I’m still waiting for those hovercars we were promised. 
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It makes you wonder how we ever progressed from chucking spears and chasing our dinner
I am for ever chasing my dinner along with the afters that go with it.
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Half of the staff (5000) now vaccinated at the General.
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Apparently we vaccinated “around” 2 million people last week - more than the entirety of December
At that rate we should hit the 13m target set for mid Feb
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From the BBC
“ 1. Every adult will be offered a coronavirus vaccine by Autumn, Matt Hancock says…”
By autumn!?!?
For some reason I think that’s not good enough 
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Also note the word ‘offered’. That does not mean that all adults will be vaccinated by Autumn.
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That is a minimum of 50m jabs - more like 75m jabs given people going back for their second after 12 weeks
I think that is a pretty decent rate
What do you realistically expect given constraints of supply logistics and manpower
Being offered one suits me - there are going to be a ton of anti Vaxxers who choose not to or to delay it
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I offer you a vaccination now but it won’t be done until summer 2023. You were offered it before the autumn though 
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Anyway it’s not about getting everyone vaccinated, it’s about getting those done who are most likely to end up in hospital and who die
Once the at risk groups are sorted, we get to start unwinding some of those restrictions
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Something a lot better. Not sure why you seem happy with it.
What do you expect then
Everyone done by March?
That’d be nice.
You are living in a dream world
We might be able to do it if we took staff off of every ward but the last time I looked they were somewhat busy
There was a report about a clinic that managed 1000 jabs in a day, however it required 20 staff to do it
2 doctors
2 pharmacists
4 nurses
2 admin
10 queue wardens
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Not only is it difficult to find the staff to administer the jabs but in the hospitals it is proving difficult for staff to find half an hour to get jabbed.
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I don’t see how anyone can realistically put any specific expectations on it, given that it’s the first high-speed high-urgency mass vaccination programme we’ve undertaken in living memory. Nothing on this scale has been done before, so there’s nothing to benchmark it against.
I can tell you that I’m not living in a dream world
Ok, I grant you that may be the case. But so what? If there’s a will there’s a way. It’s surely a matter of logistics.
Even utilising the private medical hospital sector could help speed things up (granted a lot of staff also work for the NHs too). Maybe utilise pharmacies too?
Edit: Responding to CB
I’m under no illusions that the success of this pandemic is dependant on vaccine uptake as well as a swift distribution.
Perhaps spreading this kind of message that I’ve put on my FB page would sway a few doubters…
"It’s the most wonderful and selfless thing you can do at this time.
The Jab is not just for you, it’s for your ALL your family, ALL your friends, ALL the people you know and ALL the people you meet.
This is the ONE single thing you can do personally to despatch this virus to history.
Enjoy it and be thankful when your turn comes."
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A neighbour/friend posted on FB yesterday that she had just lost her brother to the virus. The numbers are climbing daily and it is getting closer to all of us.
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