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Fangle wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:20 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:11 pm At least in part it's due to timing. Covid was established as Covid before suddenly Donald started to try and rebrand it as Chynavirus. The motivation was clear - rebrand to make it sound like someone else's fault, especially at a time when the US was struggling to deal with it.

Didn’t it take a while before they got to naming it.?Anyway I was just chatting idly. Call it anything you want.

Saint wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:13 pm

Fangle wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:20 pm

Saint wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:11 pm At least in part it's due to timing. Covid was established as Covid before suddenly Donald started to try and rebrand it as Chynavirus. The motivation was clear - rebrand to make it sound like someone else's fault, especially at a time when the US was struggling to deal with it.

Didn’t it take a while before they got to naming it.?Anyway I was just chatting idly. Call it anything you want.

It was Covid-19/Coronavirus/Novel Coronavirus for months before Donnie tried Chynavirus on for size. Things could have turned out a lot of different ways, but the rebranding attempt was fairly blatant, and actually quite surprising given that at the same time he was attempting to run an attempt at a China foreign and trade policy alongside this

Rinkals wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 5:00 am

Saint wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:13 pm

Fangle wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 8:20 pm

Didn’t it take a while before they got to naming it.?Anyway I was just chatting idly. Call it anything you want.

It was Covid-19/Coronavirus/Novel Coronavirus for months before Donnie tried Chynavirus on for size. Things could have turned out a lot of different ways, but the rebranding attempt was fairly blatant, and actually quite surprising given that at the same time he was attempting to run an attempt at a China foreign and trade policy alongside this

As far as I'm aware, the media I read refers to it as covid19.

Assigning an ethnic identity to it would seem to be driven by an agenda against that particular ethnic group.

Fonz wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:25 pm Scheduled to take the J&J vaccine on the 11th.

Got only about a week to get my affairs in order.

Uncle fester wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 6:59 pm

Fangle wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:14 pm

Ymx wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:07 pm No one got upset over the name of the Australian Flu.

Or Asian, Spanish, Rocky Mountain etc. And according to Politico Trump is now low energy. Hopefully he fades away.

Spanish flu originated in US. First recorded cases in Kansas. Spanish were livid that the flu got tagged with their nationality.

Fangle wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 6:17 am

Rinkals wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 5:00 am

Saint wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 9:13 pm

It was Covid-19/Coronavirus/Novel Coronavirus for months before Donnie tried Chynavirus on for size. Things could have turned out a lot of different ways, but the rebranding attempt was fairly blatant, and actually quite surprising given that at the same time he was attempting to run an attempt at a China foreign and trade policy alongside this

As far as I'm aware, the media I read refers to it as covid19.

Assigning an ethnic identity to it would seem to be driven by an agenda against that particular ethnic group.

Just like all the variants which are freely named by their assumed source? Of course not ethnic but geographical. But call it what you want as it really means so little to me. I also disagree with Trump. Calling it Covid is fine and I thought it vaguely interesting.

Seychelles, which has fully vaccinated more of its population against the coronavirus than any other country, has closed schools and canceled sporting activities for two weeks as infections surge.

The measures, which include bans on the intermingling of households and the early closure of bars, come even as the country has fully vaccinated more than 60% of its adult population with two doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The curbs are similar to those last imposed at the end of 2020.

“Despite of all the exceptional efforts we are making, the Covid-19 situation in our country is critical right now, with many daily cases reported last week,” Peggy Vidot, the nation’s health minister, said at a press conference Tuesday.

Rinkals wrote: ↑Wed May 05, 2021 5:03 pm The Seychelles seems to be in a bit of a pickle:

World’s Most-Vaccinated Nation Activates Curbs as Cases Rise

Seychelles, which has fully vaccinated more of its population against the coronavirus than any other country, has closed schools and canceled sporting activities for two weeks as infections surge.

The measures, which include bans on the intermingling of households and the early closure of bars, come even as the country has fully vaccinated more than 60% of its adult population with two doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The curbs are similar to those last imposed at the end of 2020.

“Despite of all the exceptional efforts we are making, the Covid-19 situation in our country is critical right now, with many daily cases reported last week,” Peggy Vidot, the nation’s health minister, said at a press conference Tuesday.

Fangle wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 4:40 pm Why are we happy to speak about the lethal variants for the virus according to their supposed source, like the Brazil variant, the South African variant, and the UK variant, but not allowed to refer to covid-19 as a Chinese or Wuhan virus? Fears of Xenophobia?

laurent wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 4:34 pm Got my appointment for both shots.

Will be fully vaccinated for the summer holidays

BnM wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:08 pm

laurent wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 4:34 pm Got my appointment for both shots.

Will be fully vaccinated for the summer holidays

Fantastic stuff.

BERLIN — Germany Thursday opened up the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for everyone over the age of 18 in order to speed up immunization efforts, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced.

Speaking at a press conference in Berlin following talks with Germany's 16 state-level health ministers, Spahn said the vaccine should become available to all, regardless of their medical history.

"We agreed today to completely abolish the prioritization of AstraZeneca's vaccine — this means that when vaccinations are administered in doctors' offices, it is the doctors who decide who is to be vaccinated and when, at their own discretion," he said, adding that "the vaccine can only be administered after the patient has been informed [about potential risks] by the doctor and an individual decision has been made."

The move came after AstraZeneca's vaccine experienced a drop in popularity in Germany earlier this year following reports of rare blood clots in some patients and a subsequent recommendation by national health authorities to only administer the jab to those over the age of 60. The European Medicines Agency has backed continued use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in all adults, while confirming a "possible link" to "very rare" cases of blood clotting.

Doctors in Germany will now also be able to decide on the length of time a patient should wait before getting a second dose, an interval which health experts recommend may range from four to 12 weeks in the case of AstraZeneca.

Earlier in the day, lawmakers in the Bundestag approved a proposal that offers more rights to those who are fully vaccinated. Spahn said given this decision, "many are asking themselves ... when they will get their second vaccination."

"That's why we want to leave the flexibility in the hands of the doctors and the patients," he said.

BnM wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 9:40 pm

https://www.politico.eu/article/germany ... ll-adults/

BERLIN — Germany Thursday opened up the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for everyone over the age of 18 in order to speed up immunization efforts, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced.

Speaking at a press conference in Berlin following talks with Germany's 16 state-level health ministers, Spahn said the vaccine should become available to all, regardless of their medical history.

"We agreed today to completely abolish the prioritization of AstraZeneca's vaccine — this means that when vaccinations are administered in doctors' offices, it is the doctors who decide who is to be vaccinated and when, at their own discretion," he said, adding that "the vaccine can only be administered after the patient has been informed [about potential risks] by the doctor and an individual decision has been made."

The move came after AstraZeneca's vaccine experienced a drop in popularity in Germany earlier this year following reports of rare blood clots in some patients and a subsequent recommendation by national health authorities to only administer the jab to those over the age of 60. The European Medicines Agency has backed continued use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in all adults, while confirming a "possible link" to "very rare" cases of blood clotting.

Doctors in Germany will now also be able to decide on the length of time a patient should wait before getting a second dose, an interval which health experts recommend may range from four to 12 weeks in the case of AstraZeneca.

Earlier in the day, lawmakers in the Bundestag approved a proposal that offers more rights to those who are fully vaccinated. Spahn said given this decision, "many are asking themselves ... when they will get their second vaccination."

"That's why we want to leave the flexibility in the hands of the doctors and the patients," he said.

laurent wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 4:34 pm Got my appointment for both shots.

Will be fully vaccinated for the summer holidays

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 10:11 pm Any movement from the Danes yet?

laurent wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:34 pm Well my brother and sister in law are going to be able to fight over cancelled appointments (under 50 both) and latest announcement is that everyone can get a shot if there is available appointments on the next day.

TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 6:33 am

laurent wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:34 pm Well my brother and sister in law are going to be able to fight over cancelled appointments (under 50 both) and latest announcement is that everyone can get a shot if there is available appointments on the next day.

It's an absolute farce that nearly 5 months into the rollout Macron's team was promoting the use of the non-state Vitemadose in order to help achieve this, that they've given them so little time for developers to rework to facilitate it and haven't put pressure on all providers to submit data to feed all slot data into it.

Really is pushing 2nd gear to the limit whilst Spain/Germany/Italy are going into 4th/3rd.

laurent wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 am

TheNatalShark wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 6:33 am

laurent wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:34 pm Well my brother and sister in law are going to be able to fight over cancelled appointments (under 50 both) and latest announcement is that everyone can get a shot if there is available appointments on the next day.

It's an absolute farce that nearly 5 months into the rollout Macron's team was promoting the use of the non-state Vitemadose in order to help achieve this, that they've given them so little time for developers to rework to facilitate it and haven't put pressure on all providers to submit data to feed all slot data into it.

Really is pushing 2nd gear to the limit whilst Spain/Germany/Italy are going into 4th/3rd.

Not really much in this the site above is an agregator the booking applications allow you to book in one place at a time (IE your doc / pharmacist or vacc center).

France is vaccinating as much as the others however cancelled appointments and no shows are the reason some slots reopen this are these slots that can and have been used by people under the elligibility window.

Over 50 are fully elligible from monday and so far 30% of the adult population has had 1 shot at least.
My brother and sister in Law are very eager to get in especially as they want to go to la Réunion to visit family. What Macron did was make official what was happening already: people showing up at the vacc centers for leftovers.

PS not defending Macron on this (or pretty much anything) they gambled with the English variant and an earlier shutdown was called for and would have seen us in a better situation now (not in terms of vaccines but contamination level).

Biffer wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 8:19 am Initial indications are that vaccination is effective against the Indian variant

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 10:11 pm
Any movement from the Danes yet?

BnM wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 8:53 pm Love this

laurent wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 am Not really much in this the site above is an agregator the booking applications allow you to book in one place at a time (IE your doc / pharmacist or vacc center).

laurent wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 am France is vaccinating as much as the others however cancelled appointments and no shows are the reason some slots reopen this are these slots that can and have been used by people under the elligibility window.

laurent wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 amWhat Macron did was make official what was happening already: people showing up at the vacc centers for leftovers.

laurent wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 am PS not defending Macron on this they gambled with the English variant and an earlier shutdown was called for and would have seen us in a better situation now (not in terms of vaccines but contamination level).

tc27 wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 1:58 pm

Looking at numbers over the last few days:

Everyone has the same stock to draw from at UK level but Wales and to a lesser extent Scotland going for much faster on first doses whereas England and NI really pushing the second dose.

My gut feeling is with lockdown coming to an end getting as many as possible the first dose will be as beneficial now as it was in the winter as long the second comes within 12 weeks - clearly Welsh public health officials feel they have enough reserved for 2nd jabs to do this.