Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Here is the table of places with the highest proportion of those under 50 years old already vaccinated, when that proportion is a third or higher:
Let's ignore the Isles of Scilly, that's a special case. Otherwise it seems to me that to increase your chances of an early jab you need to live in an area with a high proportion of older people, plus a higher than England average already jabbed in this older cohort. Looking at the size of the 50s cohort in these places, some of them are below national levels, so places like Eastbourne, Bournemouth and Havant have proportionally people you are young and old, and not so much in the middle. It does look like that GPs are in some places doing younger people simply because there isn't much left in the older groups.
The London data is upthread, but Harrow has the highest proportion of under 50s jabbed.
Great point C-W-S, and makes sense. I guess my question would be about vaccine allocation to the local authorities. Does this suggest that it is adjusted as the programme proceeds based on takeup? So for example, Blackpool sees very high takeup at higher age groups, so gets relatively more allocated as they move down the age groups in anticipation of continued high takeup. So there is enough 'spare' for younger age groups at the end of the day. I had thought (hopefully) there was a possibility local areas were just provided a constant number of vials every week/month based on local population. If that were the case, then Islington for example would get many doses allocated based on high population, but lower takeup by >50s meant that there were plenty left over for younger groups to get jabbed early...which is what I had thought anecdotally given several healthy 20s/30s somethings in London that I know who got jabbed in March. I guess that's not the case. And / or do vials get reallocated elsewhere in the country/region/city on the fly?
Wish there were more transparency on these issues rather than the apparent postcode lottery. Now that the vaccine certification/passport business is getting underway, it ups the ante for the unvaccinated, and it's developing into a perfect storm for frustration among under 50s. With supply halting and 1st jabs slowing drastically it feels like the drawbridge has been pulled up, and all the gov't can say is that the first jab will be by July 31st which is not very reassuring.