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@markysimmo thanks for posting the numbers each day.
IIRC the government originally said they needed to vax 2m/week to hit their target and many scoffed and said it wouldn't be done.
Seems like they are easily hitting 2m/week i.e. usually way above 300k/day even with bad weather.
Hats off to them.
 
Bullet said:
@markysimmo thanks for posting the numbers each day.
IIRC the government originally said they needed to vax 2m/week to hit their target and many scoffed and said it wouldn't be done.
Seems like they are easily hitting 2m/week i.e. usually way above 300k/day even with bad weather.
Hats off to them.
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Indeed. Hats off and sleeves rolled up.

I give thanks to those in the operational side but also to the priority groups for turning up.
 
Bullet said:
@markysimmo thanks for posting the numbers each day.
IIRC the government originally said they needed to vax 2m/week to hit their target and many scoffed and said it wouldn't be done.
Seems like they are easily hitting 2m/week i.e. usually way above 300k/day even with bad weather.
Hats off to them.
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Hats off to the NHS. Amazing what can be achieved when Hanrooster’s neighbours and Johnson’s mates aren’t running it.
 
Yeah not started, but due to at the end of this month, with the goal of everyone being done by October apparently.
 
Mikey10 said:
Hats off to the NHS. Amazing what can be achieved when Hanrooster’s neighbours and Johnson’s mates aren’t running it.
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How quickly we forget all the "Boris puts our vaccines in the hands of his mate's wife" stories from a little while ago......
 
BREAKING UK

R number below 1 for first time since July


The reproduction number - or R value - of coronavirus transmission across the UK has fallen below 1 for the first time since July, and is now between 0.7 and 0.9, according to the latest government figures.

Last week, the R - the average number of people an infected person infects - was between 0.7 and 1.

When the R is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially, but when it is below 1 it means the epidemic is shrinking.

An R number between 0.7 and 0.9 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between seven and nine other people.
 
markysimmo said:
BREAKING UK

R number below 1 for first time since July


The reproduction number - or R value - of coronavirus transmission across the UK has fallen below 1 for the first time since July, and is now between 0.7 and 0.9, according to the latest government figures.

Last week, the R - the average number of people an infected person infects - was between 0.7 and 1.

When the R is above 1, an outbreak can grow exponentially, but when it is below 1 it means the epidemic is shrinking.

An R number between 0.7 and 0.9 means that, on average, every 10 people infected will infect between seven and nine other people.
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I predict that Johnson gets carried away and lifts restrictions too soon, which means cases rise again followed by the hospitalisations and deaths, resulting in another need for lockdown.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
What vaccine are they going for?
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I wasn’t entirely sure, so looking into it...

It's understood the first 80,000-100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will arrive in Australia early next week and people will begin to get the jab at the end of the month.

The Federal Government was initially expecting 3.8 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from overseas, but supply concerns mean the first batch will be smaller, at 1.2 million doses. Those doses will be handed out from early March, as long as the vaccine gets the tick of approval from the TGA.

From there, the AstraZeneca jab will start being manufactured locally by biotech company CSL from late March.

After that, the rollout will start to gather pace. The Government hopes that by late March, 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be produced each week.
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From: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-12/coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-on-track-end-of-february/13149196
 
tommysvr said:
I wasn’t entirely sure, so looking into it...

From: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-12/coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-on-track-end-of-february/13149196
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It seems to be part of the challenge. What vaccine and when ultimately
I did see that the EU have pulled some deliveries to Canada but it could be a biased article

I have heard of quite a few situations over here of people refusing one vacations as they want an alternative one, and that whilst in the booth for it!!!! I mean it’s a bit bonkers to be at that stage and then demand something
 
awesome dawson said:
I predict that Johnson gets carried away and lifts restrictions too soon, which means cases rise again followed by the hospitalisations and deaths, resulting in another need for lockdown.
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I’ve more confidence that, having fudged it up twice, even he’s realised there is only one way out.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
It seems to be part of the challenge. What vaccine and when ultimately
I did see that the EU have pulled some deliveries to Canada but it could be a biased article

I have heard of quite a few situations over here of people refusing one vacations as they want an alternative one, and that whilst in the booth for it!!!! I mean it’s a bit bonkers to be at that stage and then demand something
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That's crazy, but not overly surprising!

Being able to manufacture the AstraZeneca one here will hopefully mean we can roll it out in good time. We've done so well here, but the negative of that is that we need to be so tough to protect what we've got, hence a 5 day lockdown based on 18(!!) cases. The combination of low transmission rates and people being vaccinated will hopefully mean we don't need to lockdown at all, and life will be normal (except for international travel) by the middle of the year.
 
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