Re:First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK
by bluGill on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @09:39AM
(#25345683)
The plans are expect to change as/if other vaccines become available. If the other vaccines in the pipeline get approved on the expected best case schedule we will be vaccinating anyone who wants it starting march. If there are unexpected issues things could take longer (the UK could still discover something and withdraw Pfizers' approval as a worst case)
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK
by rconti on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @11:18AM
(#25347257)
I thought we were constrained by supply chain issues? Even if a vaccine was approved that didn't require ultra-low temperature storage, we need glass vials, etc.
Re:First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK
by bluGill on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @01:38PM
(#25349540)
Most of the supplies are very common. We make enough glass vials to contain all covid vaccines many times over - they are used for many other medical processes. There are supply chain issues with some of the chemicals needed for mRNA vaccines. I'm sure other vaccines have a different set of chemicals in short supply. Over all, the supplies that apply to all vaccines are well supplied.