tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post1416541097518825977..comments2024-03-27T07:30:02.390+00:00Comments on drsolly: Day 239 of self-isolation - a vaccine!drsollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15954188290191548178noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-69882911808106664422020-11-14T07:36:31.308+00:002020-11-14T07:36:31.308+00:00A ministerial source at the Department of Health s...A ministerial source at the Department of Health said that while private healthcare providers are permitted to source vaccines from manufacturers such as BioNTech/Pfizer and Astrazeneca/Oxford, any orders intended for sale to their customers will be put “at the back of the queue” and not delivered until the UK Government has received all of its orders.<br /><br />The insistence by the Government may reassure those concerned that wealthy people could jump the queue.Charles Dythamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16545006539220844521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-48021354363156484442020-11-10T18:39:11.354+00:002020-11-10T18:39:11.354+00:00It would have been very easy to try storing the va...It would have been very easy to try storing the vaccine at various temperatures until they found how much cold it needed.<br /><br />They might not have trialled different time periods. They might have decided that, on the basis of how the vaccine works, that a week would be a good period. And then the trial confirms that this is enough.<br /><br />Could you have both? Maybe. I would hope that the NHS would be able to answer.<br /><br />Is it moral to pay for health care, or to pay more for better health care? I know that, for example, if you aren't eligible for the free flu jab, you can pay for it at a pharmacy, I think it's something like £10 to £15. I don't see why that would be unethical.drsollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954188290191548178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143925273655347334.post-41433393755778232532020-11-10T07:19:48.078+00:002020-11-10T07:19:48.078+00:00New vaccine - questions and decisions:
Logistics ...New vaccine - questions and decisions:<br /><br />Logistics - the vaccine needs to be stored at -70 or -80 degrees - how did they find that out. Maybe by storing at more conventional temperatures and seeing it go off? <br /><br />How would they have trialled that two doses, three weeks apart are necessary? By varying the time periods amongst the 43,500 and counting how many caught the virus at 2 weeks, 4 weeks etc?<br /><br />When vaccine number 2 becomes available, if it is 95% effective but 2 weeks later, would it be worth waiting? Could I have both?<br /><br />If another vaccine is ready earlier, but only 80%, would you go for it? Could I have both?<br /><br />Will paranoid older people sign themselves into care homes for a while in order to jump the queue?<br /><br />Lastly, for now, will people who can afford it be able to pay to be vaccinated privately to avoid the priorities queue all together? Is this moral?Charles Dythamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16545006539220844521noreply@blogger.com