Agreed, I have a son it that category.There‘s still a lot of vulnerable people in group 6 including adults with learning difficulties so I would vaccinate them before moving onto the police and teachers
The average police person will deal with maybe a couple of dozen or so people in a shift compared to thousands in a supermarket, I’m not saying one is more important than the other but in all honesty few jobs come into contact with more people in a day than a supermarket assistant.Police are in contact with quite a lot of people so I would say they are at greater risk.
Agreed, I have a son it that category.
Me too. At the end of the day reducing deaths has to take priority above all else.Agreed, I have a son it that category.
The average police person will deal with maybe a couple of dozen or so people in a shift compared to thousands in a supermarket, I’m not saying one is more important than the other but in all honesty few jobs come into contact with more people in a day than a supermarket assistant.
Agreed, I have a son it that category.
The average police person will deal with maybe a couple of dozen or so people in a shift compared to thousands in a supermarket, I’m not saying one is more important than the other but in all honesty few jobs come into contact with more people in a day than a supermarket assistant.
If that’s the case then the police should have been in phase one, but a young adult with learning difficulties is 6 times more likely to die if they catch Covid 19 than a healthy person. Also any police officers with underlying health conditions would also be included under group 6
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Covid: Learning disability death rates 'six times higher'
The government announces a review following the findings of Public Health England's report.www.google.co.uk
Very true, in most extreme cases police are exposed to the threat of Covid more than most. We are an independent supermarket so whilst we still be quite a lot of staff 60 in total at any one time we will only have about 24 on, and whilst there are screens we have quite a few floating staff that are on the shop floor and shift on to tills when required. In my opinion the ones behind the screens are the safest and it’s the ones on the floor most at risk.Supermarket workers do need to be prioritised as well, it’s people like this who have kept the country running. But largely speaking (not always the case I know), most supermarket workers are sitting behind a screen, socially distanced in a large ventilated building, often now with restricted numbers of customers who can’t enter without a mask (unless exempt). If people kick off in the supermarket, they can usually retreat and call the police. Police on the other hand are having to constantly enter small properties full of people that have no regard for covid or your safety and don’t wear masks, get spat at (a lot of this), having to frequently get hands on with people, put them in their car and drive miles with them (again often without masks), enforce c19 legislation with people who have no respect for it, take DNA samples from people, search people, deal with them in custody, attend and deal with sudden deaths where c19 is a factor, administer breath tests (people literally blowing at you), provide first aid on a regular basis... the list goes on. They also have to enter the homes of very vulnerable people, and might carry it in.
I’m just saying it’s not the numbers of interactions you have as such, but also the types of interactions and who with. I just hope everyone with a public facing role gets in soon.
EXO-CD24, yep it's had a bit of coverageI saw in some papers the story of the “cure” using a cancer drug in Israel and 30 persons in first trial. Seems no coverage at all on the big news sites
Not sure it's caught on yet, most just go with the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine. There are only two I recall the brand names of, Janssen's ENSEMBLE and Russia's Sputnik V - the former only because I'm on the trial and its similarity to the name of a genomic database I'm familiar with (minus one letter), and the latter because of Putin's Cold War bravado. On the other hand, BioNTech's brand awareness has skyrocketed.Pfizer's vaccine new name - COMIRNATY. Tozinameran will be used as non commercial.
Yes they were lobbying for this last week. It is a difficult decision of course to decide on the priority order, but I do think those with learning difficulties should be at the very top now as well.
Well if the EU don’t want them... good to see the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine being welcomed in Ghana today.
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Covax vaccine-sharing scheme delivers first doses to Ghana
The vaccine-sharing scheme aims to help poorer countries like Ghana get Covid-19 jabs.www.bbc.co.uk
Just flicked France24 on and GPs in France can now give the vaccine. They had a GP on who went to the chemist to collect his one vial of the Oxford vaccine to give to people in the age range of 50 - 64 with health conditions. He is allowed one vial a week!Well if the EU don’t want them... good to see the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine being welcomed in Ghana today.