A GP has criticised the government for delaying the period between doses of the Pfizer Covid vaccine to 12 weeks, describing the roll out as an ‘unregulated and unlicensed trial’. Dr Rosie Shire, a member of the Doctors’ Association UK, raised concerns that studies of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine only show two doses three weeks apart to deliver 90 per cent immunity. She told Sky News: ‘What really concerns us is we don’t know what happens if you don’t give that second dose of vaccination after three weeks’. ‘The fact is that people are being vaccinated now and being put into what is effectively an unregulated unlicensed trial, whereby they’re receiving this vaccination on the understanding that they don’t know what’s going on.’ RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Help the Mail get computers to kids – and change lives: How… EU complains of ‘deep dissatisfaction’ at AstraZeneca after… Share this article Share The GP said that it was ‘really hard’ to explain to people they were vaccinating with the Pfizer vaccination that they would get ‘some immunity’ but that after three weeks it was unclear how much. She added that it was difficult to obtain ‘informed consent’ from patients when doctors… Read full this story
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