Thread by @MetroUK

The head of the Oxford jab programme has warned that those who have not had a jab are now virtually the only ones struggling to breathe 💉

metro.co.uk/2021/11/24/alm…

Professor Sir Andrew Pollard's intervention comes with various medics working in hospital expressing similar concerns – with some saying their patience is ‘wearing thin’ with anti-vaxxers and the amount of resources the NHS is spending on people who have not been jabbed.

In a Guardian piece jointly authored Oxford University infectious diseases professor Brian Angus, Sir Andrew wrote: ‘This ongoing horror (of patients fighting for breath), which is taking place across ICUs in Britain, is now largely restricted to unvaccinated people.'

‘Covid is no longer a disease of the vaccinated; vaccines tend to limit its suffocating affliction, with a few exceptions.’

The UK has now administered almost 113 million doses – but uptake of first and second jabs has dropped dramatically.

While more than 88% of people aged 12 and over have now had a first dose, that leaves millions unprotected – and potentially at risk of serious illness and death.

Earlier this month, an anaesthetist told @MetroUK about working in intensive care amid the strain from Covid, which he said had left ‘the NHS is teetering on its edge’.

metro.co.uk/2021/11/10/mos…

Dr Ed Patrick wrote in an opinion piece: ‘I looked around and realised that almost all of my patients were suffering from Covid-19 – and nearly every one of them was unvaccinated.’

He added: ‘I meet a lot of healthy people who think they’re bulletproof and can’t get taken down by this virus. Many are young – in their 20s, 30s and 40s – yet they’re struggling to breathe, even with lots of oxygen.’

Dr Ed added: ‘Seeing an unvaccinated patient is incredibly frustrating and sad. Frustrating because the vaccine probably would have prevented this, sad because I know what’s likely to be next for them.'