Meanwhile here down under Gladys' continuing blunder now totals 6247 cases with 32 deaths and she still refuses to do a proper lockdown as infections keep leaking out of greater Sydney into the countryside and cases are now being reported just a 1.5hr drive south from here.

"If the objective was to frighten the hell out of the community, I can guarantee you they have done that."

Another blunder in Sydney?

... Currently, some five million are waiting for routine operations and procedures - many of whom are in pain.

But the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned there is a huge hidden backlog of patients who are still yet to come forward for treatment...

... In one scenario, if the NHS can't treat more patients than it did pre-pandemic, the waiting list could rise to 14 million by next autumn...

If the NHS can't boost capacity, the IFS warns, longer waiting lists will be with us for years to come...

A Florida radio host who blasted Anthony Fauci and coronavirus vaccines has died from Covid-19.

The US Sun reports that the right-wing talk show host Dick Farrel, 65, texted friends in his last few days urging them to get the jab, having changed his mind.

Previously Farrel had frequently hit out against the covid vaccine on his personal Facebook page.

In a July 3 post he wrote: “Why take a vax promoted by people who lied 2u all along about masks, where the virus came from and the death toll?”, although he didn’t provide any additional context or clarification.

“Vaccine Bogus Bull Shid!, Two peeps I know, got vaxed, now have Corona, hospitalised critical,” he wrote on July 1. “Thank you Moderna, FOR NOTHING!”

Creative Director of Hubbard South Florida Mike McCabe, a friend of Farrel’s, said on Facebook that he had been battling covid for three weeks before his death earlier this week.

The mayor of Byron Bay has made a bombshell claim about a man who brought Covid to the region, accusing him of not believing in the virus.

Mayor Michael Lyon said the Covid-positive man travelled to Byron Bay alongside his two children to stay at a property in the beachside town.

He claimed the man did not use QR codes to check into any businesses in the area and had not co-operated with health authorities.

Mr Lyon described the situation as a “nightmare”.

“We’re going through trying to list all exposure sites and work out where he’s been, and he hasn’t been signing in and using QR codes, any of that … doesn’t believe in it, it’s a nightmare,” he told the ABC on Monday night.

“It’s been very difficult for police and health authorities to track down where he’s been, it’s ridiculous.

“You have to wonder what people are thinking when it comes to a situation like this.”

[quote]That's east and south of here now blocked off to us here, westward is our only chance of escape now with the border to the north closed. :-O

Those who turned up at a location not used by the Beeb since 2013 are confused and dangerous half-wits

It is rarely helpful to insult people with whom you disagree. The moment you start mud-slinging, so the theory goes, the argument has been lost. Far better to try and persuade your opponents with evidence and reason.

However, I find myself at a loss this morning. So let’s call a spade a spade. The anti-vaxxers who yesterday attempted to storm the BBC – but turned up at a building not used by the BBC since 2013 – are confused and dangerous half-wits, who have wallowed too long in conspiracy theories and nonsense.

If there was ever a moment to take stock and ask yourself, “what am I doing with my life?”, this was surely it. You’re there in west London on a wet Monday afternoon, trying to break into the wrong building to confront BBC journalists who aren’t there. And all because of… life-saving vaccines. Is this really how it was meant to be? Come on, let’s get you home and put the kettle on.

Come on, let’s get you home and put the kettle on into bed, preferably in a strait jacket .

[quote]That's east and south of here now blocked off to us here, westward is our only chance of escape now with the border to the north closed. :-O

If you can't see it, it doesn't exist!

... Vaccination globally eradicated smallpox, the famine-causing cattle disease called rinderpest, and two of the three serotypes of poliovirus.

And while vaccination is a good path to eliminating the virus, problems in mass distribution, setbacks in international cooperation, or anti-science aggression can be mediated by other factors like border control, physical distancing, mask wearing, and contact tracing. The study authors point out that China eradicated malaria without vaccines and certain countries have kept COVID at bay for long periods of time, proving it is possible...

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Young people urged to come forward for both doses to support cautious return to normal life

Over 70% of young people aged 18 to 29 in England have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine...

... A total of 5,940,038 people in this age group have received a first dose (70.2%) and 2,683,434 people have received both doses (32.4%).

The latest data from Public Health England and Cambridge University shows that vaccines have saved around 84,600 lives as well as preventing 23.4 million infections and 66,900 hospitalisations in England up to 6 August...

By 'eck! This has been a positively quick move!


7 in 10 young people aged 18-29 vaccinated with a first dose
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Young people urged to come forward for both doses to support cautious return to normal life

Over 70% of young people aged 18 to 29 in England have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine...

... A total of 5,940,038 people in this age group have received a first dose (70.2%) and 2,683,434 people have received both doses (32.4%).

The latest data from Public Health England and Cambridge University shows that vaccines have saved around 84,600 lives as well as preventing 23.4 million infections and 66,900 hospitalisations in England up to 6 August...

All good stuff but we've still a way to get yet...


Stay safe folks!
Martin

Wonder what the percents are for that age group across several different countries? Yeah, I know I could look it up, probably a country at a time and, of course, I'm concerned about the USA because that's where I am. But, I'm working on other things and I'm tired.

Wonder what the percents are for that age group across several different countries? Yeah, I know I could look it up, probably a country at a time and, of course, I'm concerned about the USA because that's where I am. But, I'm working on other things and I'm tired.

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