should inform decision making for vaccination programs in the Australian context, including vaccine efficacy, herd immunity, R0, timing and the key issues to consider for formulating vaccine policy in Australia.


Principles of vaccines programs for the control of COVID-19 - YouTube

Got to love the idea we do not need to follow the rulz. We would all love to do dozens of things we do not do at present. VIPs of course assume they can. I wonder what the fine is for this VIP in the NT? [biggrin]


"Northern Territory Police say they are investigating after a 33-year-old Victorian woman climbed a fence and escaped from a quarantine facility near Darwin on Tuesday night.
Dinner had just been delivered and we were all sitting out on our balconies eating dinner and a woman from one of the rooms came out with her bags, walked straight past all of us up to the fence at the end of the road, threw her bags over the fence and climbed up after them," Jason recalled.

He said everyone nearby was in "stunned disbelief" watching the woman's behaviour, but managed to call the authorities to alert them.

"When she walked out of here she wasn't wearing a mask," Jason said.

"Most people [in quarantine] think she's being really selfish, everybody here would prefer to be somewhere else but nobody has any intention of trying to break out."

The MCG has been named as a COVID infection site.

Man tests positive to COVID-19 after going to Boxing Day Test (msn.com)

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Originally Posted by bob10

The MCG has been named as a COVID infection site.

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Confusing?


Quote: "He is currently isolating and is not believed to have been infectious while at the Boxing Day Test or at Chadstone." Unquote.

Here's your answer....

Coronavirus Victoria: Errors plague state’s exposure site warning system

Coronavirus Victoria: Errors plague state’s exposure site warning system
Victorian authorities have again apologised after their frantic messages about exposure sites left some of the population confused.

Regards,
Tote

[QUOTE=350RRC;3054253]Well they're too busy with their two joys in life........ eating, L Amour and crapping.


& trespassing with Wilful intent thrown in..

DL

Poor buggers. Feel for the paramedics being told this in the States "Ambulance workers in coronavirus-hit Los Angeles told to stop transporting patients likely to die

"[bigsad][bigsad][bigsad]

I know we are constantly ripping into the seppos for their poor covid 19 control.......

but what about the poms?