Just seen the presentation from BioNTech Germany about the vaccine. The U.K. has made history here by being the first to approve the vaccine. Now we just have to wait for the confirmation of roll-out order and the logistics.
My understanding is that 90- 99% of deaths to COVID are in the group >50 years old (rising sharply >70) upwards plus health care workers of any age, and including adults of any age with underlying health conditions (JCVI).
Dont forget that that you won’t achieve immunity until 7 days after the second dose - so that could easily be mid Spring for many.
Apologies if I've missed this, and I realise there's no way of knowing for sure yet, but has anyone heard how long the immunity is supposed / thought to last for each of the main vaccines? Any indications? Any that have confirmed short duration?
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Yes, I don’t think this has been stated yet. There was a suggestion that we will need annual vaccines, like with Flu. Natural immunity (ie. following confirmed infection) appears to last about 6 months, although we haven’t had long enough to be sure yet.
Interesting, thanks @AuntyRach - I had heard that about natural immunity along the way, but wasn't sure if it was from an authoritative source. I've just not heard mention of plans - even speculative ones - for an annual roll out. That'll be a major project!
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Apparently hospitals are getting ready for a roll out this week. Many vulnerable people will be vaccinated by Christmas and hopefully that will mean the risk is low enough to enable those who wish to resume normal life to do so.
No-one will be able to 'resume normal life' by Christmas @debs64 as 2 doses of vaccine will be needed, several weeks apart. Anyone vaccinated will still be vulnerable to a an actual Covid-19 infection spread by someone else until a few weeks after the 2nd dose. Sorry if I've misinterpreted your comment.
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As I understand it, they hope / expect vaccine induced immunity to last longer than natural ( based on experience of other vaccines), but as yet nobody knows, they're going to test some of the volunteers to check. It was said this am it will be Easter at least before enough people will have been protected to return to near normal.
Apologies if I've missed this, and I realise there's no way of knowing for sure yet, but has anyone heard how long the immunity is supposed / thought to last for each of the main vaccines? Any indications? Any that have confirmed short duration?
Even if it only has a relatively short duration it is enough to create buffers to stop the spread.Even a few weeks would be enough I would say.
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The U.K. has made history here by being the first to approve the vaccine.
Now we just have to wait for the confirmation of roll-out order and the logistics.
My understanding is that 90- 99% of deaths to COVID are in the group >50 years old (rising sharply >70) upwards plus health care workers of any age, and including adults of any age with underlying health conditions (JCVI).
Dont forget that that you won’t achieve immunity until 7 days after the second dose - so that could easily be mid Spring for many.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was said this am it will be Easter at least before enough people will have been protected to return to near normal.
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