Remember when the govt counted 2 gloves in a pair as “two” separate items of PPE?
Well, to be vaccinated against Covid, you need a course of 2 vaccines.
Yet the govt’s official vaccination figs count a single dose as “vaccinated”.
Any chance the press could clarify urgently?
Interestingly, the data for second dosing can be found here. To date 400k people in UK have received both doses of their vaccine, ie “been vaccinated”. But this is not the headline figure, nor the one used by govt ministers. And it should be. Facts matter. coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/health…
You cannot - cannot - spin yourself out of a pandemic. All that happens is the erosion of public trust. When will the govt stop trying to seduce us with big numbers and start presenting the data accurately & honestly? The respect they’d earn for doing this...
Here is an example of how the govt are redefining “been vaccinated” as only the first of a two dose vaccination:
Lastly, to reply to a few comments here - I’m not denying the magnificent achievement of getting first doses to >3 million people. But what I am doing is asking the govt to stop spinning & inflating. It’s so so unhelpful.
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1. Like every NHS doctor and nurse on here, I am being constantly abused (I've even, on occasion, been threatened with rape or death) for saying Covid is real, deadly, and overwhelming our hospitals right now.
2. I say these things for one reason alone. To try and protect all our patients, Covid and non-Covid alike, from the deadly effects of the NHS falling apart under current pressures. We are DESPERATE to protect people.
3. I'm told I'm a liar, a fake, a self-promoter, a fraud.
4. And how do I disprove this torrent of attacks when there are no images from inside our hospitals right now?
Here’s my review of @MBunting_’s fierce, passionate & beautiful book on the vital importance of care. “Labours of Love” is essential reading for doctors, nurses, carers & all of us. Just brilliant 💙 thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Fantastic, thought-provoking interview with @alisonleary1 too 👏
It appears as though the NHS student nurses who bravely stepped up, 6 months before graduating, to help staff the pandemic have now been hung out to dry.