Paul O Mahoney
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Where did he say that or infer it? You seem to be critical of the HSE but seem to have no other suggestion on how it should be rolled out.None of Paul Reid's explanations for the delay made much sense to me and some were plainly insulting (implying that other countries were "rushing" and endangering their populations). In the end, what it seems to boil down to is that those in charge didn't seem to want to interrupt their Christmas holidays even if that meant risking additional lives. That's deplorable by itself, and it makes it all the more difficult to convince the population that they should continue to take this disease seriously. What's also worrying is that no minister had the guts to publicly challenge the HSE over this.
Are you Paul Reid?I never said anything of the sort, I'm reporting this post.
No I'm notAre you Paul Reid?
I'm referring to the RTE Radio interview yesterday.Where did he say that or infer it? You seem to be critical of the HSE but seem to have no other suggestion on how it should be rolled out.
Ireland was not under as much pressure as other countries. The UK covid numbers have been appalling for quite a while and even these numbers can't be trusted. The number of excess deaths in UK far exceed the number of officially reported covid deaths. So any reports coming from the UK authorities as to the degree of side effects or other negative data regarding the vaccine can't be trusted. The authorities here, due to much lower covid numbers, are in a position to wait a bit longer before starting administering the vaccine. They are monitoring very closely the vaccine effects in those other EU countries that have already started vaccinating before starting the process here.The HSE's decision to delay by five days would seem to suggest that its priorities are different. Fair enough, but why defend the indefensible?
Just to put it in perspective 25% is >2million
Last i heard we would take 2 months to do nursing homes !
Making simple comparisons with other countries can be deceptive. Israel is in the middle of an election campaign and so Netanyahu will make whatever promise he needs to make. At the height of the pandemic in late September, Israel was getting close to 7,000 new covid cases per day. Even now it's getting over 3,000 per day and climbing. So there is enormous pressure on Netanyahu to get the vaccinations done asap...
I'd prefer safety over speed.
Maybe thats because they have entered another national lockdown, the virus is out of control and there's a general election in the offing.Israel aims to vaccinate 25% of population in a month; 250,000 had shots so far | The Times of Israel
Just to put it in perspective 25% is >2million
Last i heard we would take 2 months to do nursing homes !
A man died in Israel yesterday shortly after getting his vaccine.What speed endangering safety have Israel or the EU countries vaccinating before us taken?
Do we have to go slower than our peers to be safe?
It's not really so much to do with distribution, but how quickly they are able to get the vaccine from the manufacturers, so more to do with their money and the upcoming elections than anything else.Israel has a population of 9 million in a country that's less than one third the size of RoI and 93% are urban (RoI is 63% urban) so getting the vaccine distributed to more people in less time is much more likely.
I'd prefer safety over speed.
Yes, but only more likely where they actually have the vaccine...Getting a population vaccinated quickly is more likely in a population where most people live close to vaccination centers.
A man died in Israel yesterday shortly after getting his vaccine.
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