COVID Vaccine approved in UK

[Oleboyredw-uk]

Just in case anybody in the UK hasn’t seen this yet...

Covid Pfizer vaccine approved for use next week in UK bbc.co.uk/news/health-55145696

On the webinar last week there was a tiering shown that was created on 25th September for delivery.

Anyone seen a newer version?

best to all, rob

[Oleboyredw-uk]

Meant to include this, latest tiering as far as I can find, happy to be proven wrong if I am.

1. Older adults resident in a care home and care home workers. All those 80 years of age and over and health and social care workers. The priority list now also includes people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, including people with blood cancer, and adults living with clinically extremely vulnerable people.

2. All those 75 years of age and over

3. All those 70 years of age and over

4. Allthose65yearsofageandover

5. High-risk adults under 65 years of age

6. Moderate-risk adults under 65 years of age

7. All those 60 years of age and over

8. All those 55 years of age and over

9. All those 50 years of age and over

10. Rest of the population (priority to be determined)

[Newdawn Administrator in reply to Oleboyredw-uk]

The MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) are just televising this Rob but from their priority list, I can’t see the CEV in the top 3 tiers. We are in tier 4 with those over 70 yrs old. Care home residents are first, followed by over 80’s and health and social care staff.

However, importantly, we are in this first phase which is very good news.

Newdawn

[Oleboyredw-uk in reply to Newdawn]

I assume this is the latest list, but I guess we wait to see @Newdawn. I assume I'm tier 5, on age I'd be tier 7. The interesting thing is going to be how the logisitics works given the requirements of the vaccine for being kept 'quite chilly'.

[stewie in reply to Newdawn]

Hi Newdawn hope your well , not read any news today just logged on to our site , what is the 1st phase time scale Stewie

[Newdawn Administrator in reply to stewie]

Starting next week in the Homes it seems stewie! 😊 Not sure when they’ll get round to other groups however.

Newdawn

[Peggy4]

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[Oleboyredw-uk]

I’m not sure, but I think I saw a slightly altered version on the one o clock news this lunchtime, would have got a photo but phone not in room and it wasn’t on-screen long.

[scarletnoir]

Is anyone else a bit 'concerned' by the government's presentation of this news? Some are trying to make it out as a great win for UKplc, as if it was a major triumph for British science and/or politicians.

In reality, the vaccine was developed by a Turkish couple based in Germany, and supported by the giant USA-based 'big pharma' company Pfizer.

Two other vaccines have also been developed, one of which has significant British input.

The truth is that this sort of work requires scientists from across the globe to co-operate and work together... the Chinese released details of the COVID genome early, to allow others to work on a vaccine. Trying to make some sort of nationalistic point out of these advances is not only misleading - it is tasteless and wrong. Th only thing the British did quicker than other countries in the case of this specific vaccine was to pass it as being safe for use. We didn't develop it or fund it.

edition.cnn.com/2020/11/10/...

sciencemag.org/news/2020/01...