eigrod wrote: » More stories on Liveline today of people 85+ not yet having their vaccine and getting calls this morning to cancel appointments as the GPs didn’t get their promised allocation. Very disappointing.
fawlty682 wrote: » Only 700k more in March so. So far you couldn’t have confidence in a system which tells GPs vaccineswill be delivered on Thursday and then they don’t arrive. We need vaccine figures at least every Friday evening as well as the deaths and cases.
KrustyUCC wrote: » Already openhttps://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40234868.html
mean gene wrote: » Closed on Sundays no rush
It will be used again for the next three weekends for this age group, before operating as a hub for GPs to administer vaccines to their patients aged 70 and over for the following weekends. They will vaccinate an expected 2,500 people aged 70 and over by appointment over the coming weekends.
FlubberJones wrote: » I usually avoid this board as it depresses me how poor the country is managing the vaccine rollout... read a few posts, depressed.
stefanovich wrote: » Well we do know that the US and USA spent more, bought surplus and were prioritised. No one can claim the EU didn't mess up.
Flubberjones wrote: I usually avoid this board as it depresses me how poor the country is managing the vaccine rollout
FileNotFound wrote: Still does not excuse the piss poor rollout happening here, but i wonder how many other silly things are having big impacts? Should have kept the HSE out of it, always a mess when they are involved...
funnydoggy wrote: » How long have you been away? 'Cos we're flying it in general and the news has been non-stop positive for at least 2 weeks now.
FlubberJones wrote: » Please enlighten me, as I see terms like "piss poor rollout" being used.
FileNotFound wrote: » I have heard a major issue with the initial rollout was people in nursing home settings initially refusing the jabs, but once they saw no ill effects on those that had received they changed their minds. This meant redeploy of staff resources and vaccine to areas that should have been covered already, just to cover the eejits. This by nature of resources is having a very chaotic effect on other parts of the rollout. Still does not excuse the piss poor rollout happening here, but i wonder how many other silly things are having big impacts? Should have kept the HSE out of it, always a mess when they are involved...
quokula wrote: » That term is only being used by people who have no idea what they're talking about.
Gael23 wrote: » Anything I have heard mentions an almost 100% uptake in nursing homes. There were a few issues with homes that had active Covid outbreaks which vaccination teams could not access or residents in other homes who had either been recently infected or close contacts
FileNotFound wrote: » Guess we heard very different, I trust my sources. They tend to know what they are on about.
quokula wrote: » Ireland is achieving one of the highest vaccine rates in Europe and the world for that matter. We only compare poorly with the UK because they're a massive outlier, but then they're also a massive outlier with their 120,000 dead and counting, so it's understandable they threw unlimited funds at the vaccine providers while the EU was a little more reserved while most member nations managed the virus infection levels more competently.
fawlty682 wrote: » Vaccine figures are not announced like cases and deaths. People have to look them up. Just because we are doing better than Europe is no recommendation. I am not criticizing the amounts, but surely when doctors are promised vaccines, they are in stock at that time. Giving out false hope is not acceptable. My brother age 60 in US was done at weekend. Over 85s are anxious age group.
FileNotFound wrote: » Agree entirely and the amount of HSE office staff that have had a shot while old and infirm are trapped in their homes is mad. Boots beauty counter employees are being classed the same as pharmacists - the sign up online didn't even ask any real questions - could have signed anyone up it was such a simple minded system
is_that_so wrote: » How on earth did they overlook your obvious genius when they were building all those systems?
FlubberJones wrote: » Not according the this.... if you have "better" stats let me knowhttps://www.statista.com/statistics/1196071/covid-19-vaccination-rate-in-europe-by-country/
FileNotFound wrote: » They overlooked a lot thats for sure, HSE staff in their 20's and 30's working from home getting brought in for shots as nobody differentiated between those that need and those that don't I am just stating it was a piss poor setup thats all. I do expect better from our health service during a pandemic.
FileNotFound wrote: » I am just stating it was a piss poor setup thats all. I do expect better from our health service during a pandemic.
is_that_so wrote: » So, you've a load of anecdotes to prove this to be true? People have lots of stories they imagine are indicative of policy as well as little knowledge why Arthur from Accounting ended up on the list.
FileNotFound wrote: » I don't mean the actual figures, I mean the communication, planning and execution. But hey - no doubt you are more of an expert than me.
titan18 wrote: » Tbf loads of people seem to have anecdotes at this stage. My brother got a pfizer vaccine last weekend and he does locum work in pharmacies and it's usually at most a day a week as he's still in college. Even he was surprised that was he called this early and what vaccine he got.
