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Scared of vaccines?

I’ve heard that care homes have been told to expect it for residents and staff from next month. Great news indeed....light at the end of the tunnel.

You’ve got no concept of what I said. You are being obtuse, either intentionally or though ignorance. Perhaps go and play in the Bear Pit again.

Anyway this is the ‘Covid good news thread’ so I...

Thanks for educating me on science OOK.

Nope - the principles of science have not changed at all. Neither has the basis of peer reviewed evidence.

Like a lot of science, biotechnology has advanced massively over recent years.
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No it doesn’t.

Public dissemination / outreach / communication of science is something universities do a lot of. It’s great training for students - invariably if you can explain a complex subject well you also...

I’ve not watched the video, so won’t comment on that, but in general what you’ve written isn’t how science works. The responsibility lies with the author to ‘prove’ their hypothesis by presenting...

I know it’s easy to be sidelined into general discussions, but remember this is the positive news thread please Gentlemen.

Positive news only.

When one of us cracks the vaccine here’s the...

Sorry for the late notice, but my colleagues at Imperial are hosting a webinar this afternoon that may be of interest:

https://www.synbitech.com/synbitech-live-6th-july-2020

The positive news thread makes me happy, arguing with you does not. :la:

Promising news thread....

Great news.

Must be all the sunshine on the golf course! :la:

Science via YouTube? Oh, I see.

This is the ‘Good News’ thread so I won’t comment further. If you think this is good news then great.

I’m glad you’ve solved the Covid-19 problem for us. Presuming that one is white, doesn’t wear sunscreen, and it isn’t lashing it down.

Marvellous.

I think I’ll stick to evidence based...

With the caveat that I’ve only read this on the BBC website, this sounds like promising news:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53061281

The fact that dexamethasone is cheap and widely...

Possibly, as the body won’t be generating it. Might be a useful treatment though.

I wouldn’t claim to be a biopharmaceutical expert, and that article seems a bit too promising / hyped, but I would expect such a drug to work in a very similar way to antibodies produced by a vaccine...

Some early, but positive news re: a vaccine:

https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-announces-positive-interim-phase-1-data-its-mrna-vaccine

Just wait for the wonders of the fabled Bear Pit.

Agreed. It’s a positive news thread. Other threads are available for bickering and / or negativity.

Promising news thread, remember!?

Noted and agreed 👍

Interesting, but not peer reviewed yet.