Still only had half a million doses were ready

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I thought we were told countries would have the vaccines manufactured during the clinical trials so you’d have loads ready to be jabbed once approved. Even back in spring the Oxford lead said it was around a 90% chance the vaccine would be effective.

Posted By: SCC 28 on January 5th 2021 at 10:19:45

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Minimum 3 months of this then (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 08:03:41
- If we can keep running at 60,000 infections a day (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 5, 10:16:47
  - Scratch that - terrible maths haha (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 5, 10:17:45
    - Damn your lack of nerdishness.☝️😠 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 5, 10:23:03
- I was just listening to him (Coronavirus) - paulg, Jan 5, 08:32:28
  - Even if they miraculously did them all by mid Feb (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 5, 08:58:21
  - From 300K to 2 million vaccinations a week (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 08:40:13
    - They are relying on the Oxford vaccine making it easier (Coronavirus) - BungysPie, Jan 5, 09:35:39
      - I’d read they were short on vials (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 09:38:44
        
        Just use those mini jam jars instead. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Jan 5, 09:42:13
    - Testing capacity is now way higher than that (Coronavirus) - Clairvoyant Creosote, Jan 5, 09:15:21
      - Fair point (Coronavirus) - Clairvoyant Creosote, Jan 5, 09:41:15
        
        Where is she? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - camcan, Jan 5, 10:02:52
        
        Barnard Castle (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Clairvoyant Creosote, Jan 5, 10:09:40
      - It took a long time to get there though (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 5, 09:32:39
        
        We’re ahead of most of the rest of the world. (Coronavirus) - paddonwasjesus, Jan 5, 10:07:53
        
        Yep, most complaints about the delay in approving vaccines (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 5, 10:12:06
        
        I remember Bill Gates was going to produce loads of vaccines (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 10:24:38
        
        His tracking chips kept getting wet and didn't work (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 5, 10:32:23
        
        Vmt (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 5, 10:38:23
    - its always impossible .. till its done (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 5, 09:08:35
    - Yes it is - but its not impossible by sound of things (Coronavirus) - paulg, Jan 5, 08:47:25
      - Yep, testing capacity went up pretty quickly in the end - hopefully this can be ramped up (Coronavirus) - Yellalee, Jan 5, 08:54:24
        
        Other reasons to think they might achieve it - (Coronavirus) - paulg, Jan 5, 09:33:27
        
        And the current rate of vaccination has been achieved with the Pfizer one (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Jan 5, 09:56:05
        
        Still only had half a million doses were ready (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 10:19:45
        
        Expect he'll be asked about all this at today's press conference. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 5, 11:04:21
        
        Vallance and Whitty will hopefully have some good info (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 11:05:56
        
        Shame it's not JVT (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 5, 11:08:39
        
        Meal deal (n/m) (Coronavirus) - camcan, Jan 5, 10:02:35
- Given they extended furlough until April, it’s hardly a surprise (n/m) (Coronavirus) - lurd, Jan 5, 08:10:14
  - Yup (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 08:16:02
- Corrected to early March (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 5, 08:06:37

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