Covid Vaccine - Temporarily locked

Didn't Matt Hancock say during the Brexit debate that he had purchased loads of refrigeration to mitigate the concerns of storing the likes of insulin if there were supply problems 

No David - he was conned by a second hand fridge/freezer salesman and didn't realise that such machines do not chill down to the required -80 deg. or so that is required.

More good news. I've just seen on the BBC website an American company have just announced they have a vaccine with a 95% success rate.

Still plenty of unanswered questions, and as yet, the UK haven't placed   a firm order for this particular vaccine, but it seems that there will be several different vaccines available in the new year.

Yes, the vaccine news is becoming more encouraging. The Smallpox vaccine is 95% effective and has eliminated the disease so a 95% result for Covid trials sounds good! I see Janssen are also seeking vaccine volunteers LINK

I could be wrong, but I understand that it’s not known whether or not a vaccine will actually stop one catching and spreading the virus. If the vaccine doesn’t stop the spread, giving it to the young first, for example,  would imo be a waste of vaccine.

They may well stop you developing symptoms and becoming ill but it would appear that they don't yet know whether or not you can still become a carrier and if so for how long.  I expect that in due course we will find out.  

We have no reason to suspect it won't stop catching and transmitting. Presumably the only way that its producers could say that it is affective is by no evidence of infection

The only thing I’m presuming is that it will/should stop one becoming ill. My understanding is that even with a vaccine, the virus will be with us for many (?) years.

Matt Hancock confirmed tonight that they have an order for 5 million doses of the latest vaccine, which brings the total of vaccine doses on order to 355 million.

??    Wonder if that load will help protect all those mink  ?? 

Good news about the Astrazeneca vaccine. Seems strange to me that it was only by making an error with the dosage that it was found to work better. Lets hope they don't make any more errors  when they are using it.