At this stage, all the vaccine does is stop those of an advanced age with medical issues dying a horrible death. I'll take that.
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Breaking- National Cabinet agrees to fast track vaccine for over 50's.
National Cabinet agrees to fast-track COVID-19 vaccination for over 50s (msn.com)
National Cabinet agrees to reduce flights from India.
National Cabinet agrees to reduce flights from India due to spike in COVID-19 cases (msn.com)
And now, the " double mutant strain ". B.1.617. And you thought lock downs were over the top. Better over the top, than on the ventilator.
Exemptions for people leaving to Australia to visit high-risk countries will also be cut.
“We’ll be instructing the Australian Border Force to ensure only in very urgent circumstances would an exemption be permitted for someone to travel to a high-risk country,” Mr Morrison said.
India flights slashed amid worrying surge in coronavirus cases (thenewdaily.com.au)
Absolutely correct.Quote:
I recall when the various countries stopped using Astrazeneca due to blood clots developing post vaccination. In the immediate days after these announcements some of our Chief Health Officers responded but not as expected. They went on the public record saying that this was wrong and that the Astrazeneca vaccine actually reduced blood clots.
That is compared to getting COVID 19 of course.
The incidence of death from blood clots is much greater with COVID.
[bighmmm]
Regards PhilipA
49 passengers on India-Hong Kong flight test positive for COVID | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
From the seating chart it appears to have spread on the plane.
NB, Hong Kong has a 3 week hotel quarantine requirement.
All of the approved vaccines reduce the probability of getting infected by the virus and becoming ill by over 80% (real life data for Pfizer from the US says in the high nineties), and even if the vaccinated patient does get the disease the probability of becoming seriously ill or dying is reduced by very close to 100% for all the vaccines.
No vaccines are 100% effective, but the approved covid vaccines are among the most effective that have ever been made.
Because of the short time that the vaccines have existed, we have no evidence to show to what extent the vaccines reduce transmission, but experience with other vaccines says that it will be very greatly reduced even if the vaccinated patient does become infected (but is possibly without symptoms).
Similarly, because of the short time the vaccines have existed, we have no evidence as to how long immunity lasts. This depends mainly on the virus rather than the vaccine. Again, this knowledge will come with experience.
There is some evidence of the reduction of spread after vaccination of a population. See the Israel example. Pfizer vaccine reduces coronavirus infection among entire population, Israeli data su
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