Good News Thread Part 3

[FuzzyPuffling]

New thread as I got worried the old one was going to run out of space!

ChineseChicken
‘ No but I was also wondering about the Moderna vaccine and when we will review that. We have some on order, don’t we?’

As I understand it Moderna won’t be reviewed till they’ve finished Oxford because we won’t be getting it for a while so there’s no rush.

@TeaInTheGarden

Watching news briefing and really thought MH was about to announce oxford had been approved. Instead he said they’ve submitted their final data.... did we not already know that..?! Playing with my emotions here! Great news that they are vaccinating in care homes now though.

I actually cheered out loud..... what a let down!

Pretty sure Astra Zeneca roll out will start almost immediately on approval? Not 3 weeks?

@GoldenOmber

Anyone heard much about Novavax? I know UK have bought a lot of doses of that and that the Phase 3 trial should be producing results fairly soon, but I don’t know when we’d be in line to start getting the doses if it works and gets approved.

@GoldenOmber

Novavax is expecting initial phase 3 trial data at the end of January. Guess it might be quicker now that rates are higher!

Oh that’s good news! (Well obviously not the high rates themselves, but silver linings and all that!)

I guess the good thing about vaccines still in phase 3 trials is they will kind of know more about whether it definitely works ok the new variant straight away.

Thank you countess. So at what stage are they expecting an impact on hospitalisations and deaths?

I think this is something that will improve 2021, at the moment we're highly focussed on the 3 vaccines that have completed testing and how many doses of that are headed our way, hopefully though as time goes on there'll be more vaccines successfully completing trials and so things will speed up significantly.

Pretty sure Astra Zeneca roll out will start almost immediately on approval? Not 3 weeks?

IT's NOT three weeks from approval. It's three weeks from submission of final data.

That's already been done...the countdown had begun.

Everything crossed for December 28th/29th for the Oxford AstraZeneca!

Totally! It all rests on you my friends (Ox / Az)

@FuzzyPuffling

Pretty sure Astra Zeneca roll out will start almost immediately on approval? Not 3 weeks?

IT's NOT three weeks from approval. It's three weeks from submission of final data.

That's already been done...the countdown had begun.

Ah! Right @FuzzyPuffling I didn't read/think properly!

It wasn’t 3 weeks from Pfizer final data to roll out though was it? I thought final data was submitted to MRHA on 23rd November and first jabs were 8th December so just over a fortnight.
If anything the gap between approval and rollout should be quicker this time because we already have the vaccine programme up and running and there is no need for fancy fridges.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they started within a day of approval - it will all be ready to go

Yes, wouldn’t that be brilliant!

It would be fab. And I really hope they speed it up. We need that flipping vaccine pronto.

( Only talking the 3 week thing from my time working with medical researchers. But as we know, this is "unprecedented". Sorry sorry.... )

hopefully though as time goes on there'll be more vaccines successfully completing trials

Wonder if we will ever get to the stage where there will be another vaccine approved, but we wont be as bothered because they will be a long way down the line and we will be getting back to normal.

Anyway 6 more sleeps until 29th

Please not 3 weeks. Even if some hubs aren’t ready. I would be a vaccine volunteer. Helping with queues, data entry. Just anything really.

Does anyone know if they need runners, extra pair of hands etc. I have a project management background and can take time off work if required.

Are the vaccines already manufactured and in the right places?

@Bathroom12345

Please not 3 weeks. Even if some hubs aren’t ready. I would be a vaccine volunteer. Helping with queues, data entry. Just anything really.

Does anyone know if they need runners, extra pair of hands etc. I have a project management background and can take time off work if required.

Yes I think they want loads of volunteers and St John's ambulance is coordinating it!

www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/join-the-nhs-covid-19-vaccine-team/

Thank you! I am fully mobile and work part time so can do whatever.

In my area volunteers have been helping gps with vaccines via the local covid mutual aid group and the existing community transport volunteer group.
They needed people at very short notice.

Rats. Just looked. They aren’t taking the general public and are pointing me towards NHS responders.

I already am a Responder and have had the grand total of 2 calls. One was a man who didn’t know why I was calling and the other was a voicemail and despite me calling a few times they never picked up.

@Bathroom12345

Are the vaccines already manufactured and in the right places?

Nearly!

Might speak to my GP surgery. My DH did delivery of prescriptions in the last lockdown.