The UK government is running out of vaccines.
And they won't have enough for the whole population until the spring at the earliest.
Scotland and Wales publish stock levels (see below), but England doesn't. My conclusion above was from a two days research, lots of different news re. individual vaccine types, previous deliveries, delay from India, etc. A mess frankly. I'll try to
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gov.wales/covid-19-vacci…
find a more comprehensive source later, I have to go out now. Meanwhile any help is appreciated.
Journalists could kindly ask the gov? How many vaccines do we have now and the delivery schedule? No?
Notes: only Pfizer has been approved for under 18s. Moderna applied for it a month ago with the FDA. Result any time now. UK gov should follow a month later (as with Pfizer's).
I found this:
"Vaccine supplies
"There are concerns there are not enough Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to start vaccinating younger age any earlier."
bbc.com/news/health-57…
We got the info above thanks to Scotland, the one below from Wales. I'm convinced that Johnson is trying to hide the issue.
walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/u…
So, imagine this:
The gov doesn't have enough vaccines to vaccinate the whole population, and won't have it before the winter. Delta is VERY contagious. Controlling it during the winter would require a full, long, expensive lockdown. Not controlling would... (cont 👇)
overwhelm the NHS.
Solution: "flatten the curve", like at the beginning of the last year, but this time instead of delaying infections they are trying to bring infections forward, to increase herd immunity via infection.
Possible? Probable?
Great find 👇
Anyway, why else would they drop the masks?
Meanwhile
Confirmed:
"Pfizer supply shortage forces Covid vaccine rollout to slow down.
Rate at which jabs dispensed set to fall further as supplies cut in hotspots where infections have taken hold among younger groups"
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/1…
It got worse now:
Meanwhile in Germany their goal is to vaccinate as many school children as possible before they reopen in September 👇
And the UK gov *KNEW* they didn't have enough vaccines 👇
News from *16 JUNE*! 👇
"Ministers are bracing for a lull in the UK’s vaccination campaign as a shortage of the Pfizer vaccine threatens to slow the vaccination of younger people."
theweek.co.uk/news/uk-news/9…
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