North East and Yorkshire vaccine supply to be halved

Caesium137 said:
Would it depend on how they prioritise who gets it?

As in the over eighties come first, we've done all of ours so the places that haven't get our vaccines to get more of their over eighties done?
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I know two of our over 80’S that have yet to be contacted, my in laws.
 
Artie Fufkin said:
That's correct, but it shouldn't be a race to the bottom, other areas should be striving for what we in the North have achieved and stepping up their game. That's the issue with the nationwide approach though (which I'm not saying is wrong), we can only run as fast as the slowest runner
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You know what I’ve read a bit more about it. We have more vulnerable people in this part of the country, so it should probably be full steam ahead here

would like to know if these other areas are delivering the vaccines, cos increasing them it’s important they can deal with the capacity. If they are than I can see the Benefit of redistribution
 
Caesium137 said:
Would it depend on how they prioritise who gets it?

As in the over eighties come first, we've done all of ours so the places that haven't get our vaccines to get more of their over eighties done?
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Except we haven’t done all of ours. A 93 year old relative of Mrs Foggy still hasn’t had her first jab. Ironically she lives about 150 yards from the surgery which is doing the injections.

This decision to slow down in the North East is ridiculous. Whoever made it should be made to bend over while everyone in the North East gets a free kick at their a**e.
 
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If it is about the efficiency in how the vaccination is administered and delivered, then I agree the North should not be held back. However listening to my local news in the South West they were alluding to not enough supply of vaccine, and my area is only upto 50% of eligible group vaccinated. If this is the case and to protect the most vulnerable groups, the vaccine has to be delivered fairly across the country. However, it also needs to be factored in, the rate of infection in that area. My area has a rate 83 out of 100,000 people and as such the chance of catching is low and therefore we should not be prioritised over higher rate areas.
 
Or they could have looked at age demographics for areas and infection rates and apportioned quantities of vaccine to suit and probably avoided another negative and damaging to public trust and confidence issue? Perhaps they did and it’s just unfortunate and I’m being unkind.

I really can’t believe they wouldn’t have but then again, I wouldn’t be surprised at anything anymore.
 
El Guapo said:
Or they could have looked at age demographics for areas and infection rates and apportioned quantities of vaccine to suit and probably avoided another negative and damaging to public trust and confidence issue? Perhaps they did and it’s just unfortunate and I’m being unkind.
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That's a good point and well made. In fact in hope that is the rationale, however it still rankles a bit
 
Artie Fufkin said:
That's a good point and well made. In fact in hope that is the rationale, however it still rankles a bit
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I was meaning in advance of initial roll out. If they’re applying that logic now then fair enough but in that case why not in the first place.? The whole thing is a negative all round however you dissect it.
 
El Guapo said:
I was meaning in advance of initial roll out. If they’re applying that logic now then fair enough but in that case why not in the first place.? The whole thing is a negative all round however you dissect it.
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Ah I see, still, it's a valid point to raise though
 
Is it because we have been getting more than other areas or just that we are that good at getting them into peoples arms. If it's the later shouldn't the government look at what we are doing and roll it out to others rather than giving us what equates to a punishment ?
 
Blf said:
Is it because we have been getting more than other areas or just that we are that good at getting them into peoples arms. If it's the later shouldn't the government look at what we are doing and roll it out to others rather than giving us what equates to a punishment ?
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You'd think so but all this has been written on the back of a fag packet as usual. Williamson this morning rabbit in headlights, Patel yesterday, Hancock gets roasted repeatedly and Johnson evasive today; there is no accountability whatsoever and it goes on and on. It's the lack of any talent and none of them understand how to admit mistakes and why being trusted is important. As I've said before the worst government in British History.
 
Maybe we have powered through all of our vulnerable old folk fastest because we have less elderly up here.
Its a fact that the north east has the lowest level of life expectancy in England.
 
rob_fmttm said:
This is of course a decision that will cost lives.
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So the lives of 80+ year olds & nursing home patients in other parts of the country are less worthy of saving than those in the the north / north east are they ?

This is a NATIONAL role out and the goal and target group for the first phase were clearly set out, not by region but for the whole country.

This is not about "efficiency" and other regions not being as good as us in getting their "act together". If that was the problem then how would diverting the supply of the vaccine help ? They'd still be inefficient only now they'd be sitting on more vaccine.
It's about getting the supply of vaccine to where it is needed i.e.. to those people most at risk in the highest priority group.
 
There is a shortage of vaccines in France (they are stretching the 5 doses in a bottle to 6) so it would be no surprise if that was not the case in the UK and the real reason behind the decision.
 
It does not seem to be the reason. Officials in this region feel they are being punished for efficiency.
 
It’s an amazingly poor thought process which interferes detrimentally with something that is going well.

You have to question the base intelligence and judgement of these politicians no matter which expensive school they went to.
 
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