Good News - Thread 13. 40/30s and onwards to the roaring 20s.

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@TheChineseChicken

At some point they are going to have to stop publishing daily case numbers. We don’t get told this for any other disease. If it is determined that the link between cases and hospitalisations / deaths has been broken then there is no value in knowing cases numbers, is there?

I imagine they'll continue to do that until everything is fully back to normal... I'm thinking that won't be until everyone has a chance to be double-dosed, which will probably be late August.

@MancyNitford

When do we think bookings for under 25s will open? I have 23 and 21 year olds living in different parts of the country to me and they are keen to get jabbed up. Wondering if the massive rush from the 25 to 29s might slow things up a bit capacity-wise?

Within 2 weeks I think. Faster booking makes the process much quicker.

Not sure if this is just for residents of Waltham Forest or is open to other London borough residents:

Anyone over 25, or in any other priority group can walk-in for their Covid-19 vaccine at Walthamstow Library this week, with no need to pre-book.

If you're eligible, attend one of the following walk-in slots and get your first or second jab (if you had your first over eight weeks ago):

Thursday and Saturday: 9am-6pm
Friday: 9am -7pm

If you are unable to travel to Walthamstow Library, there are other vaccination sites available including a pop-up clinic at Leytonstone Library for those aged forty and over. Call 0208 496 3000 or book your vaccination online for this leytonstone library.

Is the risk of blood clots with az over at 4 weeks? If so I'm still here, 4 weeks to the day of my second dose... dare I celebrate?

@Dementedswan

Is the risk of blood clots with az over at 4 weeks? If so I'm still here, 4 weeks to the day of my second dose... dare I celebrate?

That is what is written on the official handout given. I have not heard anything different myself. So knock yourself out🥳

My brother and friend (both 24) have both been invited.

@TruelyStruttingHotpants I'm so pleased my big girls pants worked 🥳🥳🥳

Here are all the walk-in vaccine sites open and vaccine buses in London this month

www.cityam.com/fancy-a-covid-jab-here-are-all-the-walk-in-vaccine-sites-open-in-london-this-month/

@TruelyStruttingHotpants

From the BBC website:

About 8 in 10 adults in the UK had antibodies to coronavirus by 17 May, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics.

The figures are 83% for adults in Wales, 80% in England and Northern Ireland and a slightly lower 73% for Scotland.

They're up from 77% for Wales, 76% for England, 75% for Northern Ireland and 69% for Scotland - the week before.

Antibodies are evidence of vaccination or past infection

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I'm part of that 80% ❤️

I've not been lurking here much. Silly of me because I bloody need it!

So does that mean that potentially around 80% of adults have some kind of "immunity" to covid?

Sorry for the noddy question, but if that's true its epic news and I'm surprised its not being discussed!

Can I share some non covid related good news?
Ds football team struggling with fundraising this year so I've managed to secure a 2 year corporate sponsorship for them.

I think the issue is that percentage doesn't tell us how many antibodies. However it does mean the immune system memory should be ready. So that should help stop people getting to seriously sick in general. There will be exceptions and it won't necessarily stop infections yet.

It would be good to know how these people got antibodies. That makes a big difference with regard to the news

One dose- They still need more protection and if infected could transmit

Two doses- They have a good protection and less likely to infect others

One dose plus a previous infection. They could potentially be as good as two doses.

@LivinLaVidaLoki

Can I share some non covid related good news? Ds football team struggling with fundraising this year so I've managed to secure a 2 year corporate sponsorship for them.

🥳 Well done you. What a super star

LivinLaVidaLoki - that's great!

DD has been jabbed and is off camping for the weekend!

Fingers are crossed today for the announcement from parkrun. They are currently looking to restart 26th June. However last couple of days it was a bit iffy. Not enough permissions etc. We'll I've just had a Google, no announcement yet, but 10 hours ago their twitter feed said tomorrow is going to be a good day. I'm feeling much more positive now. I can't even do the first 2 weeks anyway, but if they can bring it back it will be another step to normality for a lot of people.

Well done LivinLaVidaLoki!

I am having my second jab today and I am driving there.
(I have been working on building my driving confidence, limited by the fact that for most of this year I haven’t had anywhere to go. Ds has been helping by regularly forgetting his glasses so I have to drive them to school.)
It’s a different place from my first jab which was the gp round the corner, I walked to that one!

My good news for the day a close contact whos child developed a fever while we were at their house has just had his (thankfully negative) test results back in less than 24 hours! She also managed to book a test only a 20 minute drive from us and an hour after his temperature was noticed - an actual miracle for our area!

More good news; our village cricket club is going from strength to strength since re-opening. My daughter and her friendship group have signed up en masse and are playing 3 or 4 times a week, with a growing crowd of friends & family supporting down at the Pavilion & sponsorship from local eateries. It is all very cute.

This is very good news it seems to getting more transmissible but a lot less deadly and the vaccines are holding up superbly. Could end up being no more than a cold at best which was always the hope.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/11/fully-vaccinated-people-account-5pc-delta-variant-infections/

Just five per cent of Indian variant infections are in people who have been fully vaccinated, latest figures show.

A Public Health England (PHE) briefing on the new variant that has been sweeping Britain, also known as the Delta variant, shows that the disease is predominantly affecting people who have yet to receive the jab.

Out of 33,206 cases sequenced since February 1, just 1,785 were in people who had been fully vaccinated and only 62 ended up being admitted to hospital compared with 397 of unvaccinated individuals.

The new data also show that the death rate is still very low with just 0.1 per cent of people catching the variant going on to die - 1 in 1,000 - although this may increase in the coming weeks because of the lag between cases, admissions and deaths.

In comparison, the death rate for people catching the Kent (or Alpha) variant is 1.7 per cent - 17 in 1,000.

So far there have been just 42 deaths from the Delta variant, and only 12 in fully vaccinated people. NHS leaders have previously said that those dying after being fully vaccinated are also suffering from "profound co-morbidities".

@OrangeBananaFish - Park Run is back (in some places) 🥳🥳

I've seen @NotBot though there is the condition that the government don't put a stop to it. So far I think they have been happy with it so not expecting anything to alter.

Apologies to everyone who isn't interested. It's been in my top things I've missed through lockdown

That's a great link bolli, thank you. Lost this thread - had to run the gauntlet of the coronavirus board to find it, shudder.

@bollihigh

This is very good news it seems to getting more transmissible but a lot less deadly and the vaccines are holding up superbly. Could end up being no more than a cold at best which was always the hope.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/11/fully-vaccinated-people-account-5pc-delta-variant-infections/

Just five per cent of Indian variant infections are in people who have been fully vaccinated, latest figures show.

A Public Health England (PHE) briefing on the new variant that has been sweeping Britain, also known as the Delta variant, shows that the disease is predominantly affecting people who have yet to receive the jab.

Out of 33,206 cases sequenced since February 1, just 1,785 were in people who had been fully vaccinated and only 62 ended up being admitted to hospital compared with 397 of unvaccinated individuals.

The new data also show that the death rate is still very low with just 0.1 per cent of people catching the variant going on to die - 1 in 1,000 - although this may increase in the coming weeks because of the lag between cases, admissions and deaths.

In comparison, the death rate for people catching the Kent (or Alpha) variant is 1.7 per cent - 17 in 1,000.

So far there have been just 42 deaths from the Delta variant, and only 12 in fully vaccinated people. NHS leaders have previously said that those dying after being fully vaccinated are also suffering from "profound co-morbidities".

How does the lower death rate compare with the fact that the delta variant is twice as likely to have you admitted to hospital as the alpha variant?

nhsvolunteerresponders.org.uk/i-want-to-volunteer/how-the-programme-works

After the huge number of appointments made recently for vaccinations, more volunteers are needed: nhsvolunteerresponders.org.uk/i-want-to-volunteer/how-the-programme-works

Nice to see the rise in first doses in todays figures