roydo
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Well yeah, but the tone of the NY Times was this is what we are actually doing. We arnt.
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Well yeah, but the tone of the NY Times was this is what we are actually doing. We arnt.
NilSatisOptimum
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Yes we are. And may happen.
Dr Ramsay added that on the "extremely rare occasions" where the same vaccine is unavailable or it is unknown which jab the patient received, it is "better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all".
roydo
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That doent make sense.
The UK are not randomly using pick and mix to lob jabs into folk. Dr Ramsey said that would be "extremely rare".
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arminisgod
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Robert Peston reckons schools aren't opening anytime soon and 8pm curfew incoming
Sassy Colombian
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It seems the British press is reporting it too. And while it may not be a fact, it seems the option of doing such a mix and match vaccine has been discussed as stated by Dr Mary Ramsay, Public Health England’s head of immunisations. “We do not recommend mixing the Covid-19 vaccines – if your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa. But on the “extremely rare occasions” where the same vaccine is unavailable or it is unknown which jab the patient received, it is “better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all”
Now the question is what does the British government considers "extremely rare occasions” ?
Analysis: is it wise for England to mix and match Covid vaccines?
US experts warn against plan to give different second jab if supplies run low
Sassy Colombian
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But do you believe a government, that just like the US, has been totally incompetent with their response to the virus?
peteblue
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It seems the British press is reporting it too. And while it may not be a fact, it seems the option of doing such a mix and match vaccine has been discussed as stated by Dr Mary Ramsay, Public Health England’s head of immunisations. “We do not recommend mixing the Covid-19 vaccines – if your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa. But on the “extremely rare occasions” where the same vaccine is unavailable or it is unknown which jab the patient received, it is “better to give a second dose of another vaccine than not at all”
Now the question is what does the British government considers "extremely rare occasions” ?
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Analysis: is it wise for England to mix and match Covid vaccines?
US experts warn against plan to give different second jab if supplies run lowwww.theguardian.com
Unfortunately the Guardian is just trying to make politics out of what are Non political decisions....
Most Primary schools across the country are open tomorrow and according to my wife have nigh on ignored the union response bar comments aimed at parents.
We played with fire since the start of Dec, I went into town the week before Xmas and I was terrified, more then in working in healthcare during all this. Didn’t go into a shop mind, it was madness.
Be another week until this begins to settle.
Best wishes to your family pal.
arminisgod
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Sorry meant to say the schools that have been told to close. Ie London
Aye, I think now they're closed it'll be nigh on impossible to open them until the rate is much lower, which could be weeks.
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It seems as though those who have followed the union advice don’t make up as large enough majority to close enough schools. This shows that, on the whole, teachers and school staff are willing to go into what have been deemed by medical experts as unsafe working conditions to teach children. Still, they will be vilified by the press.
Right. I mean, so what would the process be?
Someone calls in sick, then have to call this government/contractor for somebody to go round to their house to be tested? And they can't leave their home?
They could just be ill with a cold - I for one get really badly knocked out by a head cold usually once a year. Just a hangover from when I was really ill as a child. But I get on with my daily life because I'm used to it and it won't stop me being able to go on a walk (as an example, as that usually helps me get better) or to the shop if I need something (though of course now then I'd probably wear a face covering based on the experiences of this year).
I suppose I could easily have influenza in that instance, but I'm not sure - however much you sold it - you'd be able to convince people they needed to isolate in that case? A better example would probably be a parent who needed to go pick their kids up from school/drop them off?
I just think... it seems a bit pie in the sky to be testing for stuff on that level?
I fully agree that COVID and other highly transmittable, deadly viruses need to be tested and traced. Not sure that something we have a jab for, and that people generally don't get seriously because of a built-up immunity, is something that we should be tracking, tracing and isolating for?
I'm not having a dig here, just putting my thoughts on it down.
If we all lived in fear of that every day mate then what'd be the point?
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