Good News Thread Number 4. Because that positivity just keeps on coming!

[FuzzyPuffling]

Here it is....number four thread of science and positivity!

Hello!

2021 is going to be a good year for good news - I can feel it!!

Hope I don’t get it wrong like boris did though

That’s brilliant

@MarcelineMissouri

2021 is going to be a good year for good news - I can feel it!!

Hope I don’t get it wrong like boris did though

This made me LOL

Placemarking!
Just been on that calculator where it gives a rough estimate of where you are in the vaccine queue and I’m estimated for August. Last time I was estimated for the start of March - I think I prefer that estimation!

Checking in.
LOL @ Optimistic Boris.

Hello, just joining this one.

We have a shiny new year at midnight.

Hello Positive People!

Ok mine isn't a good news thing, exactly, but it's a question for you people of science and rationality. And it's kind of good news as it's something positive about Britain and the people who live here as those other Coronavirus threads are all about how we are the WORST in the world at mask wearing and it's ALL OUR FAULT.

Anyway... why is vaccine hesitancy/anti vax sentiment lower in this country than other places, especially places like France and the US which are similar economically? I was reading in the Economist that a third of French people will definitely not have the jab, no way, and I suspect US is similar. Yet I think, MMR stupidity aside, that levels of faith in science and vaccines are relatively high here.

Am I right in thinking this?

Who knows? It's tempting to say something jingoistic about our faith in science, but to be honest, it's probably for the same reason that we hardly ever strike - we tend to just tut and get on with things for an easy life.

We are quite lucky that those who are most likely to be hesitant about the vaccine are youngsters. If it were the other way around it'd be a real concern.

Lol at Boris

Good to be on this thread.

It could be connected with us having an NHS and less of a tradition of complementary medicine. I believe in France and Germany they are big on homeopathy, for instance. That would be connected to (cause of/caused by?) higher trust in medical science.
I think if you are insulated as we are from even knowing the costs of your medical treatment it is easier to retain a trust in medics and see it as being done for the good of humanity rather than getting cynical about it as a moneymaking enterprise.
Or maybe respect for science goes back to the Industrial Revolution- we have been urbanised for longer than some places and I think that cuts people off from traditional beliefs.

Hello,

I’m looking for positive chat. I got sucked into the other threads and was becoming very anxious.

My friend has reached the next stage in his application to be a vaccinator! He's through to the online learning section.

This is a good place to be for the anxious or the questing. Any newbies, have a look at our previous threads (all called "Good News") for some excellent graphs and positive news items.

Patience, I am contemplating your question and I have no idea. I would have thought the French would be worse than us (as they seem quite rebellious on the whole!) but maybe that's just Macron!

Thanks Fuzzy!

Hi fellow positive peeps

I think I was on the first Good news thread. But I lose these so fast as the negative ones are flooding the boards.

Keep waving the flag for hope! I have lots of hope and my friends tell me I’m super positive all the time. I’m not really, but I try my best.

I believe the vaccine is now going to be given out more quickly due to leaving a 12 week gap before the second dose. Some aren't happy about this but it WOULD give more people some protection sooner. I wish I knew more about it though.

@DobbyTheHouseElk

I think I was on the first Good news thread. But I lose these so fast as the negative ones are flooding the boards.

Keep waving the flag for hope! I have lots of hope and my friends tell me I’m super positive all the time. I’m not really, but I try my best.

The first you need to do is add this thread to your watched threads.

The second thing you need to do is hide the coronavirus topic.

Voila, no more insanity (as long as you don’t look at trending threads).

@BBCONEANDTWO

I believe the vaccine is now going to be given out more quickly due to leaving a 12 week gap before the second dose. Some aren't happy about this but it WOULD give more people some protection sooner. I wish I knew more about it though.

In the Oxford vaccine trial, there were no hospitalisations in the study arm after the first dose. So it provides public health benefits while you wait for maximum protection with the second dose. Sounds good to me

Thank you for this thread! Was just sitting here texting NY messages to friends (‘cos am early person!) and really counting blessings. Delighted there are positive peeps still extant! I am a teacher but stay away from the usual suspects preaching fire and brimstone and really looking forward to being back in school, albeit from 18th, and getting back to teaching the kids.

The NHS helps us compared to, say, the US because it's joined up health care and can arrange joined up trials etc. Least I think that's why?

TheChineseChicken

Thanks. I’m torturing myself really.

Dreading school next week.

Just checking into my favourite place on the internet!

I also think the NHS is the reason we have higher trust in the vaccine. The NHS isn't going to be giving out the vaccine to make money, everything is done with a cost benefit analysis so the NHS is never going to give us anything we don't completely need.
I've always been very pro vax but I admit I did have a wobble when I had my first baby. He was so tiny and the idea of him being injected with things made me nervous. Especially when I kept seeing various anti vax posts in parenting groups. The thing that convinced me was knowing that the NHS would only be giving vaccines where the benefits far outweighed the risk. It wasn't about companies profiting which is the argument I often saw from Americans. I have a lot of faith in the NHS which I think a lot of us do!