O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Andy_Faber]

I've been accepted, but I had problems with logging in, on the app, but hopefully that's sorted now. I'll be signing on tomorrow morning, but back of for the match. We'll see how it goes.

Johnson brought out some amazing figures earlier, which raised more questions. Cheltenham and a couple of other places have given the jab to over 90% of their over 80s, how?

Are they getting more government funding?
It's their local NHS, just more efficient?
Are NHS workers and carers missing out?
It's their low ethnicity rate a factor?
It's their over 80s population very low?
It's there some other reason?

The reason needs to be found, in order to help with the rest of the vaccination programme.

Of course there could be 'has Boris got it wrong?'

I wasn't aware of Cheltenham but I've heard twice on the wireless today that London is lagging behind because they can't (or couldn't) agree allocation WITHIN London, maybe the people up the supply chain have realised things like that and are allocating to those 'good to go'.

[Manofpride]

[Trickytreesreds]

i just knew that was coming. I've seen it in reverse on facebook.

[swaledale]

Where you are right is that it seems the Eu backed the wrong horse regarding the astra zenica vaccine which they didn't order, putting all their strategy on the oxford one plus a few others that haven't been approved yet. This seems to be why they haven't got many supplies yet.

I see Cyprus is trying to do a side del with Israel, whereas germany clearly saw which way the wind was blowing last autumn!

So the Uk backed the right vaccine and got it ordered early and approved earlier, which is a plus point.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Where you are right is that it seems the Eu backed the wrong horse regarding the astra zenica vaccine which they didn't order, putting all their strategy on the oxford one plus a few others that haven't been approved yet. This seems to be why they haven't got many supplies yet.

I see Cyprus is trying to do a side del with Israel, whereas germany clearly saw which way the wind was blowing last autumn!

So the Uk backed the right vaccine and got it ordered early and approved earlier, which is a plus point.

I thought the Oxford vaccine was the Astra Zeneca one?

[ramAnag]

I thought the Oxford vaccine was the Astra Zeneca one?

It is...I think Swale meant ‘Pfizer’ rather than ‘Oxford’.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Surely it can't be, Swale's, "facts" are inviolate

[Andy_Faber]

Ram is right about the second dose thing, its currently an irrelevance performance-wise and another attempt by Swale to burnish up the EU

[Ram59]

Ram is right about the second dose thing, its currently an irrelevance performance-wise and another attempt by Swale to burnish up the EU

Actually, it's not quite an irrelevance, because the headline figure for the UK vaccinations is quite often that for the number of people who have been vaccinated. When you add the 500k who have had their second dose, the UK figures are even higher. It's also surprising when the government have a target of the number of people getting vaccinated, that they're are continuing to 'waste' vaccinations on second doses, which don't contribute to their target.

[Trickytreesreds]

Is this a case for making vaccination mandatory, or should those that refuse be denied NHS treatment if they succomb to COVID after refusal?

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/...refuse-4898861