Chris_5339762 wrote: » I don't like how Leo has handled things recently any more than I respect the government at the moment. But the simple fact is that Leo being a doctor and vaccinating patients does far more as "a leader" than the wet rag that is Micheal Martin.
Del Griffith wrote: » How is the attached possible, assuming the EU distribute vaccines per capita?
Sanjuro wrote: » Yeah, I would be in agreement with you there. Not a fan of the guy, but can't knock him for actually being there doing the front line work himself.
matrim wrote: » Do you mean malta? They went outside of the EU process
Del Griffith wrote: » No they didn't, to the best of my knowledge anyway (I'm in Malta). Have you any link to that?
JTMan wrote: » Amazing what the mRNA technology, supercharged by Covid, is now able to achieve with generating an antibody response with other diseases ...https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1378470169484402693
CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: » Ireland deliveries (as of Friday 26th) vs usage (as of Wednesday 31st): storage AZ 228K vs 188k: 40k Pf 654k vs 642k: 32k Md 68k vs 34k: 34k Not sure if this has been posted before. Amazing to see how low Astra Zenaca deliveries have been over the last few weeks. Pfizer carrying the responsibility for scaling up the vaccine program.https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/2cbc2-update-on-covid-19-vaccine-deliveries-31-march-2021/
timsey tiger wrote: » I think that there was a big delivery of AZ (~100k) in week 12 hours after this data was published.
Klonker wrote: » What kind of percentage do people think we'll get for vaccine take up in our adult population? From all we are hearing its very high but this will inevitably drop as we go down the age groups. England seem to be having problems with take up in minority groups. This should be less of an issue here as we have a much smaller minority population as a percentage. An issue that I haven't heard much about but I think will be a bit of an issue here and in places like England is take up by Eastern Europeans of vaccines. From talking to friends a large percentage are very against the vaccines. The vaccine passports may help here though, they'd need to pay for PCR tests everytime they flew home and back otherwise. A don't know how some of those countries will deal with it back home, take will be very low. Hopefully they can get high take up in their old and vulnerable at least.
Klonker wrote: » What kind of percentage do people think we'll get for vaccine take up in our adult population? From all we are hearing its very high but this will inevitably drop as we go down the age groups.
timsey tiger wrote: » Thursdays figures published 27,710 shots approx 5% down on the week before. Very disapointing.
hynesie08 wrote: » Paul Reid saying we administered over 30000 vaccine doses on Good Friday.
JTMan wrote: » According to a survey, in February 2021: - 77% will take it. - 15% are unsure. - 6% will refuse to take it. - More will refuse in younger age groups. Regarding the 15% ... Once we are done with the 77%, we need to educate (advertisements etc) and incentivise the 15%. In Israel, municipalities have given out free drinks, pizza and cholent, a traditional beef stew, as an enticement. In Dubai, some restaurants have offered discounts of up to 20% for those who have received their shots. In the US, there has been a slight reduction in vaccine hesitancy in recent weeks. Hopefully the same will happen here.
charlie14 wrote: » If for whatever reason they do not wish to avail of a vaccine that is for the benefit of the rest of population, then they should be made very much aware that the benefits the rest of the population will gain from being vaccinated will not be extended to them or the 6% who say they will refuse to avail of the vaccine, other than from them having up to date negative test results.
irishlad. wrote: » https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cUZy6AMCwuA2zhtRuKK7cqMVgmhdDsGsZrFWJTkw9DY/edit#gid=502588836 Half of all over 70's have now got their first dose
