crossman47 wrote: » They should be but the lack of a unique personal identifier is a huge drawback. The civil liberties people object (see the PPSN debate) but surely now everyone sees the merit of a unique number used for all transactions with government. Without it you will never get a proper database of the type you mention.
astrofool wrote: » It takes a large number being vaccinated to start bringing the transmission rates down, most of the initial elderly cohorts wouldn't have been big transmission vectors anyway, so the best stats really come from healthcare workers. The big question is what vaccinated % leads to a consistent low R number, which would then lead to eradication of the virus. This data has been mixed in with the ongoing lockdowns anyway, so hard to give an accurate scientific picture.
Stark wrote: » Israel is probably the closest to the best picture. High number of people vaccinated and economy open since early March with cases plummeting. So far things look very very good (on trend for zero covid in a few weeks). Though they do seem to be excluding unvaccinated people from pubs and the like so that probably skews things. We'd probably need higher numbers of people vaccinated to see the same effects as vaccinated people would be mixing with unvaccinated people. UK on the other hand seems to have cases plateauing while still in lockdown. Not sure is it due to fewer number of second doses given, AZ not performing as well as Pfizer for blocking transmission, higher prevalence of B.1.1.7 or what.
irishlad. wrote: » https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cUZy6AMCwuA2zhtRuKK7cqMVgmhdDsGsZrFWJTkw9DY/edit#gid=1219026690 Cohort 3 with the majority of Fridays doses. Cohort 4 moving along quite slowly, we're a long way off reaching the estimated 220k in the cohort.
Scuid Mhór wrote: » Why is cohort 4 taking so long?
stephenjmcd wrote: » More good vaccine news
plodder wrote: » I presume the PPSN is such a unique personal identifier? I think the issue is that what it is used for should have an appropriate legal basis with safeguards etc. So, if you want to use the PPSN as the key for a database of high risk medical conditions then you are upfront about it, in terms of how the database is stored and how it is combined with other data. Then you have to get GPs etc to actually provide the data. I doubt many reasonable people would object to that. The problem with the Public Services Card was they tried to bring it in by stealth and by essentially bullying social welfare recipients (to begin with) into accepting it.
hmmm wrote: » It's not just good, it's almost unbelievably good . Imagine even a few months ago being told that the vaccines would stop 80% of transmission after one shot, rising to 90% after two.https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1376552681255399424
josip wrote: » I think they only started a couple of weeks ago and are only using whatever supply of AZ there is. When you say "so long", how long did you expect it would take, all things considered?
hmmm wrote: » It's not just good, it's almost unbelievably good . Imagine even a few months ago being told that the vaccines would stop 80% of transmission after one shot, rising to 90% after two.
MerlinSouthDub wrote: » Amazing stuff. It seems to me that NPHET are not currently taking account of the impact on transmissibility of the vaccination rollout. This is fair enough, as data is only starting to emerge. But, it should allow us to move a bit more quickly, and with more confidence, with our opening plans.
rameire wrote: » Looks like the testing popup stations will be moving around over the next few weeks. So they will be moving after Wednesday. Source is staff at Dublin location.
Russman wrote: » Genuine question, is “risk of infection” the same thing as the efficacy they talk about in the trials or is it a different thing to do with transmission ?
Economics101 wrote: » Just saw this on RTE: https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0329/1206811-pharmacists-vaccine/ Pharmacists are complaining about absolutely no information from the HSE regarding their prospective role in administering vaccinations. They seem to make a reasonable case, and of course the HSE are true to form: totally lacing in ability to communicate effectively
A group of pharmacists went to Pairc Ui Chaoimh's vaccination centre in Cork without appointments and allegedly demanded to be vaccinated. There were tense scenes on Friday evening after the group turned up at the stadium and refused to leave without jabs, according to the Irish Daily Mail. The incident prompted a response from the HSE, which sent an email to community pharmacists urging any of them who were there to leave. The email insisted that nobody would be getting vaccinations without appointments and that if any group had staff at the centre they should contact them to go.
hmmm wrote: » This new data is the risk of infection by the virus itself (the snappily named 2019-nCoV) which leads to Covid the disease. The trial efficacy was measured against Covid. We knew the vaccines would prevent most people from severe Covid, but this is good news for people who can't take the vaccine or where the vaccine doesn't fully protect them.
astrofool wrote: » On the pharmacists trying to jump the vaccination queue:https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/tense-scenes-irish-vaccination-centre-23810448
ceegee wrote: » The version in the Indo seems quite differenthttps://m.independent.ie/irish-news/health/social-media-hoax-results-inpharmacy-staff-arrivingat-vaccine-centre-for-jabs-40244446.html Obviously people should have left once told they weren't going to receive a vaccine but seems from that article that they turned up in good faith. (Also seems to have been pharmacy staff rather than pharmacists, most of whom have received the first vaccine)
Seymour20 wrote: » Astra Zeneca suspended for under 55s in Canadahttps://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1376586966154809344?s=21
