I hope that Miss Z is feeling better today.
A retired GP friend has been recruited as a vaccinator at the local hospital. I asked him if he was using the Pfizer jab he replied .....
"I think that the Pfizer vaccine is certainly more suited to use in hospitals because of its demanding storage requirements. The vaccine has to be stored in a special refrigerator packed in dry ice at temperatures below -60 degrees centigrade until ready for use. The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is good for 6 months in a bog-standard vaccine fridge at temperatures of 2 to 8 degrees centigrade. Also, the Pfizer vaccine is very fragile and if it gets shaken during reconstitution you will end up with a very expensive vial of inactive saline!"
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