RE: Single Dose Vaccine 52% - Less effective than thought20 Jan 2021 12:39
I'll start by saying I am one of the govts biggest critics....
This one I feel like they've painted them selves into a corner by letting cases completely run way. But if you do the maths even at the reduced efficacy more people are protected by a single dose than a double dose (assuming that it's vaccine supply that's the issue and therefore a 2nd dose results in half the number of people vaccinated) -
4,266,577 @ 52% protection = 2,218,620 people protected
2,133,288 @ 95% protection = 2,026,623 people protected
This is still no excuse for the poor response over the past year, but judging the decision based upon the situation we are currently in then I think they've made the correct one.