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Old 23-05-2021, 11:14   #5257
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
The protection afforded by a single dose of either Pfizer or Astra is sufficiently low, in the case of the Indian variant, that the calculus has changed. It is no longer advantageous to get as many people as possible single-dosed - it’s important to get the second dose into people quickly. Some emerging data here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57214596
Yes, all in all it's very good news that the vaccines are effective against the new strains with the caveat that two doses are needed. Hence a pivot of the vaccine programme to give the over-50s two doses sooner. Based on this, the likelihood of another national lockdown looks unlikley unless a vaccine-resistant strain develops.
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