Delays in rolling out vaccine

[Merowig]

Some people like to defend incompetence for whatever reasons.

The repeated hint that other countries possibly are not successfully distributing the vaccine in a correct way is baseless.

Red tape blamed for Covid-19 vaccine rollout delays

HSE says delays linked to the consent system and not to vaccine supplies

www.irishexaminer.com

Red tape blamed for Covid-19 vaccine rollout delays
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Head of Nursing Home Ireland Tadhg Daly said many nursing homes are using Excel spreadsheets to track and report consent. He previously told the Irish Examiner that the computer systems are “a bit behind”.

This is despite the HSE’s Paul Reid saying last week that the first module of the new IT system is already running and ready for use.
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Ireland is "a bit behind"...

 

[Purple]

Some people like to defend incompetence for whatever reasons.

The repeated hint that other countries possibly are not successfully distributing the vaccine in a correct way is baseless.

Red tape blamed for Covid-19 vaccine rollout delays

HSE says delays linked to the consent system and not to vaccine supplies

www.irishexaminer.com

Ireland is "a bit behind"...

I don't think anyone is defending the HSE's organisational incompetence (and the HSE is everyone who works in it, not some abstract concept). It costs billions of Euro a year and kills hundreds, maybe thousands, of people. The point is that they have to get their house in order before they start sticking needles in people.

 

[tomdublin]

The point is that they have to get their house in order before they start sticking needles in people.

That would mean that nobody will get vaccinated for decades!

 

[Rosjohn]

EMA approve Moderna vaccine for over 18s in EU.

 

[joe sod]

Merowig is entitled to his opinions and I hope he keeps contributing here. But, if he were an officer in the trenches and me an ordinary soldier, I'd be in fear of my life as he'd send me over the top while he remains swigging grog back at the officers mess dictating strategy in which he is not participating.

he is not an officer obviously , your analogy does not work at all. It seems you are a little bit too prickly about valid criticisms of how the vaccine rollout is happening. Methinks you are probably a little too close yourself to the action and the decision making process associated with the HSE or government, maybe you are one of the officers.

 

[Merowig]

On a side note I am active in the reserve forces and might do some travel abroad end of March for a short training should the training or flights not be cancelled.

Back to topic

Around 50,000 receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Northern Ireland

News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters

www.irishexaminer.com

Northern Ireland managed to administer the vaccine to 50,000 people as per today - Ireland 4,000 as per 4th of January (with at least 40,000 doses arrived to Ireland by now) - Israel 1.48 million also as per yesterday.

 

[Paul O Mahoney]

On a side note I am active in the reserve forces and might do some travel abroad end of March for a short training should the training or flights not be cancelled.

Back to topic

Around 50,000 receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Northern Ireland

News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters

www.irishexaminer.com

Northern Ireland managed to administer the vaccine to 50,000 people as per today - Ireland 4,000 as per 4th of January (with at least 40,000 doses arrived to Ireland by now) - Israel 1.48 million also as per yesterday.

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Well its easy to vaccinate people when you actually have the vaccine and you have it a full 3 weeks before anybody else.
Northern Ireland had 50,000 vaccine (Pfizer)
on the 14th of December, with another 25000 due Christmas week. We had zero.

We received 10,000 on the 26th of December and were due to receive 35,000 this week post the 4th of January, again difficult to use something that you don't have.

Finally we are retaining 50% of doses of received vaccines, and Northern Ireland now has 2 vaccines whereas we have 1.

 

[Bronco Lane]

Where are the 9 fridges that store these Pfizer vaccines?

How do they move these vaccines to nursing homes from these fridges?

Is this the delay problem?

 

[Merowig]

Well its easy to vaccinate people when you actually have the vaccine and you have it a full 3 weeks before anybody else.
Northern Ireland had 50,000 vaccine (Pfizer)
on the 14th of December, with another 25000 due Christmas week. We had zero.

We received 10,000 on the 26th of December and were due to receive 35,000 this week post the 4th of January, again difficult to use something that you don't have.

Finally we are retaining 50% of doses of received vaccines, and Northern Ireland now has 2 vaccines whereas we have 1.

If we compare with EU countries only - the roll out here in Ireland is still appalling

 

[Bronco Lane]

Leo Varadkar on the Pat Kenny show at the moment.......still talking about what "they are going to be doing" with the vaccines.

 

[Merowig]

Daniel McConnell: Every vaccine delay means an extra week of business and school closures

While there may be a reluctant acceptance to stomach the latest and hardest lockdown, the obvious question which needs to be asked is – where is the vaccine and why are we so slow in rolling it out?

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[Tintagel]

My personal opinion of Paul Reid is that he looks as if he is constantly trying to keep ahead of the posse. He has a very difficult job but he must have a team of managers who really have to be held accountable for this sham roll out of the vaccines.

The vaccines have been in the country 12 days now. How many have been administered?

 

[Paul O Mahoney]

European complaints over vaccine rollout – DW – 01/06/2021

The public has been critical of the coronavirus vaccine rollout across Europe. Here's what people in several EU countries have to say about the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

amp.dw.com

There are a few figures contained in the above , Germany 300,000 , Italy 20,000 France ?

 

[Merowig]

European complaints over vaccine rollout – DW – 01/06/2021

The public has been critical of the coronavirus vaccine rollout across Europe. Here's what people in several EU countries have to say about the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

amp.dw.com

There are a few figures contained in the above , Germany 300,000 , Italy 20,000 France ?

367,331 Germany, either 259,481 or 307,182 Italy - the number of 20000 seems to be wrong in the article

5,000 France

Some say France is delaying as they want to use a vaccine from Sanofi...

 

[Merowig]

My personal opinion of Paul Reid is that he looks as if he is constantly trying to keep ahead of the posse. He has a very difficult job but he must have a team of managers who really have to be held accountable for this sham roll out of the vaccines.

The vaccines have been in the country 12 days now. How many have been administered?

4000 as per 4th of January

and on a per capita base

 

[Paul O Mahoney]

367,331 Germany, either 259,481 or 307,182 Italy - the number of 20000 seems to be wrong in the article

5,000 France

Some say France is delaying as they want to use a vaccine from Sanofi...

Still tiny figures as a percentage of population.
Why would France wait for Sanofi they aren't even out of phase 2 trials with a larger phase 2 starting in February, all going well you'd be looking at mid- late 2021 before data would be gathered.

 

[Paul O Mahoney]

Sanofi suffers major setback in development of a Covid-19 vaccine

The problem will push the timeline for deployment of Sanofi Pasteur’s Covid-19 vaccine — if it is approved — from the first half of 2021 into the second half of the year.

www.statnews.com

 

[EmmDee]

Some say France is delaying as they want to use a vaccine from Sanofi...

Doubt it's that. There is a high level of vacine sceptisim in France (only 40% say they will take the vaccine). I think I read that the French were slow rolling it out initially to ensure there were no issues and negative publicity. I believe they intend to ramp up.

Might go to France to get the jab if they don't want it - more availability

 

[Tintagel]

A nurse on the radio yesterday from an ICU ward and she has no idea when she will be getting her vaccine. She hasn't been told yet!

 

[Merowig]

Macron accused of holding out for French Covid vaccine

President Macron’s government has been accused of delaying its Covid-19 inoculation campaign to give a French company time to prepare its vaccine.Ministers hav

www.thetimes.co.uk

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Macron accused of holding out for French Covid vaccine

President Macron’s government has been accused of delaying its Covid-19 inoculation campaign to give a French company time to prepare its vaccine.

Ministers have denied seeking to favour the dose being developed by the French company Sanofi in partnership with Glaxosmithkline (GSK), of Britain. The claims, however, are adding to a row over the slow rate of vaccination.

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