Oxford vaccine just been approved

[Castiel07]

Breaking news this morning

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Brilliant news

Thank God for that!

Thank godness such good news although a little convenient it’s today before the bad news

@Bigbouncingbaby

Thank godness such good news although a little convenient it’s today before the bad news

I just said this to my adult son, does not surprise me if they were waiting for this.

Brilliant!!!

What bad news? What have I missed now?

Thanks god for that ! Now ... where do I have to go to get vaccinated !!

@HayCaramba

Brilliant!!!

What bad news? What have I missed now?

Lockdown forever and ever til it’s 40c degrees for a month in this country

That is good news as it can be rolled out easily to the local GP practices

@HayCaramba

Brilliant!!!

What bad news? What have I missed now?

Just with more restrictions and school not opening up for a while. People might stick to it more if they know there is a way out.

Convenient timing, huh

@AnyFucker

Convenient timing, huh

Absolutely convenient timing, it is really great news and hopefully one of our ways out. But I think things are going to be really difficult until spring.

It's great news.

However the announcement is purely political, Announced at 7am so was probably approved yesterday so why wait until today, oh yes it's beginning of news cycle.

Stock market rules also affect when it can be announced.

Great news. I’m assuming this one has not been approved for breast feeding women too?

That’s great news! Now let’s try and get our vulnerable/older teachers vaccinated.

Oh you bunch of cynics...this is very good news indeed. No "buts" needed just now.

Great news!!!

Great. Was stopped from booking my vaccine yesterday (healthcare worker) due to an anaphylactic reaction to an iron infusion last year. Still going to be a shit few months ahead of us though.

Wonder if they're going to do the 1.5 doses which seemed more effective.

@Thatwentbadly

Great news. I’m assuming this one has not been approved for breast feeding women too?

Don’t think there is info about it. I’m hoping it’s ! The technology has been used before so it’s new as the Pfizer one so hoping that despite its not been tested ... it’s still safe to be used

@Thatwentbadly just seen this in the breastfeeding network fb page seems like both are now allowed !
www.gov.uk/government/news/oxford-universityastrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-approved?fbclid=IwAR0LYfanfJgh9TUjiS2MoTJGtP5tzJNRtyvra-WRix5MFanot_QXK7CFRLk

What I gathered from the press conference regarding vaccines.
Was that both vaccines for covd in the UK are now able to be used by pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
Like a lot of medicines and vaccines it will be dependent on individual circumstances and if the risk to the mother outweighs the risk of having the vaccine.

They said that the 2nd jab can be given up to 12 weeks later, which is great as it buys a bit more time. The logistics of vaccinating the whole adult population (about 53 million, I think) will not be easy, but with the army involved it's doable in 6 months, perhaps.