Medical advice and politicians
Covid not deadly enough to fast-track vaccines, Chris Whitty advised ministers
Chief Medical Officer gave opinion in February 2020 after Dominic Cummings mentioned Israel was planning to inoculate population
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/07/covid-not-deadly-enough-fast-track-vaccines-chris-whitty-advised/
Prof Sir Chris Whitty told Matt Hancock
Diseases with a mortality rate in the range of 1%
would need a “very safe” vaccine
the necessary clinical trials would be a “rate limiting step”.
May 2021 Mr Cummings
Told a Covid group of MPs
“unarguable” that the vaccine trials process should have happened more quickly.
Taken “literally hours” for a vaccine to be invented in January 2020
Government should have recruited 5,000-10,000 for human challenge trials
(Human challenge trials started in January 2021)
Preparing for a successful spring 2023 COVID-19 booster campaign
https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/preparing-for-a-successful-spring-2023-covid-19-booster-campaign/
Booster campaign in England, April 17 to June 30.
Adults aged 75 years and over
Residents in a care home for older adults
Individuals aged 5 years and over who are immunosuppressed
Vaccination, six months after previous dose
Millions now able to book their autumn booster
(7 September 2022)
https://www.england.nhs.uk/2022/09/millions-now-able-to-book-their-autumn-booster/
Resident Jean Rosebuck said: “I wanted the vaccine so it doesn’t go around the carers and other residents”.
Fellow resident Tom Spinks, 80, said: “I wanted to get the booster because it keeps everyone safe and gives me peace of mind”.
What about the CDC?
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home