Apple Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, John Wright said: there appeared to be 4 people present wearing PPE. There’s a sort of side tent with work table etc. There may have been more. Our testing, 2 people, was administered by one tester through the car window. At the private clinic in Liverpool, 3 days earlier, at £289 each, there was a doctor and two nurses and a receptionist. One of the nurses opened the sealed sterile swab kit, then handed us the swabs and, from a safe distance, instructed us how to self swab. It will be interesting to see what the testing regime will be during the vaccine roll out. Presumably it will be scaled down thereby releasing staff and eventually phased out completely. Maybe that might be covered in today's Tynwald session. £580 for two tests - thats some going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Apple said: Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccination approved. Game changer. Removes / reduces the problem with the Pfizer vaccine. Hope we have got some fridges to bung it all in while we prepare to think about starting. Latest score UK600,000 IOM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, John Wright said: Hopefully it can be rolled out in regional locations. Depends on what tiers get announced today. Highest tiers first? Might be necessary for economic reasons to get London / South done first (But Andy Burnham won't like that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Apple said: It will be interesting to see what the testing regime will be during the vaccine roll out. Presumably it will be scaled down thereby releasing staff and eventually phased out completely. Maybe that might be covered in today's Tynwald session. £580 for two tests - thats some going. Can’t see any scale back on testing for months. They have to be available. At some stage key worker and compassionate entry will be reintroduced. I’d expect the testing in days 1 or 2 and day 14 to remain, hopefully introducing day 10 testing and reducing quarantine. 23/12 and 24/12 were dead days. Most people returning for Xmas with families would presumably have arrived by 11 December. We now start the testing of returning residents who went away to visit families in UK or further afield. There were 40 cars on the Ben departing Douglas on the morning of 20/12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, Apple said: Depends on what tiers get announced today. Highest tiers first? Might be necessary for economic reasons to get London / South done first (But Andy Burnham won't like that) I meant, in context, Ramsey, Peel, Douglas as well as the Ronaldsway aircraft hangar. Making it difficult to access the vaccination centre isn’t sensible. If I didn’t have a car, and lived in Jurby, and was older or more vulnerable then Castletown is a drag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, John Wright said: And apparently is being given at two full doses, not a half followed by a full, and at a gap of 4-12 weeks. Which highlights the need for decent admin and record keeping. Hopefully it can be rolled out in regional locations. According to BBC the onus now is to give as many as possible a dose to gain some protection and sort out second doses later as it can be upto 3/4 months later . Hope Ashie doesn’t insist on Having exactly 2 doses for everyone before starting like he is doing with Pfizer vaccine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Banker said: According to BBC the onus now is to give as many as possible a dose to gain some protection and sort out second doses later as it can be upto 3/4 months later . Hope Ashie doesn’t insist on Having exactly 2 doses for everyone before starting like he is doing with Pfizer vaccine HaHa. Hopefully he has realised he got that one a bit wrong by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, Banker said: According to BBC the onus now is to give as many as possible a dose to gain some protection and sort out second doses later as it can be upto 3/4 months later . Hope Ashie doesn’t insist on Having exactly 2 doses for everyone before starting like he is doing with Pfizer vaccine Well, we’ve got 130,000 doses on order. What could go wrong? I’m betting that they’ll dish out dose one, and label the next phial with your name, put in back in the fridge, so they can try and find it in 12 weeks time. 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 48 minutes ago, John Wright said: Well, we’ve got 130,000 doses on order. What could go wrong? I’m betting that they’ll dish out dose one, and label the next phial with your name, put in back in the fridge, so they can try and find it in 12 weeks time. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 4 cases now according to Howie tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 43 minutes ago, Banker said: 4 cases now according to Howie tomorrow But no community spread I'll guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom de plume Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 58 minutes ago, Banker said: 4 cases now according to Howie tomorrow Isolating? Contact tracing needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 3 hours ago, John Wright said: Most people returning for Xmas with families would presumably have arrived by 11 December. We now start the testing of returning residents who went away to visit families in UK or further afield. There were 40 cars on the Ben departing Douglas on the morning of 20/12 So they weren't planning to isolate before spending Christmas with their UK family members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, monasqueen said: So they weren't planning to isolate before spending Christmas with their UK family members? Why should they? They're coming from somewhere (the Isle of Man) with no community Covid-19 cases and going to somewhere (the UK) riddled with them. No one needs protecting from not catching the virus. The problem is the return. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, Nom de plume said: Isolating? Contact tracing needed? The person was on boat Sunday afternoon from heysham, friends got email advising them. The boat was busy apparently! Shortly after email they received a visit from COVID officers checking they were in !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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