Teejay
Striker
In reality, general population arent at risk, so normality could resume if high risk groups were immunised. I'd happily give up my shot if it allowed someone at.risk in another country to receive it.
Oxford vaccine
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King Kareoke
Striker
This is how the flu vaccine generally works. When I was having my chemo I got the vaccine but I haven't had it since
Be Here Now
Winger
Vaccine will give long-term protection says Oxford study chief
Professor Sarah Gilbert, an expert leading an Oxford University team that is devising a vaccine, told MPs she was optimistic that a vaccine would provide 'a good duration of immunity'.
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Silly Point
Winger
What do you think of that last sentence?
"But he said he has now seen tests for coronavirus of a good standard which can produce a result in a ‘few minutes’.
Sir John said: ‘That would be transformative because we could all test ourselves regularly and test our kids after they’ve been off to a rave and all that stuff.’
Is better and faster testing really the answer to getting back to something more normal? Not sure myself. You're still spreading it around with out knowing before you've been tested
"But he said he has now seen tests for coronavirus of a good standard which can produce a result in a ‘few minutes’.
Sir John said: ‘That would be transformative because we could all test ourselves regularly and test our kids after they’ve been off to a rave and all that stuff.’
Is better and faster testing really the answer to getting back to something more normal? Not sure myself. You're still spreading it around with out knowing before you've been tested
If you could test yourself at home daily and get results in minutes then that would be massive
joemcdokes
Striker
Why would you test yourself daily?
xmfd
Winger
Presumeably to see if you have caught the virus that day so you know to avoid going out, visiting parents, etc.
joemcdokes
Striker
Do you have OCD?
Be Here Now
Winger
The key to this is catching every case early so if you can test daily and find results in minutes why
Would you not ?
RedAndWhiteJeff
Midfield
Because its unnecessary?
joemcdokes
Striker
What is the cheapest you can do it for?
No let's not get into that side of things.
What is the cheapest you can do it for?
No let's not get into that side of things.
You mention the cost but bit the sound of the interview it was a device that could be used time and time again ??
joemcdokes
Striker
I've still no idea why you'd want to test yourself everyday, even if it was cheap.
So if you live in a family of 3-4 all go to work all returning to have a bit of a social life mixing with friends then if it’s available a test that you could do that’s a device you could use to tell you in minutes then why not use it ?
RedAndWhiteJeff
Midfield
Say if your in the house 3-4 days hardly going out working from home then no big deal then no need to do it daily but if your back in your usual working environment mixing socially with friends again then why not take the option to do the test if it takes minutes to supply results ?
RedAndWhiteJeff
Midfield
The clue is in the word unnecessary
Everyone is different and to be honest your probably right daily probably to cautious but if there was a simple device you could use to check daily which take minutes to tell and would be cheap then I would check daily to be honest I’m overly cautious tho But overly if that device did exact I’m sure we can agree it would make a big difference
Most of society care about passing infectious diseases on. If they didn't we'd be in a much worse state. Finding out as soon as possible when you have something has a massive impact on the R rate if you react appropriately, even if you've just been out infecting people, it brings it to a halt that wouldn't otherwise occur until unique symptoms emerge. Even just halving it could turn a hugely problematic 1.6 into a manageable and dwindling 0.8.
