A LOT of politicking is being made over vaccination rates across the UK. When comparing its constituents parts (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Scotland is seemingly at the back, trailing by 2.7% from the leader, when measuring vaccination delivery to the whole population.
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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the team that advises the UK vaccine strategy, gave clear priorities to the UK Government. First, residents in care home of older people and their carers. These are the citizens that are most at risk of severe reactions to Covid-19. Scotland has completed better than 95% of these and the UK Government state that 100% have been “offered” a vaccine. No actual confirmed vaccinated percentage has been reported. Rumour has it, it is as low as 40% – a significant lag.
So why hasn’t the UK been keeping up with Scotland on this critical group? Why don’t they report this? Something to hide?
Alistair Ballantyne
Birkhill, Angus
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