Coronavirus

[Batch]

but if you've not put the results into the app, then it must be doing what it's doing in a completely independent way. It can't link the results to the app automatically, you are anonymous

whether that's erronious, or whether we don't understand the true meaning of key match exposure report is another question.

[pauld]

Hasn’t put any details in as far as I’m aware. I certainly haven’t

I don’t think the keys are timestamped in any way, I think they’re just random downloads from a central database to check against, but essentially the point remains that we’ve not been apart from the best part of two weeks, yet all my downloads have a match and hers don’t

Have you been sleepwalking with infected people without realising it? Best I've got I'm afraid

[horlock07]

Ignore the story (well don't its another case of the rampant corruption within government!!) but the table embedded into this piece has the data broken down and presented in a reasonably simple form to allow basic review on an area by area basis.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/04/tory-linked-firm-involved-in-testing-failure-awarded-new-347m-covid-contract

[RobertT]

Have you been sleepwalking with infected people without realising it? Best I've got I'm afraid

Could be someone hiding in your hoodie?

[Nemo]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/covid-19-vaccine-candidate-effective-pfizer-biontech

People who generally aren't given to hyperbole seem to think this is genuinely excellent news.

Also a big fan of the spokesman having no interest in humility: "Today is a great day for science and humanity"

[michael]

That news has come a week too late for Trump. Sad.

[Bob's Orange]

That news has come a week too late for Trump. Sad.

I was just thinking that - I'm sure he is going to say this news was delayed by the 'Dems so that Joe B can claim to have sorted Covid whilst he let nearly 250,000 Americans die with the virus.

[tans]

He never fucking had it, the fat orange bastard

[pauld]

He never fucking had it, the fat orange bastard

Not a fan then tans?

[tans]

Whatever gave you that idea!!?

[pauld]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/covid-19-vaccine-candidate-effective-pfizer-biontech

People who generally aren't given to hyperbole seem to think this is genuinely excellent news.

Also a big fan of the spokesman having no interest in humility: "Today is a great day for science and humanity"

Let's hope this bloke is wrong then: TLDR, even if we have a vaccine the govt's strategy for applying it is a load of wallop

https://capx.co/a-vaccine-is-coming-but-the-uks-immunisation-plan-is-fatally-flawed/

No idea if he is right, his arguments seem to stack up but well aware from the previous 9 months of this shit that these kinds of arguments seem compelling until you see the counter argument from someone who knows what they're talking about and then it's all a crock. Certainly the way the govt have handled the public health aspects of the pre-vaccine period doesn't inspire confidence.

[horlock07]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/covid-19-vaccine-candidate-effective-pfizer-biontech

People who generally aren't given to hyperbole seem to think this is genuinely excellent news.

Also a big fan of the spokesman having no interest in humility: "Today is a great day for science and humanity"

Reflects what I have heard from two separate people over the weekend who know what they are talking about (both pretty pragmatic and not subject to hyperbole!)

The type of vaccine/operation, whilst new, has got years and years of research behind it.

[horlock07]

Let's hope this bloke is wrong then: TLDR, even if we have a vaccine the govt's strategy for applying it is a load of wallop

https://capx.co/a-vaccine-is-coming-but-the-uks-immunisation-plan-is-fatally-flawed/

No idea if he is right, his arguments seem to stack up but well aware from the previous 9 months of this shit that these kinds of arguments seem compelling until you see the counter argument from someone who knows what they're talking about and then it's all a crock. Certainly the way the govt have handled the public health aspects of the pre-vaccine period doesn't inspire confidence.

That completely contradicts what I have been told by someone who is personally putting together the vaccination plan for an entire NHS Trust (and has been doing or for a fair few months meaning when combined with the Flu programme he has ben working 7-10 most days, poor fucker!) he is working on the basis that everyone over 18 is getting a jab, I specifically asked him this last week when someone suggested we were not all getting it on here.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

Let's hope this bloke is wrong then: TLDR, even if we have a vaccine the govt's strategy for applying it is a load of wallop

https://capx.co/a-vaccine-is-coming-but-the-uks-immunisation-plan-is-fatally-flawed/

No idea if he is right, his arguments seem to stack up but well aware from the previous 9 months of this shit that these kinds of arguments seem compelling until you see the counter argument from someone who knows what they're talking about and then it's all a crock. Certainly the way the govt have handled the public health aspects of the pre-vaccine period doesn't inspire confidence.

Kate fucking Bingham

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-sir-keir-starmer-criticises-unjustified-670k-spend-on-pr-team-for-uk-vaccines-chief-kate-bingham-12128412

[pauld]

That completely contradicts what I have been told by someone who is personally putting together the vaccination plan for an entire NHS Trust (and has been doing or for a fair few months meaning when combined with the Flu programme he has ben working 7-10 most days, poor fucker!) he is working on the basis that everyone over 18 is getting a jab, I specifically asked him this last week when someone suggested we were not all getting it on here.

In which case, great. I genuinely want to be excited about this, just mindful of getting over-excited too early about the actual news (it's a press release, not a peer-reviewed study, although TBF actual proper scientists do also seem to be taking this as good news subject to the usual etc etc) and that there's a long way to go between announcement of a discovery and actual delivery.

It would be wonderful to think there might be an end in sight for all this shit