The vaccine rollout

[Jeepers Creepers]

Let them have a race if if means it gets done quicker!

[God14]

Let them have a race if if means it gets done quicker!

Fair point, didn't think of that!!

[Smurfy123]

You can rest assure people and politicians will start comparing them in a few weeks
And both won't want to look bad
I just feel the north look poor
50000 doses sitting and only doing 11000

[Milltown Row2]

You can rest assure people and politicians will start comparing them in a few weeks
And both won't want to look bad
I just feel the north look poor
50000 doses sitting and only doing 11000

Do you know what the issues are with the logistics of this? What's the plan?

[God14]

50,000 mark was hit yesterday in the North. Equates to 2.65% of the population. Much higher than the UK, USA, or anywhere in Europe.

Things should, and indeed must ramp up next week though. Looks like the vaccine was only given to 30 practices this week, so things could be tweaked ahead of bigger roll out next week... Needless loss of a week??

[God14]

If Dublin Govt and HSE wanted to roll out the Oxford vaccine could they? Or are they bound by EU rules?

Genuine question, no affiliation with brexit!... But this could be a political football forevermore in the United Ireland debate up here. If the Oxford vaccine proves effective, DUP will argue we are better off in the UK system

[Smurfy123]

A test run of 30 GPS to roll it out this week
Expect things to ramp up this week
With 2 vaccines and the numbers we should be doing 70 a week
With England saying they will do 13.9 in 6 weeks the north's target should be 320000 as a percent of England's population
Not a hope

[Capt Pat]

Any news on the rollout of the vaccine in the south. We seem to be taking our time compared to the north.

[Milltown Row2]

Any news on the rollout of the vaccine in the south. We seem to be taking our time compared to the north.

Apparently not if you're following Smurphy

[JoG2]

A test run of 30 GPS to roll it out this week
Expect things to ramp up this week
With 2 vaccines and the numbers we should be doing 70 a week
With England saying they will do 13.9 in 6 weeks the north's target should be 320000 as a percent of England's population
Not a hope

With a tonne of professionals volunteering, the big vaccine centres all operational, the quota ready and Health Centres all being furnished with vaccines by Monday evening, why do you say there isn't a hope?

[Smurfy123]

Well the south say they will do 45000 in week 1 Witt the Pfizer the north aiming for 11000 with both
We don't I think they will make over 300000 by mid February? Because I don't have confidence in anything that they do. Useless. Every last one of them

[Milltown Row2]

They all say things, it keeps them in jobs, the problem is they've been shown up so many times that believing any politician is dangerous but stupidity people do!

[armaghniac]

If Dublin Govt and HSE wanted to roll out the Oxford vaccine could they? Or are they bound by EU rules?

Genuine question, no affiliation with brexit!... But this could be a political football forevermore in the United Ireland debate up here. If the Oxford vaccine proves effective, DUP will argue we are better off in the UK system

No, Dublin can temporarily approve Oxford on an emergency basis. However, unless they actually have these vaccines in hand there isn't much point. If they were already using all of the Pfizer stock (and they should have slightly more pro rate than in the 6 counties) and now the Moderna, the you could see a case but if they haven't managed to hit the limits of these then they might as well wait, Oxford have not submitted their data to the EMA but they will in 2 weeks or so.
There is discussion of the end of February here, by then the EU countries should be ready to go with the Janssen vaccine, if it is approved, the UK has not ordered much of this.  It has been tested with only one shot and so the stock might do a significant number of people. You'll have new blocks of Vaccine adding to the supply every few weeks, increasing the rate of vaccination.   

[GetOverTheBar]

It's strange on this one that we seem to be dismissing slow rollouts of the vaccine, only X % done. Yet deaths are much, much lower than that and we've changed the course of the planet.

Bad news sells.

[Rossfan]

Ah sure everyone's going to die so why bother wasting money on Hospitals, doctors, health systems etc.....?