Coronavirus
Jan 20th 2021, 7:25 pm
#3798
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Re: Coronavirus
Canada has a supply issue, but not at the fault of the government. Pfizer is pausing some production lines at their Belgium plant as they announced last week. Then today it was made known that next weeks order was deferred and Canada wont be receiving any, and then the first 2 weeks of February the deliveries will be roughly cut in half.
Hopefully J&J will be approved sometime in the next month, however their production has hit a snag and will be behind schedule so if approved in February may not see any until mid March to April.
Seems the US is about the only country not facing Pfizer delays, but they do have Pfizers largest or one of the largest manufacturing facilities so that helps.
Hopefully J&J will be approved sometime in the next month, however their production has hit a snag and will be behind schedule so if approved in February may not see any until mid March to April.
Seems the US is about the only country not facing Pfizer delays, but they do have Pfizers largest or one of the largest manufacturing facilities so that helps.
Here is hoping UK deaths start to tail off - were 10 days since the peak of cases so hopefully a few days more and the worst of the death toll will begin to pass.
Jan 21st 2021, 4:40 am
#3799
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Re: Coronavirus
Hope they all recover!
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...html#wb-auto-5
https://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...QFf1XdYWmm2XwY
All rows.
That’s how Health Canada described the impact of two Air Transat flights that landed in Montreal from Haiti this week, purportedly carrying so many infected passengers that everybody on board was at risk.
All rows.
That’s how Health Canada described the impact of two Air Transat flights that landed in Montreal from Haiti this week, purportedly carrying so many infected passengers that everybody on board was at risk.
Last edited by Siouxie; Jan 21st 2021 at 4:48 am.
Jan 22nd 2021, 6:31 pm
#3800
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Location: Kamloops, BC
Posts: 5,387
Re: Coronavirus
Virus's mutate and adapt, it's nothing new.. there are over 200 variations/mutations of Covid 19**. This adaptation / mutation is to allow it to spread more easily, however, there is nothing showing that it is more virulent in it's effect on people (i.e. it's not having any worse effect than the usual variety - people aren't getting more seriously ill than the more common variety), nor that it's causing more deaths. It's been in the UK since September! More hype to feed the hysteria that is boris.
There are similar mutations elsewhere in the world already
**Correction - as of July 2020 apparently there were a total of 1,234 mutations (and doubtless more since)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s10038-020-0808-9
There are similar mutations elsewhere in the world already
**Correction - as of July 2020 apparently there were a total of 1,234 mutations (and doubtless more since)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s10038-020-0808-9
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...warns-12195663
Jan 22nd 2021, 9:34 pm
#3801
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Re: Coronavirus
Now that they have some data, Boris seems to think that the UK variant is more deadly than the original.
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...warns-12195663
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...warns-12195663
may be / the available data suggests / would be expected
Jan 22nd 2021, 11:11 pm
#3803
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Jan 25th 2021, 2:05 pm
#3806
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Re: Coronavirus
Jan 25th 2021, 2:14 pm
#3807
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Re: Coronavirus
It's the poorer kids who go to School for a decent school lunch and support that I am most worried about. This will be devastating for them.
Jan 25th 2021, 4:33 pm
#3808
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Re: Coronavirus
I think once the pandemic is over kids should be given the option / choice to repeat the whole year without any hesitation. I think we owe it to the young generation to offer them education and leaving certs which have some value in the market and eliminate the "you graduated / left school in Corona 2020, no wonder you knowledge is that bad...."
Jan 25th 2021, 4:36 pm
#3809
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Re: Coronavirus
Looks like the South African strain might be an issue. Moderna is testing to see if a 3rd booster might be needed/beneficial.Blood samples exposed to the new variants appeared to have sufficient antibodies to achieve this neutralising effect, although it was not as strong for the South Africa variant as for the UK one.
Moderna says this could mean that protection against the South Africa variant might disappear more quickly.
Jan 25th 2021, 4:40 pm
#3810
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Re: Coronavirus
I think, not a single western country in the world has adequate plans for schooling during the pandemic. They also have no real understanding what it might mean for any kids if the report card or the leaving cert is from 2020.
I think once the pandemic is over kids should be given the option / choice to repeat the whole year without any hesitation. I think we owe it to the young generation to offer them education and leaving certs which have some value in the market and eliminate the "you graduated / left school in Corona 2020, no wonder you knowledge is that bad...."
I think once the pandemic is over kids should be given the option / choice to repeat the whole year without any hesitation. I think we owe it to the young generation to offer them education and leaving certs which have some value in the market and eliminate the "you graduated / left school in Corona 2020, no wonder you knowledge is that bad...."
