Posted on 01/22/2021 5:40:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Britain's chief scientific adviser stressed that more research is needed and they still believe the approved COVID-19 vaccines will work on the U.K. variant.
The coronavirus variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom shows "some evidence" that it could be more deadly than the original strain of the virus, according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"We have been informed today that, in addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant – the variant that was first identified in London and the South East – may be associated with a higher degree of mortality," Johnson said Friday in a press briefing.
However, he added that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, which are approved for use across the U.K., have continued to be effective against the variant.
Britain's chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, stressed that “the evidence is not yet strong” and more research is needed. He also said British officials are increasingly confident that the vaccines that have been authorized will be effective against the new strain identified in Britain.
But Vallance said scientists are concerned that variants identified in Brazil and South Africa could be more resistant to vaccines.
For most people, COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
The United States has more than 24 million confirmed coronavirus cases, according to statistics from Johns Hopkins University.
As of Friday, the U.S. had more than 411,000 deaths from the virus.
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It seems that there are a lot of what ifs in this statement. It also appears that the current vaccines are effective. Hoping for the best.
Thanks China. Lab release, MAYBE accidental. Doesn’t matter. CIA, fascist Fauci know it’s true. They will determine what we need to know. One world order is the objective.
I had dose 2 on January 20th if anyone cares. Woke up with minor body aches and chills. My wife said there were like 28 people that called in sick the day after they got dose 2 at her hospital (yesterday). I can’t tell one pain from another these days so it was just another morning for me.
It’s all enough to make you sick to your stomach. and damned mad too.
It seems he was a closet liberal all along. Sad. He could have been great, but as turned into a bit of a wimp.
I’m skeered, Boris. Hold me.
It will work. If it doesn’t kill you first.
Yeah, sure Boris.
Never has one candidate so utterly squandered their electoral landslide. What an idiot.
‘Slobbering over Biden’? Don’t see any sign of that. In the job specification for a British Prime Minister, being polite about and on good terms with the current POTUS, whoever that may be (at least in public), has always been high on the list. The few bland things BJ has said about Biden since November mean nothing.
One year ago today:
After the Chinese city of Wuhan halted outbound flights, trains, buses and ferries in an effort to stop the spread of a deadly new virus, 12 other cities in the province followed suit, bringing more than 36 million people under lockdown.
After the Chinese city of Wuhan halted outbound flights, trains, buses and ferries in an effort to stop the spread of a deadly new virus, 12 other cities in the province followed suit, bringing more than 36 million people under lockdown. Health officials in Chicago said a woman in her 60s had become the second U.S. patient diagnosed with the new virus; she’d returned from China in mid-January.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/today-history-75453369
BoJo has one mother of a problem that we don’t.
Not yet, anyway.
Namely the UK’s largest employer.
The million strong NHS.
And they now own BoJo.
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