Oxford Vaccine Prevents all Hospitalisations after 1 Dose- Why no Media Coverage?

[FizzyPepsi]

Great news today from a new study showing that the Oxford vaccine prevents 100% of hospitalisations after just 1 dose. As well as 76% of symptomatic infections.

The second dose prevents 54% of transmission.

This is some of the best news of the whole pandemic. Yet there has been very little media coverage that I can see.

Is this because it doesn't fit in with the scaremongering narrative designed to encourage compliance?

twitter.com/coronavirusgoo1/status/1356632557325062146

It's not bad news. Bad news sells.

They were talking about it on BBC News earlier...

It's only just come out. It is appearing on media sites now.

That is really good news!

(Should I feel I got the short straw having the Pfizer one...? 🤔😁)

Amazing isn't it. Within 2 minutes of a new variant or anything covid scary all the news and social media (mumsnet in particular) is plastered with it.

This information about preventing hospitalisations after 1 dose was announced weeks ago. I remember one of the resident doctors on This Morning saying this. I did wonder at the time too why this wasn't 'bigger' news.

It's been on the BBC, Sky, Guardian (and those are just the ones I have seen). In fact given that it's still a preprint (not yet peer reviewed) I was surprised how quickly the news media picked it up, I guess they pay attention when Oxford University sends out a press release.

Ursula von der Leyen suggests UK compromised on vaccine safety

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/02/ursula-von-der-leyen-accuses-uk-of-compromising-on-vaccine-safety

Wrong again!

It's on the front page of the BBC news website and is the second 'most-read' story. What more do you want?

Because it won’t terrify the nation and that’s all they want to do these days

There needs to be an honest conversation about risk to the young vs risk to the elderly, but we're far to immature as a country to do that

@CoffeeandCroissant

It's been on the BBC, Sky, Guardian (and those are just the ones I have seen). In fact given that it's still a preprint (not yet peer reviewed) I was surprised how quickly the news media picked it up, I guess they pay attention when Oxford University sends out a press release.

No they just spy on mumsnet for stories 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Dongdingdong

Ursula von der Leyen suggests UK compromised on vaccine safety

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/02/ursula-von-der-leyen-accuses-uk-of-compromising-on-vaccine-safety

Wrong again!

I reckon this was released know to make the EU eat their word😎

It’s great news isn’t it! I think some news sites are starting to pick up on it but I do agree, it probably wouldn’t get the coverage of the scary stuff. It doesn’t fit their narrative of threats and continual lockdowns etc.,

I wonder if Bojo will do a press conference tomorrow (which he would do if it was a new scary mutant they were annoying!)

@RoseAndRose

It's on the front page of the BBC news website and is the second 'most-read' story. What more do you want?

After all the scare stories. A flashing neon sign over the Thames!

I heard it on the news in the car earlier, definitely being reported on the BBC

*announcing, not annoying sorry!

"There needs to be an honest conversation about risk to the young vs risk to the elderly, but we're far to immature as a country to do that"

There has been numerous discussions and explanations as to why lock downs are still needed. One of the points, re mutations, has been proven to be true. Those discussions have taken place, globally.

@Redbrickwall, what would be your solution to our health care systems becoming overstretched? Because without lock down, we wouldn't be coping at all. Sweden practiced euthanasia, even on people who had UTIs. We'd have to agree to do the same.

Because this news is less than two hours old and the death of Captain Tom is a bigger story.

excellent, excellent news. Basically it reduces/prevents serious illness or death from covid. works for me!

reason to continue lockdown? Because not everyone is vaccinated. because things fall apart if too many people are even 'a few days in bed' ill. Want water/electricity/food supply/petrol/broadband? Want hospital staff? Well, that means we need to continue to work to get infection rates right down.

I dont think it's being reported because it hasn't been peer reviewed, and public assumption that one jab works would be dangerous.

I'm assuming this trial didn't involve patients in care homes either. My grandfather tested positive two weeks after having the Oxford jab and died in a care home. Same story for others residents in the same home - all had their first jab but none of them who tested positive at the same time survived it. A work colleague's elderly aunt also caught Covid in a care home over a month after receiving her first jab, and also died. Not sure which one she had, but having just one jab clearly isn't instantly 100% effective in all cases.

@murbblurb

If lockdown is required to prevent people 'spending a few days in bed' ill, why isn't it needed every year in flu season?

[quote FizzyPepsi]@murbblurb

If lockdown is required to prevent people 'spending a few days in bed' ill, why isn't it needed every year in flu season?[/quote]
Errr - heard of the flu vaccine

Because of all the panic over the variants.

We now have a vaccine for COVID that prevents 100% of hospitalisations and 76% of symptomatic cases @titchy.