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19 hours ago, Scott_M said:

Just looking at the timeline Pfizer vaccine. They announced the results on 18th November and we’re due to start vaccinations on Tuesday - a 20 day turnaround.

 

The Oxford vaccine announced its results on the 23rd. Could vaccinations of that start WC 14/12?

 

Obviously questions remain about the Oxford ones efficiency & dosage, but given it’s cheaper, easier to store / transport and we already have millions of them produced, you’d hope this could start if not before Xmas, but certainly the very start of 2021.

I can't see Oxford being so quick to get approvals because of those mixed results. And as we can't get the moderna vaccines till the spring anyway, I can't see them rushing that either. 

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17 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I can't see Oxford being so quick to get approvals because of those mixed results. And as we can't get the moderna vaccines till the spring anyway, I can't see them rushing that either. 


There are 20m people over 55. That’s still 12m people who could get vaccinated.

 

If it’s safe, then why not start?

 

I do get your overall point though. 

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1 minute ago, Scott_M said:


There are 20m people over 55. That’s still 12m people who could get vaccinated.

Yeah, I get that. I just think it would be strange considering the results from Oxford for it to be approved as quickly as Pfizer - they're petrified as it is about opposition to the vaccine, it would feel a bit of an own goal to be seen to rush Oxford. And the moderna one we can't get anyway. 

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3 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Obviously its nit nice to see happening but I am noticing the shit chatters haven't mentioned Sweden in a while. 

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26 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

Does anyone know how Sweden is going on?  Things have gone a bit quiet on that front recently. 

 

Excess deaths for the year peaked at 4,160 on 10 July. Since then they have fallen to 3,975. This is just under 5% of the natural death rate, and much lower than the UK's excess death rate.

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