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

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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!

Nearly 10 million were vaccinated in December and January. 2.3m have had 2 shots.
So that is 8 million that need a second jab very soon.

That will take what? 2 weeks or so? If they knuckled down and just did 2nd doses for a bit? Possibly 3 weeks if they still did a few first doses too.

I can't remember when my parents had theirs. Late Jan possibly early Feb. They have their second appointment booked end of April. They are in the over 70s group.

On the local news this morning on the radio they said that the novovax vaccine was starting production and was set to be the 4th vaccine for us. It's not approved yet they mentioned, but I'm wondering is approval imminent?

Also mentioned the telegraph having a story about children being vaccinated by August

I think most of that 10 million would have come in the last 2 thirds of January as well, so that amount having had 2nd doses seems about right.

My Gran had her 1st dose on 29th Dec and had her 2nd on Sat just gone.

Big thanks to all you positive people for keeping us worrywarts going this last year. This is the best thread

@OrangeBananaFish

On the local news this morning on the radio they said that the novovax vaccine was starting production and was set to be the 4th vaccine for us. It's not approved yet they mentioned, but I'm wondering is approval imminent?

Also mentioned the telegraph having a story about children being vaccinated by August

Ooh I could believe this I am a trial volunteer. I get the stuff myself next week!! Cannot wait.

@OrangeBananaFish

On the local news this morning on the radio they said that the novovax vaccine was starting production and was set to be the 4th vaccine for us. It's not approved yet they mentioned, but I'm wondering is approval imminent?

Also mentioned the telegraph having a story about children being vaccinated by August

Is Novavax the one being manufactured in the NE? Hopefully that should mean less 'lumpy' supplies.

@KikoMiko
Yes though also in India.
I think it takes a while to get these things up to maximum speed though.

If you want to get an idea of how many second doses should be coming up, just look on the vaccination graphs for the number of first given 10-12 weeks ago.

So 20th Jan there were close to 5million cumulative first does given. 31st Jan was just over 9 million.

We are currently at 2.3 million second jabs. (~everyone who had first jabs to 11th Jan).
(Personal good news is that number now includes both my parents.)

My parents had there 2nd jabs yesterday. Pfizer. No side effects as of yet.

Their not the there

alf of adults in Scotland 'to be vaccinated by end of the day'
More than half of adults in Scotland will have received a first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end of the day, Nicola Sturgeon says.

The First Minister has also confirmed the Scottish Government is on course to have offered a first dose to all adults by the end of July, supplies permitting.

Covid patients in hospital beds in the UK are 5k now and covid patients in England will be less than 4k by tomorrow.

twitter.com/ganeshran/status/1374776489896521731

Orange Also mentioned the telegraph having a story about children being vaccinated by August

If they could vaccinate the 16 & 17yos before they start college in September that would be ace.

(For info Jersey has vaccinated some 16 & 17yos working in healthcare.)

[quote FourTeaFallOut]Covid patients in hospital beds in the UK are 5k now and covid patients in England will be less than 4k by tomorrow.

twitter.com/ganeshran/status/1374776489896521731[/quote]
That's brilliant news. And the drop in deaths is so amazing, too, and lovely to see after yesterday.

I have a hair appointment in 4 weeks. That feels like it's in touching distance now. The hedges are all greening up too. It will be so nice to get a bit further down the line and have even more reasons to be happy.

@ACovidofWitches
Ha so do I! But I don’t know what to do about my boys’ hair. I was just ignoring it until the barbers opened. But now both are complaining about it being in their eyes so will have to open the dreaded mum hair salon again.

My neighbour is a hairdresser and it's clearly been a busy week for her this week

Loads of sites offering over 50s walk in vaccinations here now - is this happening all over ? Feels they're on the verge of hitting this target as they're really going all out to advertise this which is so great !

Rates in my county are still dropping, down over 20% in the last week and 22% the week before. Despite the schools going back, most of the county is now showing white on the map. Our secondary school did nearly 2000 tests in the first week, not a single positive.

Yes we have walk in today, tomorrow and Friday for over 50’s. I presume they can only do that if they are nearly done? What next? Have you heard of areas saying they aren’t allowed to move on to under 40’s but would if they could?

Apparently yesterday, of the 5k+ cases, only 225 were over 65 years old?

mobile.twitter.com/BristOliver/status/1374825019021402120

Is that right?

@FourTeaFallOut

Apparently yesterday, of the 5k+ cases, only 225 were over 65 years old?

mobile.twitter.com/BristOliver/status/1374825019021402120

Is that right?

As I read it,the figures were from 18 March, over a week ago. But it is absolutely fantastic!

Most of the unfortunate deaths are in that age group, most of that 225 will have been vaccinated.
Perhaps unlikely that any of them will die in a few weeks time. And we know it is that age group which accounts for the majority of deaths.

Sorry, new here. Forgot the fanfare and cheesy grins! Can't find the fanfare, but can provide the grins

@FourTeaFallOut

Apparently yesterday, of the 5k+ cases, only 225 were over 65 years old?

mobile.twitter.com/BristOliver/status/1374825019021402120

Is that right?

That’s good Four!

I think cheesy grins are the gold standard personally.

Yeah, I agree, it's going to really interesting to see what the hospitalisations like in a fortnight.

I found this article on The Recovery Trial very interesting, showing how getting good data from the drugs they tried helped save lives.