Covid, GB Case Boom, and Vaccine Strategy Changes

Published on: 01/01/2021 8:28 PM

Space the two doses of the Covid vaccine, waiting up to 12 weeks between the first and second administration, in order to guarantee the shielding of the largest number of people possible. This is the strategy adopted by Britain to protect the weakest population from the Coronavirus at a time when the country is grappling with a more contagious variant that has caused the number of new cases to skyrocket in recent days.

The UK’s choice, endorsed by the anti-drug agency Mhra, has already sparked controversy. The British Medical Association criticized the decision, noting that canceling the reservation of patients waiting for the second dose of the vaccine in a much shorter time (around three weeks according to the initial plan) is “grossly unfair”. It remains to assess the risk of only partial immunization of subjects who have received only the first dose and are awaiting the second.

The British government has published on its website a statement in which it collects the opinion of scientists who act as consultants to Boris Johnson in the fight against the pandemic and that both vaccines “offer considerable protection after a single dose, at least in the short term. “. finished. The second dose completes the cycle and is likely to be important for long-term protection. “

Britain has already authorized the administration of two different Covid vaccines (Pfizer and AstraZeneca-Oxford), for a total of approximately 140 million doses.