16.8 million people vaccinated already - brilliant!

[buttery81]

This is a continuation of the previous thread, www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4155962-10-million-people-vaccinated-already-brilliant

This thread is intended as a positive place to discuss our remarkable vaccine rollout as it progresses and to celebrate the ever increasing numbers as we go.

Polite notice: conspiracy theorists, doommongers and those looking for endless debate over vaccine efficacy, leave vs remain or anything else along those lines - this is probably not the thread for you.

So, to pick up from where we left off... a mind-blowing 16,875,536 people in the UK have now received their first dose of the vaccine - that’s 32% (or 1 in every 3.1) of all UK adults.

Every day, hundreds of thousands more people are gaining excellent levels of protection against this sodding virus. So, let’s keep jab jab jabbing our way onwards, upwards and out of this. Covid, we’re coming for ya!!!

On the Welsh dashboard they're now showing figures and percentages for all of groups 1-9, previously they were only showing 1-4. 65-69 almost done.

@PuzzledObserver

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire got a shout out too - 95% of over 65’s jabbed. I’m in the neighbouring area, and over 60’s are being done here.

My parents are in this 95%.

20 million by end of February is looking good!

Also average cases over the week fallen to below 10k and deaths are still falling at over 30% per week which is massive.

Some more big milestones to look out for:

20 million: it’s 20 million, need I say more!!

21.2 million: 40% of all UK adults (over 18s) will now have received their 1st dose

24.8 million: every UK adult aged 16-64 with an underlying health condition will now have received their 1st dose if we were vaccinating everyone in exact order

26.5 million: 1 in 2, 50% or half of all UK adults will now have received their 1st dose

26.6 million: everyone over 60 will now have had their 1st dose

29 million: everyone over 55 will now have had their 1st dose

30 million: WOWOWOWOW

31.8 million: this is a huge one... every single person in the UK aged 50 and over will now have had their 1st dose. The top nine priority groups (and 60% of the entire adult population) will have had their 1st dose, giving them significant levels of protection against the virus.

Great milestones. Just what I need ❤

So we should have 40% of the adult population with a first jab by the time the kids go back to school 😊

Between that and some immunity from previous infections it all looks so much better ❤

Love those milestones @buttery81 , great list . For me 50% of all adults is a massive one, if you think from that point....more are vaccinated than not. I know I'm stating the blindingly obvious there, you all know what 50% means! But it's just an amazing thought. Standing in the queue at a supermarket, or getting on a bus, and thinking....more people in here are protected than not.

Did anyone pick up yesterday that according to the ONS survey, 94% of adults said they have either already had the vaccine, or will probably do so when offered? 94%!! In your eye, anti-vaxxers!

Yes the ONs survey is wonderful news

I’m really hoping we get past 19.5 million today!

@PuzzledObserver

Did anyone pick up yesterday that according to the ONS survey, 94% of adults said they have either already had the vaccine, or will probably do so when offered? 94%!! In your eye, anti-vaxxers!

Excellent! I wonder how many of the remaining 6% are those who can't have a vaccine rather than won't?

Anyone know of over 50s being called yet?

The way I see it is that every person vaccinated decreases the risk to the unvaccinated (esp. given the stats on transmission) so there is little point in getting het up about having to wait your turn.

@Mn753

Anyone know of over 50s being called yet?

There's a thread discussing that here:

Anyone in their 50s (no health issues) getting theirs yet? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4176690-Anyone-in-their-50s-no-health-issues-getting-theirs-yet

Mn753, your post wasn't there when I started to post it wasn't aimed at you!

@InterfectoremVulpes

The way I see it is that every person vaccinated decreases the risk to the unvaccinated (esp. given the stats on transmission) so there is little point in getting het up about having to wait your turn.

I agree, I'm honestly just about every single person I hear of being vaccinated. They are getting protection, and they are protecting me, by being part of overall reduction in circulation and transmission. My turn will come, but while I'm waiting, the community is little by little becoming safer for us all .

@InterfectoremVulpes

The way I see it is that every person vaccinated decreases the risk to the unvaccinated (esp. given the stats on transmission) so there is little point in getting het up about having to wait your turn.

No not at all! I'm just asking out of interest too, not for myself.

@buttery81

I’m really hoping we get past 19.5 million today!

I’m feeling pretty positive. We “only” need 320k, yesterday was 480k and generally Saturday announcements have been higher than Friday announcements. Even last week when it went down it went down by less than 100k which would still give us a comfortable margin.

I have another target that we are fast closing down on - 22.3 million - a third of the entire British population!

I have another target that we are fast closing down on - 22.3 million - a third of the entire British population!

We will smash that by next weekend, no worry.

Over half a million jabs yesterday! We’ll either just make or just miss the half a million first doses depending on how many N Ireland have done and how Wales and Scotland have split their first and second doses.

19.5m has been whooshed past and 20 million is now within touching distance.....

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Great stats for England only from @rp131

The First Dose total has increased by 452,777 since yesterday to 16,679,881.

2nd Doses is up by 16,226 to 574,963. Approx 37.7% of the 18+ population has now received a first dose.

🥳 as said, we will smash the 1/3 adults target by this time next week!

@InterfectoremVulpes

🥳 as said, we will smash the 1/3 adults target by this time next week!

Not a 1/3 adults - we’ve already hit that! 1/3 entire populations. But - yes - looking rather good. Presumably the supply problem has sorted itself?

Presumably the supply problem has sorted itself?

That sounds slightly like it's done by the fairies (which I'm sure wasn't your intent!) .... presumably the vaccine manufacturers have put in a hell of a lot of effort and not inconsiderable investment to increase the supply chain.

Can't wait for mine! I'm 49 and work in a school so it would go so far to alleviate my Covid anxiety. Fingers crossed the pace maintains!