Cause for Optimism......

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The Welsh health minister has finally used the phrase ‘as we return to normality’
as the Welsh government published their revised Covid strategy which also mentioned how they intend to return crowds to sporting and cultural events.
Still no mention of how they intend to return community rugby-dear to me-but at least it’s better than their previous pronouncements that even vaccination would not lead to restrictions being lifted and we should expect lockdowns next Winter!
Anyway my alter ego finally posted something not negative on ‘Wales Online’
Here is my post






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‘The strategy also looks ahead at how we can use testing as an appropriate and effective safeguard alongside the vaccine as we return to normality’
Nice to see the term ‘as we return to normality’ because it’s the first time I’ve seen any suggestion that the Assembly even see that as possible.
Now let’s get on with getting us there so we can live rather than exist
 

According to reports, the vaccine only gives protection for a few months. That would allow things to settle for a while, but people will soon get complacent and it only needs one carrier to start the thing going again.
We still don't know precisely how long the virus survives on surfaces. That Norovirus is still around. No matter how carefully, you steam-clean, it only takes one missed area for another outbreak to occur.
I think this business of wearing masks and social distancing will be necessary for a while yet.
 
StarSong said:
Where have you seen this, @Rosemarie? I haven't heard or read that anywhere.
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There a number of different vaccines being developed in different laboratories. The one being administered here in Britain is said to be effective for just a short period....although of course, it's still being monitored.
 
Rosemarie said:
There a number of different vaccines being developed in different laboratories. The one being administered here in Britain is said to be effective for just a short period....although of course, it's still being monitored.
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Do you have a link of some kind on that information about the vaccine only lasting a few months?
 
Rosemarie said:
There a number of different vaccines being developed in different laboratories. The one being administered here in Britain is said to be effective for just a short period....although of course, it's still being monitored.
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Which vaccine is that, do you know? In the US we have only the Moderna and Pfizer.
 
MarciKS said:
I just read in email from NYT that our vaccines are only 50% effective against the UK strain but I don't know how accurate NYT is.

I hope this year won't be a repeat of 2020 or worse. I'm already sick to death of this.
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I think that's about the J & J vaccine (not yet approved) and its estimated 57% success rate against the S. Africa COVID variant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/health/covid-vaccine-johnson-and-johnson-variants.html

"Johnson & Johnson, the only major drug maker developing a single-dose vaccine for Covid, announced on Friday that its shot provided strong protection against Covid-19, potentially offering another powerful tool in a desperate race against a worldwide rise in virus mutations.
But the results came with a significant cautionary note: The vaccine’s efficacy rate dropped from 72 percent in the United States to 57 percent in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant is driving most cases.

Studies suggest that this variant also blunts the effectiveness of Covid vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax. The variant has spread to at least 31 countries, including the United States, where two cases were documented this week.
With these results, Johnson & Johnson became the fifth company supported by the U.S. government to develop an effective Covid vaccine in less than a year, and the only one that doesn’t need two doses — a big advantage when most countries are struggling to get shots in arms more quickly.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was extremely effective in preventing severe cases of Covid — including serious illness caused by the variant, the company said. Though less effective than the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines now authorized in the United States, Johnson & Johnson’s is still considered a strong vaccine by scientists. Annual flu vaccines, for example, are typically 40 to 60 percent effective."
 
StarSong said:
I think that's about the J & J vaccine (not yet approved) and its estimated 57% success rate against the S. Africa COVID variant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/health/covid-vaccine-johnson-and-johnson-variants.html

"Johnson & Johnson, the only major drug maker developing a single-dose vaccine for Covid, announced on Friday that its shot provided strong protection against Covid-19, potentially offering another powerful tool in a desperate race against a worldwide rise in virus mutations.
But the results came with a significant cautionary note: The vaccine’s efficacy rate dropped from 72 percent in the United States to 57 percent in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant is driving most cases.

Studies suggest that this variant also blunts the effectiveness of Covid vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Novavax. The variant has spread to at least 31 countries, including the United States, where two cases were documented this week.
With these results, Johnson & Johnson became the fifth company supported by the U.S. government to develop an effective Covid vaccine in less than a year, and the only one that doesn’t need two doses — a big advantage when most countries are struggling to get shots in arms more quickly.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was extremely effective in preventing severe cases of Covid — including serious illness caused by the variant, the company said. Though less effective than the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines now authorized in the United States, Johnson & Johnson’s is still considered a strong vaccine by scientists. Annual flu vaccines, for example, are typically 40 to 60 percent effective."
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Is that the only article you've seen on this in the past week or so?
 
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