2021 Rallys

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Interesting conversation with the nurse at our local GP this morning. While having the flu jab.

What are we? a week or so in from the first vaccination.

Basically its being rolled out, and fast. Tier 3 is getting priority vs Tier 1 etc. The care home residents are being managed outside of her knowledge (they are Priority 1 as per government guidance)

The Priority 2 is 80+, and front line workers, and this is being managed in Tier 3 areas directly via the bigger doctors surgeries as hubs to get it done quicker (Staffs is tier 3 - where the wife works), but we are in Tier 2 in Shropshire and it is being managed via the hospitals at present.

It seems at present there is enough about to do about 50% of that identified group, and they have 3 1/2 days to dispense it before it needs binning. Fundamentally they invite, any no shows etc means they are ringing round down the list so they use it all. Target wastage is zero. She said the advice is if its going to waste, find a willing victim, any victim and use it. Which will probably mean the non front line staff get a dose.

Advice is enough for the next 50% of target group is due in the next week or so from Belgium. The advice is that Brexit, no matter the outcome will not effect this.

The advice internally to the staff was assuming the Oxford vaccine gets the nod from the boffins then things will ramp up another 4 or 5 notches as this seems to be a far easier stuff to dispense. Basically once it gets the nod things will go ballistic as there is sh1t loads of it in production and on the shelf.

Both need 2 helpings, but dose 1 gives significant protection. Dose 2 gives the advertised immunity.

We were on the mop up Flu, our letters having gone missing in the post, which was rather worrying!.