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On
Newstalk Breakfast this morning, the Medical Director of the Tropical Medical Bureau Dr Graham Fry said it is now time to rethink Ireland’s policy of not offering it to the elderly.
“I think it is one of the vaccines that we can get out there very easily by comparison to the other alternatives – and that is one of the issues, we need to get this vaccine out to people as quickly as possible,” he said.
“There is no question about the safety of the Oxford vaccine, that is not the issue. The issue is whether it works to the same extent in those older age groups – the 65s, 70-plus age group.