These things are tough! Understandable that some expressed reservations about this while other leading scientists supported the dose-sparing strategy. But holding off on declaring such disagreements to be “not following the science” might help. Dose sparing was not unprecedented.
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I'm sure you're sick of hearing about this, but there was no scientific rationale to it! Look at the fatality peak 7-8 weeks after we started vaccinating. Many of these were care home residents, locked away from family with late and partial vaccination.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.carehome.co.uk/news/amp/article/id/1640532/pm-brings-in-army-as-england-lags-behind-scotland-and-ni-with-care-home-vaccination …pic.twitter.com/YYipijdkLc
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Scotland by contrast, realised something was going wrong with its better run programme, and switched to second pfizer doses "early" (mid Feb), abandoning the UK advice. care home cases down fast, against national trend. NI similar, but 3wks from start.. https://www.gov.scot/news/second-doses-given-to-more-than-half-of-care-home-residents/ …pic.twitter.com/vST4wL04et
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