France saying only one jab for those previously infected

[PuzzledObserver]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56048444

The same thing was discussed on the Zoe vaccine webinar last week. It makes sense and would free up vaccine doses for those with no/less immunity.

Thoughts?

Difficult for us to do as so many people couldn’t get tested in the early days unless they were hospitalised.

OK, so would only apply to those with positive PCR tests. France is saying within 3-6 months, so could restrict it to that window, otherwise you still get two jabs.

Im still worried mine might have been a false positive.... I don't want to slop through the net!!

It makes so much sense for this to happen.

I've been really confused as to why nothing has been mentioned by any scientists (as far as I've seen, heard and read) about immunity from having the virus combined with being vaccinated.

It would make sense. Everyone will get one by autumn anyway so makes sense that those with no immunity get it first.

Maybe this is what we will do once groups 1-9 are done.

I am reminded of early on in the vaccine rollout when Tony Blair said they should give more people one jab and extend the interval. He was widely derided at the time, but a few weeks later.... government policy.

I think the question will be whether this makes the system more complicated.

Sometimes having a more complicated system can slow things down - and I guess could possibly slow things down more than vaccine availability.

@Dustyboots

It makes so much sense for this to happen.

I've been really confused as to why nothing has been mentioned by any scientists (as far as I've seen, heard and read) about immunity from having the virus combined with being vaccinated.

There has, a lab study showed that for people who had previously had Covid-19, a single dose of the mRNA vaccines (Modern and Pfizer) acted as a booster and provided robust protection, even against new variant B.1.351: mobile.twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1359520945753489409

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.05.21251182v1

Sounds a bit like means testing of certain benefits - great idea in theory but theory, the administrative and practical burden outweighs any benefit. Who is going through the records to check and working all this out? They would be better just getting on vaccinating asap.

Both my DC have had it but only one could get a test. The other definitely had it, too. And what of the interval between infection and vaccination? By the time these young people are in line for the jab they will probably have to have a second one as well, as it will be too long since infection. As infection levels are dropping, it would only really be applicable to a relatively small percentage of the population.

As long as test results are logged against NHS number, which I’m pretty sure they are, the IT change required would be pretty small.