O/T booster jabs.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

Not had the booster yet.

Serious question. How long is the covid booster effective for?

[CAMiller]

Not had the booster yet.

Serious question. How long is the covid booster effective for?

I heard 6 months but that wasn't gospel. I don't think they really know. Maybe also depends on what other variants pop up.

[great_fire]

That island in the South Pacific that has gone into lockdown for the first time after a plane of fully vaccinated travellers was found to contain 75% positive.

Even someone like John must find this a myth buster, apparently they passed to each other on the flight even though Whitty says it can’t happen

WAKE UP

That's not a revelation, 100 people got Covid on the HMS Queen Elizabeth back in July, everyone on board was vaccinated.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57830617

[the_idiotb_stardson]

I heard 6 months but that wasn't gospel. I don't think they really know. Maybe also depends on what other variants pop up.

So I have had vax 1 and 2.

Caught covid at Christmas- must have built up some immunity following that.

Is there any good reason to have the booster?

Genuinely unsure.

[CAMiller]

So I have had vax 1 and 2.

Caught covid at Christmas- must have built up some immunity following that.

Is there any good reason to have the booster?

Genuinely unsure.

Personally I can't think of any reason not to but that's your choice.

[John2]

That island in the South Pacific that has gone into lockdown for the first time after a plane of fully vaccinated travellers was found to contain 75% positive.

Even someone like John must find this a myth buster, apparently they passed to each other on the flight even though Whitty says it can’t happen

WAKE UP

Do you ever dig beyond the headlines?

It is a curious case for sure, but I'm not sure what you think it proves?

First, a few things... Omicron is known to be highly contagious even amongst the vaccinated/unboosted. If you look a little deeper you see that actually they were all quarantined before flying. If they were all quarantined together and just one person slipped through with covid undetected that would rather account for how so many of them caught it?

Go ahead, wake me up oh enlightened one... what do you think it tells us?

[gm_gm]

So I have had vax 1 and 2.

Caught covid at Christmas- must have built up some immunity following that.

Is there any good reason to have the booster?

Genuinely unsure.

Agree don’t think I’ll boost only we go down the NZ route.

[John2]

Average age of people who died with Covid is older than average life expectancy. Old sick people who would have died of/with flu too.

What happened to flu BTW? Disappeared for two years, amazing.

15 million is the number of people in the UK with existing conditions.

Of course, this entire debate is flawed because it assumes everything we have been through was about saving the lives, whereas the focus around the world seems to have primarily have been to keep hospitalisations low enough that health services aren't completely overwhelmed, and the population isn't so sick all at once that society grinds to a halt from supply chain issues etc.

Flattening the curve was the goal, not saying the elderly. That just happened to be a side benefit, as elderly lives are still valuable to the vast majority of people despite what you might believe yourself.

[great_fire]

Do you ever dig beyond the headlines?

It is a curious case for sure, but I'm not sure what you think it proves?

First, a few things... Omicron is known to be highly contagious even amongst the vaccinated/unboosted. If you look a little deeper you see that actually they were all quarantined before flying. If they were all quarantined together and just one person slipped through with covid undetected that would rather account for how so many of them caught it?

Go ahead, wake me up oh enlightened one... what do you think it tells us?

What about the HMS Queen Elizabeth?

It wasn't Omicron then and they were 7 weeks into 28 week world tour.

[great_fire]

Flattening the curve was the goal, not saying the elderly. That just happened to be a side benefit, as elderly lives are still valuable to the vast majority of people despite what you might believe yourself.

3 weeks to flatten the curve turns into almost 2 years.

The pandemic was over last Spring, it's been all about money, power and control since then.