Snippet from an article on this in the Telegraph:
Lizzie Toberty, a GP spokeswoman for DAUK, warned the intervention “undermined the vaccine programme as a whole.”
She told the Telegraph: “The idea that the Government can come in and change the schedule without an evidence base is extremely concerning.
“It is population protection versus individual protection. Their logic seems to be that if we confer some protection on as many people as possible, perhaps that is better than fully protecting certain cohorts. But the over 80s need the fullest protection. This is an untested strategy. It’s a huge gamble.”
Dr Toberty warned that patients who had not consented to receiving the Pfizer vaccine 12 weeks apart might now legitimately request the Oxford vaccine, rendering the last eight weeks “wasted.”
Dr Katrina Farrell, a haematologist, revealed on Twitter that she had received a letter cancelling her appointment for her second jab.
“This means that the vaccine is not being delivered as licensed,” she said. “I did not consent to receive an off-label drug with no evidence of benefit with a single dose.
“This means that tens of thousands of Scottish & UK health & social care workers have rolled their sleeve up for a vaccine unlicensed at this dose schedule. For which they did not consent. This is a scandal.”
Aside from a lack of evidence about immunity, Dr Toberty said the logistical challenge of contacting thousands of elderly patients to change their appointments would be time consuming, impractical and cause anxiety for many.
Dr Richard Vautrey, chair of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) GP committee, said it was “grossly and patently unfair to tens of thousands of our most at-risk patients” to try and reschedule their appointments.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/12/31/gps-rebel-govt-change-pfizer-vaccine-strategy-12-weeks-calling/