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Heard it was something like this: 1. Long-term care residents/staff 2. Hospital workers 3. Anyone 85+ years old.
by newguy1234 6y ago
Heard it was something like this:
1. Long-term care residents/staff
2. Hospital workers
3. Anyone 85+ years old.
- boyband6666 6y agoSo in the UK we have a really good set of expert bodies that put forward reccomendations on these things, the JCVI being the vaccines body. They are every bit as good as the current government are terrible. Priority ranking is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-25-september-2020/jcvi-updated-interim-advice-on-priority-groups-for-covid-19-vaccination https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-f... Though this is generic and should change depending on the results on vaccine trials (should there be evidence of differential effectiveness).
- mystcb 6y agoUK Gov originally published this as the priority interim list [1] - * older adults’ resident in a care home and care home workers * all those 80 years of age and over and health and social care workers * all those 75 years of age and over * all those 70 years of age and over * all those 65 years of age and over * high-risk adults under 65 years of age * moderate-risk adults under 65 years of age * all those 60 years of age and over * all those 55 years of age and over * all those 50 years of age and over * rest of the population (priority to be determined) [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-25-september-2020/jcvi-updated-interim-advice-on-priority-groups-for-covid-19-vaccination#vaccine-priority-groups-interim-advice https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-f...
- ulrikrasmussen 6y agoIn Denmark where I live, a large proportion of infected people are age 20-29, and I wonder if it would make sense to vaccinate them first when you get to "rest of the population". Even though they have a smaller risk of getting seriously ill, that could be an effective way to lower transmission. That is: 1. Immunize the age group that is dominating in the hospitalization statistics, then 2. Immunize the age group is accounting for the majority of transmission, then 3. Immunize the rest.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoI have a suspicion that once the vaccine rolls out and is working then everybody will throw caution to the wind. It’s going to be interesting to watch this unfold.
- usrusr 6y agoFully expect the same. Basically, if you are less than 65 years old and not working in one of the early access professions, forget all concerns about vaccine safety. Buckle up to face the virus natively in that third wave that will sweep through unmitigated once the high mortality groups are vaccinated.
- pmoriarty 6y agoThere may be places you won't be allowed to go and things you won't be allowed to do (like work, maybe) unless you show proof of having been vaccinated. There's a good chance that situation will create a black market both for vaccines (real and fake) and forged proof of vaccination.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoThere may be places you won't be allowed to go and things you won't be allowed to do (like work, maybe) unless you show proof of having been vaccinated. The UK government has ruled out having a vacination passport (for good reason in my opinion).
- shmel 6y agoThe UK government had also ruled the second national lockdown, but here we are. Is there a counter since the last U-turn of the UK government?
- bun_at_work 6y agoThis isn't a fair comparison, or reasoned in good faith. The UK government changed their mind about a second lockdown given new evidence. The virus got much worse and they responded. What new evidence is there that the UK government is going to start vaccination passports? Has something changed?
- quietbritishjim 6y agoAt first I missed NHS staff on the list; it's tucked in the second bullet point as part of "health and social care workers". A footnote attached to it says: > The final decision on the prioritisation for health and social care workers will be dependent on vaccine characteristics and the epidemiology at the start of any programme.
- mkl 6y agoWhat a strange apostrophe (it's in the official list). Or am I misreading it?
- 867-5309 6y agoOlder Adults' is a shortened term for certain divisions e.g. Older Adults' Mental Health in UK medical circles. it's a bit of a catapostrophe, but I suspect it was copied, pasted, then added to without due attention
- ape4 6y agoThat apostrophe is bad for my mental health
- jcims 6y agoIsn’t it just plural possessive?
- hardlianotion 6y agoIt is not. Its is possessive, and I don’t think I would use it to describe more than one thing.
- jcims 6y agoDaaaad get off my internet!
- HPsquared 6y ago"The resident, who is the property of the older adults..."
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoSeems to have missed the extreme risk group ie those on imuno suppressants transplant patients etc.
- Ekaros 6y agoWould the vaccine work on those groups? My understanding is that you need baseline immuno-response to develop the resistance with help of vaccine. Isn't one point of vaccination of population to protect exactly that population who can't receive the vaccination?
- ryanbrunner 6y agoI'm going through the transplant pipeline right now, and I've been told to expect that it should still work, but probably at a lower effectiveness than someone not on a post-transplant drug regimen. I'm really hoping the timing works out so I can get it pre-transplant though.
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoFingers crossed :-) I have a call with the Post transplant team this after noon so will ask. Which hospital / trust are you with? I had mine done at Royal Free.
- ryanbrunner 6y agoI'm Canadian, so I imagine it's a completely separate system (for example, I don't know what a "trust" is). I go to my local hospital which has a pretty large nephrology department.
- Giorgi 6y agoLooks like it was already withdrawn and superseded by this: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940396/Priority_groups_for_coronavirus__COVID-19__vaccination_-_advice_from_the_JCVI__2_December_2020.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
- DanBC 6y agoHospital workers are likely to be first. https://twitter.com/HSJEditor/status/1334042232182235139?s=20 https://twitter.com/HSJEditor/status/1334042232182235139?s=2...
- shellac 6y agoThat seems to be a (minor) alteration in the original plan, possible due to the storage requirements for the vaccine.
- DanBC 6y agoI think it's mostly because NHS organisations are already well organised for distribution of vaccines to staff. They're large organisations with thousands of employees. Care homes are all mostly small, with a handful of employees. EDIT: Wales has just said it's going to be really hard getting the Pfizer vaccine out to care homes: https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/immunology-and-vaccines/care-home-residents-cannot-get-pfizer-covid-vaccine-due-to-practical-constraints/ https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/immunology-...