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Originally Posted by Damien
Well, they think there is a vaccine escape right? It seems early data says the booster provides 70-75% protection against asymptomatic infection which is impressively high considering it's developed against an earlier strain and even then they think the booster or the standard two jabs provide more protection against hospitalisation and death.
So encouraging so far but need to roll out that booster faster.
But as I understand it's all early numbers and the case rates are looking at getting so high that if we're wrong about that then problems could happen. If come early January those fears are misplaced then lift the restrictions again.
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They can't roll out the booster faster when people can't get them.
I'm already booked in, but it's not for a couple of weeks, and perhaps want it sooner. I don't really want to cancel the appointment I have and risk having to wait even longer.
The NHS site hasn't been updated yet. There are 3 walk in sites in Notts presently, 2 are in Mansfield, which I haven't looked at, and 1 is in Nottm and says it's not doing boosters. At present that says it closes some days at 3.30, which isn't really sensible for anyone who has a full time job. A city of this size needs about 5-6 walk in centres open something like 7am-10pm independently of those with booked in appointments. It would be good to see this capacity increased but this presumably needs sites and staff to do it.
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