Albert Tatlock Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Which variant(s) is/are here now? No doubt that will take another week to send away and find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 53 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: Which variant(s) is/are here now? No doubt that will take another week to send away and find out. Does it matter? There's no known variant that evades the vaccine. It's a good job we're doing all we can to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible. Oh never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 48 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: Does it matter? There's no known variant that evades the vaccine. It's a good job we're doing all we can to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible. Oh never mind. 52 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: Does it matter? There's no known variant that evades the vaccine. It's a good job we're doing all we can to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible. Oh never mind. We have vaccinated people quickly. What makes you think we haven't? It looks like we've done around 105 jabs per 100 people. The UK is at 94. Hysterical stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 2 hours ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: We have vaccinated people quickly. What makes you think we haven't? It looks like we've done around 105 jabs per 100 people. The UK is at 94. Hysterical stuff. It's not hysterical. It's really very simple. Get as many people as possible with vaccines in their arms (not by having a vaccine holiday). Then go balls to the wall on June 28th and fully re-open with no excuses. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog's Dangly Bits Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 18 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: It's not hysterical. It's really very simple. Get as many people as possible with vaccines in their arms (not by having a vaccine holiday). Then go balls to the wall on June 28th and fully re-open with no excuses. Definitely hysterical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: Well if they're managed to get large numbers of people from the groups most likely to spread Covid crammed together on the hottest day of the year and lots of them don't even get jabbed, I'd say their vaccination strategy looks sub-optimal. I can actually see why they are resorting to this because vaccination levels are lower in London than any other region, no doubt due to a highly mobile population. But there are probably better more local ways to get people in these age groups vaccinated. As ever with England at the moment being seen to do things seems to be more important that actually achieving it. Whereas the IOM is being seen to do nothing, but they are achieving that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 28 minutes ago, Gladys said: Whereas the IOM is being seen to do nothing, but they are achieving that. Achieving nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, AlanShimmin said: Achieving nothing? Yes, achieving nothing in terms of vax. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Just now, Gladys said: Yes, achieving nothing in terms of vax. Olympic champions of treading water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gladys said: Yes, achieving nothing in terms of vax. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 1 minute ago, AlanShimmin said: Olympic champions of treading water. Let's hope they keep all our heads above the water. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Just now, finlo said: CBA typing vaccination all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 4 hours ago, The Dog's Dangly Bits said: We have vaccinated people quickly. What makes you think we haven't? It looks like we've done around 105 jabs per 100 people. The UK is at 94. Well I've just calculated the latest figures and in terms of doses I make the Isle of Man having delivered 1.08 doses per person[1] (1.36 per person over 18) while the UK figures are 0.98 and 1.24 respectively. Of course with only a handful of vaccinations being done over the next two weeks, the UK will have time to catch up. But the differences in strategy are interesting. While the UK has managed to vaccinate 39% of the population fully (49% of over-18s) the Isle of Man has only done 34% and 43%. Instead we have almost double the percentage with only one jab (40%/50% versus 21%/26%). In fact 74% of the population and 93% of over-18s have had at least one dose. [1] Isle of Man population figures are based on the 2016 Census, pro-rata-ing when necessary. UK population on latest ONS estimates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmpton Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Was meant to have arrived home about an hour and a half ago in the hope of going through the convoluted testing procedure this morning and being in work tomorrow. Overnight boat cancelled so now get home this afternoon, after the testing place (which isn't at the port) has closed. So can't get a test until tomorrow. Had to phone 111 from off island, while roaming to ask some questions that weren't on the website and was on hold for 94 minutes, whilst roaming . What is the point of shortened isolation if they can't put the very simple things in place to make it work. I can get a test here in the UK this morning and bring the result with me but that doesn't count. Surely that would be better than getting on the ferry, sharing that space with people on the way home, driving to our test centre, and then testing positive without having known before? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 9 hours ago, AlanShimmin said: It's not hysterical. It's really very simple. Get as many people as possible with vaccines in their arms (not by having a vaccine holiday). Then go balls to the wall on June 28th and fully re-open with no excuses. Some people are confusing hysterical with deep concern. They are not the same thing are they? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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