TopCat CCFC wrote:Covid: We could live with virus 'like we do flu' by end of year, says Hancock -
Vaccines and treatments could mean that - by the end of the year - Covid-19 is an illness we can live with "like we do flu", the health secretary has said.
Matt Hancock told the Daily Telegraph he hoped new drugs by the end of 2021 could make Covid a "treatable disease".
The drugs - and vaccines - represent "our way out to freedom", he said.
However, scientists have warned against treating coronavirus like the flu, as mutations are getting "more dangerous" and "more infectious".
Dr Sarah Pitt, a virologist at the University of Brighton, told the BBC: "It's not a type of flu. It's not the same sort of virus. It doesn't cause the same sort of disease, it's very, very nasty."
Mr Hancock said he hoped all UK adults could be offered the vaccine "a bit before" September.
TheHangedMan wrote:Excellent news......I am looking forward to the new set of numbers which will obviously soon be released. Something along the lines of:
Vaccinated. 15 million
Died from vaccine: 0
New cases from those that have been vaccinated: 0 (which may be a fib as my father in law was vaccinated and is now fighting for his life.......perfectly healthy before the jab)
Died from other causes: I guess anybody who unfortunately passes after taking the vaccine, but I'm pretty sure it won't say "with covid".
Bottom line is it's your free will to inject any substance into your own body, good luck.
CCFCJosh75 wrote:Report from Israel says the vaccine stops 9/10 infections and cuts illness and deaths by 93%.
With every adult set to be offered the vaccine by July fingers crossed we can have August in the sun, fans coming back to grounds, pubs and restaurants open etc etc.
Just one final push to go.
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