He doesn't need to, Boris has already said it.
Their aim at the mo is to stop people just going bonkers. If they stood there beaming and saying how great the figures are (which they certainly are!), then a significant percentage would instantly drop their guard.
I'll take Moderna. Don't fancy the single shot one too much as the figures aren't all that compared to the others but hey, I'll be guinea pig for Moderna.
Stopping people going bonkers is sending people bonkers tbf .
Had moderna - so far no mutations.
We’ve been told it could be something that will be available Aug/Sept if results from trials are positive.
Pretty much all my mates who’ve had the vaccine live in Wyken and predominately are registered at the Forum Health Centre. Maybe it’s just as simple as a location or demographics thing?
In an ideal world it would make sense but could you imagine the logistical nightmare of sorting it all out and then who deserves what and by why you are assessing them on as priority, job, weight, health etc.
tbh I've got no problem with teachers, volunteers etc getting the thing first - they're the ones being stuck in the riskiest situations atm
Tbh after the oldies I do think they should have gone through teachers, police, pharmacists, etc... I don't think it would have been that hard to sort out.
Wonder if other countries copied the 12 week gap? If they didn't it gives them scope to catch up and get people fully vaccinated before us. Although obviously its not a race against each other, we're going to need countries to be vaccinated before we open travel back up.
Over here they started vaccinating teachers before the over 70s.
No, here there is not the 12 week gap - the total number of vaccinated people is not actually far behind the UK.
It is. Glad to see our government put its name to it, too.
At the risk of repeating myself however... the risk of hospitalisation among over 40s is great enough that, that's why it would be pretty crazy to remove masks and distancing before they and others have been vaccinated. If you remove all obstacles to transmission, it makes it virtually certain you'll catch the thing, meaning a far higher rate of transmission, to result in higher admissions.This is what the Gov showed yesterday in briefing. Two charts with two different axis
Someone has put both sets of data in with the same axis and its far far less scary then shown in the briefing.
How on earth can you work that one out?
Covid-19 vaccine tracker: the global race to vaccinate
Tracking how many people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in more than 200 countries.ig.ft.com
I am referring to the total number of people actually fully vaccinated.
Total number of vaccinations in Italy - 3.03 million
Total number of vaccinations in UK - 3.6 million
Ministero della Salute - Report Vaccini Anti Covid-19
www.governo.it
I was commenting more on the roll out of the vaccine finally picking up pace over here - the strategy like the rest of the world has been to concentrate on the the two doses in the recommended timeframe.
