O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Geoff Parkstone]

I really do hope you guys are right and not just guilty of complacency.
Amongst all the back slapping let’s just remember that we in the UK are potential ‘guinea pigs’. The vaccine has been developed astonishingly quickly and hasn’t been tested to the same extent as others.
I sincerely hope, and believe, that you’re better off having it than not having it...but let’s not forget than most of those in charge have screwed up monumentally in almost every other aspect of handling the pandemic.
It’s very early days...less back slapping complacency and politicking about other countries please.

Amongst the 20 odd million shots that we have injected, I don't believe anyone has suffered from a thromboid. MA's figures speak of 6 non fatalities in Europe's 17m. I havent seen reports of anything in the US. I'd guess that maybe 40m AZ vaccinations have been dispensed globally with 0 fatalities reported. I like those odds - statistically I'd even like them if 40 fatalities had been reported.

As Andy has inferred - you do the math. Nothing in life is risk free, but this is as near to it as I've seen before. Mind how you go driving to the shops this week - you are way way more likely to be killed in a traffic accident doing that. And dont even think of flying to a holiday destination, a (DV)T is far more likely than an (AZ)T

[ramAnag]

Amongst the 20 odd million shots that we have injected, I don't believe anyone has suffered from a thromboid. MA's figures speak of 6 non fatalities in Europe's 17m. I havent seen reports of anything in the US. I'd guess that maybe 40m AZ vaccinations have been dispensed globally with 0 fatalities reported. I like those odds - statistically I'd even like them if 40 fatalities had been reported.

As Andy has inferred - you do the math. V Nothing in life is risk free, but this is as near to it as I've seen before. Mind how you go driving to the shops this week - you are way way more likely to be killed in a traffic accident doing that. And dont even think of flying to a holiday destination, a (DV)T is far more likely than an (AZ)T

I think you miss my point. I’m obviously with you where the risks are concerned, otherwise I wouldn’t have had the vaccine about a month ago would I? Nothing I know has changed my mind.

Having said that, I hate the jingoism and also understand that being British doesn’t always make us right - or wrong - or immune to variants that come from other parts of the world because their vaccination programmes MAY not be as good as ours.