Covid Vaccine - Temporarily locked

I thought that I read that the supply was from central government

Forever the optimist eh EasyT

IMO it's the best news so far but unlikely that the general public will have full access to the vaccine for many months. This hiatus will be a very dangerous period of risk as precautionary disciplines will need to be maintained which has proven difficult so far. Strictly speaking all the vaccines are experimental, one must weigh in the risks associated with this along with the risk of the disease.In normal times any short or long term vaccine risk is minimised. Also there are already mutations to the covid strain as found in the Danish mink farms. Do the vaccines protect against this strain? Let's hope for a safe resolution to all this. 

I think that is the case for all vaccines but normally they are at the more manageable scale of the temperature range! It would be interesting to know why this particular vaccine requires such a low temperature for storage? 

MMR storage is between -50°C and +8°C. I’m not sure that the lower end is much more manageable.

That’s quite a range, though, and there may be a similar variable with the covid vac. Let's face it, we know next to nothing.😀

 Has wee Burney pre-ordered any doses? 

All ordered by central government 

I doubt that the flow of vaccine will keep them busy for long

I think with all their normal work they will be busy enough, just doing the flu jab causes them to be overworked.

March of which rear Tammy?

2021 of course ET, my glass is always half full  won't matter really as we are going come what may.

Just watched the news and it is -80c that it has to be stored at. Obviously it will have to be a much warmer temp for inoculation.

We had shipments of low temperature product at work packed with dry ice -78C usually to maintain chemical or biological activity,  presumably it's unstable at higher temperatures. 

Listening to Jonathon Van Tam yesterday, he stated that it is good news, but there are lots of hurdles the vaccine has to jump before first doses will be given. He asked folks to stay fully alert and vigilant until this happens. The Government link also advises that some vaccine strains will suit different age groups/ vulnerabilities, so the order of dosing could change. Other factors as well, such as ethnicity, deprivation, etc....

The Pfizer web site gives out quite a bit of information. >HERE<

Mrs WN has read,(she's my main news avenue) that some people who would normally be eligible may not now be eligible such as those with Immune system problems, which I fall into to. All speculation and bits of news here and there so will wait before throwing a Trump.