Vaccine Megathread - See OP for threadbans

Presser should be available on this twitter account should anyone not have access to a telly
https://twitter.com/rtenews?s=21

Flying Fox wrote: »

Very calm and clear interview on RTE with Prof. Staines from DCU with regards the impact on the rollout. He says the AZ vaccines are not going to be wasted as they can still be used on a significant number of people. There will be rearranging needed but it's important to remember AZ only accounts for one fifth of our supply.

Did he mention short term disruption? Will the target for this week be lower than expected as a result?

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Presser should be available on this twitter account should anyone not have access to a telly
https://twitter.com/rtenews?s=21

Sound buddy

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cUZy6AMCwuA2zhtRuKK7cqMVgmhdDsGsZrFWJTkw9DY/edit#gid=502588836

Cohort 3 has nearly 2/3rds of dose 1's given out.

NIAC advice issued
https://twitter.com/corksafetyalert/status/1381674072350846981?s=21

For those who've already had dose 1.

So basically get the 2nd dose

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1381674103661285382?s=19

Advice:
- Any authorised COVID-19 vaccine, including Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca, is recommended for those aged 60 years and older including those with medical conditions with very high or high risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
- Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca is not recommended for those aged under 60 years including those with medical conditions with very high or high risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
- A second dose of Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca should not be given to anyone who developed unusual blood clots with low platelets after the first dose.
- Advice for those who have received a first dose of Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca is:

Those aged 60 and older should receive their second dose 12 weeks later as scheduled.

Those aged under 60 years with a very high risk or high-risk medical condition should receive their second dose 12 weeks later as scheduled.

Those aged under 60 years without a very high risk or high-risk medical condition should have the scheduled interval between doses extended to 16 weeks to allow further assessment of the benefits and risks as more evidence becomes available.

funnydoggy wrote: »

jesus christ

I generally try to be positive but you're right. Jesus Christ.

Deleted User wrote: »

Is the press conference running late?

May have been replaced with a tweet! No sign of it anywhere

Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »

thought so, surely that totally decreases overall effectiveness

It’s hand written on the card, so any easy mistake to be made. I believe optimal effectiveness is the 3-4 weeks. Maybe have her just do a quick double check to ensure. Ireland is running at 4 weeks interval. Then two weeks after that you’re fully vaccinated.

The 16 week gap with AZ seems to be just so they can keep an eye on what is happening with the vaccine elsewhere.

Stheno wrote: »

So basically "we don't recommend it for under 60s but if you've already recieved a dose and are not high risk, we're just going to push out your second dose, till we see if we have further info"?

Even though they don't know if more than 12 weeks gap will cause issues?

All we've heard about so far is the initial AZ dose causing blood clots. I guess they are going to keep a very close eye on the UK for the next couple of months to see if any issues are developing with the second dose.