COVID Vaccine !

[nickyboy]

In Oxford, the left over doses are being given to frontline staff from the John Radcliffe Hospital who have had their second dose delayed. Incidentally each Pfizer vial of vaccine is designed for five shots, but the vaccinators are finding that it contains sufficient for six - so extra recipients are being contacted to come in at short notice but again this will be frontline staff.

That sounds eminently sensible. However, I presume eventually they will run out of "handy" people who need a dose (first or second). Then they either have to throw away or come up with some complicated "subs bench" type system whereby people register as a short notice alternate in the even that they have doses they are going to throw away. I'm well down the list but I'd be happy to register and get a call saying "can you get here this afternoon?"

 

[Rocky]

That sounds eminently sensible. However, I presume eventually they will run out of "handy" people who need a dose (first or second). Then they either have to throw away or come up with some complicated "subs bench" type system whereby people register as a short notice alternate in the even that they have doses they are going to throw away. I'm well down the list but I'd be happy to register and get a call saying "can you get here this afternoon?"

I think it’s the latter. Our practice has a subs bench.

 

[Pale Rider]

Here's the first few lines of an NHS England press release which they embargoed until 00.01 this morning.

Hundreds Of Thousands Invited To New NHS Vaccination Centres

Hundreds of thousands of people aged 80 and over are being invited to book a coronavirus vaccination at the new NHS vaccination centres that open this week.

The first 130,000 letters began arriving on doormats this weekend with more than 500,000 following this week, with the national vaccination programme “rapidly accelerating”.

The letters have been sent to people aged 80 or over who live 30 to 45 minutes drive from one of the seven new sites and explain how they can book a slot – over the phone or online through the national booking service.

The centres, which include one at the site of the London Nightingale Hospital and Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, offer a convenient alternative to GP and hospital services and can each deliver thousands of vaccinations every week.

Nurses, doctors, physios and other NHS staff working nearby are also being jabbed at the centres, along with social care and care home workers.

 

[Chromatic]

According to the press reports the elderly arrive .. stand in a queue in the rain until soaked then get marched into a room to be jabbed ... but that was the DM ....
I doubt thats reality ...

It was exactly like that, without the rain, granted, when my dad had his first jab.

 

[accountantpete]

Here's the first few lines of an NHS England press release which they embargoed until 00.01 this morning.

Hundreds Of Thousands Invited To New NHS Vaccination Centres

Hundreds of thousands of people aged 80 and over are being invited to book a coronavirus vaccination at the new NHS vaccination centres that open this week.

The first 130,000 letters began arriving on doormats this weekend with more than 500,000 following this week, with the national vaccination programme “rapidly accelerating”.

The letters have been sent to people aged 80 or over who live 30 to 45 minutes drive from one of the seven new sites and explain how they can book a slot – over the phone or online through the national booking service.

The centres, which include one at the site of the London Nightingale Hospital and Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, offer a convenient alternative to GP and hospital services and can each deliver thousands of vaccinations every week.

Nurses, doctors, physios and other NHS staff working nearby are also being jabbed at the centres, along with social care and care home workers.

They have opened up Epsom Racecourse - presumably you can have a flutter whilst getting the jab

 

[rockyroller]

heard yesterday that "everyone" in the US should be vaccnated by July JULY?!

 

[Pale Rider]

They have opened up Epsom Racecourse - presumably you can have a flutter whilst getting the jab

The figures, as ever, are hard to interpret fairly.

I was mildly surprised to see there are still at least 630,000 over 80s to be vaccinated.

Leaving aside ages, this does appear to be an example of the 'ramping up' of which we've heard so much.

 

[BoldonLad]

Agree on that but they contacted the GP surgeries and offered charitable donation instead. Anyway, ain't happening. I'm just interested to know what happens to the inevitable no show doses. I read that in one area some were given to local police. But this sounds very inefficient

As I said above, at the Vaccination Centre where my eldest daughter has been working for past 2 or 3 weeks, "left overs" if they cannot be used next day, are allocated to NHS Staff. Presumably, this can only go on for so long, before all NHS staff, in the area, have been "done". Maybe, "deserving relatives" will then be in the frame

 

[kingrollo]

They have opened up Epsom Racecourse - presumably you can have a flutter whilst getting the jab

Hancock said the its "going good to firm at Epson"

 

[accountantpete]

I was mildly surprised to see there are still at least 630,000 over 80s to be vaccinated.

I'm mildly surprised to see how many over 80's there are - 3.3million with 16,000 Centenarians.

 

[Pale Rider]

I'm mildly surprised to see how many over 80's there are - 3.3million with 16,000 Centenarians.

Blimey, but that does go some way to explain why so many over 80s are yet to be vaccinated.

Life expectancy has edged up in recent decades, so the old 'three score years and 10' is now at the lower end of the spread.

Having said that, I noticed two professional footballers who died recently did so at 71.

I think the current average is 82 for men, and 86 for women, who have always lasted longer.

 

[Landsurfer]

Blimey, but that does go some way to explain why so many over 80s are yet to be vaccinated.

Life expectancy has edged up in recent decades, so the old 'three score years and 10' is now at the lower end of the spread.

Having said that, I noticed two professional footballers who died recently did so at 71.

I think the current average is 82 for men, and 86 for women, who have always lasted longer.

I believe the average age for men dying of Covid is 84.2 years .... ONS figures ... But i can't find the figures for women ....

 

[BoldonLad]

I believe the average age for men dying of Covid is 84.2 years .... ONS figures ... But i can't find the figures for women ....

I read (don’t remember where, but, not the DM), that average age of those who have died of Covid is 82 (that is both men and women).

 

[Landsurfer]

I read (don’t remember where, but, not the DM), that average age of those who have died of Covid is 82 (that is both men and women).

Thank you ....

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I'm mildly surprised to see how many over 80's there are - 3.3million with 16,000 Centenarians.

@deptfordmarmoset posted this info re population numbers by vaccination priority groupings a few days ago:


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