Good News Part 12 - So Much Good News - We Needed Another Thread

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coronavirus.data.gov.uk/www.coronavirus.data.gov.uk
www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/www.worldometers.info/coronavirus
www.covidmessenger.com/
ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

This is a thread to share all good news with regards to Covid.
We also share pictures of small furry animals and cute birds.
Posts on other random good news also gladly accepted.

Doomploppers will be met with scorn and derision!

@MarshaBradyo

I’d be happy to never read the word rota again 😂

Making the biggest roast and having a glass of red

I did run for 50 mins yesterday so hopefully balancing out

Just put a large chicken in the oven, supplemented by some pigs in blankets I forgot about in the bottom of the freezer .

Hmm pigs in blankets! Was just talking to Dh about the weird abomination that Americans call pigs in blankets.

@tobee

Hmm pigs in blankets! Was just talking to Dh about the weird abomination that Americans call pigs in blankets.

Oh, what is it?!

It's the same cocktail sausage in a pastry instead of streaky bacon. Different, certainly, but hardly an abomination.

These

@MissConductUS

It's the same cocktail sausage in a pastry instead of streaky bacon. Different, certainly, but hardly an abomination.

I was being lightheaded @MissConductUS. No offence intended.

Btw are they the same cocktail sausages? I think Americans have a more hot doggy type sausage? Or a weiner?

It looks like a rude sausage roll

There’s a time and place for sausage rolls. And Christmas dinner ain’t it

That sausage thingy from America looks delicious.

So I see a thread, I know from the title that it is a real doom thread. I still bloody click it. When will I learn?

Anyway 33 deaths is a good figure. Obviously the usual that all deaths are sad for those involved etc. Shame the cases have risen a little bit, but as long as hospital admissions come down still then the actual number of cases don't really matter. We could have 100K a day getting the virus if its really mild for everyone and doesn't require hospital treatment for 99.9999999% of the cases

@FourTeaFallOut

It looks like a rude sausage roll

I selected the image very carefully.

Cases are still down 4.4% across the week though. Considering all the doomsday scenarios mapped out by the self declared Cassandra's, I'm pleasantly surprised that we haven't even seen an upward trend yet since all the schools went back in one go on a full schedule.

Cases are still down 4.4% across the week though Fair point, I was comparing to last Sunday on the day basis. Didn't check the week by week rate TBH. That sounds better.

The way it bounces up and down like that I think we've got a bit of an equilibrium between the virus and the lockdown. Easter will be interesting. Over those two weeks, while the kids are off school, we'll have millions more people acquire stronger immunity from vaccines given weeks earlier. I wonder if that'll be enough to mitigate the 29th March relaxations and keep us hovering on that tipping point or if cases will climb?

Loving the sausage picture 😂

I keep venturing onto other threads and it seems so many people are just looking for a row or on the defensive, the empathy is certainly lacking........

I think everyone is burnt out by lockdown now and although some freedom is within reach it’s getting more and more of a slog to get there!

So grateful for this lovely calm retreat

I think everyone is burnt out by lockdown now and although some freedom is within reach it’s getting more and more of a slog to get there!

This is me in a nutshell. And the scrapping on the other threads.

I love pigs in blankets and I wonder if the new roaring 20s will been they are included in Sunday roasts.

Can I come in here - it's gone batshit out there... again, and I need some light at the end of the tunnel.

Amazing record number of vaccines today 😀
I don’t get the ‘we are behind Europe and are due a third wave’ narrative. Is it unreasonable to think that this time we are ahead and have already had a third wave due to the Kent variant that hit us first? Also even if it does happen then surely the impact will be so much less due to the vaccines.

@Inastatus agreed - it’s bizarre the “we are behind Europe” thing is being said. Wrong on so many levels!
They have rising cases due to the variant that already hit here 3 months ago. We are also already in lockdown, and have vaccinated half of our population.
We are not comparable anymore...!

You are forgetting to add that both vaccines work well against the Kent variant. Which is the one running around Europe

People are so weird 🤷‍♀️

A story just broke in the Wall Street Journal that is huge good news

[[https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-manufacturing-in-u-s-races-ahead-11616328001?mod=hp_lead_pos1 Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacturing in U.S. Races Ahead -
Vaccine makers are expected to produce 132 million doses this month, nearly tripling last month’s figure, boosting vaccination drive]]

It's behind a paywall. I'll copy and paste the full text if anyone is interested. The short of it is that Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J have been able to address the most serious bottlenecks in their production processes, found clever ways to be more efficient, and started to produce some things in-house that they previously had to source elsewhere.

Total US production of approved vaccines in February was 48 million doses and we're on track to make 132 million doses in March. This is obviously going to speed up the process and get us to the point of having surplus production for export.

I suspected this was happening as New York has doubled the number of mass vaccination sites it operates in the last few weeks and the Federal government is doubling the number of pharmacies it ships vaccines to directly.

Everyone knew that production was increasing, but almost tripling in a month is bloody amazing.

I'm fully vaccinated and DH needs one more jab, but for me, this means that the DC, who are 21 and 19, won't be waiting an age for their jab.

@Truelymadlydeeplysomeonesmum

You are forgetting to add that both vaccines work well against the Kent variant. Which is the one running around Europe

People are so weird 🤷‍♀️

Mn loves drama and lockdown. We’d live In lockdown if it was up to mn decision

Great news about the American vaccines. The sooner you all get done the more they can ship else where. So it is a win win for everyone

MissConductUS, that’s absolutely amazing.
Serious good news for the whole world.