Estimates converted into reality. Thankfully, it was a bit less than my novice prediction.
Covid boosters to be available next year (probably) to purchase for those who won’t get it free. Suspect a combined flu-Covid vaccine. But how much? My local pharmacy charged £15 for flu shot 2 years ago. So a combined one £30? Enough to put off people needing it before another winter epidemic.
This was known?
Yes, known before just saying timing wise just before GE as a headline.
From the article "In the first nine months, the shots prevented more than 23m infections and 123,000 deaths in the UK" And they know this how? You can never know how many of anything you have prevented. How many concussions have been reduced by changes in head contact rules in rugby? How many crimes are prevented by police? There is no way to be sure. All these are is guesstimations and don't forget that many studies are funded by the same people with a vested interest in the outcome being a certain way.
Isn't it that the government basically gambled on the vaccine working and it did?
But the question is, Did it really work? Outside of the vulnerable populations did it make a difference? I know of multiple people that had more than one shot and still got COVID multiple times with symptoms that were the same as a common cold. Measles vaccines stop people from getting measles but this? Hard to say that it worked when people were getting still getting shot after shot and still getting COVID.
How is it ignorant to point out a counter argument and bring it up?
Fair enough about the measles and the non-mutation I will agree with you there.
I'll bite. Yes, you can't know 100% the exact numbers. However, by that logic almost every set of statistics is flawed. These statistics work because even if they are not 100%, they still give an accurate picture of the situation. Simple fact is that we need the data and we ignore the tiny margin of error because statistically it is irrelevant.
