Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by rcpt on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:47AM
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> One important reason that school kids aren't being vaccinated is that the vaccines haven't been approved yet because trials in that age group are still ongoing.
Sort of. The vaccine also wasn't tested on 80+ but they were first in line.
Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by switch007 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:56AM
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> Those over 20 are due to get their first dose by the end of July.
What do you mean by due?
Ministers have said this will happen but there has not been much else backing this up AFAIK. There was a vaccine roll-out plan from Jan which merely mentioned all adults by Autumn. I haven't heard of an official, detailed plan regarding the healthy under-50s.
Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by tonyedgecombe on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:22AM
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Matt Hancock said the UK is on track to vaccinate all adults by 31 July.
Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by switch007 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @11:35AM
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Yes I acknowledged this ( in the second of just two paragraphs).
I’m looking for details. Is it going to be wide open? Or in age brackets? Etc. An actual rollout plan by the organisations delivering it
Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by tonyedgecombe on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:46PM
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It's really not that hard to find:
Re:Israel may have achieved herd immunity against Covid-19
by switch007 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:06PM
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I thought I was being pretty clear in what I’m saying should exist: a plan by the organisations involved in the delivery of the vaccine. The BBC is not one of those organisations or a Government department.
That article is very light on detail for the under 50s, which is exactly my point. It sources the covid delivery plan which hasn’t been updated since Jan.
So the British government built a vaccination strategy around preventing death, hospitalisation and illness. It was estimated that if the vaccines had been available during the first wave and we had just vaccinated the priority groups we would have saved 90% of the lives lost to Covid.
Those over 20 are due to get their first dose by the end of July.
One important reason that school kids aren't being vaccinated is that the vaccines haven't been approved yet because trials in that age group are still ongoing.