They should really be focusing on getting people second shots at this stage. Certainly, if there is a Delta flare-up, two shots will be needed to confer any meaningful level of protection based on the data from other countries.
If the rationale in prioritizing BNT for 12-22 group was to mitigate spread, really they should just give them the second shot in ~25 days instead of spreading it out and giving older people the first shot. When the US FDA approves 8-12 year olds in the near future, same thing they should go to the front of queue. Probably wonât be any BNT available for non teenagers until the end of the year.
There have been 3,437,924 Moderna first doses administered (and 363,093 second doses).
With todays arrival, the total doses received is now 5,109,200 .
So, around 2M more is what is needed.
I see people sneezing and having running nose around me often with no concern. Even in my office my collegues tell me very casually " i got cold". This idea that they can have covid never even come across their minds so i guess that girl thought the same. Its always the same logic âi am not coughing and have fever so its not covidâ. Truthfully, most people still dont know that covid can have many other kind of symptoms not just fever and cough in all cases.
I understand your concern and I also donât like how everyone assumes their illness canât possibly be COVID even during an actual pandemic (or they donât want to believe it can), but COVID is a very dry virus. Sneezing and runny noses only present very rarely. Loss of smell/taste, extreme headache, diarrhea, dry cough, fever, disorientation, fatigue⌠basically how you felt when you got the vaccine times a hundred⌠is what people should be keeping track of. People with sneezes/runny noses should be cautious and probably stay home from work, but only people with classic symptoms should get tested.
Here are the symptoms people should watch out for (runny nose/ sneezing is not included even in the âless commonâ section:
In the news this week: 1.08 million doses of Moderna and 640,000 doses of AZ were received yesterday.
Locally produced Medigen is available to pretty much any adult who wants it.
Kids at school are lined up to start receiving BioNTech vaccines. The government current has approximately 1.84 million doses on hand; 1.25 million of them are reserved for youth aged 12-17, who have priority.
I think they must be short of shots. My wifeâs parents still havenât heard about their second shot and theyâre in their 70s. Perhaps 12 to 17 year olds are being prioritised with the limited vaccines available.
