Paul O Mahoney
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Thanks, I'm fine now but it has been a journey.That's terrible news @Paul O Mahoney .
I'm sure I'm not alone here in being shocked and saddened. For what it's worth my thoughts are with you.
Thanks, I'm fine now but it has been a journey.That's terrible news @Paul O Mahoney .
I'm sure I'm not alone here in being shocked and saddened. For what it's worth my thoughts are with you.
Look it, I've been saying that the vaccine rollout needs to be ramped up yesterday not tomorrow, the delaying and "abundance of caution " stuff is actually is one of the reasons we are behind . The assumptions by niac and nphet that week's and months of restrictions can continue indefinitely is false. Why are niac waiting until next week to make a decision, are they not able to make a decision in parallel with the decision that the ema were making. There are Johnson vaccines sitting in storage awaiting their deliberations. Luke o neill is saying the same thing for the last month. I don't think the guys in these government bodies have the confidence to make a decision quickly , that's why they love the term "abundance of caution", unfortunately in the real world decisions have to be made quicklyRight now, the priority is virus suppression. If it is not suppressed and remain suppressed, business cannot open or stay open for long.
The greater the transmission rate, the greater the opportunity for mutation, which might challenge the efficacy of current vaccines.
If the economy is your concern, then virus suppression should also be your concern rather than persistently howling at the moon.
This guy really needs to stop putting out tweets and concentrate more on what needs doing.
Bring back Simon...In mid-January, when Covid deaths in Ireland were at their worst, Stephen Donnelly complained to the HSE that his Twitter handle wasn’t being mentioned in enough of the HSE tweets.
They guy is a disaster and he’s getting worse.
Was that a new real study or the same small sample size with huge confidence interval thats been knocking around for ages?Was listening to a PodCast today.
AZ is only 10% effective against the SA variant.
Also, if every man, women and child in Ireland was vaccinated with AZ tomorrow we still wouldn’t have herd immunity as the efficacy is below the estimated HI level.
I can guarantee that they won't come and say the vaccine is only safe for people aged 60-70. If I was a betting man, I will hazzard a guess that the vaccine will be suitable for either 50-60 or for 40-60 year olds which will be very convenient.......
I believe these were small studies with one in mid March of 750. This was known at the start of February after a smaller observational study of 45 .Was that a new real study or the same small sample size with huge confidence interval thats been knocking around for ages?
"abundance of caution" thats whats behind it , they don't have the confidence to make a call themselves, it was obvious they were awaiting the US regulator decision, because that was positive they went with the over 50s rather than over 60s which was probably their intention . It calls into question the whole credibilty of niac and why we are even bothering with them . We would be better off just abiding by the EMA and I know I was critical of them for their indecision earlier.Well I would love to say I am surprised....I have to say that even though I am sure they know what they are doing, it is hard not to think that they are making this stuff up as they go along......... What science is there to support putting these restrictions on this vaccine? They obviously know something that the EMA and US Regulators don't....
NIAC expected to recommend J&J for over-50s
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is expected to recommend the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for those aged 50 and older in Ireland.www.rte.ie
At the time the FDA paused there was one death and another was in critical condition, the CDC are now actively looking into another death in the past few days.8 cases (cases not deaths) of blood clots out of 7 million doses of J&J vaccine in the US. If it was 100 times that I'd still take it. In the Irish Times yesterday they say that Dr Michelle Lavin, consultant haematologist in the National Coagulation Centre refers to a study that found, among women of child-bearing age, the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is 4 per 10,000 women (nothing to do with any meds). This increases to 20-30 per 10,000 women during pregnancy and in the twelve weeks after. So the J&J vaccine will result in 1 blood clot in 87.5 x 10,000 doses. It's miniscule risk. There's got to be something else to it.
At the time the FDA paused there was one death and another was in critical condition, the CDC are now actively looking into another death in the past few days.
Yes the risks are very small but when it happens the effects of a death are no less devastating.
I still maintain that the buck stops with the manufacturers/agenicies to work out what are causing these
Does anyone know why they picked the over 50's for the J & J?they went with the over 50s rather than over 60s which was probably their intention .