On the Use of the EICC for Vaccines in 2022

[danieldwilliam]

Bumped in to Dad on the way back from working out this morning. We were discussing the vaccine roll-out and he wondered what was going to happen when the people who owned the Edinburgh International Conference Centre wanted it back for non vaccine related things like conferences. With a working assumption that we are going to be vaccinating approximately everyone at least annually for at least 5 years where are we going to do it?

We then went on to wonder if extreme handwashing and sanitising will continue (almost certainly), whether facemasks will persist (likely) and whether an annual COVID vaccine would increase the offering and the take up of the annual flu vaccine (very likely). Which all probably means lower levels of things like flu in the future.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I hope you're wrong on masks as I have severe psychological issues with them. :o(

[danieldwilliam]

I suspect as a thing people wear when they are ill themselves rather than a mandatory bit of PPE for going on the bus.

What's your problem with masks?

[cmcmck]

They make me panic.

I was abused as a child but I'm not sure it's related to that. I wish I knew the reason.

I wear them because other people but there surely has to come a point when vaccination is so far on that they cease to be needed?

[danieldwilliam]

I'm sorry to hear that.

My guess, for what it's worth, is that mandatory mask wearing will end once case numbers are back to being very low and the first round of the vaccination programme is concluded in July. I think people might keep wearing them voluntarily for a while yet.