Julian wrote:Snorvey wrote:Bouleversee wrote:FWIW I heard an 'expert' say on R4 last night that in general the Pfizer vaccine produces little or no side effects after the first dose
Maybe it's because.....
Just read a short piece from a hospital consultant - 'As I reported on here at the time, he said he was seeing large numbers of vaccinations being done using ineffective (in his opinion) batches of Pfizer vaccine. Batches made ineffective by the handling instructions being breached, but the vaccine being administered regardless.
His view was that the Pfizer vaccine is so unstable and it's handling so critical that it will eventually cease to be used. Batches in his hospital are getting regularly and inadvertently spoiled by minor breaches of the handling instructions which unskilled staff think inconsequential, and he thinks this will become clearer as the stats on each type of vaccine accumulate.
Hat tip to Mike4
I just posted a link to the Pfizer handling instructions on another thread. It's double jeopardy, not just the cold chain but it needs to be diluted and then mixed very, very carefully without actually shaking it so that's another thing to potentially go wrong. Details here - https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/i ... ummary.pdf
- Julian
Mrs RS is clinical lead for a local vaccination site. She has already mentioned to me how much easier it is to handle the pre injection procedures for the OxAZ vs the Pfizer vaccine. If anyone has any specific questions then I'd be happy to ask her directly from her own experience.
John