Good News Part 8

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Previous thread here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4144814-Good-news-part-7?watched=1&msgid=104169501#104169501

Useful links:

coronavirus.data.gov.uk

www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

www.covidmessenger.com. thanks to LittleOwl for all her hard work!

ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

www.omnicalculator.com/health/vaccine-queue-uk
NB Please don’t take this too seriously- it depends what vaccine delivery speed and uptake you estimate so it’s not written in stone.

Just had to report a post. Anti vaxer spouting dodgy facts. Hopefully mumsnet will delete it quickly before anyone believes that rubbish.

Never reported a pot before. So there is a first. Do I get to stroke Marzipan as a prize❤

Family were watching Masked Singer tonight (ahem!) and dd says one of the US judges of their version is an anti vaxxer. Dd thinks they shouldn't be allowed!!

I've frequently reported after midnight spam and random weirdos and abusive types sadly.

A sensible child obviously

Lenny Henry tonight wasn't it. Love the costumes 😊

Lenny and Morten Harket .

Dd should be sensible; she's 25 😆My ds is 21. We've been all at home since last spring shielding Dh. A couple of weeks ago we all admitted that we'd all secretly been toying with watching the Masked Singer! It's the only thing we now watch together! It's a great lockdown antidote!!!

Love this

While most of his colleagues were preoccupied by intensive care unit capacity in hospitals, protective equipment and the R rate, Prof Van-Tam would keep repeating in meetings: 'We need to buy freezers and vials. The vaccine is the key.

Everyone I know over 75 has had the vaccine now.

A few days ago I had a text from my GP surgery asking to complete a questionnaire. The only questions were age, height and weight. I hope this is a sign that they will be prioritising those who are overweight or obese when we get further down the list of priority. Although that might mean mine is delayed as I am no longer overweight, if it gets more vulnerable people vaccinated first I'm all for it!

Thread 8!

So good to see case numbers and hospitalisations coming down.
And vaccinations going up of course! "Cornish Sharpshooters" - love it!

I've just read that they are going to start publishing ward-by-ward data on the vaccine take up at some point this week. That'll be good.

Which practice is that tobee?

I've reported quite a few posts for ageism and ageist language. Some of Mumsnet thinks that when people hit about 50 they morph into a separate and useless species. And over 60, you might as well just die now!

@Level75, that's concerning as potentially happening over multiple areas.

Love the optimism of the masked singer judges. "Well he said the word Happy so I think it could be award winning singer Pharell Williams"

Place marking

Here for the good news

Bloody hell! Thread 7 filled up at warp speed!

Can anyone with more vaccine knowledge talk me down after reading a gloomy Times article about the SA variant causing the vaccine to be 50% less effective. What does that actually mean, will deaths still be avoided basically? Thanks, having a Sunday wobble

Found you guys. Need to scroll back up and catch up on some good news...

Look at that, 305 councils now green on Covid messenger!

@2020CanDoOne I'd recommend watching John Campbell on YouTube, he goes through stuff like this and it's far better than any newspaper articles! Don't panic!

Effective is used in lots of different ways at the moment. 50% less effective at reducing what? Transmission/ contraction/ reducing hospitalisation or death?

The j&j vaccine, which was trialled in South Africa, has said that their vaccine is 100% effective in protecting against hospitalisations and death. So long as the others follow suit that seems like a good start.

Can I hide here for a bit?
I went ‘out there’ to post what I genuinely felt was helpful advice and really good news about unpaid carers / parent carers now being in group 6 (it is good news, right? It certainly is for our household)!
It appears most people are worried about the queue jumping this could inspire. There was a genuine argument with the definition of ‘Carer’, or their need to be prioritised which I just felt wasn’t ok. I already felt guilty enough about putting myself forward, but my son had autism and needs me for care. (And there I go, justifying myself again)...
I will stay away from the main boards I think!

Here for the positivity! I need some amongst all the doom and gloom
Just noticed my council is on the red rising list though so not happy about that. Hopefully it'll be just a blip in the system. There hasn't been any sex parties round here that I'm aware of to start with!!

Oh it's really bad on here at the mo - it's almost like people want restrictions in place for years...

Thanks I’ll do that x