Sophrosyne
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One of my siblings - aged 66 no underlying conditions - got the AstraZeneca jab this morning in City West.
All very organized, in and out in less than 40 minutes.
Jab given by a member of the army medical corps. There were also being administered by nurses and pharmacists.
They said at least 1,500 would be vaccinated in City West today.
I think the word "story" in your story is very apt. "Stories" get modified and altered in the retelling. There's a lot of people putting out "stories".
I think the caution of sticking with the present regime is due to the variants we know both Pfizer and Moderna are more effective against them but with 2 doses.NIAC have also decided against spacing out Pfizer doses to 6 weeks, even though this is within manufacturer guidelines.
This would have gotten more vaccines to the unvaccinated instead focus is on the the small additional protection afforded by the 2nd dose.
But giving that extra protection means you leave other people with zero protection for longer.I think the caution of sticking with the present regime is due to the variants we know both Pfizer and Moderna are more effective against them but with 2 doses.
I agree but we haven't vaccinated one group fully yet.But giving that extra protection means you leave other people with zero protection for longer.
But giving that extra protection means you leave other people with zero protection for longer.
After 12 days your immune system will be building up your resistance and at that will continue to build.I got the first AZ jab last week. I am told it takes 3 weeks to become effective? As each day goes by am I becoming better protected or is the protection loaded on the 3rd week?
Is it 65% protection with first jab AZ?
The hospital system is broken and it was inevitable that multiple hospitals would be offering multiple appointments to patients.There are a lot of little problems with the scheduling and I think it will quickly move to open, make your own appointment vaccination schedule. We all heard of front-line staff being offered multiple appointments.
With cohort 4 there are multiple stories of different hospitals department contacting a patient offering the vaccine. This freed up a slot for another patient. I am getting my first vaccine dose tomorrow through my gp, was phoned last Friday with an appointment. I was phoned again this morning being offered the vaccine and another appointment. Pretty soon anyone they can identify in cohort 4 will be contacted and I know they have already moved on to the pregnant ladies, one of my staff is getting hers today. But there will be gaps and missed people (I know a hospital Porter still waiting for his vaccine), he missed the round and “is on a list” but not being called for some reason.
I can see them having all 30-50 yr old registration opened by end of May, and then by end June I would think that clinics will offer slots to anyone for booking.
That 75 yr old lady is probably better off registering on the portal for a first dose and getting her second shot that way? Maybe not.
Maybe if pharmacies get involved?HSE on target to vaccinate 450,000 per week - Taoiseach
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Health Service Executive remains on target to vaccinate 450,000 people each week by mid-June and reach overall targets for the population.www.rte.ie
I find it difficult to see how 450k vaccines a week will be administered. We don't get that many delivered and doubt we ever will.
Pfizer/BioNTech are the only one that are reliable with about 606000 in April, this includes the 191000 that arrived today.
It's more the supply side AZ aren't increasing and we J&J have only made one delivery and I can't see 600k from them in the next 2 months.Maybe if pharmacies get involved?
Maybe Taoiseach got deal from Biden on Paddy's Day. Obviously couldn't announce it publicly.I find it difficult to see how 450k vaccines a week will be administered. We don't get that many delivered and doubt we ever will.
Pfizer/BioNTech are the only one that are reliable with about 606000 in April, this includes the 191000 that arrived today.
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