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COVID-19: Vaccine and testing procedures Megathread Part 3 - Read OP

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  • #5522
    Danzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,068 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    It's like waiting for a draw to take place.

    Astra Zeneca are playing Sputnik V at home in the first leg.


  • #5523
    goingnowhere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    Danzy wrote: »
    Astra Zeneca are playing Sputnik V at home in the first leg.

    Due injury they could only field 3 players...


  • #5524
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭Apogee


    Paul Reid/HSE Briefing:
    -85,968 doses administered last week
    -Expect 70/75K next week (mRNA Only) - excludes AZ due to uncertainty about its use
    -Expect 240/250K in Cohort 3 completed by next week
    -Focus next on 75-79 year olds

    https://twitter.com/michellehtweet/status/1372551092236644357


  • #5525
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,469 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    91 year old grandmother got her 2nd dose this afternoon. It was a great relief when she got the first dose but the 2nd dose just feels like a massive weight lifted off the families shoulders that she didn't pick up covid and was able to see it through to vacination


  • #5526
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Fiancee's grandmother got her 2nd dose yesterday as well

    Nice birthday present for her


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  • #5527
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,062 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Apogee wrote: »
    Paul Reid/HSE Briefing:
    -85,968 doses administered last week
    -Expect 70/75K next week (limited by supply)
    -Expect 240/250K in Cohort 3 completed by next week
    -Focus next on 75-79 year olds

    https://twitter.com/michellehtweet/status/1372551092236644357

    70-75k target seems low for next week considering there's all this weeks AZ to go through. Isn't there like 80k or so of those waiting to be rolled out.


  • #5528
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    titan18 wrote: »
    70-75k target seems low for next week considering there's all this weeks AZ to go through. Isn't there like 80k or so of those waiting to be rolled out.

    I would say that is excluding AZ for the moment


  • #5529
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,062 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I would say that is excluding AZ for the moment

    Ah fair enough, that makes more sense then.


  • #5530
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭Apogee


    HSE Briefing:

    -Estimate of 240,000 in Cohort 2 HCW (first time I've seen a number quoted for this group). Include HSE, public, private, home care etc, part time etc.
    -10,931 vaccinators have completed training
    -Up to 38 vaccination clinics will be available
    -13 centres have been used to date
    -Expect more use of these in April for remaining Cohorts (e.g. 65-69)
    -Larger sites will have 60 booths -> 600 people per hour
    -A period of days before AZ dosing resumes assuming OK from EMA/NIAC
    -Expect Moderna to reach order by end of Q1
    -J&J timeline still to be finalised for Q2


  • #5531
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    Any news on housebound individuals, I have heard several reports of those well over 85 years old not having gotten their first dose while younger and more mobile elderly have gotten their 2nd dose or will do so shortly. Obviously the various AZ debacles won't help here.

    The spin from Colm Henry and others all along has been that "nobody will be left behind". I suppose in HSE land, a big delay in getting people vaccinated = not leaving them behind.

    It would be interesting to see how the rollout to housebound people was planned once it became apparent (months ago) that there were logistical difficulties with the Pfizer vaccine which was also the first one approved. Could it have been handled better e.g. could there have been arrangements in place to get them to vaccination centres where they could get the Pfizer vaccine rather than assuming that they'd be able to get the AZ vaccine delivered to them.


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  • #5532
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭Apogee


    BrianD3 wrote: »
    Any news on housebound individuals, I have heard several reports of those well over 85 years old not having gotten their first dose while younger and more mobile elderly have gotten their 2nd dose or will do so shortly. Obviously the various AZ debacles won't help here.

    The spin from Colm Henry and others all along has been that "nobody will be left behind". I suppose in HSE land, a big delay in getting people vaccinated = not leaving them behind.

    It would be interesting to see how the rollout to housebound people was planned once it became apparent (months ago) that there were logistical difficulties with the Pfizer vaccine which was also the first one approved. Could it have been handled better e.g. could there have been arrangements in place to get them to vaccination centres where they could get the Pfizer vaccine rather than assuming that they'd be able to get the AZ vaccine delivered to them.

    -250 visits from NAS to housebound. 1,800 housebound identified to date.

    All over 70s housebound are being done on a regional basis.


  • #5533
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,469 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    EMA meeting still on going so press conference pushed out to 4pm


  • #5534
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    Apogee wrote: »
    -250 visits from NAS to housebound. 1,800 housebound identified to date.

    All over 70s housebound are being done on a regional basis.
    That is very poor. So they don't even know how many housebound there are and of those they have identified, they've vaccinated <15% of them. And that was before the latest AZ fiasco.


  • #5535
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,202 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    Hardyn wrote: »
    Interesting to see that the majority of the deaths in over 50s are now occurring in the unvaccinated despite representing just 5-10% of that demographic.
    That graph of deaths is spectacular. We should put it on billboards, will perhaps convince a few of the vaccine holdouts.


  • #5536
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Housebound people weren't getting AZ anyway afaik so that shouldn't effect things


  • #5537
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,787 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    The European Commission plans to launch the dispute settlement process in its coronavirus vaccine contract with pharma giant AstraZeneca, EU spokesmen said Thursday.

    Chief spokesman Eric Mamer said Brussels is waiting for the go ahead from EU member states to write to the firm to demand talks on its alleged failure to honour its contract.

    https://www.barrons.com/news/eu-plans-to-launch-dispute-settlement-with-astrazeneca-01616072105?tesla=y


  • #5538
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭Apogee


    Apogee wrote: »
    -250 visits from NAS to housebound. 1,800 housebound identified to date.

    All over 70s housebound are being done on a regional basis.

    -Reid confirms 300 housebound now done.
    -Started in East. Next starting in South and South East.


  • #5539
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    I have a family friend who is super morbidly obese. He's immobile - he won't be able to travel to get his vaccine when it happens. I'm assuming he'll be next (Cork Southside). Will be good to hear he's being vaccinated soon, because he genuinely wouldn't survive COVID.


  • #5540
    afatbollix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭afatbollix


    BrianD3 wrote: »
    That is very poor. So they don't even know how many housebound there are and of those they have identified, they've vaccinated <15% of them. And that was before the latest AZ fiasco.

    I know this won't be what you want to hear.

    But they are low risk as they are at home and not going out. If a health care person visits they will have PPE and a vaccine. No one else should be visiting them. If you are in a support bubble I would keep my contact to a minimum like you should have been doing.

    It's going to take time to get those stuck at home done but there is no need to rush getting them done asap. They are fairly safe at home.


  • #5541
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Danzy wrote: »
    Astra Zeneca are playing Sputnik V at home in the first leg.

    Astra get their keeper suspended in the first 30 mins but it's controversial and goes to VAR for review (Vaccine Assistant Referee)


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  • #5542
    FlubberJones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭FlubberJones


    My brother in the UK is 46 years old (healthy and no underlying issues) was contacted this morning for his first vaccine, he'll get it this Sunday.

    Seems a million miles away from this place.


  • #5543
    snowstorm445
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭snowstorm445


    Some good news within the EU for a change - https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/03/16/the-azores-smallest-island-has-vaccinated-its-population-and-escaped-pandemic-almost-unsca


  • #5544
    JTMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,581 ✭✭✭JTMan


    https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1372576853341442051


  • #5545
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,292 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    JTMan wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1372576853341442051


    Was hoping I'd see another line with a few million for us :(


  • #5546
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,787 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    EMA endorses AZ, benefits outweigh risk and finds no increased risk of clots


  • #5547
    Indestructable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Horse it out now, no delay.


  • #5548
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,787 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    https://twitter.com/DarrenEuronews/status/1372580499688939532?s=20


  • #5549
    Godot.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭Godot.


    What an act of pointlessness that suspension was. As polls show it has actually increased vaccination hesitancy rather than instilled confidence in the programme.


  • #5550
    JTMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,581 ✭✭✭JTMan


    pc7 wrote: »
    Was hoping I'd see another line with a few million for us :(

    Yeah, clearly the US are prioritising their neighbours.

    The positive is this creates precedent that you help your neighbours when you have surplus doses. Hopefully this increases the chances that the UK will help Ireland when they have surplus vaccines.

    Also, the US have helped Asian countries (with money for manufacture) and now have helped the US and Canada. Biden has said that he will help all ally countries, so perhaps the EU are next on the list. Biden could easily help the EU by lifting the export ban.


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  • #5551
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,265 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Godot. wrote: »
    What an act of pointlessness that suspension was. As polls show it has actually increased vaccination hesitancy rather than instilled confidence in the programme.

    In fact it showed that the are cautious and careful with peoples health . A good thing to know


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