“Who will get it first?” Ah, well, it seems we must fight our way through the standard levels of government incompetence before we can answer that question. Unless I’ve misunderstood the confusing announcements, the first choice announced was for care-home residents and staff. Then someone with half a brain realised that delivering vaccines at -70C together with qualified staff to administer it to thousands of care homes was beyond NHS capabilities. Also realised that there are not enough ambulances/taxis to bring care home residents to hospitals. So, first-to-receive now appears to be NHS staff (and maybe some patients?) in NHS hospitals. Now, I wonder whether person with half a brain has thought about the logistic problem of: a) Getting the expensive, dangerous and complicated kit needed to store stuff at -70C, and, b) Training staff to plug in and use said kit without blowing it up and/or rending the vaccine unusable.
I expect the NHS It’s-Not-Our-Fault departments are in overdrive!