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No JHC I think is correct, from memory that Scottish trial showed that the AZ was slightly more effective at reducing hospitalisations than the Pfizer one. It had not yet been peer reviewed so I think we need to wait for more information, but I am not too bothered which one is slightly...

This article discusses the energy required to mine for Bitcoin. Some of you have a really good knowledge of computing, what would happen if a company finally builds an all singing and dancing quantum computer. Would that computer then be able to mine all the bitcoins that are left? How...

Government backed Scientists and Engineers are rumoured to have built several prototype ultra fast trains that are planned to be used on HS2. The prototypes are being tested in several remote locations around the world in order to iron out any problems so that they can then be unleashed to an...

I think we need to be careful that we believe things that BJ says, the head of our approval agency said that as we were still in the transition period we actually used EU rules to approve the Pfizer and AZ vaccines and so Brexit did not make any difference to what we were allowed to do. It was...

CNBC are reporting that the FDA in America is about to approve the J&J single dose vaccine. They said it has an overall efficacy of 66% and was virtually 100% effective in stopping hospitalizations. I think these are similar figures to the AZ vaccine, and if I remember correctly the UK have...

Gamestop currently trading at $140 a share in after hours markets. Earlier today it was trading below $50 I have no idea what is going on but people who have been shorting it could be in a lot of trouble once again.

Rumours circulating in the NHS in Wales but not publicly confirmed is that due to a much higher up take of the vaccine than originally expected (over 90% in some age groups) and the speed at which the vaccine has been rolled out, they are having to keep a lot more in storage so that people can...

I don't really understand crypto currencies much but I do think that Musk is onto something when talking about value. Money or other assets are only worth something if people think they are worth something, once they stop believing they are worth something then they can become worthless very...

I think the last paragraph of this piece by Rafael Behr sums up the Brexit we have ended up with. "For the true believers, a good Brexit is one that keeps the grievance alive; that makes foreigners the scapegoat for bad government; that continues to indulge the twin national myths of victimhood...

Begins with v ends with r and has an f in the middle, my second guess would be sound wave, we will probably never know for sure though.

My wife had her second jab (Pfizer) yesterday morning. She started feeling a bit dizzy and light headed last night, and does not feel quite right this morning. She did not have this light headedness with the first jab, just a sore arm. One of her team members had the second jab last week and...

This study from Scotland seems to be supporting data that has been coming out of Israel for a while. The vaccines make a huge difference to how likely one is to end up in hospital with Covid problems. The Pfizer vaccine reduced hospital admissions by 85% and the AZ was even better it reduced...

Yes it seems a strange thing to do. I watched the Welsh lunch time Covid briefing today and the plan here is to bring children back gradually starting with the youngest first. As Oyster said its going to be a phased approach and after each change, monitoring will take place for a couple of...

Spiegelhalter here on the 12 week gap between jabs. Is 12 weeks between Covid jabs too long? | Vaccines and immunisation | The Guardian

Here is an extract from the article linked below which references Vallance's thinking at that time. 'Equally, it may never be known exactly why Cheltenham and other major sporting events went ahead that week. Over the same period there was international rugby, a Champions League tie between...

Some data from Israel appears to show that one shot of the Pfizer vaccine gives 85% protection details here. One Pfizer/BioNTech shot gives 85% Covid protection - study | World news | The Guardian

I'm early 60s and so unlikely to get the vaccine for a while. I am picking up on several forums, word of mouth and news sites that the AZ vaccine is more likely to produce side effects (headache nausea etc.) than the Pfizer. As many of you have now had the vaccine, did any of you have many...

Thankfully there have not been many (so far) cases like this lady from Scotland who has caught Covid twice. Covid: Ardrossan care worker caught virus twice and fears it could happen again - BBC News

Good to see at least one Tory MP with some common sense. Irish Sea rail tunnel plan derided as Doctor Dolittle fantasy | Northern Ireland | The Guardian

According to this report they plan to divert around the Beaufort trench, I can't see this project ever happening the cost would be enormous. Rail bosses plan to build Northern Ireland to Scotland tunnel | UK news | The Guardian