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I'd love to know the rate of vaccine uptake

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NutellaEllaElla · 09/05/2021 07:13

In the UK and other countries. Does anyone know? I mean the proportion of people (in each age group) who have been offered it and how many have taken it.

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NutellaEllaElla · 09/05/2021 16:40

the UK take up has been way better than expected.
That's good. I dread to think the impact all the misinformation and lies has had on the uptake of AZ in other countries as well as here.

I think we're not generally used to going to the GP for jabs as adults, only a select few for travel probably. If this is going to be a regular thing with booster jabs, I doubt enthusiasm to receive it will sustain.

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TruelyWonder · 09/05/2021 16:47

They are now saying that even the elderly and vulnerable may not need booster in the Autumn. Perhaps next winter instead. The vaccines have worked much better in real life than in the trials. Plus they can handle all the know variants so far. That has been a good surprise. It really wasn't expected. So as long as the virus does manage to mutate in some new way we may not need boosters. It really is a wait and see situation.

Also you may be interested in this reported today.

Official figures show that more than 17.6 million people have now received both jabs, with England and Northern Ireland both estimated to have given two doses to 33.6 per cent of their adult population - slightly ahead of Wales (33.4 per cent) and Scotland (33.1 per cent).

Responding to the figures for England, Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and medical director for primary care at NHS England, said: 'Yet another incredible NHS milestone has been reached as one in three adults in England have now had both doses of the Covid vaccine - meaning that they have maximum protection from the virus.

'Reaching this milestone is no accident - it is down to months of hard work and everyone in the NHS who has played a role in this is helping to protect millions of people from serious illness and saving lives.'

Meanwhile, 35,371,669 people in the UK have now received a first dose of vaccine - the equivalent of 67.2 per cent of the adult population. Wales has given a first dose to 76.2 per cent of its adult population, ahead of Northern Ireland (66.9 per cent), England (66.8 per cent) and Scotland (65.4 per cent).

Bumply · 09/05/2021 17:01

I use this website for Scottish figures. Impressed that there's been 100% take up of 1st vaccine in some age groups (although with rounding of numbers there could be a couple of 100 not accounted for)

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