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Vaccination misinformation

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janeainsworth Sun 12-Jul-20 07:48:17

Bluebelle CV is the same virus as the common cold which has never had a vaccine
Not true. Some colds are caused by coronaviruses (not Covid-19), some are caused by rhinoviruses and there are other sorts too. That’s why there isn’t a vaccine.

I have been doing the Covid-symptom tracker study. Yesterday I was asked if I’d like to register to be part of a study into vaccination.
I have hope that an effective vaccine will be a reality in the future.

BlueSky Sun 12-Jul-20 07:33:41

I'm not very optimistic about a vaccine or a cure. I think we'll have to learn to live with it, with possible lockdowns when and where there are flare ups. Distancing in public places and of course hand washing to become the new normal.

BlueBelle Sun 12-Jul-20 05:14:07

CV is the same virus as the common cold which has never had a vaccine I don’t think there will be one for this either
I m certainly not waiting for it, neither do I think life is worth living if we are going to hide away in our houses, never hug anyone again never go to a festival, theatre, cinema it doesn’t bear thinking about
The best we can hope for is medication that can turn this virus from a killer to a manageable illness and we need to learn much more about it and it’s reasons why some are able to manage it as a brief flu and others are floored or killed by it that’s where the money should be put into research of reasons

Life with this hanging over our heads is no life so I personally feel we have to get on with life in the same way as we did before we had flu, and pneumonia Jabs those two have been killIng thousands all over the world every year for ever
Life is about chances

If we look after ourselves work on Obesity and fitness levels and stop being the fatness nation in Europe we might have more of a chance We are a very unfit nation

Summerlove Sun 12-Jul-20 03:30:24

growstuff

Giving people hope (or whatever you like to call it) is cruel. It's a distraction from what is really needed, which is stopping transmission by draconian methods, if it upsets people. May7 Your vulnerable parents wouldn't need locking away if other people weren't so downright selfish. Management of this crisis has been political all along. That's why there's been so much lying and lack of transparency.

I would agree with most of this.

The common cold is a Coronavirus. We won’t have a vaccine for it.

I understand being hopeful, I am, though I’ll wait to get the vaccine. However I don’t expect to get one before a few years, if ever. I honestly think we need to adjust how we interact.

growstuff Sun 12-Jul-20 02:22:24

Giving people hope (or whatever you like to call it) is cruel. It's a distraction from what is really needed, which is stopping transmission by draconian methods, if it upsets people. May7 Your vulnerable parents wouldn't need locking away if other people weren't so downright selfish. Management of this crisis has been political all along. That's why there's been so much lying and lack of transparency.

May7 Sun 12-Jul-20 01:04:15

I do hope so. I've practically kidnapped my vulnerable parents and locked them down way before Boris et al decided to. I'm hoping a vaccine will release us all from this so we can have some normality

maddyone Sun 12-Jul-20 01:00:17

Yes, I agree with Summerlove, I think people are being optimistic. I think there’ll be a vaccine in time. I really hope so anyway.

Summerlove Sun 12-Jul-20 00:08:38

I think people are just really hopeful.

No one wants to believe this could be a full on game changer for how we live.

Esspee Sat 11-Jul-20 23:47:36

Human coronaviruses have been identified as long ago as the 1960s (some of them can kill as many as 30% of those infected so much more serious than the current Covid19) yet not one vaccine has been found for any coronavirus strain despite in depth research.

Can any one explain why we are being fed the fairy tale that a vaccination will be available in the near future?

Why not be honest and tell us that we are going to have to live with Covid 19?
I have been saddened to hear from people shielding who intend to keep themselves locked away until they can be vaccinated. I do so hope this will be possible in my lifetime but I am not putting my life on hold in the meantime.

How about you?