Some might argue a sample of even 100,000 people is too small for problems to show up. When vaccination is scaled up, with tens of millions of people in this country — and billions around the world — receiving the jabs, aren’t we more likely to see side-effects emerge? … [Read more...] about Could UK employers force staff to get a Covid vaccine? Lawyers say mandatory jabs might be legal but are ‘highly unlikely’ while the Government has no power to make someone accept one
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How coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out with GPs given 10 days notice
"In light of the confirmation that Covid vaccinations will not commence during the week of 30/11, we are conscious that some PCN groupings may wish to use this opportunity to invite this cohort to their single designated site, both to test arrangements whilst ensuring the best sequencing of the two programmes." … [Read more...] about How coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out with GPs given 10 days notice
EU expects first COVID vaccine application in coming days
The drug watchdog did not identify the drugmaker expected to file, however partners Pfizer and BioNTEch are the most advanced in the regulatory approval process. A total of three drugmakers have published late-stage trial data for their respective coronavirus vaccine candidates, including US firm Moderna, and a British partnership between AstraZeneca and Oxford University. … [Read more...] about EU expects first COVID vaccine application in coming days
Coronavirus vaccine boss says ‘dosing error’ led to 90% success rate discovery
Months of work culminated this past weekend, Pollard said, in having "an enormous mountain to climb to pull all of the information together" to be able to issue Monday's data release showing the vaccine can be up to 90 percent effective. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus vaccine boss says ‘dosing error’ led to 90% success rate discovery
Coronavirus Q&A: Telegraph readers’ vaccine questions answered
How does this vaccine differ from the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine? The Pfizer vaccine is made from messenger RNA, a type of genetic code which instructs cells to produce the coronavirus spike protein. The spike protein sits on the outside of coroanvirus cells and grabs on to human cells to infect them. Once the body starts producing the spike proteins the immune system will start developing t-cells and antibodies to defence against it. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus Q&A: Telegraph readers’ vaccine questions answered
