I doubt that the NHS has the staff and the space to vaccinate 1m a day even if manufacturing and complexity transporting wasn’t a issue.Why is the target 2m a week? Why not be ambitious and try for 1m a day?
Is this due to the speed at which the vaccine can be manufactured, or the logistics of administering it? If manufacturing capacity is the constraint, then that's difficult to resolve. If it's the logistics of administering vaccines then that can be solved. It won't be easy but if the government made delivery of the vaccine the absolute top priority, we could be out of this mess by March. Train more vaccinators, open more centres and run them 24/7 if necessary.
Manufacturing capacity, hence as logistics (including staff) is going to be challenging any way no point in trying to go faster in the short term (there is a stock pile already but would get used up very quickly if you could go faster, but you also need to guarantee the same availability of doses 4 weeks later, so while the might be able to go faster for 2-3 weeks there would then lead to a period of thumb twiddling).Why is the target 2m a week? Why not be ambitious and try for 1m a day?
Is this due to the speed at which the vaccine can be manufactured, or the logistics of administering it? If manufacturing capacity is the constraint, then that's difficult to resolve. If it's the logistics of administering vaccines then that can be solved. It won't be easy but if the government made delivery of the vaccine the absolute top priority, we could be out of this mess by March. Train more vaccinators, open more centres and run them 24/7 if necessary.
Why is the target 2m a week? Why not be ambitious and try for 1m a day?
Is this due to the speed at which the vaccine can be manufactured, or the logistics of administering it? If manufacturing capacity is the constraint, then that's difficult to resolve. If it's the logistics of administering vaccines then that can be solved. It won't be easy but if the government made delivery of the vaccine the absolute top priority, we could be out of this mess by March. Train more vaccinators, open more centres and run them 24/7 if necessary.
Out of interest has an of the UK top government officials (such as Boris or Sturgeon) had the vaccine. I know in the US and some other countries that to government officials got their Covid vaccine on national television presumably to try and reassure those who may be concerned about the safety of the vaccine.
Out of interest has an of the UK top government officials (such as Boris or Sturgeon) had the vaccine. I know in the US and some other countries that to government officials got their Covid vaccine on national television presumably to try and reassure those who may be concerned about the safety of the vaccine.
I can't find reference to it now but someone did whilst speaking in the commons declare that they were off to have it (I think it may have even been the speaker, but as I can't finda reference to it in not sure my memory isn't playing tricks on me).
Presumably not until they fall into the relevant priority group. Can you imagine how the media would be all over it if a politician "jumped the queue" - the criticism would be insane.Out of interest has an of the UK top government officials (such as Boris or Sturgeon) had the vaccine. I know in the US and some other countries that to government officials got their Covid vaccine on national television presumably to try and reassure those who may be concerned about the safety of the vaccine.
Though in the US, politicians seem to be doing just that.Presumably not until they fall into the relevant priority group. Can you imagine how the media would be all over it if a politician "jumped the queue" - the criticism would be insane.
Though in the US, politicians seem to be doing just that.
Although the UK is crumbling into outright gerontocracy, America is considerably further along with that.Though in the US, politicians seem to be doing just that.
Good word!Although the UK is crumbling into outright gerontocracy, America is considerably further along with that.
Age will not matter as long as they are towing the government line.I don't think I'd go so far as wanting compulsory retirement of those above a certain age, but surely we should aim for better age representation in Government and it's advisors?
It was the Lords speaker Lord Fowler who had to go mid-session for his
So, what's the plan currently, are those under 50 still not expected to get the vaccine?
Ah, my 28 year old friends aim to get the vaccine in 2021 might be a little optimistic then.At least not for some time.
Ah, my 28 year old friends aim to get the vaccine in 2021 might be a little optimistic then.
At least not for some time.
Ah, my 28 year old friends aim to get the vaccine in 2021 might be a little optimistic then.
In that case, I assume showing any “proof of immunity” or “vaccine passport” will be illegal under the discrimination act, as age is a protected characteristic and this would be ageist discrimination.It maybe that they do get it in 2021, just probably not as early as they'd like.
At the moment the government has no plans to make vaccination compulsory (claiming it can be counterproductive) however it will be likely that in order to travel abroad most countries will require proof of vaccination probably in the form of the WHO yellow card like what is currently used for other vaccinationsIn that case, I assume showing any “proof of immunity” or “vaccine passport” will be illegal under the discrimination act, as age is a protected characteristic and this would be ageist discrimination.
At the moment the government has no plans to make vaccination compulsory (claiming it can be counterproductive) however it will be likely that in order to travel abroad most countries will require proof of vaccination probably in the form of the WHO yellow card like what is currently used for other vaccinations
I suspect that by Easter or so there will be enough surplus vaccine doses in the U.K. that those who wish to - eg young healthy people who wish to travel to countries that require vaccination - would be able to purchase privately.Hopefully there will be a transitionary period where negative tests or vaccine proof will be needed. Otherwise young, healthy people won't be allowed to travel for quite a while.... Which just seems ridiculous.
At the moment the government has no plans to make vaccination compulsory (claiming it can be counterproductive) however it will be likely that in order to travel abroad most countries will require proof of vaccination probably in the form of the WHO yellow card like what is currently used for other vaccinations
They are refusing to quash the ideas that keep coming up of using 'vaccine passports' to enable everyday activities like going to restaurants or other large gatherings. The fact they aren't putting this idea down is quite clearly tacit approval of the it, which is worrying to see
They awarded a contract for design work for vaccine passports in November (have a look on contracts finder)They are refusing to quash the ideas that keep coming up of using 'vaccine passports' to enable everyday activities like going to restaurants or other large gatherings. The fact they aren't putting this idea down is quite clearly tacit approval of the it, which is worrying to see
Vaccinating millions of people in the UK will start to give you that data in the next few months...Lets not mention that none of the vaccines have been shown to reduce transmission...