- France's President Emmanuel Macron has said that every adult in the country will be offered a vaccine "by the end of the summer," while 80 percent of care home residents will be vaccinated by early March. - Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announce...
Around 21.5% of participants felt that receiving an appointment letter provided useful pre-vaccination information and a helpful reminder for their appointment. The accessibility of the vaccination centre, professionalism of the staff, and friendly approach enhanced the vaccine user access, use, and ...
Mass COVID-19 vaccination commenced in December 2020 in Scotland. Monitoring vaccine safety relies on accurate background incidence rates (IRs) for health outcomes potentially associated with vaccination. This study aimed to quantify IRs in Scotland of adverse events of special interest (AESI) potenti...
According to Public Health Scotland, as of 11 September 2022, 91.6% of adults had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 88.8% had received two, and 78.8% had received either a third dose or first booster [5]. As more COVID-19 booster vaccines are offered, there is concern that ...
If you’re invited to get the vaccine, you shouldn’t delay simply because you’re having your period or you’re expecting to get it soon after the vaccine. Instead, you should go to your appointment to receive the jab, and monitor your symptoms afterwards. ...
Whereas most men who had been vaccinated had received the AstraZeneca vaccine, it was notable that those who made an appointment to be vaccinated in the near future had arranged to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Despite being generally confident of the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines...
1. I worked on an Army post and had COVID 3 times before I was 'able' to get the vaccine (I've had it 4x total). First bout was a kickass cold; second and third bout were literally the sniffles and feeling a bit run down. 2. The vaccine was worse than every bout of COVID ...
Population-level data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake in pregnancy and SARS-CoV-2 infection outcomes are lacking. We describe COVID-19 vaccine uptake and SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnant women in Scotland, using whole-population data from a national, prospect
people_fully_vaccinated: total number of people who received all doses prescribed by the initial vaccination protocol. If a person receives the first dose of a 2-dose vaccine, this metric stays the same. If they receive the second dose, the metric goes up by 1. ...
The approved COVID-19 vaccines have shown great promise in reducing disease transmission and severity of outcomes. However, the success of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is dependent on public acceptance and willingness to be vaccinated. In this study, we