The Covid vaccine rollout is set to extend to those below the age of 40 from Thursday, with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being offered as alternatives to that made by AstraZeneca “where possible”. MailOnline has the story.
An NHS bulletin showed adults aged 38 and 39 will be invited to come forward for their jab from Thursday morning.
They will be offered either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine on the back of guidance from medical regulators last week.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said under-40s should be given an alternative to the AstraZeneca jab due to its link to rare blood clots.
The NHS Digital bulletin said 38 and 39 year-olds already booked in for a first dose of the British vaccine will have their appointment cancelled…
The vaccine rollout is currently in phase two – which includes people between 20 to 49 – and is moving down by age.
The Government says it is on track to fully vaccinate every adult in Britain by the end of July.
Everyone in phase one of the scheme, which included elderly people and patients with underlying health conditions, has already been offered a vaccine.
Uptake is thought to be around 90% in the over-60s U.K.-wide, while coverage in the over-50s is above 50% and still climbing. Over-50s only started to be invited last month…
The JCVI – which advises the Government on how best to vaccinate the population – said younger people should be offered an alternative to the AZ jab because of its link to blood clots.
So far regulators have spotted major blood clots in 242 people given the AZ vaccine, of whom 49 died. But they are occurring more in younger adults, with a rate of around one in 60,000 under-40s.
Experts said the infection rate in the U.K. is now so low that the risk of the rare clots outweighs that of Covid in younger adults, who often only suffer mild illness.
They will be offered the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead, so long as there is enough supply and it won’t delay the rollout.
Given that the risk of blood clots after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine outweighs the risk of Covid in younger adults, it is strange that the JCVI has only advised for alternatives to be given “where possible and only where no substantial delay would arise“. Why not just restrict its use for those below the age of 40 altogether?
The MailOnline report is worth reading in full.
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Great initiative!
Problem is that we’re already self censoring at work!
Too scared to mention what’s normal.
Sitting through “how to challenge non-woke” training. Geez….
Depresses me completely
**Off-topic trigger warning!** As it’s St George’s Day it’s technically on-topic, so there.
Well we knew this was going to happen because we know how corrupt and treacherous Khant’s racist Met ‘Islam Protection Squad’ Police are. Here’s what they posted before the gathering of patriots today;
”Later today, an event to mark St George’s Day is expected to take place on Richmond Terrace, off Whitehall. We believe those planning to attend include far right groups and groups linked to football clubs travelling from elsewhere in the UK.
Additional policing resources, including public order officers, will be deployed in the area to deal with any incidents. They are supported by colleagues from the British Transport Police and the City of London Police.
The officers’ primary role is to ensure the safety of participants and the public, but they will not hesitate to respond in the event of disorderly behaviour or other offences.”
https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/1782737791098478854
This is what transpired. What do you notice? In particular as compared to the pro-hate marches…But at least Tommy got his case dismissed and can now set foot in London and rub shoulders with the Jihadis and their hangers-on once again;
https://twitter.com/AvonandsomerRob/status/1782785816281919733
”Far right” for the win!! 🙂
Far Right? Where exactly?
Isn’t it strange how the Met can rev up and attack British patriots but islamic ‘jihadists’ get a free pass?
Exactamondo, hux. Never once did I see any riot police or police horses when the Jew-hater/terrorist fan club mongtards got together. But this is a tactic as old as the hills, is it not? Those people just wanted to walk down the road, and as free citizens in a supposedly free country they should’ve been able to walk along a flipping pavement. But the goon squad form a barricade for the sole objective of antagonizing the patriots so that tensions would rise. They’d made up their minds in their statement they’d posted ahead of time that the people gathering in London to celebrate their own Saint’s day, quite rightly wearing their flags of Saint George, would be labeled ‘far right’ and ‘football hooligans’, because that’s what the Leftard mobs of useful idiots and the West-hating Islamists think of anyone who is even remotely proud of their country and culture, therefore the perfectly peaceful gathering must be undermined at all costs. That’s the objective.
Because every one of those citizens knows exactly what the police are about by now, and it sure as hell hasn’t got anything to do with upholding the law and keeping the peace, as was proven perfectly with how they treat Tommy Robinson on that day, and was subsequently proven in court today. He’s suing the Met now and good on him, I say, because he’s got facts and evidence on his side. Thank the gods for citizen journalists who’ve been consistently filming and uploading the disgusting behaviour of the police, who do not ‘keep the peace’ anymore, but, as has been witnessed today, they disrupt the peace. There didn’t need to be any police presence. There were no counter protestors, it wasn’t as if it was match day and two rival football teams were playing. These were regular people, families, who just wanted to gather together and enjoy the day, but if you see the footage online it’s like they were carrying weapons or wearing suicide vests instead of draped in flags, or something. Completely disproportionate response, just to create trouble where there was absolutely none to begin with. But I think you need to wave a Palestine flag, wear a tea towel round your face and chant for death to the Jews or your homeland, only then will the bent buggers leave you alone because terrorists=good, patriots=bad. A distinct absence of face coverings too, much like the Israel rallies. A stark contrast which is very telling regarding the sanity levels of the different people gathering, I think. Sane vs nutjob, right there.
Check this out. Do you see them go on like this every weekend when the terrorist fan club hit the streets? You’d think somebody was threatening to blow themselves up!
https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1782801395072086308
https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1782797960796909722
wink——–Diversity travels in one direction. It is a one way street.
I was not sacked for “wrongthink” but I would have been had I not left my place of work. At the end of a training session we were told this —–” You will all have noticed that there are a lot of Muslims and Asians working here. Should any of you say anything to upset these people you will face disciplinary action and possible dismissal” ——–I found this to be preposterous and when asked if we had any questions I asked “If a Muslim or Asian person says anything to upset me will they also face disciplinary action and possible dismissal”? I have never seen a jaw drop so fast in my life and I never did receive a reply. ———So no I was not sacked but I think we can all see the problem here when diversity only works in one direction.
Hi Cj You also need to consider the proliferation of gagging orders, and employers deflective use of the data protection act.