IndoMike
Very well known Exeweb poster
It is good news that we are close to having a vaccine. The euphoria and exceptionalism of Williamson and Hancock however seems to.be rather misplaced, since Pfizer is a US company and BioNTech is German. Apparently the scientists who were most responsible for this drug are a Turkish immigrant couple .
Apparently there will be a delay in the delivery of the vaccine (from Belgium) after the initial 800k doses. Care home staff and the elderly will be first priority but no vaccinations will take place in care homes - just in hospitals
Regarding the lateral flow Covid test, Govt figures state that the success rate is around 55%. This is the test that students and NhS staff have been given. The Govt had been a bit quiet about this publicly.
For the above reasons everyone needs to still be very careful. There will surely be a lot of competition for the Pfizer NioNTech vaccine and we know that storage and delivery is a little bit problematic. In addition, there has been speculation that the Govt/Regulatory Board have been very quick to approve this vaccine going purely on the data provided by the aforementioned companies.
So, good news is better than no news at all
but it's important that the Govt and the public don't get too varied away : vaccinations for all is surely still a long way away.
Apparently there will be a delay in the delivery of the vaccine (from Belgium) after the initial 800k doses. Care home staff and the elderly will be first priority but no vaccinations will take place in care homes - just in hospitals
Regarding the lateral flow Covid test, Govt figures state that the success rate is around 55%. This is the test that students and NhS staff have been given. The Govt had been a bit quiet about this publicly.
For the above reasons everyone needs to still be very careful. There will surely be a lot of competition for the Pfizer NioNTech vaccine and we know that storage and delivery is a little bit problematic. In addition, there has been speculation that the Govt/Regulatory Board have been very quick to approve this vaccine going purely on the data provided by the aforementioned companies.
So, good news is better than no news at all
but it's important that the Govt and the public don't get too varied away : vaccinations for all is surely still a long way away.