Bill Gates warns Covid lockdowns could drag on into 2022(the-sun.com)
the-sun.com
Bill Gates warns Covid lockdowns could drag on into 2022
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1968632/bill-gates-warns-covid-lockdowns-2022/
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The Economist has an interesting map of the world colored by predicted vaccination ability: https://i.redd.it/2fuq0qge0y461.jpg
TL;DR: Large parts of the world won't have vaccines available to the general population until 2023.
TL;DR: Large parts of the world won't have vaccines available to the general population until 2023.
Can the US spend money to speed this along? With a vaccine or two in hand, I don't see why we wouldn't do it if it is possible. We'd easily make back $50 billion or whatever, it's not even an economic question.
Whoever designed that map really had a grudge against people with red-green color blindness. I see two colors.
I thought color blind people would configure the color blind mode in their OS? Is it not common or is it just bad?
So I don't know if he is saying that lockdowns will "generally" continue on a global stage remain until 2022, or if he saying that there will be lockdowns "somewhere" in the world into 2022. Initially I take this to mean the former because of this statement in the article: "BILL Gates predicts global Covid-19 restrictions could last until 2022".
If this is the case could someone explain the reasoning here? The UK is expected to complete its vaccination program by April 2021 [1]. I can't imagine other Western countries will be very far behind them. I imagine the isolated nations such as AUS and NZ will allow travel with the necessary vaccination certificates [2].
I feel like I'm missing the link as to why lockdowns dragging on to 2022 is likely?
1: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-vaccin...
2: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/qantas-coronavirus-va...
If this is the case could someone explain the reasoning here? The UK is expected to complete its vaccination program by April 2021 [1]. I can't imagine other Western countries will be very far behind them. I imagine the isolated nations such as AUS and NZ will allow travel with the necessary vaccination certificates [2].
I feel like I'm missing the link as to why lockdowns dragging on to 2022 is likely?
1: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-vaccin...
2: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/qantas-coronavirus-va...
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The Sun? Really HN? You're better than this.
The article is from The Sun, the video is from CNN.
Not sure that makes it any better
At what point does this whole charade end?
What "charade"?
Using government force to limit freedom of people for “safety” - as if government existed to be served, rather than to serve and protect the rights of free citizens.
In Sweden where we have no lockdown or similar there are no more deaths this year than other years, clearly showing that forcing people to lock down is not only immoral, but also inefficient.
Article in English but statistics from the public statistics bureau (SCB).
https://emanuelkarlsten.se/number-of-deaths-in-sweden-during...
In Sweden where we have no lockdown or similar there are no more deaths this year than other years, clearly showing that forcing people to lock down is not only immoral, but also inefficient.
Article in English but statistics from the public statistics bureau (SCB).
https://emanuelkarlsten.se/number-of-deaths-in-sweden-during...
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I'm predicting a bit longer until laws start passing that mandate a legal requirement for all to get vaccinated for covid-19. I'm still unsure how long that will take, for it to come into law but I assume the vaccine will be pointless for stopping the virus spread and until everyone is being vaccinated. Basically, the ones that firstly get vaccinated will have to continue doing so until everyone if forced to follow. I could be wrong but I assume people not getting vaccinated will keep the virus going host to host and until the vaccination wears off; requiring another one and repeat.
Why do you think that the vaccine will have to be taken beyond its recommended dosage?
Wouldn't immune people getting exposed to the virus likely "refresh" the vaccination?
Remember when the New York Times tried to tell us a vaccine could take much longer than expected? Scroll down to "Assume We Already Understand the Coronavirus" and check "Start trials early" and "Don't wait for academic research" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/opinion/coron...
Uh, if you keep taking shortcuts (like we did), then it shortens it to Feb 21.
Which proves the value of allowing innovation. When we put in too many regulations, we kill many more people than we save.
Even the most experienced people told us it'll take 18-24 months. This kind of progress is unprecedented and frankly quite amazing.
Moderna finalized the "code" for the vaccine on January 13th, 2020, had synthesized the first clinical batch on February 7th, shipped it to the NIH on the 24th, and it was first administered to a human (in phase 1 trial) on March 16th.
https://www.modernatx.com/modernas-work-potential-vaccine-ag...
https://www.modernatx.com/modernas-work-potential-vaccine-ag...
Yes!
On November 22, the New York Times published a fascinating account of the race to produce a coronavirus vaccine. The Times report included a number of interesting facts, but one really grabbed my attention: It turns out that the Moderna vaccine, which was just shown to be 95 percent effective, was actually developed by the company in just two days in January 2020.
That’s right, they developed the vaccine in two days in January, but then needed to spend the following ten months performing tests in order to meet the FDA’s standards for vaccine safety and efficacy.
During those ten months, 1.3 million people, including a quarter million Americans, have died from the coronavirus.
From https://news.yahoo.com/release-vaccine-113037217.html
On November 22, the New York Times published a fascinating account of the race to produce a coronavirus vaccine. The Times report included a number of interesting facts, but one really grabbed my attention: It turns out that the Moderna vaccine, which was just shown to be 95 percent effective, was actually developed by the company in just two days in January 2020.
That’s right, they developed the vaccine in two days in January, but then needed to spend the following ten months performing tests in order to meet the FDA’s standards for vaccine safety and efficacy.
During those ten months, 1.3 million people, including a quarter million Americans, have died from the coronavirus.
From https://news.yahoo.com/release-vaccine-113037217.html
I always cringe when I see this. Of those 1.3 million, a lot of people died with corona, not from corona.
You're misinterpreting this article by skipping to a certain section, each of the graphs and the options you select combine together.
So is your point that medical trials are a waste of time and we should have just started injecting the masses with something developed in two days?
I didn't see the context of the 2022 comment quoted in the article.