Tag Archives: Vaccine

Coombe Women and Infants Hospital

This morning.

Deirdre Murphy is a professor of obstetrics at Trinity College Dublin and a consultant at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital.

Earlier this month, she called for the resignation of the hospital’s Master, Professor Michael O’Connell, after it was disclosed he was among staff members who had used leftover doses of the covid jab to vaccinate relatives.

Well.

That’ll learn her.

Via The Irish Times:

The chair of the Coombe board, Mary Donovan, wrote to Prof Murphy on April 14th, telling her that the circulation of her concerns to a significant number of people was “entirely inappropriate”.

She accused her of causing the hospital reputational damage and that “as an employee” there were “avenues available” for her to raise concerns internally and that “these must be followed”.

Prof Murphy replied on April 20th telling Ms Donovan that the reputational damage had been caused by those who chose to vaccinate their family members on the night in question.

“It would be helpful if the board focused on the source of the problem rather than on an individual who is attempting to salvage some integrity from this sorry episode.”

Husband of Coombe-vaccinations critic claims hospital trying to silence her (Irish Times)

Previously: Coombe And Get It

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Gulp.

This afternoon.

Usually mild-mannered, German-born, Dundalk-based writer Marcel Krueger (him off Broadsheet on the Telly) invokes the dark side after getting his ‘jab’ (a cocktail of all three vaccines mixed with the blood of a virgin).

No need for the language, er, hun.

Thanks Vanessa

This morning.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne, HSE CEO Paul Reid said the benefits that the HSE is seeing from the vaccine rollout so far is “significant”.

Mr Reid said 1.3 million people have been vaccinated to date, with 24.5% of the eligible population receiving dose 1 and 10% of the population fully vaccinated.

He said it is a huge relief for healthcare workers.

He said yesterday saw the highest number of vaccinations at almost 39,000, with close to 150,000 vaccinations expected to be completed by the end of this week.

He said people “do not have a vaccine choice” and reiterated that the AstraZeneca vaccine is the “approved vaccine for this age group” [65-69] and that he expects “the vast majority” of people to sign up to receive the jab.

Benefits from vaccine rollout so far are significant – Reid (RTÉ)

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A total of 168 people have suffered rare blood clots after taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in Britain, and 32 have died, the UK’s medicines regulator said.

Via Reuters:

The figures for clots or “thromboembolic events” run up to April 14, by when 21.2 million people had received first doses of the vaccine, according to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

It represents a rise of 10 deaths compared to the period up to April 5, and an additional 68 cases.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the death of an Oregon woman and the hospitalisation of another in Texas after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials said.

The incidents come as advisers to the CDC are set to meet on Friday to consider whether it is safe to resume injections of the single-dose vaccine, while senior health officials prepare for a green light.

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A number of unusual blood clots in the brain have been reported in Ireland among people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The vaccine was recently confined to use in people over 60 in Ireland following as assessment by the European Medicines Agency which found a probable link between the jab and unusual blood clots with low blood platelets.

The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), which polices medicines in this country, said as of April 19 a very small number – fewer than five – blood clotting events in combination with low platelets were reported.

Unusual brain clots reported in several Irish people who got AstraZeneca vaccine (Independent.ie)

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HSE CEO Paul Reid at Dr Steevens’ Hospital for the weekly HSE operational update on the response to Covid-19

This afternoon.

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Oh.

Emergency regulations introduced by Minister for Health Stephen Donnely on April 13

Anyone?

S.I. No. 168/2021 – Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) Regulations 2021

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar at Dublin castle yesterday

This morning.

Dermot & Dave show on Today FM.

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said:

“We expect there may be 10 to 15 per cent of people who will refuse the vaccine and just don’t want it, although, they may change their minds if the ability to travel and attend mass events is linked to it…

“…What we really need for this to work fully is to get about 80 per cent of people vaccinated, that’s where you start to hit herd immunity, where the virus just doesn’t have anywhere to go.”

Varadkar fears Covid-19 vaccine ‘apathy’ (BreakingNews.ie)

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This afternoon.

The European Medicines Agency has said the benefits of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine outweigh the risks.

Use of the company’s one-dose vaccine was temporarily halted by US regulators last week after a small number of blood clots were reported.

After you, etc.

COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen: EMA finds possible link to very rare cases of unusual blood clots with low blood platelets (EMA)

EMA: Benefits of J&J Covid-19 vaccine outweigh risk (RTÉ)

HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry said there is ‘much more to fear’ from the virus than from the AstraZeneca vaccine

This morning.

On Newstalk Breakfast.

HSE’s Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry said:

“AstraZeneca vaccine is a really good vaccine. I know there was bad publicity, and talk and concern over what have been a very small number of cases.

“I’d say to anybody aged 60-69 who has been offered the AstraZeneca vaccine: take it. You have much more to fear from the virus than you do from the vaccine.”

He said the blood clotting cases are ‘extraordinarily rare’, and has ‘rarely ever’ been reported in older people – hence why its use has been restricted in younger cohorts.

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This morning

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Dr Henry said officials are also looking at whether the gap between Pfizer vaccine doses can be spread out so more adults can get their first dose quicker.

He explained: “For the Pfizer vaccine, if you look at the strict licensing of the drug, you’re allowed to give the second dose up to 42 days… but the current advice we have is up to 28 days.

“The real-world evidence… is [there’s] substantial protection after the first dose. That is not an excuse not to give the second dose, but it may well give some leeway.”

Over 60s ‘have much more to fear’ from virus than from AstraZeneca vaccine – Henry (Newstalk)

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