Covid vaccination.

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  1. Euroman

    Euroman Well-Known Member

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    My 85 year old brother in law and sister who is 81 and has dementia, have been told they have to travel from Wombwell to Goldthorpe to be vaccinated. They live less than half a mile from Wombwell Medical Centre but wouldn't be able to walk that far. My wife has been directed to Huddersfield. What muppet is planning this roll out?
     
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    Two actually, Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock....
     
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    As far as I understand it, they can refuse, and the vaccine will be rescheduled.

    They tried to send my mum to Halifax, and she told them no. But, obviously, she now has to wait longer for a more local appointment.
     
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    My father, who is 84 is meant to go to Dodworth. He's bedridden at the moment & my Mum is 79, (80 on 4th March). No chance of it happening. Been handled shockingly. My Dad should really be in a home. I'm going to get really p1ssed off with the Tory ******* again anytime soon. Only my 47th mental breakdown since mid March.
     
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    I was talking to an elderly lady (80+) this morning who's dog we walk a couple of times a week, she had her first jab on sunday and has an appointment for her second - in April. When Tony Blair first suggested doing this I thought there was some merit in it, now I'm beginning to have my doubts.

    I'd like a definitive statement from the vaccine producers that this is ok (bearing in mind that all the testing was done with 2 doses 3 weeks apart). Particularly in the case of the Oxford AZ vaccine which has an efficacy of 62% (2 doses 3 weeks apart), this says to me that a single dose could well be less than 50%.

    Worrying.
     
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    More than The Stones then...:):):)
     
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    The symptoms of those who get is are vastly reduced, as far as I understand.
     
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    Yes, TBH Richards / Jagger are unlikely to be killed by Covid-19. I think they are immune.
     
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    All the drugs they took have left them immortal....
     
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    I suspect that you're right, but I still think it's a risky strategy to use something in a way that it was not intended and in a way that was never tested. As a software developer I would have been shafted for doing something like that if it went wrong....
     
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    The AZ vax has a initial efficacy of around what you say but with a second dose within 12 weeks it goes up to match the Pfizer one.

    I've had mine today and it was explained to me.
     
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    Must have misread their web page then...

    Glad you've had your first mate.
     
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    Had mine yesterday. Had the Pfizer one at work (NHS), but as far as I'm concerned until I have the second and wait a couple of weeks, nothing changes.
     
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    I thought I had read it was much lower protection too but my girlfriend who works in respiratory and the lady administering at work today said it was 90%+

    There was some talk about a lower first dose then normal second hitting that mark so im guessing they have greenlighted that strategy
     
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    Are you a Java or .NET developer?
     
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    I can clearly remember when they announced that the Oxford vaccine was authorised for use that it had a markedly lower efficacy than the Pfizer one. As it says on their web page....

    "Vaccine efficacy for the prespecified primary analysis (combining dose groups) against the primary endpoint of COVID-19 occurring more than 14 days after the second dose was 70·4%"

    https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736(20)32623-4
     
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    Done a bit of Java, I worked for a small web development company for just over a year (2017/18). Never done .NET.

    Have you got a job for me?
     
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    Just tried to book my mother’s vaccination. She lives in Staincross and the closest site is The Village Hotel at Tingley, a 35 mile round trip. She’s 82 can’t drive and has no easy way of getting there.

    Is this a common experience when using the NHS site to book the vaccination?
     
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    "Efficacy of 90·0% seen in those who received a low dose as prime in the UK was intriguingly high compared with the other findings in the study." I think this is where it comes from.

    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32661-1/fulltext
     
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    You're lucky. My 85 year old Father, with double cancer of lungs and stomach, dementia, hernia & Alzheimer's together with my 80 year old Mother haven't even been contacted yet.
     
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