Covid19 Part XIX-25,802 in ROI (1,753 deaths) 5,859 in NI (556 deaths) (21/07)Read OP

If I could take one of the vaccines in trials rn from Oxford or Moderna I would. Regular flu vaccine side effects.

tom1ie wrote: »

Be honest though. Will you be offering up your arm for the first batch of shots?
I know it doesn’t work like that and thered be certain demographics offered the vaccine first, but if you were one of the first to be offered this vaccine would you take it?

Still not sure myself, but probably. I certainly won’t be offered it first but I am very interested to see how this will play out.

When we were climbing up the wave, with 300+ cases per day, it dawned on me that there was never gonna be a watershed day when we all wake up and they say “you’re grand, back to normal life, covid is gone” until we get a vaccine.

But, even when/if there is a vaccine, there still won’t be that day. Maybe there’ll be a time when they announce herd immunity has been reached via vaccine/infection. Who knows? I do wonder how previous flu pandemics “ended”, like the ‘58 and ‘68 pandemics. I know we didn’t shut down for those and there were vaccines produced, but at what point will most just feel comfortable about going about their everyday pre-covid lives again? Even with Swine flu they produced a vaccine very quickly, but I didn’t get it and there was no talk of the entire population needing it.

Personally I’m getting far more comfortable about most things, but it hits home when I’m second guessing seeing parents and parents-in-law.

Suppose could use social media to make and shame

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

The thing about doing a test when you arrive, if you picked up an infection while flying, it wont show up positive on arrival.

Also it takes about 3-5 days after exposure to show a positive result. So someone getting a test could’ve been exposed to the virus 2 days prior and still test negative.

fr336 wrote: »

Thanks kermit

Wait wait wait let me do it better.


Texas reporting record 8258 cases and a record 7890 total hospitalizations.



This is clearly getting very much out of control. The flights into Ireland from Texas daily are going to make this explode very quickly. We need to strap ourselves in, lock ourselves inside and most important - SHUT THE PUBS. People can live without alcohol now, we need to stop the pubs before the Texans arrive here in their 1000s. This is really escalating.




Better?

Isn't that Texas governor the one that basically said old people don't mind dying for the cause?

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Both

Why are you afraid of the vaccine? Genuine question

s1ippy wrote: »

Fair play to North Korea, still no cases :pac:
https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/coronavirus-kim-jong-un-tells-officials-to-stay-alert-1.4295328

Incredible that the dear leaders in Turkmenistan and North Korea have managed to keep this out

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Incredible that the dear leaders in Turkmenistan and North Korea have managed to keep this out

Kim has been testing everyone coming in personally

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The Oxford vaccine and many others are tried and tested technologies, I wouldn't be concerned in the slightest tbh

Come back to me in a year then you can say tried and tested - a rushed vaccine that is literally weeks in to trials
The method to create the vaccine may be safe - the vaccine itself is an unknown and that is why trials are done to make sure it is safe but a few weeks in is not a 100% guarantee it will not have side effects.

s1ippy wrote: »

Unfortunately he got confused about the "temperature gun".

Brilliant

fritzelly wrote: »

Come back to me in a year then you can say tried and tested - a rushed vaccine that is literally weeks in to trials
The method to create the vaccine may be safe - the vaccine itself is an unknown and that is why trials are done to make sure it is safe but a few weeks in is not a 100% guarantee it will not have side effects.

The Oxford vaccine was in production way before the pandemic started. They've been in production since January, a full month before the pandemic was declared.