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COVID-19: Vaccine and testing procedures Megathread Part 2 [Mod Warning - Post #1]

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    #9692
    Le Bruise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Le Bruise


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Donnelly live on RTE news now in the dail about the vaccine rollout

    Can't listen to it at the moment. Has he been asked whether September is still doable for 70/80% of population?


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    #9693
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Le Bruise wrote: »
    Can't listen to it at the moment. Has he been asked whether September is still doable for 70/80% of population?

    Only two questions in so far so not yet but will post if he has any timeline updates


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    #9694
    Le Bruise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Le Bruise


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Only two questions in so far so not yet but will post if he has any timeline updates

    Cheers for that!


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    #9695
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Donnelly has asked NIAC to review the prioritisation list, particularly cohort number 7, who he says are particularly high risk and urgent and Donnelly will update the dail next week


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    #9696
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,224 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Fauci indicates that vaccine on demand by anyone should be available in the US by April.
    'Speaking to NBC’s Today Show, Fauci says the rate of vaccinations will greatly accelerate in the coming months. He credits forthcoming deliveries of the two approved vaccines, the potential approval of a third and moves taken by the Biden administration to increase the nation’s capacity to deliver doses.

    He says, “by the time we get to April,” it will be “open season, namely virtually everybody and anybody in any category could start to get vaccinated.”

    But, the Associated Press report, he cautioned it will take “several more months” to logistically deliver injections to adult Americans but predicted herd immunity could be achieved by late summer.' Guardian


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    #9697
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 15,209 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Vaccine priority groups 4 and onwards will be vaccinated earlier than expected. Update on exact timeline next week.

    Good to hear. Not unexpected as they'd hardly have AZ sitting in a fridge doing nothing. Will be good to get the parallel rollout going


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    #9698
    Melanchthon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Melanchthon


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    I've thought about this before rushing to judgment. I think you are right. If ever there was a time to go make connections it was now.

    Last year was different. It was a jolly compared to this year.

    We need supplies. Jab and Go or take one for the Team.

    By that logic shouldn't you be asking him to head to London now to request that if the UK has an excess can Ireland please get some as a priority ?

    Edit or at a minimum confining they will take it if offered


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    #9699
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Based on supply forecast, September for all people who want a vaccination is still possible according to Donnelly but he reiterates it is highly dependant on supply


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    #9700
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users Posts: 13,156 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    Numbers are still tiny.

    Will Ireland source vaccines from Russia to speed up the process?


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    #9701
    PhoenixParker
    Registered Users Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭PhoenixParker


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    I am in 5 and my husband in 3 , in theory I could get it before him .,But it is what is is and we will manage that too

    Chances are you'll get AZ with a first dose and a second dose 12 weeks apart. Your husband will get Moderna/Pfizer with two doses 3-4 weeks apart.

    Most likely scenario - you'll get your first dose before him and he'll get his second dose before you.


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    #9702
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    Numbers are still tiny.

    Will Ireland source vaccines from Russia to speed up the process?
    No....


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    #9703
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users Posts: 13,156 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    No....

    Why not?


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    #9704
    Le Bruise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Le Bruise


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Based on supply forecast, September for all people who want a vaccination is still possible according to Donnelly but he reiterates it is highly dependant on supply

    Good news, albeit subject to change with possible future logistical issues. I was just concerned that we were already behind schedule with the AZ supply being lower in Q1.


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    #9705
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    Why not?
    Have the EMA approved it?


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    #9706
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    HSE weekly briefing is now live


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    #9707
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users Posts: 13,156 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Have the EMA approved it?

    Can we not approve it ourselves? This is an emergency.


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    #9708
    marno21
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,371 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    No major concern in net vaccinations from these predictions.

    The older groups will take longer due to them not being able to get AstraZeneca now and the associated difficulties with the mRNA vaccines.

    In other worlds, we’ll be getting closer to our target of having everyone vaccinated but there will be more of the younger groups herring vaccinated sooner and some of the older groups being vaccinated later. We’re still on track at a population level.


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    #9709
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    Can we not approve it ourselves? This is an emergency.
    That's not how it works and you know that


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    #9710
    ek motor
    Registered Users Posts: 548 ✭✭✭ek motor


    Germany looking at shutting borders with Austria and Czechia . From the Guardian :


    German leaders have warned that they could not rule out shutting the country’s borders with its neighbours because of troublingly high coronavirus infections fuelled by more contagious variants in countries like Austria and the Czech Republic, AP reports.

    “We believe it would be sensible to declare both [Austria and Czech Republic] as mutation areas. This will likely happen,” said Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder. He had warned that if the Czech Republic was unable to take appropriate measures to curb contagion, then a “border closure must also be an issue”.

    Germany in late January banned most travellers from countries classed as so-called mutation areas or places hardest hit by new, more contagious coronavirus variants.

    Only a handful of exceptions are allowed to enter Germany from these countries, including returning Germans and essential workers. With neighbouring EU countries continuing to report high infection numbers in part fuelled by variants, German leaders fear that keeping the borders open could compromise the country’s efforts to curb contagion.


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    #9711
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,990 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    All over 70s to be fully vaccinated by mid May according to Donnelly.
    That falls into line then with when they may look at easing restriction I suspect.


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    #9712
    adam240610
    Registered Users Posts: 815 ✭✭✭adam240610


    Friend who's a 23 y/o nurse just got their first astrazeneca dose, great to see it


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    #9713
    brickster69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭brickster69


    Some good news in Africa

    https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-morocco-idUSKBN2AB14D

    All roads lead to Rome.



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    #9714
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users Posts: 13,156 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    That's not how it works and you know that

    So let's just give up and wait months and months to get our older citizens vaccinated.


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    #9715
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 15,209 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Big week next week.

    Long term care settings
    - 42,500 vaccinations.
    Dose 1- 1,900
    Dose 2 -40,600

    FHCW
    25,000 vaccinations
    Dose 1 (AstraZenca) - 22,000,
    Dose 2- 3,000 (Pfizer)

    Over 70s
    12,000 vaccinations

    79,500 vaccinations next week planned


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    #9716
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,640 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    So let's just give up and wait months and months to get our older citizens vaccinated.
    its literally starting on monday


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    #9717
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users Posts: 13,156 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    its literally starting on monday

    It won't be completed for months and months. And you know that.


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    #9718
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Melanchthon wrote: »
    By that logic shouldn't you be asking him to head to London now to request that if the UK has an excess can Ireland please get some as a priority ?

    Edit or at a minimum confining they will take it if offered

    Good point but as always.

    UK bad.........USA good.

    Now because of Brexit........UK very bad.

    UK seem to very good at procuring vaccines and administering.

    IE and EU not so much.


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    #9719
    hynesie08
    Registered Users Posts: 9,734 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Long term care settings
    - 42,500 vaccinations.
    Dose 1- 1,900
    Dose 2 -40,600

    Is that them as good as done? (bar ones partially done because of outbreaks)


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    #9720
    Le Bruise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Le Bruise


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Good point but as always.

    UK bad.........USA good.

    Now because of Brexit........UK very bad.

    UK seem to very good at procuring vaccines and administering.

    IE and EU not so much.

    IE are doing pretty well at administering so far. 90% of vaccines received into the country have been used.


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    #9721
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 15,209 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Is that them as good as done? (bar ones partially done because of outbreaks)

    Would be a pretty high percentage alright, 22,510 dose 2 done in long term care up to Monday so you'd imagine it would be at the upper end of the scale in terms of completion after next week


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