Are We Administering The Vaccine The Wrong Way Round?

[naomi24]

Top of the list are the most vulnerable, mostly the elderly who are, in the main, isolating, but if as is reported the young are responsible for spreading the virus shouldn’t we be vaccinating them first, thereby safeguarding everyone else as well as allowing workers to get back to normal and hence, limiting the damage to the economy?

[bobbinwales]

Have you taken into account that theres a strong possability vaccinated peopel can still pass it on

[woofgang]

The order its being done in is the order in which people are most likely to get hospitalised or to die which is what puts pressure on the NHS and also prevents people who are more likely to have it mildly from leading a normal life.

[emmie]

I don;t know the right or wrongs of this but how many are going to stop their children from being vaccinated anyway, due to their faith, belief system.

[naomi24]

Yes, I have bobbin. But surely those vaccinated are less likely to contract it and therefore less likely to pass it on.

[emmie]

one would think so.

[Sqad]

naomi, we don't know the answers to either of your questions for sure.
Vaccine is being distributed in a reasonable way.

[naomi24]

I wonder if it's the most effective way though, sqad.

[bobbinwales]

No, thats not how it works. The vaccinne should stop you becoming ill as it fights off the virus but it can still be in your nose/breath and on your body so can still pass it on

[naomi24]

You can't pass it on if you don't catch it, bobbin.

[Theland]

Maybe the time will come when unvaccinated people will not be allowed into shops, work, school etc.

[emmie]

rubbish theland, how would you know..

[jno]

You can't pass it on if you don't catch it

but we don't know if the vaccine stops you catching it, or just lessens the effects if you do catch it.

[emmie]

are we all going to have a certificate or something to know that we have had the vaccine.

[Sqad]

Catch it! CATCH it! If one is symptom free how do you know one hasn't "caught it?"

[emmie]

perhaps certificates are necessary if you are planning a trip abroad, i don;t know

[AuntPollyGrey]

Naomi, I have said this from the start -they are vaccinating the wrong people! They should be concentrating vaccinating the frontline healthcare workers as priority, followed by other frontline workers, then all people who have to work outside the home, and young people so they can get back to University and college. Wasting vaccinations on 90-year-olds who are basically shielding 100% of the time is madness! The vaccine may prevent them getting covid and putting (allegedly) too much pressure on the NHS , but those who are not yet eligible for the vaccine can contract the virus much easier as they are out and about, and they also could put a huge pressure on the NHS. I asked at my local GP surgery if I would get the vaccine as I'm clinical vulnerable, and the nurse said "oh don't worry, you will probably get it before I do" -that's just madness!

[ToraToraTora]

jno: "but we don't know if the vaccine stops you catching it, or just lessens the effects if you do catch it. " - yes we do that's the whole purpose of the vaccine. It trains the immune system to attack the virus. So if the virus enters the body it does not get a chance to get a foot hold and is killed by the immune system.

[jim360]

Frontline healthcare workers are second in the priority list.

If there's no evidence that vaccinated people don't also spread the disease then we shouldn't be vaccinating those who spread the disease, but those who are more likely to die from it. It's absolutely the right thing to prioritise the elderly, the vulnerable, and the frontline healthcare workers.

[Sqad]

APG...yes the "elderly " are, on the whole self isolating BUT, the younger age are not and the "elderly " let their guards down.
The vast majority, vast majority who go into hospital and die......are the elderly. If the NHS is to be protected, then the hospital admissions should be shielded...the elderly..

[ichkeria]

I don't know how many more times this needs to be said, but thus far the vaccine we are using, and as far as I know the Moderna, Oxford and Sputnik vaccines, are known to provide high protection against illness. They do NOT stop the transmission. So you vaccinate first those most at risk from catching it.
Naturally it would help the spread too, but not as effectively.