Thread by @andrewflood

Listening to the vaccine misinformation put out unchallenged by IBEC on RTE this morning . While suggesting forcing people back into offices early would be good for their mental health was jaw dropping you do not get 80% of benefit from vaccination with 20% 1st dose /1

Majority of hospitalisations have been under 65s. as are 60% of ICD admissions. Perhaps IBEC only count deaths but a pandemic that only infects those under 65 could still kill a couple of 1000 directly & deny other healthcare to many /2

https://twitter.com/andrewflood/status/1351866750699245568?s=20

The reopening has to be cautious and in pace with vaccination until we are heading for 90% fully vaccinated. The north has nearly 50% dose 1, most measures still in place but still only has a slow decline in new cases - we can learn through observing them /3

In terms of contagiousness IBEC have things backwards, in fact its about the last 20% vaccination that delivers 80% of the benefits as shown in the right hand graph for the older variant (the curve for B117 shifts right) /4