Covid News Around the World One Year Later

[30Three]

I expect the Covid vaccine may end up as a yearly jab; like the flu vaccine. Seeing as the virus mutates fairly quickly; I don't think it's done yet. Especially in the poorer countries!

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[CINDERS]

Talked to my GP yesterday do not get a choice its the Astra Zeneca or nothing that's how our govt rolls as under 50's can get the Pfizer so its take a chance on what's happened to a few others with the blood clots, the alternate was pretty straight forward as described by my no punches pulled GP "Catch covid and you'll sprout wings".

So booked in on the 18th June its so nice to have freedom of choice our land may be a great place but we have a govt that is less desirable pretty much their way or the highway not sure but I think they can get the Pfizer or have had it.

[Aragorn243]

Catch Covid and you'll sprout wings? It has a 99.9% survival rate for anyone under 50 and a 90% survival rate for those over 78 which is the average age of death. With all the years in between decreasing slightly with age each year.

That's one of the problems here, 40% of Democrats think they are going to die if they get it. Drops down to about 10% of Republicans but even that's way too high.

[SNAFU22]

Statistics don't matter when its someone you know. A good friends son, in his 30s, died two weeks ago. What were the odds? Who fu@king cares. He's gone and nothing will change that. If he had the shot would things have been different? I think they would.

[MSW2]

Statistics don't matter when its someone you know. A good friends son, in his 30s, died two weeks ago. What were the odds? Who fu@king cares. He's gone and nothing will change that. If he had the shot would things have been different? I think they would.

Or he could have had a reaction to the shot...
I am not trying to belittle his death in any way but people die. Some young, some old. My wife passed away from breast cancer at the end of 2019 at the age of 43.
This whole covid thing has been blown up way out of proportion which has caused much more economic, social, and health issues (people not seeking medical attention for other conditions out of fear) than it would have caused had it been handled as per traditional medical protocols (e.g. quarantine SICK people).

[CINDERS]

Its all a bit worrying a lady who works with my wife her brother caught Covid o/seas where he died of it 49 Y/O yes we can all go on about the spanish flu and past pandemics but it seems this little sucker morphs into stronger more contagious variants extremely quickly and I seriously doubt if we will ever get ahead of it enough to kill it off as it will probably end up a super flu.

[SNAFU22]

You have my sympathy MSW2. People do die. 30-40,000 a year in the US from traffic related accidents. So you buy a car with safety features, drive defensively and hope for the best. They say hindsight is 20 20. In my opinion, science will get us past this.

[30Three]

First Pfizer jab was great! Really was a surprise; hardly felt it at all.(probably due to the small quantity injected) and no side effects (fever etc) over the weekend for me; just very slight soreness in my arm.
My wife also got the jab on Friday; no side effects either; but she had more soreness in the arm during the weekend.
Well worth doing !

[Ovidio]

The “jabbers” have developed such a hand by now...
And the needle is tiny.
I really didn’t feel the sting. Nix, nada, niente.

[MSW2]

Just a quick something to think about for everyone. How about having blood tests done for antibodies before getting a jab?