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>> As an aside, I wonder about having more than one vaccine. Is it more protection,
>> wasted effort or potentially a bad idea.
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>> As an old bloke with chronic asthma I'd guess I'd be further up the queue,
>> and I'll certainly want to take the vaccine, though if the first offering is the
>> Russian one I might give that a miss.
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At the rate at which these vaccines have been developed and are being rolled out I think it’s extremely unlikely that they will have been tested for use together, and so the effectiveness and the side effects of doing will be unknown. I think I’d rather the scientists do the experimenting rather than the general public! Will they even be licensed for use together initially? On that basis I’d be wary about having more than one vaccine quite yet, though once it’s available privately how that’s controlled I have no idea! Once tested together I’d expect if there is a benefit then either the individual vaccines will be redesigned, or a regime of multiple vaccinations proposed
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