Coronavirus

[suttonred]

Opps.

I meant the other one. Snickers?

Marathon. I'm old school.

[4D]

This ^

[donkey]

Off topic?

 

[Bob's Orange]

Was on a flight last year and an announcement came up not to open any products containing nuts for the duration of the flight due to a passenger with a severe allergy. They were on the return flight too.

This happened to us on a BA flight. Then the meals started to be handed out and I spotted on the top of each of the puddings (which was some kind of cake) was a massive almond. I pointed this out to the air stewardess who quickly pulled the meals back. We ended up getting a full bottle of champagne to ourselves as I think they could have got in deep shit had they ended up killing the nut allergy person!

[4D]

Did you manage to scoff the cake before they were taken back?

[Bob's Orange]

Did you manage to scoff the cake before they were taken back?

Sadly not, I saw the Nut before my meal had arrived.

[Samdy Gray]

Was on a flight last year and an announcement came up not to open any products containing nuts for the duration of the flight due to a passenger with a severe allergy. They were on the return flight too.

My nephew is one of those with a severe allergy.

The family did not find it funny when I (ironically) muttered "there's always fucking one" after the tannoy announcement on a recent holiday.

[BambooToTheFuture]

Interesting to find on the readings from the Assets Publishing Service for Government, within Regulation 174 Information For UK Healthcare Professionals for the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2.

There appears to have been no testing and or completion measured against fertility;

4.6 Fertility, Pregnancy & Lactation
There are no or limited amount of data from the use of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2. Animal reproductive toxicity studies have not been completed.

It is unknown whether COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 has an impact on fertility.

Later and brief reiteration of the above;

5.3 Preclinical Safety Data
Animal studies into potential toxicity to reproduction and development have not been completed.

[Arriba]

My daughter had the vaccine yesterday. She works in a care home.
Dunno how I feel about it to be honest. It's clearly been rushed through. Just hope it works and has no side effects...

[Flashheart]

It's clearly been rushed through.

Except it hasn't.

It has been tested just as rigorously as any other vaccine. It has only been completed 'faster' because more has been thrown at it. Other vaccines get held up - this one has not been held up. There's also the fact that this vaccine has been in development for long before COVID was even on the scene.

And that's the experts speaking. People who actually know.

[RobertT]

The money talked on this one - usually Governments won't pre-purchase an unapproved drug in such large quantities.  It completely removed all the usual barriers to development meaning they could fuck it up and be OK.  That cuts years off of development time.

[pauld]

The money talked on this one - usually Governments won't pre-purchase an unapproved drug in such large quantities.  It completely removed all the usual barriers to development meaning they could fuck it up and be OK.  That cuts years off of development time.

Plus there were significant efficiencies in running some of the testing phases in parallel whereas they would normally be run sequentially and often with long delays between each phase while they wait for the next round of funding, for regulatory approval and for sufficient volunteers. None of those issues were allowed to be an obstacle with this vaccine.

[RobertT]

Oddly, I imagine the sheer fuckwittery of the Western World in trying to control the spread has helped as well.  You don't usually get such rampant exposure to test a vaccine against!

[Arriba]

The last few posts have eased my mind on it somewhat. Cheers for that gent's.

[suttonred]

I wouldn't listen to flashheart he's been vaccinated and the Illuminati are controlling him via ramped up tesla coils.