Sense of realism and common sense needed here23 Feb 2021 18:33
The following are facts -
UK has vaccinated just over 1 in 4 people with ½ of the required dosage, only 643000 people (less than 1% of the population) have received full dosage
It was reported (05/02/21 fullfact.org) that 143 people had already died of covid-19 since having the vaccine (none of which were caused by it) so this means the vaccine does not guarrantee immunity
The main reason covid-19 related deaths are reducing in the UK is because it is locked down to stop the spread from both vaccinated and none vaccinated people
There doesn’t seem to be any published information available to confirm how many people were still infectious after vaccine, but we do know NHS are not specifically testing these recipients, but we do know vaccines do not prevent recipients being infectious
We also know anti-bodies for flue do not last longer than 12 months (hence annual flue jab) Covid is clearly more potent and the maximum NHS expected immunity / antibodies to covid-19 has to be just 6 months, because they are vaccinating staff now (including my wife) who had covid-19 more than 6 months ago.
The facts speak for themselves, so if the government sincerely believed vaccines were the only answer to protecting the people and fully opening up the country (as eluded yesterdays speech) they need to commit now to at vaccinating the entire population at least twice a year (approx. 138 million doses) have we heard any indication this is going to happen ?
So for me there is no possible way any large gathering venues example sports cinemas pubs clubs theatre will reopen on vaccine passports only, and no possibility any airports and customs checkpoints will ever allow passage on a sole vaccine passport – these are crazy assumptions
Avacta made it clear exactly what was incorrect about the Huff post article – if anything else was factually incorrect they would have also made this clear, the government have also not refuted the article despite the fact they are heavily focussed on the vaccine program, so they are either completely blind, couldn’t care less, or simply cannot deny it.
Either way it is fact LFT test manufacturing capability has been massively scaled up in recent months
Avacta were clear 23/11/20 they were testing both saliva and nasal options. To me Saliva or anterior Nasal are just as simple, but anterior nasal would be more dignified, but the key is standardisation and simplicity so both the most vulnerable, carefree and careless have the least possible chance of losing at least 1 part of what currently is a covid-19 multipack and screwing up the test – if we had communism like China it would be so much simpler
Innova or anything like it is simply not suitable, mass self testing takes trust, common sense, responsibility and discipline, so only reliable single piece reliable test kits will prevail and as it stands at present Avacta have the best solution available to the world and going into production shortly
DYOR