namloc1980 wrote: » I thought they said the opposite - that they expect to use it for 65-69. They also expect to use AZ for Group 7:”The 65-69-year-olds, there are about 190,000 and we’re working on the assumption that we’ll be giving [them] the AstraZeneca vaccine,” Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry said today. Henry said this vaccine will also likely be used as part of the seventh phase, for those aged 18-64 with medical conditions that put them at high risk.https://www.thejournal.ie/hospitalisations-covid19-5358115-Feb2021/
Nephinbeg wrote: » The hse launched their recruitment page yesterday and I find it grim enough reading to be honest: https://hbsrecruitmentservices.ie/vaccinators/. They are looking for very specific qualified professionals, who are mostly already working in the health services, and paying them well below the going rate (plus large tax deductions if they are already working full time) to work overtime in a somewhat dangerous setting. They application documents are hilarious as well, think birth certs. Flexible hours appear to be fairly minimal too. This is all very off-putting to those who want to give a few hours a week. I actually think this will all be changed in the next week or two when they get very little interest but just emphasises that some of the major details of the large scale roll-out are up in the air. Venues are one thing, staff is another. I wonder will legislation need to be changed to open it up to more people, especially looking at future delivery volumes. There aren't too many doctors and nurses on PUP I imagine.
Nephinbeg wrote: » A friend did some digging on this if anyone is interested. Apparently the hse are aiming to recruit mostly nurses and physios as vaccinators. The former are surely not lying around idle, not certain about physios (someone else might know if there are many available). A few weeks ago fees for doctors said to be paid €120/h for it so this would make sense based on the apparent contradiction (pro rata rate on website is much less). Long story short, hse are aiming to do this cheap, which is quite risky seeing as an extra week of lockdown is way more expensive. It might be fine but a "lash it out and damn the expense" approach is probably more prudent. Not to be pessimistic, it will be sorted one way of the other, probably with them changing everything about the recruitment strategy.
hmmm wrote: » I think it was Macron yesterday who suggested we immediately give 5% of our vaccine supply to poorer countries. I fully agree. Aside from any moral arguments, these countries have far fewer healthcare staff to start with and it is in our interest to suppress infection levels in other countries and reduce the chance of new variants emerging. The moral argument is strong too.
josip wrote: » If it's 900,000 vaccines by the end of Q1, that's 450,000 people. Which would have us about two thirds through Group 3 I think. 1.1m vaccines would have us finished all of Groups 1,2,3. If we only get 350,000 Pfizer before the end of Q1, that will mean that Group 3 is only 50% done. All of Group 4 would be done with the 400,000+ AZs and almost all of Group 5.
GazzaL wrote: » https://covid-19.geohive.ie/pages/vaccinations I see we're still not getting daily updates on vaccination numbers, yet we're still getting daily press conferences about meaningless case numbers. Thanks Tony.
Frank Bullitt wrote: » Reading the news in this thread has brought a ray go light to my heart. I live in Canada and haven't seen my folks in over a year, there is hope that I will see them sooner than I had thought.
ACitizenErased wrote: » im not sure where you've been for the last week but we are very much getting daily updates
GazzaL wrote: » They're not published on that tracker, I checked RTE's update today and they're still referring to figures from the 16th. Can you provide a link? Daily means every day.
MerlinSouthDub wrote: » Just wondering why you feel family carers should get any higher priority than others? I can't see how they are at higher risk and the person they are caring for will already have been vaccinated. Parents of school or university age kids would be at significantly higher risk than a family carer, for example.
Van.Bosch wrote: » Also remember group two seems to have an infinite number of people. Was meant to be 90,000 but have already given out 100,000 first doses and I thought I saw a slide saying 60,000 more first doses next week.
is_that_so wrote: » HCW are Groups 2 & 4. Based on the original numbers Group 2 should be almost done for first shots at least.
wheresthebeef wrote: » A lot of group 4 were done before group 2, so chances are we’re further ahead in some respects with group 4 already partially done.
Micky 32 wrote: » Interestingly in Israel people who got their first jab (0-8 days afterwards ) infections rose 2x vs people who weren’t vaccinated :eek:. However as the days passed infections plummeted and at day 21 efficacy was at 91%. Interesting finding. They think the explanation is that they became complacent and changed their behaviour as soon as they got the jab thinking they would be fine and not catch the virus.
greenheep wrote: » Or is it possible that people caught it on the way to or from the vaccine centre, when perhaps they would have otherwise been staying home shielding.
Harpon wrote: » Given how effective just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine is, would it not make sense to just give one dose of this going forward, given the severe lack of supply for all vaccines? Has this question been asked to nphet does anyone know?
Deleted User wrote: » What is not known is if delaying dose 2 excessively results in immunity waning quicker. The idea is dose one generates the immunity and dose 2 fixes it for long term
ACitizenErased wrote: » Varadkar confirming in the video above that vulnerable U70s are being brought forward
Yevon wrote: » I wonder why Leo did that video and not the Minister for Health?
iamwhoiam wrote: » And not fully explain what it actually meant It means those aged 65-70 will be prioritised in their own group 5 before others with no underlying conditions aged 65-70
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