Couldn't think....part 4
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That’s a kind of brief layman explanation based on the technical explanation my daughter, who works for Pfizer, gave me. She’s still waiting for a jab under the NHS as Pfizer say it would be unethical to vaccinate staff.
I had the AZ vaccine with no effects other than the sore arm when the injection point was pressed.
Out here in SA, no major progress, and quite worrying TBH....
This will now be the 2nd year in a row that I can’t visit my Mum in Chigwell....Sad.....
Crikey, I sound like Craig David
I’ve been covering vaccine inequality and while obviously a lot of governments are failing, it’s maddening that the rich countries have taken all the vaccines while others feed off crumbs. We actually could have more vaccines being produced right now but profit is being put first.
Vaccines are being produced as quickly as is possible but every batch has to be tested before it can be released for use but it is only the so called rich countries that have the ability to make and produce it.
COVAX are distributing vaccines to their participating countries and I believe about 250 million doses are going in about a months time.
The Pfizer vaccine did receive public funding - it came through Germany to Biontech. Moderna received public funding as well. They all received key public funding at the early stages, some of it from non-governmental sources.
There is manufacturing capacity in the world that is not being used because pharma companies who control supply are not using them. They hold IP rights on products that were publicly funded, when there is a clear public interest in vaccinating globally, especially if strains develop because of continuing outbreaks in other countries. In fact the EU is threatening to waive these IP rights so it can speed up manufacturing for itself, while at the same time blocking the opportunity for developing countries to do the same. The buying negotiations are completely opaque so there are massive disparities in what countries have had to pay for the vaccine, including the AZ one which Oxford had wanted to have set at a low price.
250m through Covac is crumbs. Covac was supposed to be a facility for equitable distribution of vaccines. Instead it was bypassed by rich countries who bought up stocks and will offer Covax wha they have left.
My information is from Covax, the UN, MSF, health researchers, diplomats and NGOs, as you ask.
My information and perspective comes from inside Pfizer, none of which I was meant to know so I prefer not to take this any further in case I mention something which somehow gets out there and could lead to trouble. I know of one instance, not involving me I hasten to add, where this happened.
You’re right that countries such as the UK ordered far more doses than needed for the population to have shots eg about 100 million for us but at the time of ordering it was a safety net as nobody knew if they would work so over ordering was done to ensure that from all sources we’d have sufficient. Luckily apart from the French vaccine they’ve all been successful although I have no idea about the Russian or Chinese ones.
I felt a bit light headed yesterday lunchtime, fell asleep around 5pm, woke up 3am then went back to sleep for another 3 hours
I have a negligible ache in my arm, not even as bad as a small bruise but that's it
At least I didn't grow horns (anti-vaxxer myth from the 1790s)
The only one thing I think is good out here are that NO shops will allow you in without a mask on, then again you then get idiots walking around inside wearing it like a bloomin necklace!.
Just gotta remain positive and be as safe and responsible as possible....
There are people who are exempt from wearing face coverings for medical, psychological and other legitimate reasons but the ones wearing "chin nappies" aren't otherwise they wouldn't be wearing a mask at all
In Japan, South Korea and other far eastern countries wearing a mask during winter when colds and flu are worst is accepted as normal. This is possibly why they've done far better with Covid than us Europeans.
I get that a parent might need to take a child or 2 in a shop with them (although I do draw the line at it being necessary once they're 14 or so), but both parents with kids is completely unnecessary, irresponsible and selfish imo. I've seen supermarket staff query lack of masks when people enter a store, but never seen people shopping together questioned.
Don't add more rules, because those that are ignoring the whole shebang aren't going to suddenly start complying because you make the curfew hours more restrictive. Jeez.
During one of our earlier lockdowns, there were rules about numbers of people allowed in store per size of building. And the supermarkets were quite strict about letting in only 1 shopper, rather than a couple or family.
Now, here in Greece we have been in lockdown since 6 November*. Yesterday our daily infection numbers were the highest EVER ... but there's nothing explicit in the rules about group shopping, and supermarkets have no measures about restricting numbers or groups entering the premises.
All our measures restrict
'reasons for leaving the house'
'times you are allowed to be out (curfew)'
'wearing a mask even when outside'
And nearly 5 months on under that regime, with tweaks at various points to make things even stricter, those who ignored it from the start continue to ignore it. There's no enforcement.
* Yes, we have been in lockdown for about 18 weeks, and we have no bubbles. And our ICUs are full, and our infection rates are rising.