How many have been vaccinated so far?

[Roofless Toothless]

It came as a bit of a shock to Mrs RT and myself last night to realise that we are old enough not only to have had our own second shots, but also to have two sons (and their wives) who have had their vaccinations as well!

[vaud]

Although NHS is saying you need to be 45, quite a few people in the 40-45 band reporting on our local Facebook group that they could book (no other conditions etc) a jab via the main portal.

Might be a regional thing. I recall that I booked mine on the Sunday night while it still said 50+, and then the formal change to 45-50 happened the next morning.

[Crafty_]

vaud said:

Although NHS is saying you need to be 45, quite a few people in the 40-45 band reporting on our local Facebook group that they could book (no other conditions etc) a jab via the main portal.

Might be a regional thing. I recall that I booked mine on the Sunday night while it still said 50+, and then the formal change to 45-50 happened the next morning.

I'm in that band and got an invite on Friday from my Doctors surgery to book, I assume they are just a bit ahead of the game.

[FiF]

It is a regional thing. Our practice has told PHE that now ready to vaccinate under 40s,but not been given permission yet. The county generally is in the top 5 in terms of vaccinations.

At the risk of poking the wasp nest, the population mix has very few of the subsets who are traditionally reluctant to be vaccinated, which may account for that in part. Certainly it's far different a few miles up the road in some West Midlands areas eg Black Country, even though real progress is being made there.

[spikeyhead]

Further decent progress, today's figures

First dose second total
142,215 498,430 640,645

[turbobloke]

spikeyhead said:

Further decent progress, today's figures

First dose second total
142,215 498,430 640,645

Good news.

[MG CHRIS]

turbobloke said:

spikeyhead said:

Further decent progress, today's figures

First dose second total
142,215 498,430 640,645

Good news.

Good numbers ticking along nicely.

[Vanden Saab]

turbobloke said:

spikeyhead said:

Further decent progress, today's figures

First dose second total
142,215 498,430 640,645

Good news.

We should have the 30 million or so of second doses done by the end of May at present rates although once the Pfizer supplies are actually in to achieve this, probably by the middle of May I would expect a substantial increase in the numbers being vaccinated as the threat to cut second dose supplies from the EU no longer has any edge and the Moderna and Novavax supplies come online.
It would be interesting to know what the first dose vaccines are but I am guessing it is mainly Moderna with a smattering of Pfizer and Astra.

[sim72]

FiF said:

It is a regional thing. Our practice has told PHE that now ready to vaccinate under 40s,but not been given permission yet. The county generally is in the top 5 in terms of vaccinations.

At the risk of poking the wasp nest, the population mix has very few of the subsets who are traditionally reluctant to be vaccinated, which may account for that in part. Certainly it's far different a few miles up the road in some West Midlands areas eg Black Country, even though real progress is being made there.

Yet, bizarrely, one of the best-performing trusts in the country in terms of % vaccinated is ... City of Leicester. Coventry and Leeds are in the top 10 as well.

[Gareth79]

Vanden Saab said:

It would be interesting to know what the first dose vaccines are but I am guessing it is mainly Moderna with a smattering of Pfizer and Astra.

I'm early 40s and have a first dose booked tomorrow (after my GP surgery's text) - wondering what I'll get!

[RacerMike]

FiF said:

It is a regional thing. Our practice has told PHE that now ready to vaccinate under 40s,but not been given permission yet. The county generally is in the top 5 in terms of vaccinations.

At the risk of poking the wasp nest, the population mix has very few of the subsets who are traditionally reluctant to be vaccinated, which may account for that in part. Certainly it's far different a few miles up the road in some West Midlands areas eg Black Country, even though real progress is being made there.

Warwickshire?

[RiseUp]

Over a billion inoculations worldwide reached over the weekend.

[johnboy1975]

Gareth79 said:

Vanden Saab said:

It would be interesting to know what the first dose vaccines are but I am guessing it is mainly Moderna with a smattering of Pfizer and Astra.

I'm early 40s and have a first dose booked tomorrow (after my GP surgery's text) - wondering what I'll get!

Does the Moderna count as both doses in 1? Creative accounting! If it doesn't, the 2nd doses will never tally. Which isn't a major problem i suppose as its obvious why... However, you would be fully vaccinated 21 days after the jab, so saying you've only had 1 jab (implying partial protection) is also wrong

[vaud]

Now open to 44 year olds.

[loafer123]

RiseUp said:

Over a billion inoculations worldwide reached over the weekend.

Quite an achievement for humankind over the last 12 months.

[anonymous-user]

vaud said:

Now open to 44 year olds.

And yet hospitality isn’t

[LaurasOtherHalf]

purplepenguin said:

vaud said:

Now open to 44 year olds.

And yet hospitality isn’t

Met with my sister yesterday and we got around to discussing this (she's a dr in the local city hospital although not on the c-19 ward), in her opinion it's the lockdown that's keeping the c-19 ward empty. The second wave was mostly people in their 20-40s who were needing oxygen and intensive care and of course they are mainly the people who have yet to have been vaccinated.

She sympathised with the decisions being made but her preference would have been to vaccinate the working population first and for the elderly and infirm to have remained shielding until we got around to them. Probably not a great vote winner however.

With the acceptance that contact infection isn't and wasn't really happening the big decision left is how we move forward with indoor hospitality etc once everyone is vaccinated.

[anonymous-user]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

purplepenguin said:

vaud said:

Now open to 44 year olds.

And yet hospitality isn’t

Met with my sister yesterday and we got around to discussing this (she's a dr in the local city hospital although not on the c-19 ward), in her opinion it's the lockdown that's keeping the c-19 ward empty. The second wave was mostly people in their 20-40s who were needing oxygen and intensive care and of course they are mainly the people who have yet to have been vaccinated.

She sympathised with the decisions being made but her preference would have been to vaccinate the working population first and for the elderly and infirm to have remained shielding until we got around to them. Probably not a great vote winner however.

With the acceptance that contact infection isn't and wasn't really happening the big decision left is how we move forward with indoor hospitality etc once everyone is vaccinated.

As the vaccination numbers increase, you will get some herd immunity which will reduce the infection rate in the younger age groups.

What is the big decision to be made? Surely it’s obvious now - open up businesses and get on with it?

[LaurasOtherHalf]

purplepenguin said:

As the vaccination numbers increase, you will get some herd immunity which will reduce the infection rate in the younger age groups.

What is the big decision to be made? Surely it’s obvious now - open up businesses and get on with it?

As above, the second wave was killing people in the age group that have yet to have been vaccinated. The same thing will just happen again.

[loafer123]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Met with my sister yesterday and we got around to discussing this (she's a dr in the local city hospital although not on the c-19 ward), in her opinion it's the lockdown that's keeping the c-19 ward empty. The second wave was mostly people in their 20-40s who were needing oxygen and intensive care and of course they are mainly the people who have yet to have been vaccinated.

She sympathised with the decisions being made but her preference would have been to vaccinate the working population first and for the elderly and infirm to have remained shielding until we got around to them. Probably not a great vote winner however.

With the acceptance that contact infection isn't and wasn't really happening the big decision left is how we move forward with indoor hospitality etc once everyone is vaccinated.

Epidemiologically, that stance makes no sense. If the people who die are old, you don’t vaccinate the young.