First covid vaccine testing - lets start a book on the date

I don't know anyone that thinks medical staff shouldn't be first.

My next door neighbour is a matron in a London hospital and she was told they’d be vaccinated this week.

Lucca

I haven’t seen mention of school staff here ?

the UK is only getting enough for 400000 people - so making choices is going to be more than impossible.

Seems they already have changed theri mind re care homes.

How many people in care homes in UK?

How many medical staff and carers?

How many school teachers?

How many over 75?

Total??? anyone?

Next time I want to gamble, I'll ask you to take the punt!

No insider knowledge...uneducated guess!

Not to that degree GagaJo, but I did know the Pfizer vaccine was with the regulator, and I have enough insider knowledge to know that the NHS has been preparing the rollout plans for months, so they are ready to go extremely quickly when the vaccine arrives.

Casdon and Jaxjacky, only 2 days out! Do you two have insider knowledge???????

I hope so too NotTooOld. So much so, I would volunteer for support duties.

Do you reckon they'll carry on jabbing all over Christmas? Even Christmas Day? (I hope so).

I haven’t seen mention of school staff here ?

GagaJo

Whoo hoo! In Switzerland, teachers are the 3rd group to get it. Medical staff first of course.

Good. France is prioritising school staff too, though apparently French people are the world's most reluctant to take the Covid vaccine.
Maybe 12th December here? And all over the Christmas period as it cant be left lying around unused for too long.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/hospitals-england-told-prepare-early-december-covid-vaccine-rollout-nhs

My 10p goes on the 6th December!

A friend’s daughter is a Doctor at a world famous English hospital and she has confirmed that the vaccine program is going to be started for staff ‘ in 2 weeks time’ .
She told me this on Thursday.

Whoo hoo! In Switzerland, teachers are the 3rd group to get it. Medical staff first of course.

We've been notified it's on the horizon, and bought under pressure to have the flu jab, too.
Self testing as well, for us, on it's way.

My dd had her flu jab today at work ( hospital) and the nurse said, that’s good having it now because we advise at least a week between the flu jab and the Covid one. Which could mean ......

Boo!
I'm social care staff, and I'm scared. I will have it, though.

? hooray

Pfizer vaccine for health and social care staff starting from 6th December, and for care home residents from 13th I’d say - they are geared up to go as soon as the approval is given.

I think the Pfizer one in a hospital because its effectiveness rates are apparently much better than AZ and also hospitals will have the proper freezers needed.That will save the AZ one for locations were only fridges are available which would make sense.

Whoever thought we'd have a thread like this last March? It's brilliant.

I think it will be later than that.
The end of December or early next year.

I reckon a vaccine will be given to health workers before Christmas. The Oxford vaccine has gone to the regulators today apparently and the earlier ones have been there for a week. To put a date on it, I'll guess 14 December.

Administering the vaccine is likely to start ebegore the end of the year Gagajo so I hope all the testing has been done by now!
What did you mean?