[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19 vaccine situation

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-03-31, Hein RMS van den Heuvel <heinvandenheuvel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 9:55:53 AM UTC-4, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <s41s2j$5ul$1... at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 
>> 
>> > My question is this: What the hell is going on with the vaccine authorisation 
>> > decision makers in Europe (and elsewhere, such as Canada) at the moment ? 
>
> Ditto. Totally irresponsible, unscientific populist decision making. 
> The media did not help as they prefer a panic story over rational information it seems.
>
> The Netherlands had 400,000 doses available last week and only 250,000 takers. Stupid! 
> The AZ mis-information/scare surely played a role there.
>

Bloody hell. :-(

I didn't know that things were that bad. :-(

> The other bad decisions are  'must do 2nd dose first'. 
> Look at the great results the UK had by prioritizing more first doses to more people.
> Admittedly it was possibly a bit of a gamble as test had only been published with the 3 or 4 weeks booster, but there was  a reasonable justification both technical/medical and economic/social.
>

For me, what I am looking for from a vaccine is to not die or to suffer
long-term health damage that stops me from doing the outdoor things I do.

If I only get partial protection from one dose but neither of the above
happen if I do catch the virus while waiting for the second dose, then
I consider that to be a major success.

Even after the second dose, I am regarding the vaccine as an insurance
policy that stops those more severe things from happening, not some magic
cure that means I never have to worry about the virus again.

That means I still intend to take some precautions even after the second
dose, because like with a normal insurance policy, you don't want to be
in a position where you have to use that insurance policy.

I also really, really, do not want to be the one to give this virus to
other people.

> Finally, the EU wasted so much time with rules, regulations, and price negotiations it is almost crimilar.
> Save a few Euros on dose versus the economical impact of weeks of delay? Again no science used.
>

After all the government screwups which resulted in far more people dying
than needed to die, the vaccine contracts and financial support to the
manufacturers as well as various guarantees are at least one thing the
UK government got right.

Simon.

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