Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Oxford Vaccine Group
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-new-lockdown-rules-roadmap-stage-4/
Well at the moment we’re not seeing any evidence, that I’m aware of, of any loss of protection over time
But we don’t know yet whether boosters will be needed or not
We also have a virus that’s circulating which will cause some mild disease in those who’ve had two doses,
and that will actually boost their immunity as well
So we’re actually in quite a good place at the moment,
we’re not seeing any failure over time, waning of that protection
I don’t think we have the evidence to predict the dates
US
Cases and deaths decline
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
Vaccinations so far
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations
Vaccine tracker
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends
Delta now VOC in US
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html#Concern
VOI
VOC
VHC
Prevention measures or medical countermeasures (MCMs)
Demonstrated failure of diagnostics
Significantly reduction in vaccine effectiveness
High number of vaccine breakthrough cases
More severe clinical disease and increased hospitalizations
WHO
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/15/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
G-7’s pledge of a billion doses
Dr Tedros
This is a big help, but we need more, and we need them faster.
Right now, the virus is moving faster than the global distribution of vaccines.
11 billion doses, 70% of people in low-income countries by 2022
UK
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
Cases will rise
Prof Graham Medley
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, disease modelling
Government risks are primarily based upon the healthcare, and whether the healthcare can continue to function.
Could return to seeing hundreds of deaths each day?
I think that’s quite possible it’s not a certainty.
There is a lot of uncertainty, but I think that’s quite possible
Over-21s in England
Can now book
Liz Truss
It’s incredibly important that staff in care homes are vaccinated.
We have got a hugely vulnerable population in our care homes and making sure that staff are vaccinated is a priority.
Vaccinations for children
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-lockdown-rules-second-vaccine-cases/
Professor Calum Semple, (SAGE member)
We’re talking about vaccinating children here mainly to protect public health and reduce transmission,
Teenagers, biologically more like adults (for transmission)
But the younger children really are not, they’re about a half to a third as likely to acquire the virus.
Spare vaccines should be sent to countries who do not have enough doses
I’m veering on the not vaccinating children
China vaccine rollout
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-lockdown-rules-second-vaccine-cases/
First dose, 44%
April, 4.8 million doses per day
June, 17.3 million doses per day
Yesterday, 19.8 million
Total doses, 923 million
Beijing and Shanghai, majority fully vaccinated
Correct technique in China