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The UK took the lead in the world to administer the Wuhan pneumonia vaccine on Dec. 8, but it is unclear how long the vaccine will last. Experts say that in the future, like the flu vaccine, the Wuhan pneumonia vaccine should be given every year.
The UK is the first to approve the use of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia) vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. The first batch of 800,000 doses will be administered on December 8. The priority objective is 80 Seniors of legal age, employees of long-term care centers and first-line medical personnel with greater risks
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that although the vaccine was shipped from Belgium to the UK, it must be stored at -70 degrees Celsius and a batch of vaccine has 975 doses that cannot be divided, so the method of vaccination will be restricted . Long-term care facilities that are listed as priority targets may not be able to get the vaccine for the first time. They will await further instructions from the Drug and Health Products Administration to discuss how to ship the vaccine to long-term care facilities.
Also, although the government declared that 4 million doses of vaccines should arrive by the end of the year, most people will have to wait until next year to receive the vaccine. The government originally expected to receive 10 million doses of vaccines before the end of the year, but due to problems in the production line, production capacity has fallen than expected.
Although the vaccine can be 95% effective, it is not yet clear how long it will be effective and whether it will prevent the virus from continuing to spread.
Clive Dix, Vice Chair of the Vaccine Working Group, said: “I am afraid that, like the influenza (vaccine), it should be given every year in the future.” But he also said that the approval of the vaccine has shortened the process that generally takes 10 years to 10 months is a “great achievement.”
However, because the approval time for the vaccine has been significantly shortened, some people are suspicious. According to surveys conducted by Sky News and YouGov, almost a fifth of people said they would not be vaccinated. The British government did not force people to get vaccinated.
The surveys interviewed more than 1,700 people and found that 10% of people said it was “very unlikely” to receive the vaccine, and another 8% said it was “impossible.”
However, surveys also show that more than half (54%) of people believe that restrictions should be imposed to allow only vaccinated people to travel; 36% believe that only vaccinated people should be able to use the bus, and 39% believe that restaurants should With the same restrictions, 44% believe that cinemas should only be open to people who have been vaccinated.
Furthermore, only a small number of people believe that vaccination equates to a gold medal for death. 11% of those surveyed said that once vaccinated, they would ignore various restrictions such as maintaining social distance. Since it is still uncertain whether people who have been vaccinated will not become a vector of transmission of the virus, this 11% of people may become a hidden concern.
(Author: Dai Ya Really; First Map Source: shutterstock)
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