pcaddy
Prominent Member
I am one of the lucky ones I had my first vaccine dose yesterday, I'm waiting 12 weeks for the second dose now.
I would put store workers above this as they not only have to deal with workmates but also the public.Maybe factories workers should be somewhere in the priorities list.
Maybe factories workers should be somewhere in the priorities list.
Well it make sense in the largest percentage of deaths are in this group .Good luck. They don’t even want to prioritise police officers.
But someone who is not likely to catch it because they are retired and safely at home get the jab. Doesn’t make much sense to me.
Not necessarily safe, if they got it they were far more likely to be hospitalised and die. And many of them did. As I said, now the most vulnerable have been covered, I would support a case for you front line guys being next.Good luck. They don’t even want to prioritise police officers.
But someone who is not likely to catch it because they are retired and safely at home get the jab. Doesn’t make much sense to me.
I would even if it means I miss out for a while, although I'm in a vulnerable group.Well it make sense in the largest percentage of deaths are in this group .
I'm not asking for the most vulnerable to be dismissed or forego vaccination .
I'm not really asking for anything apart from if the workplace is now the major concern for infection . Should it now be addressed ?
I see the South African variant as a major stumbling block in getting back to normal.
The manufacturers are talking about adapting their vaccines by autumn but that's over 6 months away.
The Kent variant spread across the UK in half that time, so where does that leave us?
COVID-19: Boris Johnson 'very confident' about all vaccines as South Africa halts Oxford rollout
The prime minister says he has no doubt that "vaccines generally are going to offer the way out" of lockdown.news.sky.com
Let hope it doesn’t take hold here.
What have the other vaccine manufacturers said about the SA variant?
According to what I've read (on the BBC) the concern on AZ and the SA variant is that the limited efficacy is against moderate and mild versions of the disease - and that there's still a good chance that it prevents severe versions of COVID (i.e. those that require hospitalisation).
Is that the case? I would have thought that preventing hospitalisation was really the main concern here.
According to what I've read (on the BBC) the concern on AZ and the SA variant is that the limited efficacy is against moderate and mild versions of the disease - and that there's still a good chance that it prevents severe versions of COVID (i.e. those that require hospitalisation).
Is that the case? I would have thought that preventing hospitalisation was really the main concern here.
So I'm not overly panicking just yet.
Once we hit phase two I'd put the police, teachers, and any shop workers first in line.Am I the only one that gets a bit p1ssed when you hear the debate on the news that teachers need to get the vaccine ahead of others, especially when the science suggests children don’t spread it as easily as adults.
I’m in the supermarket business and we have been working none stop throughout this whole pandemic with little to no advice or support and are coming into contact with thousands of the public on a daily basis, if it were to get into the staff then chances are it could go through a store in no time and potentially close the business for a period. I reckon the food supply chain business who have been at the front line of this really need to get this vaccine before the variants start to spread like wildfire.