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Originally Posted by Chris
The story originated in an interview on the Today programme this morning, with the man who chairs Germany's vaccination committee - the same committee that decided to advise against giving the AZ vaccine to anyone over 65.
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Ah the impartial BBC today programme.
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I know your world view has taken a proper beating over the past couple of weeks but sooner or later you're going to have to just choke it down. The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and very effective in all age groups, even when the UK government's dosage regime is used in preference to that originally recommended by the manufacturer.
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I’m not sure what you mean by “my worldview”. Nobody has ever indicated they believe any of the vaccines to be unsafe - that’s a red herring. The effectiveness of the AZ vaccine was thrown into doubt by their own press release and subsequent interpretations.
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The British Government, and the devolved administrations, have played a blinder while it is in fact the French and German governments that have indulged in the very vaccine nationalism you have been quick to accuse our leaders of. The upshot is, now they finally have some vaccines to use, they can't get their people to take them. It's an absolute disgrace.
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Again I’ve only asked if the data actually supports this through non-attendance at appointments or people actively walking out when offered the AZ one. Not selective quotations from a media that I’d be very reluctant to categorise as impartial.
I’m yet to see such data. Are we talking 1% of appointments? 10%? 50%? How does that compare with attendance in the UK?
Notably Germany haven’t reversed their advice on over 65s so I doubt there’s that much regret on the part of their committee or else they’d change position.