Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Grey Fox]

Germany expects 1.3 million doses from Biontech in December and 10 million more in January. Another 1.5 million Moderna doses in January. Until "summer 2021" all Germans who want to should be vaccinated. Let's see.

I think Moderna is the one big vaccine project the UK didn't pre-order so I don't know if we'll be getting much of that.

I think Moderna was one we were counting on: we've ordered 40 million doses (so enough for 20 million Canuckleheads).  The ultra-low storage requirements for Pfizer (20 million doses ordered) make it a non-starter in remote and northern areas.

It's strange though - Canada has ordered more doses per capita than any other country (almost 9 doses per person) but we're still on a Q3 timeline for vaccinations.

IIRC, it's because the bulk of it is from the J&J vaccine that is, apparently, 6 months late.

[The Larch]

Four cases of the new British strain have been detected in Madrid.

[Duque de Bragança]

One case as well of the new British strain in Tours, from a Frenchman, UK resident.

[Zanza]

At least one case in Germany.

[Josquius]

Hasn't it been found this new London strain was in Belgium much earlier?

[Sheilbh]

New cases of this strain in Japan and Russia too.

[mongers]

One case as well of the new British strain in Tours, from a Frenchman, UK resident.

Love how people are calling this the British strain, echoes of Trump's "China virus".   

How about a more neutral, non-national designation, say the Kent strain?

[Syt]

Hard lockdown again as of today. The Federal government left it to local districts and towns to decide whether or not they want to open the skiing slopes (hotels & restaurants remain closed).

So obviously this happens.

[Syt]

Also, 900-1000 people protesting against Corona restrictions in Graz, Styria:









Star reads: "NOT TESTED"

[Zanza]

That's just stupid.

[mongers]

That's just stupid.

It's a good way of identify who the morons in a community are, save people time with not having to engage with them. 

[DGuller]

How ironic that Bill Gates is drawing more hatred for saving millions of lives than he had for being a ruthless monopolist.

[Eddie Teach]

That's just stupid.

It's a good way of identify who the morons in a community are, save people time with not having to engage with them.

The t-shirts maybe, I don't think simply attending the rally leaves a mark.

[Duque de Bragança]

How ironic that Bill Gates is drawing more hatred for saving millions of lives than he had for being a ruthless monopolist.

Some of the covidiot crowd uses his ruthless monopolist past as "proof" of his hidden agenda behind the official attempts at saving millions of lives. 

[Sheilbh]

Finally looks like NHS is going to start releasing vaccination data which is great (for obsessives/crazy people like me):
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/

So far it's about 10% of the over 80s which is not enough but a start - apparently the internal target in the NHS is two million vaccinated by 8/10th January. Given that the over 80s form a huge number of the fatalities in this disease we may start to see an impact on the fatality figures by mid January. And personally my first family members are getting their vaccination dates next week

Also positive noises coming out from AstraZeneca that they're anticipating approval in the next week - and apparently their new data shows far higher effectiveness (closer to Pfizer) which would be a gamechanger.

Reports that government are considering a single dose vaccination campaign for kids basically to help support schools re-opening. Even though they're not susceptible it would, hopefully, cut transmission which has been quite high with the young so you'd attack it from both ends - protecting the elderly who are vulnerable and trying to reduce the risk of super-spreading through kids which could allow schools to stay open while the rest of us are stay locked down.