Now as in two weeks before Christmas which many people saw long before our leaders did - the most worrying of all of many things today. Some of this could have been avoided and it ought to be a national scandal that no efforts were made and even yesterday we were still in partial denial of the consequences.It looks increasingly like the final day of 2020 will be the worst of the year, god only knows how bad this will get over the next couple of weeks.
We really should be looking at a full national lockdown now!
Yeah, true - be nice if we can hit that figure in the next couple of months or so. I think the infrastructure will be there to achieve that eventually.I’m not sure what they are aiming for, foolish to give targets, but we are certainly not at 1million a week yet.
I hope soYeah, true - be nice if we can hit that figure in the next couple of months or so. I think the infrastructure will be there to achieve that eventually.
Im not talking about the half dose regime. Im talking about delaying the second dose. The evidence is reportedly nowhere near substantial compared to the approved initial method. There are very credible and sensible experts saying its an incredibly dangerous approach too.
People have had emails cancelling their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine already. That is scandalous as far as im concerned. These people never consented to that when they had their first dose. Pfizer themselves have already raised doubts about this too saying they have no evidence that one dose offers protection for more than 3 weeks.
Now as in two weeks before Christmas which many people saw long before our leaders did - the mosr worrying of all of many things today.
Im not talking about the half dose regime. Im talking about delaying the second dose. The evidence is reportedly nowhere near substantial compared to the approved initial method. There are very credible and sensible experts saying its an incredibly dangerous approach too.
People have had emails cancelling their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine already. That is scandalous as far as im concerned. These people never consented to that when they had their first dose. Pfizer themselves have already raised doubts about this too saying they have no evidence that one dose offers protection for more than 3 weeks.
Both the bbc and guardian are suggesting that those due a second dose next week are being contacted to cancel. My father in law is due a second dose on Tuesday. He’s 87. He will be devastated if he has to wait another 9 weeks.The half dose followed by a full dose regime for the Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine hasn't been approved. What has been approved is two full doses but with a longer gap before the second dose. There is evidence that the longer gap improves overall efficiency and from what the expert on BBC was saying this morning the first dose delivers nearly all the benefit.
This may not be the case with the Pfizer vaccine and I would hope that unless the evidence is there then it should be administered as originally planned. We should be going all out with the Oxford vaccine generally anyway as it is going to be available in large quantities and it can be delivered in more or less any location.
Don’t think its a big issue, based on zero knowledge so ready to be corrected, think it was 90 % effective with one dose. As I understand Pfizer saying it’s untested after a 3 week interval, not saying it doesn’t work though and no reason to think immunity would suddenly stop after 3 weeks.That sounds like a mess. I'm surprised by cancellations, assuming it's to do with the changed interval and not a supply issue.
I don't think too much should be read into Pfizer saying that - they'll want to make clear it's not their decision.
Having served 22 years in the QARANC, (Nursing corps) All regular medical staff, ie, Doctors ),nurses, theatre technicians, xray techs, lab technicians all work in local NHS hospitals anyway. This would also include TA personnel.True, but both they and other military personnel could be deployed to help/free other hospital staff (ambulance/paramedics) and alleviate the burden. However, in the UK, a paralyzing fear seems to persist that deploying the military in a civilian setting, in this case the NHS, is tantamount to admitting that the system has broken.
The military have been and do appear ready to help, so it's simply a case of making the request and giving the order.
https://www.forces.net/news/coronavirus-how-military-helping