No sex in the Sandbox

[Dodger]

Total lack of preparation.

Better luck in the fourth quarter.

[Nirish guy]

"No sex in the sandbox"

Never mind Covid - this topic thread just brought me right back to my Primary school days - my god the teachers just never let up about it - kill joys the lot of them !! :-) I often wondered why Father Murphy always wanted to spend so much time playing with us boys in the sandbox back then !

[Ruthrieston]

Some doses of a vaccine, any vaccine, might help, but Thailand doesn't have any. Certainly not for farang, that's for sure. Herd immunity???

[cdnmatt]

Some doses of a vaccine, any vaccine, might help, but Thailand doesn't have any. Certainly not for farang, that's for sure. Herd immunity???

Worst part is, the effectiveness of Pfizer and Modurna are still in question in regards to the delta variant. They seem to work, but not quite as good, but not really sure and waiting for more data to come in.

Thailand is getting mostly vaccinated with SinoVac, which has proven itself to be FAR less effective than Pfizer and Modurna. Put two and to together, and what chance does SinoVac have against the delta variant?

This whole vaccination campaign Thailand is undergoing may turn out to be a total waste once the dust settles, and they might aswell just of injected everyone with saline instead. Who knows though, time will tell. As per-usual with this pandemic, we're waiting for more data to come in.

[Nathan B]

Worst part is, the effectiveness of Pfizer and Modurna are still in question in regards to the delta variant. They seem to work, but not quite as good, but not really sure and waiting for more data to come in.

According to the UK government, against the delta variant, "Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 96% effective against hospitalisation after 2 doses". This is "comparable with vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation from the Alpha variant."

[billyhouston]

The analysis suggests:

the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 96% effective against hospitalisation after 2 doses
the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is 92% effective against hospitalisation after 2 doses
These are comparable with vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation from the Alpha variant.

Further work remains underway to establish the level of protection against mortality from the Delta variant. However, as with other variants, this is expected to be high.

The analysis included 14,019 cases of the Delta variant – 166 of whom were hospitalised – between 12 April and 4 June, looking at emergency hospital admissions in England.