At the 28 of Feb, around 67k AZ vaccines were issued. So by the 23rd of May only 67k AZ second doses would be due. They currently have 120-150k AZ vaccines in circulation with weekly supplies topping that up.
Those are very worrying soundbites. They could easily have every person 66-69 who registers on the portal done next week in terms of supply. Supply isn’t the issue, incompetence is.
For argument sake. We will say there are 150k AZ vaccines in storage at present.
242k doses are given with only 250 second doses. So we will say 242k second doses are due by 4th July.
AZ vaccines started sometime on the week beginning 8th February.
So I’ve done this little table which compiles how many AZ vaccines would need to be held over on a given week for second doses. They aren’t actually required to hold any over until the week ending the 9th May which is a full 3 weeks away.
Basically anything AZ have in stock now should be able to be utilised this instant.
Even if Ireland receive just 300k AZ vaccines from now until the end of June, they will still have enough vaccines to vaccinate every 60-69 with their first dose and also administer everyone who got a first dose up to this point with a second dose.
Before I answer that question, please outline all possible risks associated with the experimental biological jabs. Informed consent is still a thing, right? I am not basing my decision on a single variable. Age, underlying health issues, medical history, etc. are all factors in deciding whether or not I should be an active and voluntary participant in a clinical trial of an experimental biological. Trying to force someone to make a decision based on a single variable that we simply don’t know enough about (but which is concerning enough that the experimental jabs are being pulled/put on hold) is careless of consequences and downright dangerous.
They will be done here by the end of April. Something I don’t understand. Proportionately Poland and Ireland have given out about the same number of shots. But the health workers, teachers and the uniforms have been done here and the 60 group are being done at the moment. Are there more old people in Ireland?
