Covid 19 Part XXVIII- 71,942 ROI(2,050 deaths) 51,824 NI (983 deaths) (28/11) Read OP

Lol I knew when I came on here people would be shooting there load over the Pfizer announcement while welcome theres still a long way to go before one needle goes into an arm.

https://www.newsweek.com/covid-vaccine-pfizer-scientists-cautious-questions-1546018

Scientists say Pfizer's announcement that its coronavirus vaccine is over 90 percent effective should be treated with caution. The news was announced via a press release and no data has been made available to substantiate the company's claims, raising questions about how effective it might actually be among the wider public.

Shin

https://twitter.com/higginsdavidw/status/1325853048854487043?s=20

seamus wrote: »

In general?
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No, I get the general idea - apologies for being unclear, and thanks for the detailed explanation.



I was hoping for more info on numbers like this, and how they were drawing their conclusions therefrom.

"The interim analysis looks at how many of those who got infected with Covid-19 had had the new vaccine and how many had the placebo. So far, 94 people have become infected with Covid-19 – this is three times more than the company originally planned, but since the analysis shows that 90% had not received the vaccine, it implies that no more than eight people had received it."

Great to see numbers down . Level 5 till December and fingers crossed we can see level two for at least a month.

Dublin......what the hell????

shinzon wrote: »

Lol I knew when I came on here people would be shooting there load over the Pfizer announcement while welcome there still a long way to go before one needle goes into an arm.

https://www.newsweek.com/covid-vaccine-pfizer-scientists-cautious-questions-1546018



Shin

Ah give it a rest will you, its positive news for once but everyone needs to continue to follow the advice

Pfizer mentioned it in their press release, full data to follow estimated next week in terms of safety and initial effencicy data then it'll be published and peer reviewed along with submission to the various regulatory bodies

Not a time for celebration - nice cheery note from CMO.

is_that_so wrote: »

Not a time for celebration - nice cheery note from CMO.

He has to say it really though, some people need to be told to continue with what their doing now.

Jimson wrote: »

Let's see how the schools affect it now. Next four weeks will be interesting.

Probably not much. If it's falling in the community it's not going to spread in schools.

stephenjmcd wrote: »

He has to say it really though, some people need to be told to continue with what their doing now.

Sure, but the turn of phrase amused me!

normanoffside wrote: »

Tony is so negative and pessimistic. Putting a dampener on the vaccine and saying it is not a cause for celebration. Avoiding questions on plans for rollouts.

Meanwhile in the UK presser Van tam is already detailing plans for a roll out and calling this a big breakthrough.

Its basically telling people not to ease up, some are thick enough to change their behaviour after todays news. Basically saying don't.

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Its basically telling people not to ease up, some are thick enough to change their behaviour after todays news. Basically saying don't.

He could give a bit of positivity. I'm just sick of his negative demeanour at this point.

Stheno wrote: »

Eh I thought there was to be a review after four weeks, so why are they saying 1st December now?

According to The Irish Times, the Taoiseach addressed a weekly Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting and stated that the full six weeks would be needed to ensure low cases for December, particularly the Christmas period where people would be mixing with family