by Maddog » Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:30 pm
ArchieG wrote:Cactus Jack wrote:drum wrote:UK destroyed 600,000 astra zenica vaccines because they went out of date, that's 600,000 vaccines another country could have had.
Sadly all countries will have destroyed some vaccine doses, the Astra Zenica vaccine is the most resilient able to remain viable stored at normal fridge temperatures they don't even have to be frozen. Other vaccines have to be kept below -15C, that's colder than most domestic freezers can acheive.
That's why mandates and vaccination programs are the best and most efficient way to get the vaccine out there and why you should make sure you turn up for your booster shot. Boosters are most likely to be the Moderna or Pfizer jabs and any not used at the end of the day will have to be thrown away.
I went to a prize giving (just to clap, I have to admit) and one of the recipients happened to be a local GP. He’d brought 8 pfizer doses with him, left over from the days endeavours. In his moment of fame, he asked if anyone wanted a shot. All were gone in 15 mins. Waste not want not.
We had plenty of folks vaccinated like that in the early days. If you knew the right folks, you would get a call about 4pm letting you know some clinic or doctor had some doses that needed to be used that day. If you could get there in an hour or so, they would stick it in your arm.
[quote="ArchieG"][quote="Cactus Jack"][quote="drum"]UK destroyed 600,000 astra zenica vaccines because they went out of date, that's 600,000 vaccines another country could have had.[/quote]
Sadly all countries will have destroyed some vaccine doses, the Astra Zenica vaccine is the most resilient able to remain viable stored at normal fridge temperatures they don't even have to be frozen. Other vaccines have to be kept below -15C, that's colder than most domestic freezers can acheive.
That's why mandates and vaccination programs are the best and most efficient way to get the vaccine out there and why you should make sure you turn up for your booster shot. Boosters are most likely to be the Moderna or Pfizer jabs and any not used at the end of the day will have to be thrown away.[/quote]
I went to a prize giving (just to clap, I have to admit) and one of the recipients happened to be a local GP. He’d brought 8 pfizer doses with him, left over from the days endeavours. In his moment of fame, he asked if anyone wanted a shot. All were gone in 15 mins. Waste not want not.[/quote]
We had plenty of folks vaccinated like that in the early days. If you knew the right folks, you would get a call about 4pm letting you know some clinic or doctor had some doses that needed to be used that day. If you could get there in an hour or so, they would stick it in your arm.