Remember when the govt counted 2 gloves in a pair as “two” separate items of PPE?

Well, to be vaccinated against Covid, you need a course of 2 vaccines.

Yet the govt’s official vaccination figs count a single dose as “vaccinated”.

Any chance the press could clarify urgently?

Interestingly, the data for second dosing can be found here. To date 400k people in UK have received both doses of their vaccine, ie “been vaccinated”. But this is not the headline figure, nor the one used by govt ministers. And it should be. Facts matter. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare#card-people_who_have_received_vaccinations_by_report_date_daily

You cannot - cannot - spin yourself out of a pandemic. All that happens is the erosion of public trust. When will the govt stop trying to seduce us with big numbers and start presenting the data accurately & honestly? The respect they’d earn for doing this...

Here is an example of how the govt are redefining “been vaccinated” as only the first of a two dose vaccination: https://twitter.com/matthancock/status/1350131837750935552

Lastly, to reply to a few comments here - I’m not denying the magnificent achievement of getting first doses to >3 million people. But what I am doing is asking the govt to stop spinning & inflating. It’s so so unhelpful.