Pfz GC only have 2 x syringe filling lines, single dose so not really close to ready. Puurs in Belgium have a much bigger operation with multiple multidose vial filling lines already qualified and in operation.MSD are one of the worlds biggest generics manufacturers so they have the capacity to onboard vaccine and other manufacturing processes developed elsewhere. They employ around 3000 people in their 6 sites here. Is anyone talking to them?
Pfizer are already making their vaccine and using their Grange Castle facility for testing but why aren't they manufacturing there? That facility specialises in Protein Drug Discovery so they are as close to ready as any plant in the world. Pfizer also employ over 3000 people here.
Irrespective of the supply question... UK vaccinated (first dose) over 1% of total population yesterday... That's pretty impressive logistically
It was/is reported that 490k have received their second doses, which is a small % of the entire number.It is very impressive but still get a nagging feeling that they have played fast and loose especially around the gaps in doses. Be interesting to see. Must be getting to numbers where we would expect to see huge drop in new hospital cases and deaths.
Yes. We constantly hear what "they will be doing" and not what they have been doing.When will NPHET start giving daily updates on the numbers of people who have been vaccinated?
When will NPHET start giving daily updates on the numbers of people who have been vaccinated?
When Hospitals in Dublin don't have compatible IT systems I don't think it's a surprise that collating national data in real time is a problem.To be fair, by the time the vaccination teams post back the forms with who has been resulted, the post has been delivered, sorted by the mail room, delivered to the correct team, sorted by geographical location, results validated and then entered into the 'system', it can take a while.
I love the way it looks like they only thought about IT requirements when it was time to do the vaccination. They did a good job developing the Covid App and I struggle to see how setting up what is basically a reporting database is more complicated than that.
Because the EMA hadn't approved it and they were throwing out doubts about whether it would be approved in December?
Perfection? Nobody is talking about perfection. Something vaguely approaching competence would be nice."Speed trumps perfection. Perfection is the enemy of good when it comes to emergency responses." Dr. Mike Ryan.
I see tax payers money put to good useRather than releasing information that would actually be useful the government continues to invest in an ever more nauseating series of endlessly repeating "public service" radio ads. A current favourite teaches the public that one Covid-safe way of talking to a friend involves using a phone. Another ad asks listeners to hold their breath for six seconds in order to become calmer while yet another ad informs listeners that going for a walk is a great way of getting fresh air. The media never challenges the government over this nauseating orgy of patronising drivel, presumably because they are benefiting from these ads.
A phenomenal UK performance when you consider that President Biden has set an ambitious target of 1,000,000 per day for the first 100 days of his administration. That's the the equivalent of just 200,000 per day in the UK, a rate three times less than the UK. Somethings not right.BBC News at 10 last night - 600,000 people vaccinated in the previous 24 hours. Just under 8m people with their first vaccine....
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