Over 7,300 hospital staff in Hull and Cottingham have already received their first Covid vaccination jab.
That's good news, and must amount to the majority of NHS staff in this area, but as they're mainly taking up the excess in available vaccines at present, it'll be interesting to see how they use that excess efficiently now they've picked the low hanging fruit.
Are they excess vaccinations? Aren't they being given as a crucial part of the roll out progression? My wife (60) works in social care and they are starting to release the vaccine to this sector(albeit in small amounts and you have to look for any 'available' appointments each day on a designated web site) up here.If there are excess vaccinations on a daily basis I wouldn't mind seeing them being used in large essential workplaces ie:- the food distribution sector? If the virus can be suppressed in workers who have no choice but to go to work I think it would go a long way in driving down infection.
I would guess (and that's all it is on my part) that many are programmed, but I know that a fair few have been given to make sure the 'surplus' is used up, and not all were given to NHS staff. That's a good thing rather than a criticism. I'm sure those running it will be far more aware of this than I am, and already have thoughts on how best to keep the programme as efficient as possible.
They are being given it on a planned programme. Of course they are. And of course they look to use up any surplus if they can.
So wouldn't the common sense approach be to give the excess to those who can't,for obvious reasons,'stay at home'? I know it's probably not as simple as "oh,we've got 50 spare vaccinations today,let's go round to Tesco and give the workforce on shift an injection" but surely something along those lines would be a huge step in the right direction?
Where's that from? In some countries they seem to be making a right mess of it, France has seen 30% wastage in some areas, but the NHS target is less than 5%.
It was a discussion on Jeremy Vine on 5 yesterday. They asked the question if people should be fined for not having the jab and thats the figure that was mentioned.. of course I may have misinterpreted but thats what made my ears prick up... Maybe this explains... https://theconversation.com/covid-v...eres-how-it-is-being-kept-to-a-minimum-152772
"The Great British Public" eh. Pleased to hear the recent toughening up language & approach, finally. Of course, needs applying still with common sense. But at least now acknowledging and acting on the reality that too many of "the Great British Public" are anything but.
That's not a fact, it's an opinion based on an opinion. I'll avoid the rabbit hole of going over some youGov's 'polls'.
I would expect that the people administering the injections have lists of places where there are reasonable amounts of people that can be contacted at short notice to be called for a jab. Prioritising the order in which people receive it is clearly important, but bringing forward others is still a positive step for the longer term. The more people they can jab, the sooner they can look at bringing normality back.
From my perspective, it's FACT based on observation. Too many are selfish, lazy, and / or stupid. FACTamundo.
I think there's a reasonable amount anti-wax too.....You just need to check out some of the women's armpits
Again, that's an opinion, based on an opinion and a very limited sample size, with no idea of what the rest of the sample groups are doing. It's also liable to be based on speculative information from the media.
