Thank you for mentioning care home residents. It is unnecessarily cruel that they have been confined for more than a year with no freedom to go out or to see friends and family in a relaxed environment. Heartbreaking for all of us.
It’s because the governments told us a conspiracy bs story about the virus going under the radar and secretly lives in humans without them knowing while waiting to pounce on people with no masks😂😂😂😂
Wondering despite what Tim said if residents despite risk are at potential risk carers as support workers vaccine update low. I agree though there should be more freedom
He was, but apparently wouldn't hype the fear when required, and so dropped. Something I have respect for, as I'm sure most media/political experts read from a given script. .... No scientific difference in opinion? Just how strange is that? 🤔😉
The biggest government conspiracy bs is the fact that we have been told the virus goes under the radar and lives in humans without humans knowing waiting to pounce on people with no masks😂😂😂🤷🤷🤷
@Zak McKracken If politicians, media and big pharma were transparent and trustworthy, do you think people would be asking so many questions? What makes you think that people's concerns about vaccines brought out for mass global vaccination, in the short space of 8 months, is actually anti-vax, most of them, like myself will have had multiple vaccinations since childhood and through adult life with vaccines for travelling? I'm very much pro-vac, by about 20+ to one. I have 2 friends have suffered with conditions associated with clotting issues roughly 2 weeks after AZ vac. One of my closest friends was found by her daughter, ino hospital, ongoing neurological tests, and another friend diagnosed DVT. It could be a coincidence of course, but a bloody great big one if so. Don't tar, people of genuine concern about so many vaccines brought out so quickly, or those who highlight lack of transparency in politicians, pharma corporations and other powerful figures with more conflicting interests than would be acceptable in political or business practice, those people might save you a lot of shit in the future, and certainly won't do you any harm in the meantime. The divisive rat is a great deal worse enemy to mankind than any plague rat has been. You should realise how fragile your perception is, by your need to get uptight defensive against anyone pointing out flaws or to lack of transparency in all involved. If your perception is rock solid, shouldn't it be able to stand up to any scrutiny that's thrown at it. Elon Musk said humans tend to think they're an awful, awful lot smarter than they actually are. Currently you are proving his point succinctly.
Thank you Tim for your careful and considered analysis. I hope that your mother is well. At the risk of sounding patronising she should be very proud of you and the work that you are doing.
@skierbaz Don't worry they will be put down as C19 in the same way as Strokes, heart attacks, sepsis, flu, bacterial pneumonia, and fatalities from the suicide jab etc. has been.
I just want to say that your data and your presentation the way you’re putting it across is so clear you really are keeping a lot of peoples mind at rest each week
You are such an inspiration and have kept us so well informed throughout the whole pandemic. All you reports have proved to be correct and factual . Thank you so much you have kept me sane . Rooting for your visit to your Mum. 🤗
The news is generally great Tim. But please throw up a screen with the numbers / graph to make it easier to comprehend the changing numbers. Love your stuff, proud to be contributing xxx
BREAKING: As it stands, June 21st is imminent! The only variants I'll be having is a nice Indian Masala dish with a South African Chardonnay when indoor hospitality reopens!
Let’s not forget the biggest conspiracy, that the virus lives in the humans secretly, while the humans don’t know, waiting to pounce on humans with no masks!😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for such a calm appraisal of where we are now. And I like many others wish you mother and other care home residents can finally get to meet up with family members soon.
Thank you, Professor Spector. Echoing others’ views, your briefings have been useful, measured and reassuring. Glad to have been able to contribute to this effort.
Hi Tim, I have taken part in your antibody survey and sent my blood sample in this week. Will this test show if I have had COVID-19 as opposed to just the vaccine or will it show antibodies because of the vaccine? Thank you for your work on this pandemic.
Thankyou so.much...again as I have said before such clarity is so helpful. I hope care homes take on your message about opening up after 2 injections....my aunt with dementia absolutely needs a hug....
Today I had my 2nd vaccine. I asked for my batch number, which I got. No one had heard of the Zoe Symptom Study App. And were not interested. Find some attitudes hard to appreciate. Thank you Tim Spector. A blessed relief from the madness of some humans.
You and your team have been amazing this past year. Thank you, you have no idea how much it's meant to some of us. I know it's not the reason you did it but I truly hope you get the recognition you deserve.
Thank you professor, I have been logging since March 2020, I have had both my injections and am a much happier lady than I was. Thank you for your invaluable research and reliable information.
@skierbaz I’m not as animated as you, I don’t think it’s a scam, but yes, that figure puts things into context. Prof Tim made a point then, whether he meant it or not.
@skierbaz The _reason_ the case rate has come down is _because_ of the lockdowns. What you're saying is akin to "we didn't crash the car so there was no need to have applied the brakes".
@@jattnijjerable First, not everyone is under 50. Second, that's the infection probability for _one_ day, not your overall risk (in a year, for example, the equivalent risk would be 1 in 126, not 1 in 46,000. Third, death is the worst outcome of an infection but is not the _only_ severely adverse outcome. Fourth, that's still a much higher risk of dying than most people would find acceptable, especially when vaccination reduces the risk substantially (to nearly zero). Would you order pizza from a company that 'only' puts dog shit in one in a thousand of their pizzas, especially if you have the option of ordering from somewhere with a zero rate of dog shit? Just get vaccinated, unless you have a _genuine_ medical reason that you can't. 'I'm scared of science' is not a valid reason.
@@Grim_Beard I only think of under 50, people in higher risk groups in comparison to the vaccine risk should take it, but theres no proper long term testing data? I dont think the math works like that..... Side effects of vaccinre? I dont think you understanding the math Its 1 in 46 k catching it, if you catch it 1 in c10k you multiply probability So 1 in 460 000 000 I think you dont understand marh nor science?
Thank you so much for all the work and background information from you and the team. Have been logging since pretty much the beginning and so have benefitted from your lucid and helpful insights all along. You guys deserve medals!
The plate is now on the wall. I'd been worried about that plate. Oh and thanks for the sanity of your updates. I feel like you're a calm and grounding voice.
Are you taking the areas where there are not enough contributors into account at all? Because as many of those areas could be described as ‘deprived’, is it likely that the map could look a lot worse if there were enough contributors? I’m asking because the places where there are enough contributors that have higher cases, the numbers seem a lot higher than most areas
Is it possible to provide a simple "Ladybird Book" style explanation of why the Zoe figures quoted by Tim of approx 1,100 new symptomatic cases per day are lower than the headline gov.uk confirmed cases ones which have averaged around 2,500 per day for the last few days? Are the two figures measuring something different, or referring to different time periods?
I'm grateful for your analysis, as always. Please don't forget the million plus people with Long Covid. The resources to help them are inadequate as far as I can see.
Thank you Professor for your consistent and excennet presentations, factual and to the point. Are there any stats on people who have developed life threatening Covid after their jabs have become effective?
Hi there, please could you comment on the increasing divergence between your daily infection figures and those confirmed by test reported on the government dashboard. Are we now down to such a low rate, and testing so many people, that false positives are now a genuine portion of currently reported cases? Many thanks
Thank you Professor Spector, very interesting. Have you considered making your app more accessible to those who do not speak English? I am concerned that our most vulnerable communities could be missing out.
@@jattnijjerable to protect others whose immune systems are compromised or who can't have the vaccine due to legitimate reasons, and to help reduce more mutations occurring. The odds of catching Covid now are low because of the vaccine. It's helping to take Covid out of circulation.
Thanks for the update, really reassuring as we emerge from.shielding. I hope you get to see your mum soon. I am hoping I will be free to travel at the end of May to see my mum who I have not seen since August.
Can someone tell me the risk of the Indian variants of undoing the vaccine progress? I tried to ask this on a forum and got laughed at. I'm actually becoming extremely distressed, and losing a lot of sleep over it. An update on it by Tim Spector would reassure me greatly.
Wow, why are you talking about Indian variant?????? You as a professor, I am assuming in the medical field. Should know its not a different infection, it mutates. Those taking this EGT are suppressing their own immune system. "Vaccine" targets the infection in its original state. So when they mutate, ppl are left with no protection.
@@bostonlincolnshire8745 Dr John has mentioned it several times. Particularly due to the slow response in the UK in classifying India as a red zone. This will happen on Friday. The increase in infections is scary. We do not know but the vaccines have been effective against all the variants so far. It seems so unfair that India is exporting vaccine whilst not having enough for its own population.
Thank you so much for all of your help and information. I have been logging since May last year, which is when I found out about Zoe. I have never been interested in science but now I follow and respect it so much. Finally I would like to say an extra thank you for listening to us all and valuing our experience.
The R Rate in the West Midlands has been increasing recently and is currently 1.5 according to your App. Normally this would be a cause for concern and an indicator of an exponential increase in cases, but I have not heard of any concerns being expressed in the media. Does the Rate indicate that there is a major outbreak in a local community or institution somewhere or is there another explanation?
I thought it had been admitted by government that the tests are not reliable ? That would mean the R rate is irrelevant ? The BMJ certainly labelled the Lateral Flow tests as "not fit for purpose" many months ago, yet £billions are still being spent on them. Why ?
Thanks for the information. Could you tell me, please, whether you are basing the risk factor data in this video on a million respondents to the app as in your video of last week ( the one about herd immunity) as the risk factor data in it was very different. In this video you say that it is 1 in 114,000 after two jabs and the previous one says 1 in 15000 after 2 jabs.
Has anyone else had a side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is a sore arm at the injection site, that started 3 weeks after my first jab and lasted 4 days?
Yes ,10 days later,2 by 3 square shape ? Doctor not seen that shape before so very unusual,arm swollen and hot.Lasted around 2 weeks,was given antibiotics to take incase it got worse or felt ill,it didn't.Still told its ok to take 2nd one ,now very unsure.
Aw thank you and this makes us happy the excellent news and it makes your team happy . Thank you so much . In the background i could hear the birds singing. Lovely .
Tim - much appreciate you, and the whole Team's efforts, in keeping us informed. I don't know if this is a dumb question, but your observations on risks post vaccine are helpful, but you are talking about an individual catching and being symptomatic with COVID, I believe - you don't appear to comment on whether that individual could be transmitting COVID without actually suffering? (I'm getting vaccinated not "just" for myself but also for the benefit of the rest of the population - am I still a risk to others even after jab?)
I appreciate how busy you are but I was wondering what you think about the possibility that lung assault (Covid then pneumonia) may cause a dysfunctional breathing disorder. As someone with long covid my physio and O.T have floated this idea and it does fit with my experience. It may not be your area but I've found the breathing exercises they have suggested have helped. I hope that you get to see your mother very soon.
Hopefully this doesn't need saying - but we need to keep up with social distancing and masks indoors to keep things under control - India has shown how quickly things can reverse. Its great that 50% of UK has antibodies but that leaves lots of young people who can still get long covid out there plus immunocompromised people who can't be vaccinated . But I agree with the sentiment you shouldn't be fearful if you have had 2 jabs.
Thank Tim, I'd like to see far more public awareness of relative risk between vaccine vs covid vs general level of risk such as falling down stairs or crossing the road. I so agree about nursing homes, of course. I would also like to see the blanket vaccination of the prison population. Staff & Inmates alike. Although incarcerated because of their crime, these people have been inhumanely locked into their cells for all but an hour a day for the past very many months in an attempt to prevent covid spreading and totally denied any access to visitors. Can you imagine that!! Please press for them to be vaccinated no matter their age. Thank for all your hard work - I so appreciate being able to read facts in this time of mass obfuscation.
