Northern Europe during Pandemic -- Summers 2020 & 2021 & onwards

[boatman61]

And so it begins..

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/tech...?ocid=msedgntp

[Wotname]

^^
Nothing new here, my dog has had one of these for years now and he is still barking, chasing stuff and causing mayhem and amusement

It's the 6G variant that might prove interesting given the interest the Pentaveret is showing in acquiring new 6G compliant RFID technology.

[boatman61]

So we can expect you lot down under to be first in the queue for the Build Back Better personal data chip then..

[laird]

Spoke with a Unit manager today ,he confirmed that the majority of patients in his ICU had not been vaccinated ,he put the figure at around two thirds unvaccinated

[Zippee]

Feliz Navidad to all.

[CatNewBee]

Originally Posted by boatman61

So we can expect you lot down under to be first in the queue for the Build Back Better personal data chip then.. [emoji3]

... Built back better?

It didn't work too well last time, why do you think, this time it may be different? [emoji6]

[Dockhead]

Originally Posted by CatNewBee

... Built back better?

It didn't work too well last time, why do you think, this time it may be different? [emoji6]Attachment 250275

He was joking.

Merry Christmas to you, CatNewBee! And to all of you! I hope everyone is having a more normal Christmas this year.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Dockhead

He was joking.

Merry Christmas to you, CatNewBee! And to all of you! I hope everyone is having a more normal Christmas this year.

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Back atcha DH.. have a good trip to the Canaries.
Christmas is as per the norm.. expensive and a pain in the ass..

[CatNewBee]

Originally Posted by Dockhead

He was joking.

Merry Christmas to you, CatNewBee! And to all of you! I hope everyone is having a more normal Christmas this year.

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Me too [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787]

Mary Christmas to all of you keyboard warriors, and a happy new year hopefully with no more greek letters in the media!

[Montanan]

Data suggests that two common monoclonal antibody treatments—Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab plus etesevimab and Regeneron’s REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab)—are not effective against the Omicron variant of COVID-19. However, preclinical findings have shown that GlaxoSmithKline’s Vir (sotrovimab) works well against Omicron in a lab setting.

Federal health officials plan to meet at the end of this week to discuss whether to pause shipments of the Eli Lilly and Regeneron monoclonal antibodies, based on how dominant Omicron becomes in certain areas, according to The New York Times, and some hospitals have already suspended their use.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...?ocid=msedgntp

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...n-variant.html

[Shipraiser]

Originally Posted by Zippee

Feliz Navidad to all.

You are a day late, Christmas was yesterday. Today we are all just hungover…

(Scandinavia celebrates Christmas Eve, on the 24th ;-)

/M

[laird]

Well it's still Christmas day here in the UK ,so wishing you a safe and merry Christmas

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Montanan

Data suggests that two common monoclonal antibody treatments—Eli Lilly’s bamlanivimab plus etesevimab and Regeneron’s REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab)—are not effective against the Omicron variant of COVID-19. However, preclinical findings have shown that GlaxoSmithKline’s Vir (sotrovimab) works well against Omicron in a lab setting.

Federal health officials plan to meet at the end of this week to discuss whether to pause shipments of the Eli Lilly and Regeneron monoclonal antibodies, based on how dominant Omicron becomes in certain areas, according to The New York Times, and some hospitals have already suspended their use.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...?ocid=msedgntp

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...n-variant.html

Shoulda gone for AZ...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/med...?ocid=msedgntp

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Shoulda gone for AZ...



https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/med...?ocid=msedgntp

Funny just the opposite was being said

“
Early analysis of UK Omicron and Delta cases showed the vaccines were less effective at stopping the new variant”

www.bbc.com/news/health-59615005.amp

[Montanan]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Shoulda gone for AZ...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/med...?ocid=msedgntp

The monoclonal antibody treatments are therapeutics not vaccines.
My eldest brother developed a severe illness of Covid and was headed downhill rapidly. He was given an infusion of the scarce supply of monoclonal antibodies and rapidly recovered, quite certain it saved his life. These treatments are rationed as to treating the wild type and Delta versions of the virus as they are limited in supply, but now with omicron they are no longer being used as they are essentially ineffective against this variant so the doctors now do not have this previously highly effective therapy available. Fortunately, it seems that omicron may be somewhat less severe so perhaps there are fewer persons in need of such life saving monoclonal antibodies.