So, coronavirus...

[tabascoboy]

I had my first jab yesterday morning. Felt a little achy late evening so dosed myself with beer and ibuprofen. Felt fine this morning and went out for a bike ride. YMMV.

Anecdotal evidence I have seen is that women seem to react worse than men to the AZ jab. Many birds have aches, upset tummy and feel flu-like the day after. Maybe HRT related?

My male friends have had virtually no symptoms.

slightly bruised feeling in arm for 3 days nothing else

Day after my 1st AZ jab, fine overnight, a slight headache today and some more general very slight achiness but nothing I wouldn't expect on any other day TBH.

[Fangle]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

[Lemoentjie]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

Good luck Oom Fangle. I heard that with the Pfizer jab, the second dose can give a stronger side effect.

[Fangle]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

Good luck Oom Fangle. I heard that with the Pfizer jab, the second dose can give a stronger side effect.

I’m a bit atypical because I’m on immunotherapy so my reaction could be different. But my daughter is also having hers.

[Sandstorm]

Tokyo Olympics take the decision to ban international spectators this summer regardless of whether travel is allowed

Marathon will be popular

[Saint]

And Ursula is back onto her export ban threats. However, it now looks like she's learnt that she can;tr safely ban the export of Pfizer, so she's now threatening to ban the export of AZ to anywhere in the world

[Fangle]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

So far no reaction after one hour.

[Saint]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

So far no reaction after one hour.

TBF, 1 hour would be a fairly rapid reaction time for anything other than anaphylaxis. Clear 24 hours and you;re probably out of the woods

[Saint]

711K doses delivered in the UK yesterday

590K 1st doses, 121K second doses

The capacity to deliver this thing that's been built out is really impressive

[Fangle]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

So far no reaction after one hour.

21 hours and all is clear. Nothing at all.

[Marylandolorian]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

So far no reaction after one hour.

21 hours and all is clear. Nothing at all.

Glad to hear as I’ll get my 2nd one the 31st, also in general, the side effects in people over 55 tend to be less or lighter since their immune systems are not as strong as those of younger people.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/ ... e-expected

[Saint]

Boris saying 873,784 doses delivered yesterday on twitter.

[Lobby]

Boris saying 873,784 doses delivered yesterday on twitter.

Yep

[Raggs]

Feck me that's impressive!

I hope it's remembered and the techniques and policies held in place. Should something similar come along, it's at a pace where the population could be fully first dose vaccinated, before requiring the second dose (with a similar dosing regime).

[GogLais]

Interesting article by Nigel Lawson in the Sunday Times about the strength of belief in natural remedies and homoeopathy in Germany and France.

[Saint]

Feck me that's impressive!

I hope it's remembered and the techniques and policies held in place. Should something similar come along, it's at a pace where the population could be fully first dose vaccinated, before requiring the second dose (with a similar dosing regime).

Supply will always be the issue, as we're now seeing. As with everything of this nature, we'll probably keep the knowledge and investments for a generation or so, then start scaling it back to spend the money on more politically popular measures

[Sandstorm]

I’ll be having my second Pfizer dose later today. I’ll report back.

So far no reaction after one hour.

21 hours and all is clear. Nothing at all.

2 days for me. No sign of clots or autism.

[And 1 guest]

Had my AZ vaccine on Friday. No effects apart from a bit of a dead arm.

[Dinsdale Piranha]

So far no reaction after one hour.

21 hours and all is clear. Nothing at all.

2 days for me. No sign of clots or autism.

I've stayed off PR as well.

[Sandstorm]

[Saint]

US trial data is in for AZ. 79% effective, in preventing symptomatic Covid, 100% effective in preventing hospitalisation. 25% of participants were over 65 and the %s were the same across all age groups

[Rinkals]

21 hours and all is clear. Nothing at all.

2 days for me. No sign of clots or autism.

I've stayed off PR as well.

As an aside, the selection of smilies on NPR is a little woeful.

[Ovals]

US trial data is in for AZ. 79% effective, in preventing symptomatic Covid, 100% effective in preventing hospitalisation. 25% of participants were over 65 and the %s were the same across all age groups

Rather good figures.

[Dinsdale Piranha]

US trial data is in for AZ. 79% effective, in preventing symptomatic Covid, 100% effective in preventing hospitalisation. 25% of participants were over 65 and the %s were the same across all age groups

Rather good figures.

Also that's with a 4 week dosing interval. Would likely be better with 12 week.

[Saint]

US trial data is in for AZ. 79% effective, in preventing symptomatic Covid, 100% effective in preventing hospitalisation. 25% of participants were over 65 and the %s were the same across all age groups

Rather good figures.

Also that's with a 4 week dosing interval. Would likely be better with 12 week.

All true. I still don't think the FDA will approve it

[Dinsdale Piranha]

Rather good figures.

Also that's with a 4 week dosing interval. Would likely be better with 12 week.

All true. I still don't think the FDA will approve it

I think they will. They have run out of excuses not to and there are now plenty of expensive, US made vaccines available for their own population.

[Lobby]

meanwhile, EU states constant flip-flopping over the AZ vaccine, and the promotion of misinformation is having a completely foreseeable effect on vaccine confidence



Other figures from the same source:

Italy:
Safe: 36% (-18)
Unsafe: 43% (+27)

Spain:
Safe: 38% (-21)
Unsafe: 52% (+27)

Denmark:
Safe: 42%
Unsafe: 42%

Sweden:
Safe: 43%
Unsafe: 34%

[Sandstorm]

Ask the Euros:

"Would you rather have
a) 3 months more of Level 4 lockdown
or
b) AZ jab tomorrow?"

[Biffer]

Some EU countries are going to end up pouring AZ vaccines down the drain, aren't they?

[Sandstorm]

Some EU countries are going to end up pouring AZ vaccines down the drain, aren't they?

Probably. They could give it to Covax and send it to Africa.
But you just know 2 days after the plane takes off for Lagos, they'll approve the vaccine and then their own people will ask for those MEP's heads on a stichwaffe. Lose lose.

[Margin__Walker]

That French figure in particular is what you get when you combine a worryingly anti-vax adjacent population with a prick like Macron chucking out terms like 'quasi-innefective' when talking about it.

Mind boggling.

[Ovals]

Some EU countries are going to end up pouring AZ vaccines down the drain, aren't they?

Probably. They could give it to Covax and send it to Africa.
But you just know 2 days after the plane takes off for Lagos, they'll approve the vaccine and then their own people will ask for those MEP's heads on a stichwaffe. Lose lose.

We should do a deal with them - trade some of our Pfizer (contracted) supply for their AZ supply. Based on cost/dose, we'd get lots more AZ than we'd be giving up Pfizer.

[Sandstorm]

Some EU countries are going to end up pouring AZ vaccines down the drain, aren't they?

Probably. They could give it to Covax and send it to Africa.
But you just know 2 days after the plane takes off for Lagos, they'll approve the vaccine and then their own people will ask for those MEP's heads on a stichwaffe. Lose lose.

We should do a deal with them - trade some of our Pfizer (contracted) supply for their AZ supply. Based on cost/dose, we'd get lots more AZ than we'd be giving up Pfizer.

Stock will be stuck at Calais port for so long, it'll go out of date.

[Glaston]

meanwhile, EU states constant flip-flopping over the AZ vaccine, and the promotion of misinformation is having a completely foreseeable effect on vaccine confidence



Other figures from the same source:

Italy:
Safe: 36% (-18)
Unsafe: 43% (+27)

Spain:
Safe: 38% (-21)
Unsafe: 52% (+27)

Denmark:
Safe: 42%
Unsafe: 42%

Sweden:
Safe: 43%
Unsafe: 34%

Its not just the Europeans who are spooked by all the misinformation coming out of the EU politicians.

Even elderly Aussies are now showing a reluctance to have the AZ jab.
As for all those small third world countries which totally rely on AZ, they are going to be seriously screwed if their populations start having 2nd thoughts about getting vaccinated. Thye dont have the luxury of waiting for other vaccine shots.

[SaintK]

Ask the Euros:

"Would you rather have
a) 3 months more of Level 4 lockdown
or
b) AZ jab tomorrow?"

Quite!!
It's absolutely bonkers

[Lemoentjie]

All true. I still don't think the FDA will approve it

Would be a good indicator of how much lobbying Pfizer and Moderna can do

[ohno]

meanwhile, EU states constant flip-flopping over the AZ vaccine, and the promotion of misinformation is having a completely foreseeable effect on vaccine confidence



Other figures from the same source:

Italy:
Safe: 36% (-18)
Unsafe: 43% (+27)

Spain:
Safe: 38% (-21)
Unsafe: 52% (+27)

Denmark:
Safe: 42%
Unsafe: 42%

Sweden:
Safe: 43%
Unsafe: 34%

Its not just the Europeans who are spooked by all the misinformation coming out of the EU politicians.

Even elderly Aussies are now showing a reluctance to have the AZ jab.
As for all those small third world countries which totally rely on AZ, they are going to be seriously screwed if their populations start having 2nd thoughts about getting vaccinated. Thye dont have the luxury of waiting for other vaccine shots.

I had my AZ vaccine yesterday and the pharmacist made a deliberate effort to talk through side effects and how safe it was and addressed ‘stories you might have heard coming from Europe’. Also had side effect info stapled to the card. Talked to my friend who went through same centre two weeks ago and she said they did touch on it but not to the same extent. Im glad they are making an effort to address it.

If the US approve AZ I think it will go some way to help the image problem.

[GogLais]

meanwhile, EU states constant flip-flopping over the AZ vaccine, and the promotion of misinformation is having a completely foreseeable effect on vaccine confidence



Other figures from the same source:

Italy:
Safe: 36% (-18)
Unsafe: 43% (+27)

Spain:
Safe: 38% (-21)
Unsafe: 52% (+27)

Denmark:
Safe: 42%
Unsafe: 42%

Sweden:
Safe: 43%
Unsafe: 34%

Its not just the Europeans who are spooked by all the misinformation coming out of the EU politicians.

Even elderly Aussies are now showing a reluctance to have the AZ jab.

One of the good things about being old(ish) is not worrying about long-term side-effects.

[Marylandolorian]

That French figure in particular is what you get when you combine a worryingly anti-vax adjacent population with a prick like Macron chucking out terms like 'quasi-innefective' when talking about it.

Mind boggling.

The French had awful presidents for the last 15years but this one is the worst since Petain in 1942.

[Saint]

Interesting how reading some of the reporting about the EU/AZ dispute little nuggets of information are coming out.

A major part of the reason that UK shortfall is below plan is that Cobra Biologics (up in Keele) is not fully functional. No-one's being entirely clear what's going on there.

In the EU, the Halix plant was massively underperforming until fairly recently when a UK team of AZ, Oxford, and UK gov staff went over to work out how to improve yields. That's now up to speed and Halix has been producing what's described as "good" yields but still needs sign off from EMA for EU supply. Halix was planned to be part of the UK supply chain back as early as May last year, and was signed off by MHRA sometime around June/July