Plague
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Can't they be?because until kids can be vaccinated
I know they are bottom of the priorities at present, but many vaccines are given to children.
Can't they be?because until kids can be vaccinated
Can't they be?
I know they are bottom of the priorities at present, but many vaccines are given to children.
Fair enough. The priority was/is of course the elderly in the first instance.the two mRNA vaccines weren't tested on kids....
children were also excluded from the astrazeneca trials..Fair enough. The priority was/is of course the elderly in the first instance.
I just wondered if there was a medical/chemical reason it might be bad for immature bodies.
What about the AZ/Oxford vaccine? Same story I'd imagine.
This Reuters article is what makes me think it could be a long way from over:once that's done, hospitals will barely know covid exits.
Hi Ho. Hi Ho, into Lockdown 3 I go
With a tesco slot and work from home
Hi ho, Hi ho ....
I am in South Wales. I had to take my dog to the vet yesterday at 5 pm. I travelled along the main road into the City (A4232) and I was quite shocked at how busy ‘rush hour’ was as people left Cardiff and the Bay. It looked like ‘normal’ rush hour traffic to me, despite lockdown.
Meanwhile, daughter who works at a boarding school in Oxfordshire has just been (mass) tested by her employer and tested negative. The school was due to open today, some overseas borders were already on aeroplanes returning to U.K. by the time BoJo made his announcement and others have BTEC examinations this week, which seem to be going ahead. Some overseas boarders have not been able to return home since Christmas 2018.
And I have a student son, who is ‘chomping at the bit’ to return to Uni in England (he has already had Covid-19). Apparently, seven week lockdown in a student house with his 5 housemates, is a far more attractive option, than being stuck in lockdown with me.
And... I am feeling less optimistic about my March/April WDW trip. Maybe move to October (I enjoy HHNs at UOR) or wait until next Easter ?
Lockdown is being used in such an arbitrary way now that it's pretty meaningless. There are so many exceptions - shopping, work, exercise - that it best translates as 'stay home unless you need to go out'.I travelled along the main road into the City (A4232) and I was quite shocked at how busy ‘rush hour’ was as people left Cardiff and the Bay. It looked like ‘normal’ rush hour traffic to me, despite lockdown.
Apparently they still don't know if the vaccines stop (most people) catching Covid19, or just stops them becoming ill. The latter will obviously be good for hospitals immediately, but it would also mean that as restrictions are eased you have a lot of asymptomatic carriers. That would spike infections across the board and you'd then get a big increase in Covid19 among the younger population with a corresponding uptick in their hospitalization numbers. Hopefully not enough to overload, but it would increase the numbers of younger (say <50) deaths and long term illness quite a bit until they are all vaccinated - apart from those who don't or can't be.Top 4 tiers should be vaccinated (first jab) by mid Feb so things should then start to improve.
Lockdown is being used in such an arbitrary way now that it's pretty meaningless. There are so many exceptions - shopping, work, exercise - that it best translates as 'stay home unless you need to go out'.
The real problem is that people are still socialising without understanding that 'loose talk' now probably costs more lives than during the war.
We're booked for 27th April with BA but haven't heard anything about cancelling. To be honest if we're allowed fly I'd be happy enough to go even with the added restrictions like masks and having to get a test.Tui have emailed to cancel our april 21st trip, no conversation or attempt to talk they have just cut the booking. Interesting...
Can't say I'm disappointed at this rate though, for the money and the risk it wasnt the holiday we wanted.
I checked the CDC website and it's primarily about US citizens returning from overseas travel needing a negative test. We are still on the prohibited list for entry to the US at the moment (unless under certain conditions e.g. returning citizen etc). I'm holding out for August 2021 but my hopes are fading week by week.Just seen on Blog Mickey that the US is to require the negative covid test from the 26th of January. I wonder if that means the ban will be lifted and you just need to produce the negative test. Finally movement of some sort.
As someone else has posted below, I believe the current negative test requirement is for America citizens to return from the UK or absolute, essential business travel.
I'd like to believe that over the next couple of months, this will begin to get discussed or how best to manage the negative test situation as earlier this week it said a healthcare or gp letter (UK based) was required to take to the airport to say you were negative which I think the majority of the time at the moment it's just via text that you get this information.
It can only get better ... Well, that's what I keep telling myself anyway.
In all seriousness though, I honestly do believe it will start to get looked at soon