Germany has said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine should not be offered to people over the age of 65, a source close to the country's government has told Sky News.Yeah I get that. Just interested to see when we can have our second, apparently the booking will open in February when clearly it won't have been 12 weeks for anyone, though it may just be planning months in advance.
My old man was told to shield (60+ & COPD) but not heard anything yet. Would think it was bollocks if I was offered my second before him his first.
Priority should be everyone over 60 (plus vulnerable outside that age group), once 80% of those done and the NHS will be able to cope with anything else in theory, and we'll reach that acceptable level of deaths.
It comes after Reuters reported Germany's vaccine committee made the recommendation, citing insufficient data about how effective the jab is for older people, not because of any safety concerns.
But UK prime minister Boris Johnson said he was not worried because Britain's medicines regulator had judged it is "effective across all age groups and provides a good immune response across all age groups".
He added "I don't agree" with the apparent assessment in Germany.

