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Previously on "So, the Swine Flu Vaccine was a waste of money"
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In this case, the NHS acted properly and with due care and diligence. Stocks were high enough to ensure adequate supplies for all, and mechanisms were in place to support the take up.
When you are dealing with the unpredictability of an emergent pandemic, cutting corners or just "hoping for the best" is not an option. Millions of lives were at stake, and IMHO, the NHS acted responsibly.
Swine flu is not "just a sniffle", it's a blimming nasty illness that is made worse by other underlying health issues.
Being immuno-compromised, I have no doubt that swine flu would have severely harmed me, leading to hospitalisation or worse.
The first jab was awful, as it contains a part of the virus, albeit inert. I was ill for 3 days and wanted to crawl up and die.
The nurse explained that I was suffering a tenth of what could be expected had I got real swine flu.
When I had my follow up jab 3 weeks later, she said "you won't suffer an symptoms at all apart from a sore arm. This indicates that the jab 3 weeks ago has afforded you immunity."
She was right 100%.
Sorry Ardesco, but I disagree based on my own personal experiences and also working in the health arena. The response by the NHS was proportionate for such a dreadful illness. They got this one right. Ignore the media nay-sayers.
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
I wonder if medical people in the UK turned it down for the same reasons.
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
Certain groups need a double dose, as opposed to the single shot. Underlying health issues warrant this. I needed 2 doses, 3 weeks apart.
There can be significant dose wastage due to patients not keeping appointments.
Eg, a tray of 10 vials is taken out of chilled storage (and cannot go back in). The tray is ready for the 10 booked appointments.
7 people show up.
The other 3 are wasted and destroyed.
Taking a large town and their approx 20 GP surgeries, a DNA (Did not Attend) rate of 1 in 3 is not uncommon. (And that's for ALL intended visits, not just swine flu clinics). That's why you can usually get an appointment even if you ring later in the afternoon, on occassion.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIt would have been better if the disease was serious and they didn't spend the money to be prepared?
How severe, you can probably imagine.
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It would have been better if the disease was serious and they didn't spend the money to be prepared?
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Pfft every doctor I know didn't take the vaccine as it wasn't specifically keyed to swine flu anyway, just GSK's left over crap they really needed to sell before it passed its sell by date.
At the end of the day Swine flu is no worse than normal flu and more poeple have died from normal flu in this country....
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That's 24 million doses more than there are people, FFS.
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Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostWhat a surprise.
That's 24 million doses more than there are people, FFS.
That went well then. Not.
Blimey. That is low.
More taxpayer's money pissed up against the wall. Still, at least they've chosen to the worst time to sell:
Would you be knocking it if the worst case scenario for swine flu had been realised?
I think you would have been in the queue for your shot like the rest of us, and grateful for it too.
They ordered so much because deliveries weren't guaranteed
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So, the Swine Flu Vaccine was a waste of money
What a surprise.
The government is making plans to offload millions of doses of swine flu
Officials are in discussion with manufacturer GSK over contracts for remaining doses purchased by the UK. Options include selling surplus vaccine and donating it to poorer countries.
The UK bought 60m doses of swine flu vaccine from GSK and 30m from Baxter
An official figure for the cost of the vaccine to the UK has never been given but it is likely to run into hundreds of millions.
Around a third of those in initial priority groups have had the swine flu vaccine.
Among healthcare workers, 37% have had the vaccine.
More taxpayer's money pissed up against the wall. Still, at least they've chosen to the worst time to sell:
Last week France announced it was selling millions of doses of swine flu vaccine.Tags: None
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