Every day the vaccine rolls out

[TerryTheTerror]

Just confirmed the next phase will be working through the age groups. No priority for essential workers.

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-02-26/...e-you-affected

I can't really understand the logic of the teaching unions wanting staff prioritised for vaccination. It's already been proven they are no more likely to contract the virus compared to the general population.

[BudMill90]

I can't really understand the logic of the teaching unions wanting staff prioritised for vaccination. It's already been proven they are no more likely to contract the virus compared to the general population.

Has that been proven? Sitting in a classroom with 30 kids who are mixing with hundreds of other kids daily... I'd probably say Teachers are certainly at a higher risk of contracting the virus compared to the general population. I felt that they should have been the next in line to receive it to be honest.

[offshore_arab83]

Haud on I'll go put my braveheart paint on and check it out

you've always got your braveheart face paint on = Brainwashed!

[offshore_arab83]

Just confirmed the next phase will be working through the age groups. No priority for essential workers.

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-02-26/...e-you-affected

cheers mate!

[offshore_arab83]

Has that been proven? Sitting in a classroom with 30 kids who are mixing with hundreds of other kids daily... I'd probably say Teachers are certainly at a higher risk of contracting the virus compared to the general population. I felt that they should have been the next in line to receive it to be honest.

I would agree with that bud, especially when IMO the issue started up again with schools, colleges and uni's

[TerryTheTerror]

Has that been proven? Sitting in a classroom with 30 kids who are mixing with hundreds of other kids daily... I'd probably say Teachers are certainly at a higher risk of contracting the virus compared to the general population. I felt that they should have been the next in line to receive it to be honest.

Figures from the ONS have been examined...

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55795608

[tHeArAb]

Figures from the ONS have been examined...

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55795608

Yeah, it's not that they are at higher risk of contracting the virus, its that they are not at a higher risk of dying from it.

[BudMill90]

Yeah, it's not that they are at higher risk of contracting the virus, its that they are not at a higher risk of dying from it.

I wouldn't doubt the death statistic. But surely it's all about who they go on to pass it on to. What if they catch it out of school? Then pass on to one or two kids. Then those kids to their friends. Their parents. etc etc.

[tHeArAb]

I know of teachers who have been going to the vaccination centre by chance and explaining that they are a teacher, to then get told to come back at the end of the day where they get the leftover vaccines to stop them going to waste.

[TerryTheTerror]

I wouldn't doubt the death statistic. But surely it's all about who they go on to pass it on to. What if they catch it out of school? Then pass on to one or two kids. Then those kids to their friends. Their parents. etc etc.

Is there definitive evidence that young kids pass it on? Anyway the JCVI have said doing the rest of the vaccination by employment would slow the process down considerably so they are recommending staying with age as the basis. I would assume they have been right to the arse of the current data surrounding all of this.