Trickiest bit was rolling up the sleeve of your tight t-shirt, right?
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Trickiest bit was rolling up the sleeve of your tight t-shirt, right?
This is what happens when I try to make a joke with an infantile grasp of basic biology.
The first minister for Wales, Mark Drakeford, has said that they are intentionally slowing down vaccinating people with the Pfizer vaccine because they only have a limited supply and if they vaccinate loads of people now, the staff will have nothing to do so it's better to spread it out over the next couple of weeks.
One of the stupidest things I have ever heard...
One of the stupidest things I have ever heard...
Crazy strategy, however nothing surprises me anymore with Mark Drakeford.
Pogue, I need to hit the gym.
When mine arrived (for some reason) I was surprised how like me he looked. My wife still says we are 100% sure who the father is but the mother is less certain.
Can we get back to jokes about the parentage of Pogue's kids please?
I’ve heard evolutionary theories that all newborns are wired to most resemble their father, to reassure us it’s all our own work. So we don’t kill and eat them. They grow to resemble their mother in later years.
It makes sense and has an obvious evolutionary explanation but I think the evidence that this actually happens is a bit lacking.
No links between vaccine and the death of elderly patients found
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe...derly-deaths-and-vaccine-20210119-p56v3c.html
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe...derly-deaths-and-vaccine-20210119-p56v3c.html
Not really what he meant. The issue is staffing. We’re being pushed 10k doses next week (in addition to what the GPs are getting). If they gave us any more there’s a risk we won’t be able to use it all. So why take that risk? The staff pool is building up week on week and we’ll have jabbed (offered) all 100k in our population of the top 4 groups by 14th Feb. Exactly the same target as England.
That headline is a bit misleading. The latest update from the Norwegian regulators is really just reaffirming their stance from when this first made the news. They can’t rule out the possibility that deaths might be due to side effects of the vaccine, so bear that in mind when vaccinating extremely frail/sick elderly patients. Which is eminently sensible advice. When it comes to interventions of any kind in patients like that, less is usually more.
Keeping work shy vaccinators busy is far more important than getting this virus under control ASAP.
What’s happening with the J & J vaccine? From what I’ve heard it’s looking very promising
Yep. Do anything to very elderly, frail sick people and there is a real risk.
Interestingly the NSW Premier flagged that they may bring in laws that allow business owners to refuse service or access to people who haven't been vaccinated. Not sure how it would be enforced but interesting that they are considering it.
Live data from Israel suggests that for those countries that have large Pfizer vaccine supplies the end to this madness is just around the corner:
98% of people developed very high level of antibodies after 2nd jab
98% of people developed very high level of antibodies after 2nd jab
I googled this and it says you play volleyball in Europe.
I wish
Clinically Extremely Vulnerable, right?
Yeah that's the one
First jab done, it's quick and basically painless for those with a fear of needles, it's nowhere near your TB jab or similar.
It is a strange feeling to be sat amongst loads of 80+ year olds whilst I'm 29 and deemed just as at risk. Bit sobering to be honest.
The doctors have got it down to a military operation though, apart from the waiting period after the jab I'd say I arrived and had my jab within 2 minutes.
It is a strange feeling to be sat amongst loads of 80+ year olds whilst I'm 29 and deemed just as at risk. Bit sobering to be honest.
The doctors have got it down to a military operation though, apart from the waiting period after the jab I'd say I arrived and had my jab within 2 minutes.
Can empathise with that. Getting my jab on Thursday.
Still a way to go, but it'll be a milestone crossed nonetheless.
Do you get a biscuit or something like when giving blood?
Nope absolutely nothing
Yeah feels good to be on the way to some sort of recovery now rather than the no end in sight of last year.
Well you did get peace of mind I suppose.
Congrats. It must be quite a relief after all this time.
A biscuit?! Pfft. In Ireland you get a half pint of Guinness. Not joking. Full of iron apparently.
I reckon a lot more people would donate if this were the case in England. But English Guinness is pish, right?
It’s actually fine. If you go to pubs where it’s popular. Which is most pubs these days. Used to be grim because it wasn’t very popular so the first pint would come out of the pipes all stale and rank tasting. Plus the barman usually didn’t know how to pour it.
Nowadays it’s not unusual to find pubs in Ireland with shit Guinness. Full of hipsters drinking craft ales. Although when you go to a pub that pours a good pint it’s very very good.
God I miss good pints of Guinness. Feck you, covid
At a pub I used to work at we had really long lines to the cellar for some reason and my manager used to get really annoyed that I’d pour a pint or two off before I served the first customer of the day. Couldn’t get it through her head that I’d either pour it off and have a happy first customer or dont and the pint will come back our way anyway because it’ll taste like shiteIt’s actually fine. If you go to pubs where it’s popular. Which is most pubs these days. Used to be grim because it wasn’t very popular so the first pint would come out of the pipes all stale and rank tasting. Plus the barman usually didn’t know how to pour it.
Nowadays there’s actually loads of pubs in Ireland with shit Guinness. Full of hipsters drinking craft ales. Although when you go to a pub that pours a good pint it’s very very good.
God I miss good pints of Guinness. Feck you, covid
So are you admitting to being a pensioner at last?
You were doing God’s work.
Yeh well I ate my bodyweight in chocolate orange Club biscuits, so swings and roundabouts innit.
Doesn't bode well for the UK govenrment approach, with delayed second jabs, longer delay than recommended by the manufacturer.
Israeli studies showing the first jab is even less effective than the manufacturer thought.
Single Covid vaccine dose in Israel 'less effective than we thought'
Surge in infections dampens optimism over country’s advanced immunisation programme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...e-dose-in-israel-less-effective-than-we-hoped
Israeli studies showing the first jab is even less effective than the manufacturer thought.
Single Covid vaccine dose in Israel 'less effective than we thought'
Surge in infections dampens optimism over country’s advanced immunisation programme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...e-dose-in-israel-less-effective-than-we-hoped
It’s actually fine. If you go to pubs where it’s popular. Which is most pubs these days. Used to be grim because it wasn’t very popular so the first pint would come out of the pipes all stale and rank tasting. Plus the barman usually didn’t know how to pour it.
Nowadays it’s not unusual to find pubs in Ireland with shit Guinness. Full of hipsters drinking craft ales. Although when you go to a pub that pours a good pint it’s very very good.
God I miss good pints of Guinness. Feck you, covid
English Guinness suffers for all the reasons you state but even if everything is perfect it isn't anywhere near as good as a good pint in Ireland (very drinkable mind). The water having to be chemically adjusted for hardness maybe? Eben Australian brewed Guinness is better.
Yes. No excuse for stale beer or dirty lines.