Coronavirus - Part Two.

[petemcewan 27]

Cyclecar.

Congrats. Had my BNT162b2 vaccination on Thursday 14th Jan,16. 20hrs , at the Matthews Medical Centre.

It all went very smoothly and professionally. It was a bit of an epic getting there. Had to put chains on the front -winter tyres- wheels of my little Suzuki Ignis 4x4 to get out of my Crescent. My God! Winter tryes,chains and 4x4 ,and this is in Sheffield -and not the Alps.

I'm very pleased with the Vax I was given. It has a very good CD4/CD8 cell profile.

As a consequence of having the Vax.I'm less anxious now.

 

Note: No side effects whatsoever.

 

PS, No date given on my card for my second one.

Edited January 16, 2021 by petemcewan

[RiffRaff 10]

17 minutes ago, petemcewan said:

Cyclecar.

Congrats. Had my BNT162b2 vaccination on Thursday 14th Jan,16. 20hrs , at the Matthews Medical Centre.

It all went very smoothly and professionally. It was a bit of an epic getting there. Had to put chains on the front -winter tyres- wheels of my little Suzuki Ignis 4x4 to get out of my Crescent. My God! Winter tryes,chains and 4x4 ,and this is in Sheffield -and not the Alps.

I'm very pleased with the Vax I was given. It has a very good CD4/CD8 cell profile.

As a consequence of having the Vax.I'm less anxious now.

 

Note: No side effects whatsoever.

 

PS, No date given on my card for my second one.

That's on Asline Road, yes? The Belgrave Med Centre?

My wife's aunt, registered with Heeley Green, is supposed to be getting her jab there as well - I think the Matthews is acting as the hub for many of the local surgeries.

The lady in question is 94, so I'm surprised she's not heard anything as yet....

[tinfoilhat 11]

28 minutes ago, petemcewan said:

Cyclecar.

Congrats. Had my BNT162b2 vaccination on Thursday 14th Jan,16. 20hrs , at the Matthews Medical Centre.

It all went very smoothly and professionally. It was a bit of an epic getting there. Had to put chains on the front -winter tyres- wheels of my little Suzuki Ignis 4x4 to get out of my Crescent. My God! Winter tryes,chains and 4x4 ,and this is in Sheffield -and not the Alps.

I'm very pleased with the Vax I was given. It has a very good CD4/CD8 cell profile.

As a consequence of having the Vax.I'm less anxious now.

 

Note: No side effects whatsoever.

 

PS, No date given on my card for my second one.

Did they make you sit down for 15 mins or was it jab and go?

[apelike 10]

3 hours ago, melthebell said:

Nothing to worry about eh? I know from personal experience more people I know either online or real life are having to isolate either to having it or somebody they're with having it. March's lockdown I knew nobody with it, this lockdown at least 10. Does seem to be more prevalent.

The question though is.. is this down to a new variant or because people have become lax when it come to lockdown or social distancing? 

[nikki-red 307]

2 minutes ago, apelike said:

The question though is.. is this down to a new variant or because people have become lax when it come to lockdown or social distancing? 

Or is it down to testing being more widely available so more people actually know they’ve got it now?

In the early days asymptomatic would never have known they had it.

[apelike 10]

2 hours ago, enntee said:

It is not "what the new UK variant means"

It is what it means "to him".

Well yes, but he is a leading virologist and I believe on of the first to actually sequence the Virus so knows his stuff and explains it very well.

 

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He also comes out with many contradictions and is basing his video on press releases not scientific papers.

No, he bases his comments on previous released scientific papers, questions the terminology behind some of them and also the press hype because of it.

 

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There are many "maybes" in this issue. The UK teams say as much. So there is no need to repeat all that on tape to claim that it is all unworthy of consideration.

No one is saying it is unworthy of consideration even him. What he is saying is that at this point in time it is not possible to know if the new variant is much more contagious due to the reason how viruses spread. 

 

Here is a snippet from the BBC when first announced about this.

 

Quote "Experts think the UK or "Kent" strain emerged in September and may be up to 70% more transmissible or infectious, although latest research by Public Health England puts it between 30% and 50%. It is this variant which has driven the latest lockdowns around the UK."

 

Notice the usual words may, up to and between in that quote. It is also noticeable that at first when announce it was 70% more transmissible, then downgraded to between 30% and 50% so what is it now? The problem I have is just like Vincent in that video in that we simply don't know and its the press through misinformation that are fuelling this panic.

 

17 minutes ago, nikki-red said:

Or is it down to testing being more widely available so more people actually know they’ve got it now?

In the early days asymptomatic would never have known they had it.

Another good point.

Edited January 16, 2021 by apelike

[melthebell 862]

27 minutes ago, apelike said:

The question though is.. is this down to a new variant or because people have become lax when it come to lockdown or social distancing? 

 

23 minutes ago, nikki-red said:

Or is it down to testing being more widely available so more people actually know they’ve got it now?

In the early days asymptomatic would never have known they had it.

doubt we'll ever know properly since things have changed, like you say more testing etc, all i know is more people i know have it, have symptoms, including people that arent being lax.

as well as an increase in more testing however, we do now know more about it so scientists are like as they are saying able to tell more about mutations and how it works etc.

Edited January 16, 2021 by melthebell

[Pkingy 10]

Was talking to my dentist yesterday and he said he couldn't understand why dentists hadn't been asked to get involved in the vaccine roll out. Seems a good idea to me most people have a dentist local to them.

 

[RollingJ 1,986]

22 minutes ago, Pkingy said:

Was talking to my dentist yesterday and he said he couldn't understand why dentists hadn't been asked to get involved in the vaccine roll out. Seems a good idea to me most people have a dentist local to them.

 

In principle yes - but are they trained for giving injections? Unrelated in a way, but I have needed cortisone injections in the past, and at my 8-doctor practice, only one was authorised to administer them.

[Mister M 1,598]

53 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

In principle yes - but are they trained for giving injections? Unrelated in a way, but I have needed cortisone injections in the past, and at my 8-doctor practice, only one was authorised to administer them.

Yes, I presume so because giving anesthetic injections is a routine part of a dentists role.  

[RollingJ 1,986]

1 minute ago, Mister M said:

Yes, I presume so because giving anesthetic injections is a routine part of a dentists role.  

See my comment - not all doctors are trained for all injections, so are dentists trained for those outside their profession?

[Thirsty Relic 206]

I think you'll find that cortisone injections are different from most injections - therefore special training is needed.  Also, the areas they are given into require a more in-depth knowledge of that area of the body to get the injections in the right place - hence specialisms.  With a practice with a number of Doctors, there is a greater chance to specialise.  In small practices, you may well have needed to go a hospital to get the cortisone.

 

With the Covid vaccine, less specialist knowledge is needed, and dentists routinely inject patients, and have also had general medical training, so would be able to do Covid injections.  Also, they'll have needed to do many of the "safeguarding" and other trainings needed to work directly with the public, that volunteers will not have done.