Johns Hopkins Medical Centre - World Coronavirus infection Map by Country.

[struth]

A law called the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984

, which applies in England and Wales, allows public health measures to be taken in circumstances like the current coronavirus outbreak.

However, it explicitly states that regulations cannot require a person to undertake medical treatment, including vaccination
. This provision remains in place. The Coronavirus Act

introduced in March 2020 extended this prohibition to Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Nadhim Zahawi, the health minister in charge of the vaccine rollout, told the BBC today that the vaccine won’t be compulsory.

[system7]

Grant, seriously I no longer care about vaccines. But will have a jab if it helps others. Because I have a sense of civic duty. Don't want to be suspected of killing anybody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bX-wFVBP94

Nasty germ, no doubt. But we are going to get through this. Time to get on with Life.

[Pigmy Pony]

And you still haven't explained this, super-daftee ^^

A) I never saw said comment, and b) I've no idea what a "dog-born-in-stable" is.

Marco.

That's because you didn't read post #5166 properly. Pay attention at the back!

[Pigmy Pony]

The British are barbarians by European standards.

I often wondered why the French always turned their heads round at me in the Boulangerie (Bakery).

Was it because they immediately detected my Englishness? And had bitter memories of Waterloo and Trafalgar?

NO. It was simply that I didn't say "Bonjour" to everybody in the Queue.

Manners are expected in Continental Europe.

No, it's because you bought every last "flan patissiere" in the shop, and they detected your greedy-pigness

[struth]

Grant, seriously I no longer care about vaccines. But will have a jab if it helps others. Because I have a sense of civic duty. Don't want to be suspected of killing anybody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bX-wFVBP94

Nasty germ, no doubt. But we are going to get through this. Time to get on with Life.

vaccines are the only way out of this trap. it will help greatly in herd imunity and reduce in the "at risk" groups as well as general population. Interestlungly tho(and i think this may be accidental", it will be the "at risk" group who will trial it and die of it instead of covid if its not safe..
Hows that for Catch 22

[struth]

Moderna is filing for US and European emergency regulatory approval of its coronavirus vaccine so that it can be recommended for widespread use.

Regulators will look at trial data for the mRNA vaccine and decide if it is safe and effective enough to recommend for roll out.

Clinical studies show the jab is more than 94% effective at protecting people from becoming ill with Covid-19.

Pfizer, which has a similar jab, has already filed for the same US approval.

UK regulators are also reviewing data on the Pfizer vaccine, as well as another type of Covid vaccine from AstraZenca and Oxford University for emergency approval.

Moderna says it hopes to gain UK approval soon, now that it has trial data from 30,000 volunteers - including high risk groups like the elderly - that suggests it works.

In those studies, 15,000 people received the real vaccine while the other participants got placebo injections. No serious side effects were reported.

During the studies, 185 people in the placebo group fell ill with Covid-19, and some severely so.

In comparison, there were 11 cases in the vaccine group and none were severe.

Full trial data has not been released, but will be published in a peer-reviewed journal in due course.

[Pigmy Pony]

Moderna is filing for US and European emergency regulatory approval of its coronavirus vaccine so that it can be recommended for widespread use.

Regulators will look at trial data for the mRNA vaccine and decide if it is safe and effective enough to recommend for roll out.

Clinical studies show the jab is more than 94% effective at protecting people from becoming ill with Covid-19.

Pfizer, which has a similar jab, has already filed for the same US approval.

UK regulators are also reviewing data on the Pfizer vaccine, as well as another type of Covid vaccine from AstraZenca and Oxford University for emergency approval.

Moderna says it hopes to gain UK approval soon, now that it has trial data from 30,000 volunteers - including high risk groups like the elderly - that suggests it works.

In those studies, 15,000 people received the real vaccine while the other participants got placebo injections. No serious side effects were reported.

During the studies, 185 people in the placebo group fell ill with Covid-19, and some severely so.

In comparison, there were 11 cases in the vaccine group and none were severe.

Full trial data has not been released, but will be published in a peer-reviewed journal in due course.

Looks pretty good to me Grant, and can't come soon enough

[walpurgis]

Looks pretty good to me Grant, and can't come soon enough

My thoughts too.

[mad-moon]

Moderna is filing for US and European emergency regulatory approval of its coronavirus vaccine so that it can be recommended for widespread use.

Regulators will look at trial data for the mRNA vaccine and decide if it is safe and effective enough to recommend for roll out.

Clinical studies show the jab is more than 94% effective at protecting people from becoming ill with Covid-19.

Pfizer, which has a similar jab, has already filed for the same US approval.

UK regulators are also reviewing data on the Pfizer vaccine, as well as another type of Covid vaccine from AstraZenca and Oxford University for emergency approval.

Moderna says it hopes to gain UK approval soon, now that it has trial data from 30,000 volunteers - including high risk groups like the elderly - that suggests it works.

In those studies, 15,000 people received the real vaccine while the other participants got placebo injections. No serious side effects were reported.

During the studies, 185 people in the placebo group fell ill with Covid-19, and some severely so.

In comparison, there were 11 cases in the vaccine group and none were severe.

Full trial data has not been released, but will be published in a peer-reviewed journal in due course.

wow...that looks pretty damned good to me too..now get your arses to Tyne and Wear..and stick Mr Moon with it....

[Marco]

That's because you didn't read post #5166 properly. Pay attention at the back!

Ah right... I saw that, but it didn't really register at the time. It's not a phrase I've ever heard before. Anyway... At the THIRD time of asking: what do you think of your new avatar?

Marco.