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The following is a cut and paste taken from the current edition of BBC news. Canadian members may find it of interest.
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The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination.
Britain's medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe to be rolled out.
The first doses are already on their way to the UK, with 800,000 due in the coming days, Pfizer said.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the NHS will contact people about jabs.
Elderly people in care homes and care home staff have been placed top of the priority list, followed by over-80s and health and care staff.
But because hospitals already have the facilities to store the vaccine at -70C, as required, the very first vaccinations are likely to take place there - for care home staff, NHS staff and patients - so none of the vaccine is wasted.
A further 648 deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test were recorded in the UK on Wednesday, with another 16,170 cases reported.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the public not to get "carried away with over optimism or falling into the naive belief that our struggle is over".
He told a Downing Street news conference that, while the "searchlights of science" had created a working vaccine, significant logistical challenges remained.
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The Pfizer/BioNTech jab is the fastest vaccine to go from concept to reality, taking only 10 months to follow the same steps that normally span 10 years.
The UK has already ordered 40 million doses of the jab - enough to vaccinate 20 million people.
The doses will be rolled out as quickly as they can be made by Pfizer in Belgium, Mr Hancock said, with the first load next week and then "several millions" throughout December.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the first people in Scotland will be immunised on Tuesday.
Welsh Health and Social Care Minister Vaughan Gething said the rollout of the Pfizer jab to care homes would be particularly difficult because of how it needs to be stored.
Mr Gething said that it was not possible to transport the Pfizer vaccine to more than 1,000 care homes across Wales.
The bulk of the rollout across the UK will be next year, Mr Hancock said, adding: "2020 has been just awful and 2021 is going to be better."
PRINCIPAL EDIT 12/3/2020 3:24 PM
Pfizer Slashed Its Original Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Target After Supply-Chain Obstacles
Pharma giant expects to ship half the doses it had originally planned after finding raw materials in early production didn’t meet its standards
---Source: The Wall Street Journal
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MEXICOWANDERER
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https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN28D2AM
Interesting reading to say the least. I will try to be 1st in line.
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Hi Mex,
The link doesn't seem to work.
Regards, Don
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....this is a link to the article in The Guardian, a prestigious UK newspaper:
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Click the Register Later to get full access to read.
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MEXICOWANDERER
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No
It was to a Reuters link. A juicy story about how there exists a rebellion in the Oxford AstraZeneca partnership. The reduced 1st dosage was no accident. It was done deliberately then tested on volunteers as represented. Half strength first dose. The article did not specify who insisted on halving the dose but I doubt the university has authorization to conduct human trials.
I love it! As a rebel researcher this went straight to my heart. Reuters apparently has pulled the story for whatever reason. But it had the ring of authenticity. Someone had to embarrass rote mindset authority into action. The change-order was applied. It was and is undeniable. And it shattered a fiefdom.
Right up my alley. I'll be trying to be first. The rebels will never receive proper credit, but gentlemen I salute you.
Meanwhile uncovering the real story will pay dividends.
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pianotuna
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Here are the vaccines Canada is considering approving. Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Jannsen.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-........ter_Radio%20One%20Newsletter_2718_222056
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https://www.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idUSKBN28D2A3
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Don, when the alternative is death all approved vaccines should be immediately approved. Dr Faucci today outlined the USA's absurdly complex approval process including the appropriation of every step of the inception development manufacturing and testing process. To an open source government? One that cannot keep a secret? It's a free gift to the world at taxpayer expense and the needless delay is costing hundreds if not thousands of lives.
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Mex that link is still fussy. I think this is the same article but from a different intermediary source.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl........ovid-19-vaccine/articleshow/79563788.cms
Again the ugly head of profit raises its maw.
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“.....all approved vaccines should be immediately approved”. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/scratchead.gif "scratchead")
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