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Glenda's Legs said:
It's also very disingenuous as I imagine any "clamour" for appointments is based on "when can I get my vaccine", not "when can I get my vaccine between the hours of 8am and 8pm"?

I can see that there might be less uptake amongst the oldest categories of people, who are more likely to be reliant on others helping them get to their vaccination centre. But government should be planning now for 24/7 delivery, at larger centres at least, to be ready for when they get to (for example) age 70 and below in the priority list. Obviously they will need enough medical, admin and support staff to be able to work those later shifts - hence why they should be planning now.
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100%. But as this government has consistently shown, planning doesn't happen.

take one look at Williamson and education, absolutely zero planning last year in case exams couldn't take place
 
I volunteered to be a Covid Vaccine Marshall just over a week or so ago. Admittedly I can't offer too much time during the week as I work full-time, but evenings/weekends I can be available.
I haven't heard anything back yet. It will be interesting to see if they do get back to me at all.
 
You could even vaccinate the most vulnerable groups during the day and then invite anyone that wants to book an available slot through the night. Imagine how many people you could get through if you could book 10 min time slots throughout the night all over the country.
 
as i keep saying, we won't simply go back to normality once we've vaccinated the old biddies in February or March, or even a little later:

Reported now Sir Simon Stevens, NHS England Chief Exec: It’s worth remembering that this affects all ages - a quarter of the Covid admissions to hospital right now are for people aged under 55.
 
Diamond Lights said:
as i keep saying, we won't simply go back to normality once we've vaccinated the old biddies in February or March, or even a little later:

Reported now Sir Simon Stevens, NHS England Chief Exec: It’s worth remembering that this affects all ages - a quarter of the Covid admissions to hospital right now are for people aged under 55.
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A functioning test and trace system will still be vital once numbers go down, and as we move forward.

(Now when do I remember hearing that before?
Ah, yes - April last year.)
 
Diamond Lights said:
as i keep saying, we won't simply go back to normality once we've vaccinated the old biddies in February or March, or even a little later:

Reported now Sir Simon Stevens, NHS England Chief Exec: It’s worth remembering that this affects all ages - a quarter of the Covid admissions to hospital right now are for people aged under 55.
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Sure I saw some data that broke that under 55 group into numbers that had known issues ... and it was something like 98% had known issues
 
Glenda's Legs said:
I volunteered to be a Covid Vaccine Marshall just over a week or so ago. Admittedly I can't offer too much time during the week as I work full-time, but evenings/weekends I can be available.
I haven't heard anything back yet. It will be interesting to see if they do get back to me at all.
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Doubt it :mad:
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Sure I saw some data that broke that under 55 group into numbers that had known issues ... and it was something like 98% had known issues
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are you sure that's not death rate? death rate yes, massive proportion of under 50s die already have pre-existing conditions.

Hospitilisations, needing oxgyen or care, can happen regardless. And many stories out of people in their 30s needing hospitilisation and oxygen to beat this. That may be ok when you can easily get to a hospital and beds available, but right now that isn't the case.
 
Diamond Lights said:
are you sure that's not death rate? death rate yes, massive proportion of under 50s die already have pre-existing conditions.

Hospitilisations, needing oxgyen or care, can happen regardless. And many stories out of people in their 30s needing hospitilisation and oxygen to beat this. That may be ok when you can easily get to a hospital and beds available, but right now that isn't the case.
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I thought it was both
It was reported locally here
As in the under 55s hospitalised fell into the same demographic (if that’s the right word) as those that have died.
And yeah the bed issue is huge abs isn’t going away
My wife’s team are going to lose all their nurses imminently so they can move onto wards. These are mental health nurses but obviously their medically trained
 
Are the herd immunity folk still not able to admit they were wrong and their position would have caused more deaths and more damage to the economy or are they hiding from accountability like cowards? Introspection and evolution of ideas is an intelligent emotional response to being wrong lads. Come on.
 
LutonSpurs said:
Are the herd immunity folk still not able to admit they were wrong and their position would have caused more deaths and more damage to the economy or are they hiding from accountability like cowards? Introspection and evolution of ideas is an intelligent emotional response to being wrong lads. Come on.
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The backfire effect is a common trait of narcisscim.
 
LutonSpurs said:
Are the herd immunity folk still not able to admit they were wrong and their position would have caused more deaths and more damage to the economy or are they hiding from accountability like cowards? Introspection and evolution of ideas is an intelligent emotional response to being wrong lads. Come on.
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Noticeable that a few have gone quiet of late...
 
Diamond Lights said:
My Wife lost her auntie in SA overnight to covid. Her dad's twin sister, he's with us in UK so obviously won't be able to say farewell to his twin sister for a funeral.

Stay home folks, stay safe
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After losing her auntie over the weekend, my wife's cousin (her auntie's son) has been moved to high care in hospital. In his 40s, needs a CPAP but it's not looking good :(
 
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