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The UK vaccination programme nearly 8 months after the first jab – politicalbetting.com
The UK vaccination programme nearly 8 months after the first jab – politicalbetting.com
Our vaccine programme is on the whole going well, however despite falling case rates ( At least when I wrote this piece) the virus could well resurge in the autumn and winter.
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Yes agreed - we should get on with vaccinating 12 to 17 year olds - to reduce overall population exposure to infection as much as the direct benefits to the 12 to 17 year olds themselves.
Educated guess here but I think there is going to be some blowback in the US on this, if not politically then in the realms of public opinion. China comprehensively thrashing the US on Golds will be seen as an apt metaphor for the rise of China over the States. While they did it in Beijing, they don't have home advantage in these Games.
Postal on social media, postal on the internet, postal in the media, postal everywhere against the antivaxxers.
It was no coincidence that the MMR hoax was focussed on vaccines for kids.
https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1422881212008443917?s=20
There is no shame in that, on the basis of population the US should be 3rd, so even 2nd place is a relatively good performance
I'll be interested to see the updated report recommending rollout to 16/17 yr olds.
Ultimately, though, Delta is so infectious when introduced to a completely unprotected community, that it burns very hot, but runs out of hosts pretty quickly.
The case numbers - would not plummeting - are now on their way back down in Spain, and one would hope that will continue as the summer progresses. By the beginning of September, Spain should be in a pretty good position as far as protection goes.
Ted Lasso is much more talked about than the performance of Team USA.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/02/nbc-olympic-coverage-peacock-replays-primetime
Of course, such a policy would require a great deal of fiscal rectitude, to convince the markets that the Groat was a stable currency. But this system worked for the Estonians (and others), and I’m sure it could work for Scotland.
As frustrating as this is for many, we should remember that this is a committee of experts, just as the MHRA is, and it is possible to reach different conclusions from the same data, especially when the risks all around are so low.
"Hopefully when the vaccine is authorised for 12+ (I think the “new evidence” will get them there eventually…” equivocation from the JCVI on this won’t effect takeup."
I think they must have done some damage. One problem is that I'm not sure any new evidence will show us anything dramatically different to what we know already - that the vaccine is safe and effective for 12+, and provides a net benefit to their personal health, as well as a community benefit.
But, maybe they do know better than me. Perhaps by delaying the decision they will create more confidence in it when it is made, by the appearance of being particularly cautious? I certainly hope so.
Each discipline needs both utility and crowd appeal.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2385:_Final_Exam
Tottenham Hotspur have lodged a formal complaint with talkSPORT after footage emerged of a caller to the station claiming Daniel Levy wanted big money for Harry Kane because he was Jewish.
The episode provoked outrage, with presenters Perry Groves and Jordan Jarrett Bryan accused online of failing immediately to challenge the contributor or apologise for his comments.
“Levy, he’s a Jew. He’s not going to let him go for nothing, is he?” said the caller when asked by Jarrett Bryan if Spurs should hold out for the fee England captain Kane was worth.
A clip of the station’s live YouTube stream posted online showed Groves, the former Arsenal star, display visible shock at the outburst, while Jarrett Bryan also appeared to disapprove.
But neither made any immediate comment about it, with Jarrett Bryan seeking to move the conversation on.
Spurs confirmed to Telegraph Sport that they had lodged a formal complaint with talkSPORT over the incident from Tuesday night’s edition of ‘The Sports Bar’ and were awaiting a response from the station.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/08/04/spurs-lodge-complaint-talksport-presenters-fail-call-antisemitic/
The levels of austerity required will be way beyond anything the Scottish Government can prepare for.
1) error bar sizes - the spread of estimates for safety and effects. Given the very low risks and low benefits, *guaranteeing* that benefit outweighs risk may require more data
2) Questions about vaccinating for benefits to *others* - though as some have pointed out, we already do this for other vaccines.
3) The benefit of vaccinating children vs using the vaccines overseas.
4) If delta is infectious enough, vaccinating children down to 12 may not shift the R very much.
All I had to do was threaten then with a BPC complaint ask nicely.
https://comresglobal.com/our-work/poll-archive/
https://talksport.com/football/921497/talksport-response-offensive-remark-about-tottenham-chairman-daniel-levy/
Mortar bowls.
Rally driving.
Rib racing.
Target shooting, but with moving targets and negative score targets that have to not be shot.
obstacle swim here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtEJqF-N1a0
But while I expect to have a good ol' laugh if Boris Johnson decides to assent to a rerun of the referendum, all of this foaming at the mouth stuff may be too easy to mock. Never mind 1690. Remember 2016 when the Brexiteers won.
to make it plainer -
Which strongly suggests to me that the 16-17 decision is about the 15-19 curve.....
Net Favourability ratings of leading politicians:
Sunak: +10
Javid: -6
Starmer: -15
Johnson: -20
Patel: -39
Source: (1,009 adults, 23-26 July) https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/favourability-towards-boris-johnson-falls-lowest-level-october https://twitter.com/IpsosMORI/status/1422877020413964290/photo/1
But, it *did* work for Brexiters.
This needs to happen.
I've...outed myself, haven't I?
Scotland would be smaller, weaker, and poorer.
Tone deafness from EU / U.K. in response to local sentiment seems very similar, too.
*Though I'd probably break a leg with some of those jumps down. Crash mats for me, I think...
I've watched many a let's play or live stream, but competitions? Pfff
The data comes from the PHE data feed, which gives you data in JSON form for a given request. For example
https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data?page=2&filters=areaType=ltla&structure={"date":"date","areaName":"areaName","areaType":"areaType","areaCode":"areaCode","cases":"newCasesBySpecimenDate","deaths":"newDeaths28DaysByDeathDate","pcrPercentage":"uniqueCasePositivityBySpecimenDateRollingSum"}
This is what is used to provide the data for the dashboard - https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ - if you turn on the developer tools in your browser, you will see a whole bunch of such calls to get the data for various things in the dashboard.
Militarily relevant, as EMP could take out GPS etc, and this would test navigational skills under stress conditions.
"[In a hung parliament, the SNP] would find themselves with no influence in the making of a government. Because the SNP... have absolutely ruled out ever propping up a Conservative government in Westminster, they would have to allow a minority Labour government to take office. There need be no deals or coalitions.
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And Sturgeon would have surprisingly little leverage to force the [independence referendum] issue."
https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1422909157884182529
Scientist announce from Downing Street all 16-17 year olds to be offered covid vaccine
Relevant in this context.
But he won’t, cos he’s very bad at politics.
It doesn't necessarily mean the MRHA is right on this point and JCVI is wrong - or the other way round. Both are looking a trade off between rare events in this age group: getting serious Covid or mycarditis, and coming to a balanced decision. It is quite normal for regulators to come to different views, as we also saw with AZ and the bloodclots issue.
Secondly, it is an important principle that the requlators make the calls. So we might think they are wrong on a decision, and it may turn out that they were wrong. We can criticise them on a blog like this, but it shouldn't make any difference to the decisions they actually make, which are informed by their knowledge and the facts in front of them.
No half measures.
A guaranteed medal for New Zealand, though.
Completely agree with your header @Pulpstar the JCVI are another one of those advisory bodies who look at this in complete isolation. Vaccination is the way out of the idiotic school bubbles permanently. That system has done more harm to kids than Pfizer or Moderna, given that we can (and probably should) give advice of a 48h rest period after each dose for under 30s.