Coronavirus thread

[Irons]

Yes I saw that after I posted here last night.

It's clear that this crisis is revealing the deep inequalities in our society, inequalities which in the UK no political party has been interested in dealing with. The poor are more susceptible to catching COVID because of their public facing jobs and their crowded multi generational living conditions. They are the ones who can least afford to stop working if they're ill or are a contact of someone who's ill. Blacks are wary of the vaccine because they have been treated with contempt by the health system.

And yet all the parties in the UK, and the media, are working hard to focus the debate on how to return to things as they were before. No party is bold enough to use the lessons of the crisis as a vehicle for radical social change. If they get their way, the  poor will continue to work in precarious jobs with low sick pay, and to live in crowded conditions in housing with exploitative rent.

The thing that annoys me the most is no one is clamouring for change - least of all those who need it. The left is weak.

Putting politics aside for a moment, I agree with some of your points, with others not so much. I know Newham in the East End quite well and it is true that there are street after street of small terraced houses with multi-generations living under one roof which is facilitating the spread of Covid. Unlike most Brits, which think it OK to stick their old and infirm in care homes - out of sight out of mind - and demand the Government pay for it, the Asian population are very family caring which is a positive until Covid came along. A lifestyle choice, not caused by poverty.
I don't know why anyone would be wary of the vaccine, black, white or whoever. I think the UK is waking up to the evil of racial discrimination, compared to other nations we are improving. I put it to you - who is the biggest gamechanger in British society in the last six months? Marcus Rashford is in with a shout, and of course he is a black man.
I think it shameful so deaths by Covid of public transport workers.

[MusicTurner]

Some good news - the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, apparently 90% effective, is expected to be approved in mid-February in the EU, and it only requires one shot ...

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Some good news - the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, apparently 90% effective, is expected to be approved in mid-February in the EU, and it only requires one shot ...

Excellent news!

[arpeggio]

One should not underestimate that the Republican Party that is dominated by fundamentalists Christians who are anti-science.

It is ironic that the science that they hate is producing the vaccines that will save us. 

[Mandryka]

One should not underestimate that the Republican Party that is dominated by fundamentalists Christians who are anti-science.

Is this really true?

America is an alien place to me, another planet. My parents - who experienced Roosevelt's lend-lease programme in the UK - used to say that what happens in America happens in the UK shortly afterwards. If a major party is dominated by religious nutters then I hope they were wrong.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

On the news lately here in the United States:  it appears that there is/was no promised reserve of 2nd doses of Covid-19 vaccines at the Federal level.  Some states apparently are better off than others in terms of their own state-stock levels though.

Wondering whether or not we'll be able to get more of it and to the areas and people who need to get their second round of shots in time?  And how long will it take for us to get more bottles of the vaccine(s) period? 

PD

[MusicTurner]

Media reporting here in DK that the UK virus type B117 seems less aggressive than feared, but the statistical evidence for this is not complete yet.

Still a positive development here in DK, compared to late 2020, except from too many fatalities at the homes for the elderly, now being investigated. Restrictions work. However, a delay of some of the Pfizer vaccines, of a couple of weeks. But the oncoming J&J and Astra Zeneca vaccines will contribute positively.

[Karl Henning]

My sister ( the oldest of my three younger sisters, and so closest to me in age) tested positive a few days ago. She feels like hell, although she says her experience is basically like an especially nasty flu. My brother-in-law and nephew show no symptoms but are quarantining, of course. Her doc called, and she is going into the hospital this afternoon for an infusion of antibodies, to keep the symptoms from worsening.  She will lick this.

[North Star]

Sorry to hear, Karl. Wishing her a speedy recovery.

[Karl Henning]

Warm thanks, Karlo!

[vandermolen]

All strength to you and your sister Karl.

[MusicTurner]

Sorry to hear, Karl. Wishing her a speedy recovery.

+1, best wishes.

[Karl Henning]

Thanks, gents!

[André]

My sister ( the oldest of my three younger sisters, and so closest to me in age) tested positive a few days ago. She feels like hell, although she says her experience is basically like an especially nasty flu. My brother-in-law and nephew show no symptoms but are quarantining, of course. Her doc called, and she is going into the hospital this afternoon for an infusion of antibodies, to keep the symptoms from worsening.  She will lick this.

Just like her elder brother did. Sending good vibes. 

[71 dB]

So sorry to hear about the corona news about your sister Karl. Wishing a fast recovery.

[71 dB]

One should not underestimate that the Republican Party that is dominated by fundamentalists Christians who are anti-science.

It is ironic that the science that they hate is producing the vaccines that will save us.

Why would anti-science fundamentalists Christians want "us" saved? They want rapture, a big war that destroys Israel and so forth... ...we sane science-believers are an obstacle for them to reach that goal. 

[Karl Henning]

Just like her elder brother did. Sending good vibes. 

Merci!

She's back home from hospital. For these patients/this procedure they had zip tents set up in the parking lot, she joked that it was like being on the set for M*A*S*H. I said, "Did you ask the nurse if her name was Houlihan?" The infusion was via IV, they kept her to mind her vitals for an hour, the doctor said she would mend quickly now, and discharged her.

[Karl Henning]

So sorry to hear about the corona news about your sister Karl. Wishing a fast recovery.

Kiitos!

[prémont]

Merci!

She's back home from hospital. For these patients/this procedure they had zip tents set up in the parking lot, she joked that it was like being on the set for M*A*S*H. I said, "Did you ask the nurse if her name was Houlihan?" The infusion was via IV, they kept her to mind her vitals for an hour, the doctor said she would mend quickly now, and discharged her.

Seems promising. Hope the best for her.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

My sister ( the oldest of my three younger sisters, and so closest to me in age) tested positive a few days ago. She feels like hell, although she says her experience is basically like an especially nasty flu. My brother-in-law and nephew show no symptoms but are quarantining, of course. Her doc called, and she is going into the hospital this afternoon for an infusion of antibodies, to keep the symptoms from worsening.  She will lick this.

I'm so sorry to hear this Karl.  I wish her a speedy recovery and will be thinking of all of you.

With love,

PD