bobbykdy Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 6 hours ago, welshbairn said: The later variants of Covid were nowhere near as deadly as the early ones, over 50's/60's will likely still get offered boosters along with their Autumn flu jags. Is the reason they are nowhere near as dangerous due to vaccination or would they have been less deadly even if we had no vaccine rollout a couple of years back? Genuine question. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 minute ago, bobbykdy said: Is the reason they are nowhere near as dangerous due to vaccination or would they have been less deadly even if we had no vaccine rollout a couple of years back? Genuine question. I don't think vaccination had any effect on the mutation of the virus, it saved a lot of lives though, and reduced the severity of illness for those who were vaccinated, before the virus had mutated into a milder form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, welshbairn said: It saved a lot of lives though, and reduced the severity of illness for those who were vaccinated, before the virus had mutated into a milder form. Very bold claim that, tbh. Do you have something to back that up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Nice to see you all, that's me off again! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Very bold claim that, tbh. Do you have something to back that up? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Rugster said: I'm only curious why @welshbairn is so certain because the vaccination roll out started after the Winter wave of 20/21. Therefore it had no effect on the severity of illness during that wave. By the time the next "wave" came round in the summer of 2021 it was already clear the virus had mutated into a much milder form. And that's before you consider the atrocious method for attributing deaths to covid. If anything Governments should be suing the arse off the vaccine manufacturers to try and recover some of the extraordinary amounts of public money spent on vaccines that made wildly exaggerated claims. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 The original wave was deadly as f**k. If it could bring a strong, vital guy like Boris Johnson to the brink of death, well, it doesn't bear thinking about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Scottish inquiry kicking off downstairs (no euph) today. Just had a nod from big Anas Anwar on the way in to the building. He whispered "keep pushing" and gave me a knowing wink. Surprisingly funny and very down to earth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Scottish inquiry kicking off downstairs (no euph) today. Just had a nod from big Anas Anwar on the way in to the building. He whispered "keep pushing" and gave me a knowing wink. Surprisingly funny and very down to earth. If I ever find myself in labour, I'll ask for his advice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Quite enjoying the comings and goings of milfy lawyer/solicitor/legal types in work at the moment. Havent seen any widows needing comforted yet but will ping @Sergeant Wilson a DM if one pops up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 On 17/07/2023 at 12:15, bobbykdy said: Anyone heard of anyone being offered a booster jab lately? Nope me neither. It hasn't just magically gone away, so, was it never that dangerous in the grand scheme or do governments think we are now no longer worth the cost/effort of a booster vaccine? Answers on a postcard. No to be cynical, but when 96-97% of the population has antibodies to a related form of the COVID virus, vaccinations provide little additional protection to those outwith certain demographics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 In Tesco today, and the plastic screens separating us from the checkout staff have been removed. I asked why. The checkout girl said "so @ICTChris knows it's over and shuts the thread" Fair enough 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 Looks like the climate change thread is the new Covid thread anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 https://news.sky.com/story/new-covid-variant-spreading-across-uk-as-overall-cases-continue-to-rise-12933456?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter Time to look out the face nappies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 The Eris Maximo strain is another variant of Omicron. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 On 26/07/2023 at 13:34, Melanius Mullarkay said: Quite enjoying the comings and goings of milfy lawyer/solicitor/legal types in work at the moment. Havent seen any widows needing comforted yet but will ping @Sergeant Wilson a DM if one pops up. I'll delegate a few to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Guess who’s back? Back again. Jason’s back. Tell a friend. https://x.com/bbcscotlandnews/status/1693263395284209732?s=46&t=7AQMuyPPZxUjNZuAvtrUeQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 13 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Guess who’s back? Back again. Jason’s back. Tell a friend. https://x.com/bbcscotlandnews/status/1693263395284209732?s=46&t=7AQMuyPPZxUjNZuAvtrUeQ Wish he’d just fcuk off. Professor Doom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 9 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Guess who’s back? Back again. Jason’s back. Tell a friend. https://x.com/bbcscotlandnews/status/1693263395284209732?s=46&t=7AQMuyPPZxUjNZuAvtrUeQ Jason Leitch concerned about diminishing time in public spotlight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 44 minutes ago, Zetterlund said: Jason Leitch concerned about diminishing time in public spotlight. He'll be on Off the Ball next week 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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