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If true, this is a real blow.
This vaccine has already been rolled out across the UK, including across Northern Ireland.
Do we have a breakdown as to how many in the UK aged 55+ have received the AZ/Oxford vaccine, as opposed to the (more efficacious) Pfizer or Moderna ones? https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1353802566623227906
This vaccine has already been rolled out across the UK, including across Northern Ireland.
Do we have a breakdown as to how many in the UK aged 55+ have received the AZ/Oxford vaccine, as opposed to the (more efficacious) Pfizer or Moderna ones? https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1353802566623227906
It would also, obviously, throw a real spanner in the works for the Irish government’s vaccination plans.
The original Lancet study clearly stated that they ‘cannot yet infer efficacy in older adults’ (as those over the age of 55 constituted only 12.5% of the trial data).
And yet: the UK govt rolled out the vaccine to precisely these groups.
How many?
And yet: the UK govt rolled out the vaccine to precisely these groups.
How many?
Full Lancet study here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32623-4/fulltext#articleInformation
