Covid vaccines may need updating to protect against new variant, study suggests
Neutralising ability of antibodies typically falls eight-fold with South African variant
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ECG, blood pressure and some blood tests for things that can go awry for a man my age. They call it a Well Man check I think. Discovered my cholesterol was v high, made big changes to my diet as a resultWhat do they check every year? Is it like a thing you can get? Check up please doctor! I must check if my insurance covers this
the last time I had a blood test the doc had a shitload of vials, each with a lid of a different colour. She said she needed to put a sample in each and that the colour meant she was requesting to test for a particular thing.i have to go to the doc next week for some blood tests. my sister has haemochromatosis, which means a one in four chance i have it, and my dad was diagnosed with an aggressive prostate cancer before he was 60, so i need to get that tested too.
though the doc tried some, ahem, physical means of testing which didn't raise any immediate concerns.
i wonder at what point bloods will include a routine test for covid antibodies? or will that be relevant after being vaccinated?
particularly for chisslers.Hmm actually yeah that's what I used to do until I left Dublin, in fairness.
Having a family doctor who you've been going to for years and who you trust is great though. I recommend it
there's different additives in the tubes that are better for different analytes - some stop the clotting process, and what you end up with when you spin the blood cells out is called plasma, and some enhance it, giving you serum when you've spun them down.the last time I had a blood test the doc had a shitload of vials, each with a lid of a different colour. She said she needed to put a sample in each and that the colour meant she was requesting to test for a particular thing.
As in, they don't look for everything in a single sample. They send different samples different ways to get tested for different things.
I'm sure there is a base level though that they always check for. The dangerous shit, like.
I'd say Leo is incorrect about the first part but correct about the second part. From what i've seen the government has never had a plan or even an idea how to solve that problem. If they did then we could eradicate Covid entirely on the island, but it'd probably involve doing politics and they're not qualified : /
there's probably no point though. They'd be more minded in putting their efforts into keeping tabs on people coming into the country, and putting resources into making sure they don't act the fuck. Of those entering Ireland every week, a large proportion are exempt from quarantine rules. If the remaining numbers are as low as Leo suggests, then CHASE THE FUCKERS (of whom I'll be one next week or the week after).
That's right!If they're saying we will all be vaccinated by September, then putting this quarantine shite in place, on its own will do fuck all. Yes we import cases, but very few. Its the acting the bollox at the other end, is the real problem. We'll still need a strict lockdown to get the existing cases down. How long to get them to zero? Based on the march lockdown, which was severe in the extreme, it will take months and months. We got cases down to 6 per day in July without this in place. That was solely from people observing the national lockdown. The cases started to rise again for 2 main reasons; direct provision and meat factories.
Why the fuck would they have this lightbulb moment 12 months into the pandemic that, all of a sudden, we can lock people in jail when they arrive in the country, and that will solve all our problems? It would make more sense to just close the airport and stop all flights, full stop. We are not New Zealand. We will never be New Zealand. I'm sure there's a large cohort there who are extremely pissed off with the situation - as in, they've sacrificed a hell of a lot to be where they are. Perhaps worth it, perhaps not.
Imposing a mandatory quarantine now, 12 months on, and 6/7 months away from us all being (potentially) vaccinated, seems a bit like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
If we really want to fix this;
- impose a full travel ban, except for 'essential' travel but with a much stricter definition of 'essential'.
- close the border
- full lockdown, including schools. Back to a 2km travel limit
- night-time curfew - it beggars belief that we haven't done this yet.
- all non-frontline workplaces closed.
But we were never about eradicating covid. We've always been about trying to control it. The fact that tonnes of cunts partied their heads off over christmas and sent the thing out of control, means we failed miserably. But rather than focusing on the actual problem, lets just hit the fucking nail with a sledgehammer cos the fuckos on twitter won't stop pissing and moaning until we do.
there's probably no point though. They'd be more minded in putting their efforts into keeping tabs on people coming into the country, and putting resources into making sure they don't act the fuck. Of those entering Ireland every week, a large proportion are exempt from quarantine rules. If the remaining numbers are as low as Leo suggests, then CHASE THE FUCKERS (of whom I'll be one next week or the week after).
If they're saying we will all be vaccinated by September, then putting this quarantine shite in place, on its own will do fuck all. Yes we import cases, but very few. Its the acting the bollox at the other end, is the real problem. We'll still need a strict lockdown to get the existing cases down. How long to get them to zero? Based on the march lockdown, which was severe in the extreme, it will take months and months. We got cases down to 6 per day in July without this in place. That was solely from people observing the national lockdown. The cases started to rise again for 2 main reasons; direct provision and meat factories.
Why the fuck would they have this lightbulb moment 12 months into the pandemic that, all of a sudden, we can lock people in jail when they arrive in the country, and that will solve all our problems? It would make more sense to just close the airport and stop all flights, full stop. We are not New Zealand. We will never be New Zealand. I'm sure there's a large cohort there who are extremely pissed off with the situation - as in, they've sacrificed a hell of a lot to be where they are. Perhaps worth it, perhaps not.
Imposing a mandatory quarantine now, 12 months on, and 6/7 months away from us all being (potentially) vaccinated, seems a bit like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
If we really want to fix this;
- impose a full travel ban, except for 'essential' travel but with a much stricter definition of 'essential'.
- close the border
- full lockdown, including schools. Back to a 2km travel limit
- night-time curfew - it beggars belief that we haven't done this yet.
- all non-frontline workplaces closed.
But we were never about eradicating covid. We've always been about trying to control it. The fact that tonnes of cunts partied their heads off over christmas and sent the thing out of control, means we failed miserably. But rather than focusing on the actual problem, lets just hit the fucking nail with a sledgehammer cos the fuckos on twitter won't stop pissing and moaning until we do.
stops people going out on the piss, mainly. They have a weekend one here and its been very effective. On fridays and saturdays people have to stay indoors from 10pm until 5am. No one has complained about it.What's the rationale for a curfew? Just as another barrier to people moving about, like the 5km limit now and shutting the shops so no one has anywhere to go and mingle?
I think YOU need a Prostate checkI think we need a separate Prostate check/C-scope thread at this point.
If you just ban alcohol sales during the pandemic then you wouldn't need to do a curfew...stops people going out on the piss, mainly.
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