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

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