COVID Vaccine !

[winjim]

Presumably that would be "patient facing" or "front line" Contractors, not Contractors as in building workers, which is, I believe, from his post, what @midlife was referring to.

However, one simple explanation for the Building Contractors @midlife saw in the queue, may be that there were "no shows", or some other reason why Vaccine doses need to be used up, before being wasted, and, the Building Contractors were "available".

Many NHS trusts are currently in the process of vaccinating non-patient facing and non-clinical support staff.

 

[mjr]

Many NHS trusts are currently in the process of vaccinating non-patient facing and non-clinical support staff.

Makes some degree of sense if they've done all the front line staff, as the others on site could still spread it to a lot of people and the effect on spreading is still unknown rather than definitely no effect, isn't it?

 

[kingrollo]

Presumably that would be "patient facing" or "front line" Contractors, not Contractors as in building workers, which is, I believe, from his post, what @midlife was referring to.

However, one simple explanation for the Building Contractors @midlife saw in the queue, may be that there were "no shows", or some other reason why Vaccine doses need to be used up, before being wasted, and, the Building Contractors were "available".

Nope IME.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Our friends North of The Border published some future supply details yesterday which was deleted sharpish in case it hurt other customers but one paper managed to read it first:

Documents accidentally published by the Scottish government yesterday suggested Britain may be on track to administer more than 500,000 vaccines each day by next week.

And more at Sky
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19...-these-figures-are-anything-to-go-by-12188909

Yes that was our hapless Health Secretary who compounded the error by also revealing the location of the supposed to be secret depot where they are holding the vaccines !
Covid in Scotland: Freeman accused of breaching ministerial code https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55679023

 

[accountantpete]

Yes that was our hapless Health Secretary who compounded the error by also revealing the location of the supposed to be secret depot where they are holding the vaccines !
Covid in Scotland: Freeman accused of breaching ministerial code https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-55679023

The vaccine procurement world makes the Cold War operatives look distinctly pedestrian.

 

[midlife]

My vaccine redeployment timetable has come through, looks like I have copped for 1pm to 8pm shifts to vaccinate people instead of my normal clinics on some days. so far only running 8am to 8pm but with a few phone calls and mouse clicks could well be 3 x 8 hour shifts....

 

[kingrollo]

Just caught the tail end of news of ten article - about the Brazilian variant - re infecting previous covid patients - with obvious implications for vaccines.

Not proven of course - but with this virus the worst case scenario has often become reality.

 

[kingrollo]

My vaccine redeployment timetable has come through, looks like I have copped for 1pm to 8pm shifts to vaccinate people instead of my normal clinics on some days. so far only running 8am to 8pm but with a few phone calls and mouse clicks could well be 3 x 8 hour shifts....

I'm yet to be convinced of 24/7 vaccine centres. Maybe when we get to the lower priority groups.

It just seems some medical staff will stay up all night - and vaccinate very few people after 8pm ???

 

[midlife]

I'm yet to be convinced of 24/7 vaccine centres. Maybe when we get to the lower priority groups.

It just seems some medical staff will stay up all night - and vaccinate very few people after 8pm ???

Yep, just seemed the way it was being set up was for a future third overnight shift. They have basically shut a whole building to move the current portacabin setup into when ready.

 

[lane]

Know someone works in a care home all staff and residents vacinated today. They were doing 9 care homes today.

 

[classic33]

Here's the link on gov.uk which says they're going to help Andy Street and screw Sadiq Kahn... get real! The government isn't quite so incompetent to leave such a smoking gun lying around: Grayling is no longer a minister.


No. I've just noticed this looks like a second time recently where West Mids appears to be treated better than London. I'd like to see such an analysis.


Yes, it's both good compared to most (only Israel and UAE are going faster per head, excluded from the graph below because they are so high they make all the others difficult to read) and looking below-target.

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Where?
You've a missing link.

 

[Mo1959]

Just caught the tail end of news of ten article - about the Brazilian variant - re infecting previous covid patients - with obvious implications for vaccines.

Not proven of course - but with this virus the worst case scenario has often become reality.

Yep........I am not convinced the vaccine is going to be the cure all so many are hoping for

 

[Low Gear Guy]

Know someone works in a care home all staff and residents vacinated today. They were doing 9 care homes today.

How do they vaccinate all the staff in one session? The night staff will be asleep at home when the vaccination team turns up.

 

[vickster]

How do they vaccinate all the staff in one session? The night staff will be asleep at home when the vaccination team turns up.

Later in the day? End of one shift, start of another? Two vaccination teams?

 

[PK99]

Numbers in here are quite scary:
(And BAME scare stories are not the Grauniad's stock in trade)

Advisers from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) have raised fresh concerns over Covid vaccine uptake among black, Asian and minority ethnic communities (BAME) as research showed up to 72% of black people said they were unlikely to have the jab.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/16/covid-vaccine-black-people-unlikely-covid-jab-uk