Is the government stupid or are they being ingenious

[sxturbo]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/health/coronavirus-vaccines-britain.html

 

[dontbelieveawordofit]

.

 

[HERTS P&D]

The woman in the picture only asked for a big mac and fries!

Andy

 

[IT Minion]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/health/coronavirus-vaccines-britain.html

They feel like political decisions rather than 'following the science'.

I believe the normal response to failing to keep to vaccination schedules is to restart afresh. Similar for mixing and matching different brands.

If I'm feeling depressing it's yet another example of the Government trying to rush things back to normal before it's safe to do so.

It's all about getting more doses down to the lower risk people earlier at the cost of uncertain levels of increased risk for everyone. I just don't get the logic.

 

[fillyboy]

I stopped reading after the first sentence.

Amid a sputtering vaccine rollout and fears of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, Britain has quietly updated its vaccination playbook to allow for a mix-and-match vaccine regimen. If a second dose of the vaccine a patient originally received isn’t available, or if the manufacturer of the first shot isn’t known, another vaccine may be substituted, health officials said.

Sputtering rollout?, I now of 27 countries in Europe who are way behind us.

 

[IT Minion]

I stopped reading after the first sentence.

Amid a sputtering vaccine rollout and fears of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, Britain has quietly updated its vaccination playbook to allow for a mix-and-match vaccine regimen. If a second dose of the vaccine a patient originally received isn’t available, or if the manufacturer of the first shot isn’t known, another vaccine may be substituted, health officials said.

Sputtering rollout?, I now of 27 countries in Europe who are way behind us.

Sputtering seems accurate, if perhaps a bit harsh, we're vaccinating but it hasn't been smooth.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I stopped reading after the first sentence.

Amid a sputtering vaccine rollout and fears of a new and potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus, Britain has quietly updated its vaccination playbook to allow for a mix-and-match vaccine regimen. If a second dose of the vaccine a patient originally received isn’t available, or if the manufacturer of the first shot isn’t known, another vaccine may be substituted, health officials said.

Sputtering rollout?, I now of 27 countries in Europe who are way behind us.

Maybe they've put some thought and planning into the rollout.

 

[fillyboy]

Maybe they've put some thought and planning into the rollout.

I wonder how long they thought about turning down 500 million Pfizer doses and purchasing 300 million doses of Sanofi doses.

 

[IT Minion]

I wonder how long they thought about turning down 500 million Pfizer doses and purchasing 300 million doses of Sanofi doses.

Probably how we felt about turning down Moderna. But this thread isn't about Europe.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I wonder how long they thought about turning down 500 million Pfizer doses and purchasing 300 million doses of Sanofi doses.

Probably when they realised they were getting ripped off by the overpriced Pfizer vaccine.

 

[durhamplumber]

Maybe they've put some thought and planning into the rollout.

Maybe they are just slow..Another who always manages an anti-UK spin on everything

 

[Brigadier]

.........or if the manufacturer of the first shot isn’t known,.........

FML

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Maybe they are just slow..

Thought and planning, especially on such an epic scale does take time

Another who always manages an anti-UK spin on everything

What makes you think my comments was anti-UK?

 

[fillyboy]

Probably how we felt about turning down Moderna.

We were one of the first countries in Europe to order it according to Govt press releases.

UK government secures additional 2 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

[fillyboy]

What makes you think my comments was anti-UK?