Why Do We Listen To These "Experts"?

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-vaccinating-whole-of-the-uk-population-could-take-a-year-scientists-warn-12161869
It'll take a year to vaccinate the country, right oh? from the same people that said it would take at least 2 years to have a vaccine ready to go! I reckon we'll be all done by Easter.

[emmie]

someone posted a link on who gets first dibs. see if can find it.

[emmie]

priority list for “phase one” of the Covid-19 vaccination programme is:

– Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers

– All those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers

– All those 75 years of age and over

– All those 70 years of age and over and people deemed to be clinically extremely vulnerable

– All those 65 years of age and over

– All individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality

– All those 60 years of age and over

– All those 55 years of age and over

[ToraToraTora]

Ok my bad, I really should have spelled it out. I meant that we'd be back to normal by easter. Not every last person vaccinated. if we can vaccinate the vulnerable to a state where the virus finds it hard to spread because of herd immunity and also because the asymptomatic do not spread it as readily as those coughing and sneezing then I think we'll be able to get back to normal(ish) long before a year has past.

[emmie]

phase two presumably in 2021.

[youngmafbog]

Perhaps I am being thick here but why do we need to vaccinate every last person, not that we can as any illegals wont be getting it as we dont know where they are.

Surely all that needs to happen to get back to normal is to vaccinate those that are at greater risk(if they want it). Under 55 and certainly under 40 very few people would even know they have it, or have it very mildly, so its no problem for them to get it.

Its not going away thats for sure, there is no way on earth all the World will be vaccinated so until the human race learns to combat is naturally it will be around us.

[jim360]

Why, indeed. Much better to listen to people with no expertise or understanding.

[Sunk]

I remember a discussion on here in early April when experts said we could have 60,000 UK corona deaths.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1266250/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-study-latest-europe-italy-spain-deaths-covid-19

The OP and many others dismissed that as scaremongering.
Sadly, it was uncannily accurate.

[emmie]

and we undoubtedly will have a lot more.

[ToraToraTora]

sunk, can you show me where I said that was scaremongering.

[douglas9401]

While we're imparting knowledge, it's the Forth rail bridge that used to be painted non-stop.
That'll save you being talked about at soirees.
The road bridge is now closed to most vehicles and the replacement Queensferry Crossing is the main route.

Fascinating. :-)

[ichkeria]

Moderna now added to the list, which will help

[emmie]

as long as it gets out there... if its new vaccine???

[emmie]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54902908

[ichkeria]

It’s been approved by the US

[ichkeria]

... in addition to the Pfizer one I should say

[andy-hughes]

Tora - We listen to 'experts' because they are - experts.

The fact that this is an unprecedented situation which is changing daily does not negate their expertise, it simply means that they have to adjust their advice based on the new information they are receiving.

To expect them to pronounce in March and still have the same view in December is simply not realistic.

The virus is changing, the effects are changing, so the advice is changing.

It can't be any other way - and the experts can and will get it wrong, but that doesn't mean that we simply ignore them.

[emmie]

some will heed the experts some will not, such is the nature of things AH

[andy-hughes]

Indeed em, anyone can ignore an expert, but that does not cancel out the value of what he is saying, only that some prefer either not to listen, or to listen and not believe.

[woofgang]

Sqad"You can listen to New Judge, sqad, Buenchico, Wolfgang and whoever you choice, but personally give me the "experts" every time."

Oi! If I post an personal opinion, its because its something that I know something about! Buenchico too!

[jno]

and perhaps Sqad too, Woofgang!