Off Topic Vaccine Approved

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Knee-jerk reaction from the government. As someone who works in the pharma industry, I won't be putting my hand up for this vaccine at the moment. Nowhere near enough trial data behind it. Pfizer can't even tell you how long you will be immune for once you've had it, it may be a week, a month, or 6 months, they just don't know!!
 
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No need to merge anything mate, brilliant news, a lift for all of us, no negatives from me, first in the world approval, now lets get it organised for everyone to get a needle in their arm and beat this awful virus, just to repeat great, positive news.
 
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Good news - and I have read that the government have ordered 40 million doses.
This is the one that needs to be stored at very low temperatures isn't it? I'm sure that the Oxford one (which doesn't) will probably be the preferred choice when it's approved (IF it's approved).
If we get the logistics right and most of the population are vaccinated quickly then it won't necessarily matter if it doesn't last long because the virus won't have anywhere to go and will simply die out.
The government needs to get all doctors, nurses and the Army - even vets (anyone authorised to use a needle) - lined up to blitz the population as quickly as possible.
 
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Presumably young adults, children and babies are not going to be vaccinated, at least to start with, so is 40m doses enough for the rest of the UK population ?
I'm sure there will be some people who will refuse the vaccine on religious or cultural grounds but that's their problem, selfish though that sounds
 
Angelicnumber16 said:
Presumably young adults, children and babies are not going to be vaccinated, at least to start with, so is 40m doses enough for the rest of the UK population ?
I'm sure there will be some people who will refuse the vaccine on religious or cultural grounds but that's their problem, selfish though that sounds
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If enough of the population is done then it shouldn't matter if some people can't/won't have it - the virus won't be able to travel.
The thing is I don't trust our government to do it properly. I expect them to come out with a wishy-washy half-baked plan administered by a dodgy IT programme that doesn't work, which will see SOME of the population vaccinated but the vast majority of us sitting on waiting lists, with vaccination stations fully manned but empty of patients. It's the way we do things in this country today. Thank GOD that it wasn't the current governing generation that had to fight the nazis - we'd all be speaking German now......
 
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I heard a few days ago that the running order would be something along the lines of
NHS frontline Staff
Care Home residents and staff
Over 90's
Over 80's
Over 70's and so on

first 800k doses available from next week. But there are conflicting reports as to whether this vaccine is 90% or 95% effective, which could literally be the difference between life and death !
 
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It'll be this:
Politicians
Footballers
People who are able to pay to jump the queue

.... then the people you mentioned above
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You forgot racial, sexual, gender fluid, and all the other minority groups who will push for theirs first because they're entitled or under privileged or insufficiently represented in society <laugh>
 
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Angelicnumber16 said:
first 800k doses available from next week. But there are conflicting reports as to whether this vaccine is 90% or 95% effective, which could literally be the difference between life and death !
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Angelic

Not at all, 90% is unbelievable efficacy.
The normal Flu vaccine is rarely 70% :emoticon-0148-yes:
 
oneforthebristolcity said:
If you contract the love for LJ, then I know it's got extreme side effects,,laugh
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I don't care if I need multiple jabs over the next year or so providing it protects me and possibly others, and I just want some sense of normality for everyone, and also want my twice postponed holiday to go ahead in April !
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what is not a known factor at the moment s whether you can pass it on! that short period of time from jab to it works … it is not instant.. the body starts from day one to fight the intrusion and build up anti bodies .. every body is different in its reaction!


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You forgot racial, sexual, gender fluid, and all the other minority groups who will push for theirs first because they're entitled or under privileged or insufficiently represented in society laugh
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yea like the 47? year old taxi driver interviewed on the BBC a while back …..
 
Angelicnumber16 said:
Presumably young adults, children and babies are not going to be vaccinated, at least to start with, so is 40m doses enough for the rest of the UK population ?
I'm sure there will be some people who will refuse the vaccine on religious or cultural grounds but that's their problem, selfish though that sounds
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Unless you are in a vulnerable group, if you're under the age of 50 you won't get vaccinated in the first batch the Government have ordered.
 
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