That isn’t true. It was a small scale study of 30 year olds which showed some still got mild disease. It didn’t find any evidence that it didn’t stop severe disease, which ultimately should be what the vaccine is about. Indeed the authors stated they thought that given that it was made on a similar basis to J&J that it should be close to as effective in stopping severe disease amongst the oldest cohort.
The media did more for anti vax sentiment than Facebook or Twitter on that one, undermining AZ.
No one cares buddy. This pandemic is a battleground between the oiutf and the lidtf factions…and then you’ve the vaccine ideological identity politics. We’ve no time or patience for nonsense like treating patients etc…
I’m hopeful. They do react to scrutiny so the criticism they’ve received has been justified.
I would be concerned about the staffing but logistics wise, it’s harder for them to mess up vaccines going to a select few mass vaccination sites than loads of GP surgeries.
Ok guys. My weekly magic number algorithm is taking effect now. Looks like mammoth week from the UK. The US has also recorded an increase in vaccine doses administered this week. Ireland and the rest of the EU are laggards.
Sure what is true? But it’s interesting to hear how the bbc can spin the variant stuff, and the constant drip feed of fear and panic.
Is there anything to be said for the original WHO, uk plans for such a pandemic?
Most of the media are fully on board with keep borders shut now, in the U.K. and Ireland.
It’s inevitable that there is going to be panic in the autumn as respiratory season begins again and there are still cases. The issue then will be how the markets react. Governments, particularly the Irish one, are now weak and supposed to be stopping all disease in the eyes of Twitter.
The mother is currently undergoing chemo all going well so far but has been asking them in the Regional the last few weeks about the vaccine and what’s happening etc they said they didn’t know the usual. Anyway she gets a call this morning at 8am asking her could she be in the Radisson for 8:40 to get the AZ jab. She’s 70 later this year. She’s happy out now as she has been completely stuck at home and only going walking late at night with the ould lad so as to avoid people. Hopefully a small sign that they are finally ramping things up.
Best of luck pal, hope everything works out for her.
Scandalous that people with a serious underlying condition like that are still only receiving their jabs now. They should have been top of the queue, irrespective of age, along with those in nursing homes and LTRC’s.