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Originally Posted by Red Herring
There is actually logical argument behind the proposal, not just political gain.
In trials the Pfizer vaccine was found to be 90% effective after the first dose and this improved to 94% after the second.
So given it takes the same amount of clinical time to administer each dose would you rather have a number of people protected to 94%, or twice as many protected to only 90%?
I'd suggest at those odds it might be worth considering......
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Agree, The vaccine makers did do a single dose during trials and found that nobody who had single dose got sick enough to need hospital treatment. They said a good level of immunity 14 to 20 days after jab. Another thing is that ultra low temperature storage needed for Pfizer vaccine is in short supply, so rather than having to keep vaccine for second doses and at same time have to store newly arrived doses as well, it is better to use vaccine ASAP rather than keep it stored doing no one any good.