Coronavirus and You - Page 367

On March 31 2021 06:39 Lmui wrote:
I'm too young to really remember much of Chretien. Harper and Trudeau are the only prime ministers I've known in my lifetime.

In partnership with the Governments of Canada, Ontario, and the City of Toronto, the new facility will enhance influenza pandemic preparedness efforts and vaccine manufacturing capacity

On March 31 2021 23:26 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
well well well .. i guess the leadership within Ontario and Canada was reading this thread.

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/sanofi-to-build-new-manufacturing-facility-in-toronto-to-strengthen-domestic-pandemic-preparedness-and-increase-global-supply-of-high-dose-influenza-vaccine-860259444.html



Smart move by Sanofi. Seeing how dumb the federal and provincial governments have appeared for the last year it appears Sanofi pounced on this display of weakness. Ontario and Canada is playing a weak hand and is more than willing to offer Sanofi a sweetheart of a deal.

I hope this initiative succeeds and improves the lives of employees and all Canadians without costing governments too much cash.

The vaccine appeared more effective at spurring defensive immune responses in adolescents ages 12 to 15 than in the 16- to 25-year-old group, producing even higher levels of antibodies that were able to neutralize SARS-CoV-2. In a measure of neutralizing antibodies, vaccinated youths in the new trial had geometric mean titers (GMTs) of 1,239.5, compared with the GMTs of 705.1 previously seen in those ages 16 to 25, Pfizer noted.

On March 31 2021 06:34 Jockmcplop wrote:
The AZ vaccine has made me many, many times more ill than having coronavirus did.

:/

On April 01 2021 05:42 Doublemint wrote:


sorry to hear that, but...
could you be any less specific so that literally anybody on this planet can interpret literally _anything_ into your post?

Boris Johnson backs domestic Covid passports as pilot events are planned
Interim report on measure due on Monday, but trials already in pipeline for football matches later this month

Boris Johnson has given firm backing to the use of Covid passports with pilots for large events planned for this month.

Johnson, who has faced criticism from his own party over the proposed use of Covid certification in small venues such as pubs and restaurants, has noticeably warmed to the idea in recent weeks.

Government sources have suggested the certificates could be used by businesses as a way to relax social distancing measures inside venues. An interim report into the measure is due to be published on Monday but local residents near Wembley have already been invited to apply for tickets to attend the FA Cup semi-final on 18 April between Leicester and Southampton.

Brent council said each attender had to return a negative lateral flow Covid-19 test 24 hours before attending the game and show proof to gain entry. They will also need to take a PCR home test after the event.

Speaking on a visit to Middlesbrough, Johnson said a certificate could be used to prove a person was safe in a number of different ways – not just vaccination. He suggested businesses would welcome the idea.

“When it comes to trying to make sure that we give maximum confidence to business and to customers here in the UK, there are three things: your immunity, whether you’ve had it before, so you’ve got natural antibodies anyway; whether you’ve been vaccinated; and then, of course, whether you’ve had a test. And so those three things working together will, I think, be useful,” he said.

On April 02 2021 15:30 iPlaY.NettleS wrote:
Boris Johnson is backing COVID passports and trials are set for football matches later this month.Israel is further along with it's 'Green Passports' but i expect the UK and EU will catch up, USA will follow but with patchier acceptance in Republican governed states (NY has already rolled out it's Excelsior COVID passport app whilst Florida governor has announced he will outlaw vaccine passports in the state for instance).

On April 03 2021 00:00 sixfour wrote:


Hopefully our opposition grows a spine and votes against this sort of thing, Starmer's at least indicating Labour may oppose it, which with enough of a backlash within Boris' own party, might strike down what'd be the most disgusting bit of legislation I've ever seen in my life. The UK doesn't feel remotely like a free and democratic country right now, if I need to disclose medical records to get on with "normal" life, I'm done here

You will primarily be responsible for delivering a communications strategy to support the expansion of asymptomatic testing, that normalises testing as part of everyday life.

On April 03 2021 02:25 JimmiC wrote:
If you check the post it is interm and temporary.

On April 03 2021 03:28 sixfour wrote:


So was three weeks to flatten the curve, and here we are a year later

On April 03 2021 06:08 Lmui wrote:
To be honest, vaccine passports are an interim solution/international solution only. Once enough people are vaccinated to hit herd immunity vaccine passports don't matter since the virus will largely die out.

On April 03 2021 04:32 JimmiC wrote:
Interesting fact, they didn't know everything about the brand new virus.