There still a significant number of unvaccinated which is probably where any big wave of hospitalisations are likely to come from. Just look at the data from yesterday’s briefing.
But of course because they are “the Government” they can’t be seen to be doing that as they are supposed to govern for all including the foolish.
To be fair to Chris Whitty, he actually acknowledged the dangers of people like Nicki Minaj after that recent controversy, and would say that we shouldn't be blaming individuals who haven't taken the vaccine (which is divisive), as someone/something caused them to think that way. We should be looking for the sources of this to prevent misinformation getting out in the first place
I don't care what you think to be honest. If you refuse to have the vaccine (not for medical reasons) then you are an idiot! The data regarding vaccinated/unvaccinated and hospitalisations/deaths is clear and you have to be a numb-nut not to see this.
I am more than qualified to interpret the data thank you very much.
Are they predictions of doom? My reading is that it tells us that a short period of relatively minor measures - mask-wearing, work from home advice - could be sufficient to stop any major wave of hospitalizations and deaths emerging. This seems pretty optimistic to me.
Nope, fully qualified graduate scientist here able to interpret complex data and able to see the effect that vaccines are having on the progress of this disease and the consequences both in terms of hospitalisations and wider social effects of not being vaccinated.
No-one has the right not to be offended (anywhere) but when the evidence is stark, just look at the infection rate v hospitalisation/deaths then that simple statistic should point to the effectiveness of vaccines. Of course the vaccinated still get hospitalised / die of Covid but to a much lesser degree. Those that cannot see this are foolish.
I think idiot is a bit strong. While I agree that the evidence is pretty clear, we're both highly numerate and most people aren't.
Not to me. It just undermines the argument.
And you know that they have only got their info from a "dodgy YT channel" how? Or did you just read that off some tabloid newspaper headline? Calling people who may have made an informed choice not to have, or yet have the vaccine is, well idiotic. You may have been banging down the doors of your local vaccination centre the moment you were invited to save yourself, but many younger people saw much debate amongst experts as to the risk vs reward of vaccines in their age groups, and have wanted to wait to see more data. This won't apply to the 10% of those left to take up the offer of course, but tarring people with the same brush using lazy rhetoric is, well lazy!
I agree with you on this, and the vaccines are clearly doing their stuff. Without them we would be in a much worse situaton
I don't agree with this. Most of the unvaccinated are younger age groups. Remember that even before the vaccines had been invented, this group was told Covid was likely to be no worse than a cold. There will be exceptions, but the statistics posted here and elsewhere are clear - hospitals are not full of unvaccinated young people who've caught Covid.
