drl
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Can we get back to the closure of Indonesia please? Still hoping for Raja Ampat...eventually.
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Agreed - have a LOB trip planned for next Feb - still holding out hope, but will reschedule as need be if they decide to keep the boarders closed.Can we get back to the closure of Indonesia please? Still hoping for Raja Ampat...eventually.
Agreed - have a LOB trip planned for next Feb - still holding out hope, but will reschedule as need be if they decide to keep the boarders closed.
Bloomberg news is reporting that Bali may open to foreign travelers as soon as June 2021. There is mention of a travel corridor but that is not further defined (though I’m pretty sure the USA will not be in it). hard to say what will actually happen.
Indonesia Considers Reopening Bali to Foreign Tourists in June
At the moment and near future there are no vaccines available. An the target for this program is only 7.5 million doses. More than 6,600 firms have said they are keen on the program, which is set to need about 7.5 million doses, said State-owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir.
Coincidentally a couple of days ago I received the following e-mail from a dive operator on Bunaken.I have a trip to Bunaken in March. I am pessimistic, and looking at alternatives.
Meh don't believe everything you read. Many of these Vaccines for example Astrazenca are made the old fashion way. The two mRNA ones are new but the Efficacy of it is not as high now as it was when it was first released, (New Variant issues).Capitalism Is What Will Defeat Covid - WSJ, by Allysia Finley, March 19, 2021
We would never be in the position where we are today if we had not invested billions of dollars over decades so that we could respond,” Mr. Gorsky, 60, says in an interview the Monday morning after the FDA authorized its Covid vaccine.
Scientists over the past couple of decades have been studying a potentially more efficient and effective method known as a “vector vaccine”: using genetically engineered viruses to prime the immune system by delivering parts of a pathogen’s genetic code into human cells. Our cell machinery then manufacturers the dopplegangers. The harmless look-alikes trigger an immune reaction, marshaling antibodies and white blood cells. When the real pathogen invades, the immune system is prepared.
About 85% of vaccine candidates fail in trials, and those that succeed have historically taken 10 to 15 years to develop. It seems like an incredible stroke of luck and science that we have so many Covid-19 vaccines so soon. But it’s more than that. Credit years of research and investment by drug makers, as well as government collaboration during the pandemic, which Mr. Gorsky hopes will outlast the pandemic.
“I think this is a golden moment, not only for Johnson & Johnson, but the biopharmaceutical industry,” he says. “We fundamentally believe that having a market- based, innovation-based, biopharmaceutical as well as a medical-technology environment, is critical long term to produce the best overall outcomes for healthcare.”
NO vaccine can absolutely stop the spreading of the virus!Bulloks. UK data already shows a huge drop in transmissions, and they are split 50/50 between BioNTech and AZ; surprisingly enough AZ shows better performance after the first shot comparedto BioNTech. The issue all over the EU is that we do not have enough vaccines; as a matter of fact the EU has exported more vaccines to countries outside the EU than remaind in the EU as at present it is the only source for Moderna and BioNTech for countries that are not called USA.