O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Ram59]

I'm pissing myself at this - some over 80 year olds are turning down the Pfizer vaccine saying they would rather wait for the "British one", they will **** themselves when they find out the Oxford one isn't "British". OMG the mentality of these ****s!

The initial batch of Oxford vaccine has been produced abroad, but the majority of it will be produced in the UK. So, if they wait, the vaccine they receive could well be developed and produced in the UK. Maybe, it isn't the mentality of the over 80's that needs to be brought into question, but somewhere closer to home?

Another factor to consider is that there is a greater question mark over the delaying the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and also with the Pfizer vaccine being in shorter supply, how likely are you to receive the second dose of Pfizer, and not be given the Oxford one?

[MadAmster]

Come on Swale, you write this, on a day when the media is full of the facts that over 2.6 million jabs (2.3 million people) have been issued up until today, a fraction over a month.

When you spout things like this, how can we be expected to believe 'facts', which you claim to be an expert in?

Question: which is greater A or B ?

A, 27 x 2
B, 1 x 4

The answer is B, of course.




The little old UK has given out more vaccines in 4 weeks than the 27 EU countries have in 2 weeks.

My lot started less than a week ago and we've done 35K so far................ slow but sure. They had planned to do more but we keep getting given less doses than we ordered and were originally yold we'd be getting.......

[Andy_Faber]

My lot started less than a week ago and we've done 35K so far................ slow but sure. They had planned to do more but we keep getting given less doses than we ordered and were originally yold we'd be getting.......

....which extrapolates to a mere 49 years to complete the whole population. For Gods sake I hope there isn't a Schwaledale on social media in your area

[ramAnag]

My lot started less than a week ago and we've done 35K so far................ slow but sure. They had planned to do more but we keep getting given less doses than we ordered and were originally yold we'd be getting.......

The Israelis seem to be showing the way with what looks like ‘drive thru’ facilities. They’ve done 20% already in three weeks.

As ever...brilliant logistics but dubious morality in relation to the Palestinians, although that might be an oversimplification.

[Geoff Parkstone]

They probably won't vaccinate the Palestinians, could solve a lot of problems in their view. A sort of final solution, ironically.

[Geoff Parkstone]

....which extrapolates to a mere 49 years to complete the whole population. For Gods sake I hope there isn't a Schwaledale on social media in your area

Are there really 44.5 million people in Holland?

35000*52*49 = 89 million jabs, 2 jabs each = 44. 5 million people.

But there are only 17m people in Holland

Fake news 😉

[Andy_Faber]

Are there really 44.5 million people in Holland?

35000*52*49 = 89 million jabs, 2 jabs each = 44. 5 million people.

But there are only 17m people in Holland

Fake news 😉

****. What’s a few decades between friends

[Geoff Parkstone]

Either that or a lot of refugees that can't get in here any more elect to go to the 2nd best English speaking country in Europe (geographically, that us)

[Ram59]

[QUOTE=ramAnag;39670659]The Israelis seem to be showing the way with what looks like ‘drive thru’ facilities. They’ve done 20% already in three weeks.

As ever...brilliant logistics but dubious morality in relation to the Palestinians, although that might be an oversimplification.[/QUOTE

Israel is quite unique as a country, basically they've ridden roughshod over every other country to get the vaccine first, then they have a much higher proportion of their country with military experience and training and therefore, are able to mobilise a vaccination force or any other force pretty rapidly.

They have a much higher sense of unity and compliance, compared with other countries.

[ramAnag]

[QUOTE=Ram59;39670747]

The Israelis seem to be showing the way with what looks like ‘drive thru’ facilities. They’ve done 20% already in three weeks.

As ever...brilliant logistics but dubious morality in relation to the Palestinians, although that might be an oversimplification.[/QUOTE

Israel is quite unique as a country, basically they've ridden roughshod over every other country to get the vaccine first, then they have a much higher proportion of their country with military experience and training and therefore, are able to mobilise a vaccination force or any other force pretty rapidly.

They have a much higher sense of unity and compliance, compared with other countries.

Interesting Ram...really surprising figures, I think only the two Koreas and Cuba (?) have a greater % of trained soldiers, in relation to the size of population, than Israel.
We do have a quarter of a million of some sort of soldiers though. Must admit I’d rather be jabbed by a trained nurse than some hairy arsed soldier boy, but if this really is a race between the vaccine and the virus maybe it’s a case of needs must...assuming we have enough vaccine of course.

P.S. Two gorillas in San Diego zoo have apparently tested positive for Covid. Really not good.