Submitted on Sunday 3rd January 2021
Rejected on Friday 8th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Change 1st - 2nd covid jab interval back to 3 weeks from 12
The manufacturer of the Pfizer covid vaccine has called on the govt to adhere to it's dosage guidelines, ie 2nd vaccination to follow 3-4 weeks, not up to 12, after the 1st. They have not tested the efficacy of the vaccination with a 12-week gap between doses, it could make the jab ineffective
Short of a total, extended lockdown for many months, the vaccine is now the only hope for a way out of the pandemic. Not sticking to vaccine manufacturer guidelines is a huge experiment, which the participants have not agreed to. This is not only unfair and unethical, but could have catastrophic consequences if the vaccines are rendered useless by inappropriate application. The virus would then have free rein, leaving everyone defenceless.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or House of Commons are directly responsible for, and decisions about approval of vaccines and the administration of these is a matter for various public health agencies, not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published the following petition calling for a related action, which you might like to sign:
Ban vaccines being administered in a manner not fully tested in clinical trials: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/566116
The delays to receiving the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine has been implemented by the NHS following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which advises UK health departments on immunisation, which has also been supported by the UK's four Chief Medical Officers. Their new advice and the changes to the Covid-19 vaccination programme are consistent with the temporary authorisations granted for these vaccines by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
The JCVI, Chief Medical Officers, MHRA and NHS England are all independent and operationally independent of the UK Government, so we cannot accept petitions calling for actions that these bodies are responsible for.
You can read the JCVI's advice on optimising the COVID-19 vaccination programme for maximum short-term impact here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/prioritising-the-first-covid-19-vaccine-dose-jcvi-statement/optimising-the-covid-19-vaccination-programme-for-maximum-short-term-impact
You can read the statement from the UK Chief Medical Officers on the prioritisation of first doses of COVID-19 vaccines here: www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-the-prioritisation-of-first-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines
You can read the MHRA's conditions of Authorisation for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-for-covid-19/conditions-of-authorisation-for-pfizerbiontech-covid-19-vaccine
You can read the MHRA's conditions of Authorisation for COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulatory-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca/conditions-of-authorisation-for-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca
13.58.24.19 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:27:06 +0100
