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[RUSTY_2_STANDS]

It's not our view it's the medical experts view

Depends which medical experts you listen to though. They all seem to have different views. Like I've said before, the deluge of information and opinions, much of it conflicting, has pretty much worn me down.
Right now I'm just concentrating on getting myself and my girlfriend recovered from this awful virus.

 

[Archibald Knox]

The British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for doctors.

Public Health England is a government body.

I know which opinion I trust more when it comes to how a vaccine must be administered especially when that opinion matches the vaccine manufacturer.

If this was the right thing to do, how come no other countries are doing it?

The problems will come further down the line due to people believing they are more protected than they actually are. That applies even after they eventually have their second jab because the starting level of protection will be lower than has been tested by the manufacturer.

This is why the USA are against it - FDA explanation

I think the 1-jab decision is all about suppressing the R number, not giving full protection to individuals. If we suppress the pool size of active CV cases in the population by just a proportion that 1-jab gives, the infection rate will fall and this, in itself, is giving added protection to the population as a whole.

But, IMHO, the very susceptible (very aged, sickly and those in hospital and care homes) should get the routine 2-jabs as their risk cannot be controlled by themselves. The rest of us will have to continue to be very careful and take our chances after 1-jab, I am afraid.

 

[TSSeasider]

It's a tricky call, but at least we can make that call with a pretty steady supply of vaccines coming through.

Backing all the vaccines irrespective of country of origin seems to have helped us, whereas the EU primarily backing the GSK/Sanofi hasn't.

I'm genuinely torn about the dose gap.

I get the improvement in community immunity that having twice as many people having a lower Covid resistance gives you, BUT it will inevitably be at the expense of individuals who will die because they didn't get the second dose.

That's a tough decision.

I wonder if we can give the second dose to the most at risk, and have a graduated gap as the risk decreases?

I am pleased to see the investment in creating our own improved vaccine research and manufacturing centre which will be hugely useful as this virus mutates.

 

[Towerpower99]

It's a tricky call, but at least we can make that call with a pretty steady supply of vaccines coming through.

Backing all the vaccines irrespective of country of origin seems to have helped us, whereas the EU primarily backing the GSK/Sanofi hasn't.

I'm genuinely torn about the dose gap.

I get the improvement in community immunity that having twice as many people having a lower Covid resistance gives you, BUT it will inevitably be at the expense of individuals who will die because they didn't get the second dose.

That's a tough decision.

I wonder if we can give the second dose to the most at risk, and have a graduated gap as the risk decreases?

I am pleased to see the investment in creating our own improved vaccine research and manufacturing centre which will be hugely useful as this virus mutates.

Excellent post TSS.......but you must work on posting coming from an entrenched political angle