1.5 million people vaccinated already - brilliant!

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They’ve vaccinated 1.5 million people so far and the target is 13.9 million people (the top 4 groups in the attached graphic) by the middle of February, according to ITV. It’ll be a fantastic achievement if they can hit that target.

The government will be providing daily updates on the vaccine rollout progress from Monday 11th January.

It’s such a relief that they’ve got this vaccine and are rolling it out quickly across the country. Considering that it’s only 8th January today, I truly feel like 13.9 million by mid February is achievable.

Come on, let’s do this!

Those getting the vaccine is it via phone or letter when they contact you ? Are they contacting you in advance ?

Just thinking ahead really. I would like to go and visit my family in may-ish. But I won’t have had the vaccine yet.

I’m meant to get it in summer. Worried they’ll write me and say I’ve to be somewhere on x day and missing it cuz I’m away

Our area have started on the over 75 group this week.

4% of the first 4 Priority groups have had their first vaccination.

0.6% of those first 4 Priority groups have had their second dose. .

princessnutnuts that seems low, where did you get that from? Surely if there are 13 million in the top four priority groups and about 2. 5 mill have had the vaccine (possibly more) that’s closer to 20%?

Debbie Downers should perhaps find a new thread rather than trying to extinguish the light of hope in people who desperately need it.

There is a lot of common sense prevailing at vaccination sites. Any leftover vaccines are all used, either for staff or for accompanying people. In this area, anyway. And first hand experience of it today.

Surgery texted my mum.

@PrincessNutNuts can’t do maths. She means that over 4% of the TOTAL POPULATION have had the jab (by total population that also includes kids who won’t have it anyway).

@stealthninjamum

princessnutnuts that seems low, where did you get that from? Surely if there are 13 million in the top four priority groups and about 2. 5 mill have had the vaccine (possibly more) that’s closer to 20%?

Yep. I've been a muppet and misread it.

It's 4% of the population and 0.6% of the population. The government are aiming to vaccinate 21% of the population by mid-February.

[quote Blessex]@PrincessNutNuts can’t do maths. She means that over 4% of the TOTAL POPULATION have had the jab (by total population that also includes kids who won’t have it anyway).[/quote]
You'd best do the maths for me on what % of the first four groups are vaccinated.

@OhYouBadBadKitten

Debbie Downers should perhaps find a new thread rather than trying to extinguish the light of hope in people who desperately need it.

Expectation management is needed to stop others from having hopes dashed at a later stage too though. It works in two ways.

It would be helpful if there was a degree of realism going on rather than either extreme of overly optimistic and overly pessimistic.

I think the numbers so far ARE pretty good tbh. But I also think that its a reflection of the point at which the programme is. You almost cherry pick off the easier people in the highest risk groups first, for the numbers. And it gets increasingly difficult as you more down the line within those groups. And thats what makes the task at hand much more difficult than people forsee.

Its also likely that once we are able to start 24/7 vaccinations in some areas, we will see numbers going up signicantly, but not necessarily in the group most needing it. And this will end up with some resentment growing. The inevitable problem I think we will have is the 24/7 centres will end up giving vaccinations to people with greater mobility and a lower priority group at some point when others who are a higher priority are still awaiting theirs. This is simply because of the logistics of getting vaccinations to the most vulnerable (they can't get to these centres so people have to go to them). Its a question of how people per hour you can vaccinate in different settings.

Its difficult to strike a balance but I think its important...

Don't we need a 70% of the population vaccination rate for her immunity? (Children being in the other 30%.)

So far we've got 0.6% vaccinated and 4% on their way.

And the government is aiming for 21% by mid-February.

We don't have .6 vaccinated, why do you keep saying that?

@RedToothBrush the alternative is that we are choosing the hardest group to vaccinate first. They are less mobile and many will need visiting at home and in care homes. It will race along faster soon at the mass centres.

@PrincessNutNuts except the aim is to stop hospitalisations and severe disease and death. And that occurs disproportionately in the people that are being vaccinated now.

@FourTeaFallOut

We don't have .6 vaccinated, why do you keep saying that?

We need 70% of the population vaccinated and we've got 0.6 % of it done and dusted.

Am I getting it wrong again?

I'm very tired this evening. I didn't get much sleep last night.

We have vaccinated 2.6 million people, how many people do you think are in the UK?

What that means is that by vaccinating 21% of people you will stop the majority of those that are developing severe disease and dying eg you get a very high benefit from vaccinating a few (of the most vulnerable) and later on you get a lesser benefit from vaccinating many (of the less vulnerable). It is called diminishing returns. Am glad you are not organising the vaccination programme !

@PrincessNutNuts I think you are on the wrong thread

[quote Blessex]@PrincessNutNuts except the aim is to stop hospitalisations and severe disease and death. And that occurs disproportionately in the people that are being vaccinated now.[/quote]
The groups they've chosen to do first will hopefully have a big impact.

But that doesn't change how many they've done or how many they need to do, does it?

The government is aiming for 21% of the population by mid-February and its done 0.6% so far. (With 4% started.)

And then they'll go on to do the other 5 priority groups.

And after that the 16-50s.

[quote Blessex]@PrincessNutNuts I think you are on the wrong thread [/quote]
Why?!

@FourTeaFallOut

We have vaccinated 2.6 million people, how many people do you think are in the UK?

No.

We've vaccinated just under half a million I believe.

The others have had a first vaccination.

@Blessex

What that means is that by vaccinating 21% of people you will stop the majority of those that are developing severe disease and dying eg you get a very high benefit from vaccinating a few (of the most vulnerable) and later on you get a lesser benefit from vaccinating many (of the less vulnerable). It is called diminishing returns. Am glad you are not organising the vaccination programme !

Why are you glad I'm not organising the vaccine programme?

Oh, yes, we've only inoculated them from severe illness, hospitalisation and death.

@PrincessNutNuts because this is a positive thread and you are skewing the numbers down badly.

Firstly people don’t need two jabs to be protected. In the studies one jab was enough to stop 100% of people developing severe disease/death and/or going to hospital. So one jab is enough. A second jab is needed for a small protection boost and longevity. That is why the whole strategy is to get as many people as possible jabbed once.

Secondly we don’t NEED to vaccinate everyone to alleviate the pressure on the NHS - which is why we are locked down now.