<story><title>First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55227325</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dm319</author><text>I work here and was in clinic this morning.  We had three eligible patients.  One consented to it and is having the vaccine now.  The other two declined.  Not making a point, just a data point.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ryandrake</author><text>Same thing happening on this side of the pond. It&amp;#x27;s been reported that approximately 50% of Americans say they definitely or probably would refuse a vaccine [1]. And the trend over time is more and more are planning to refuse.&lt;p&gt;Seems fitting that in a place where we can&amp;#x27;t beat the virus because of people who refuse to distance and wear a piece of cloth over their face, it&amp;#x27;s possible we won&amp;#x27;t even be able to beat it with a vaccine... because of the same assholes.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;science&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;u-s-public-now-divided-over-whether-to-get-covid-19-vaccine&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;science&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;u-s-public-no...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>First person receives Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in UK</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55227325</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dm319</author><text>I work here and was in clinic this morning.  We had three eligible patients.  One consented to it and is having the vaccine now.  The other two declined.  Not making a point, just a data point.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ulfw</author><text>If they don&amp;#x27;t want it, I&amp;#x27;m more than happy to fly to the UK to get it.&lt;p&gt;Hong Kong doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to want to vaccinate most people before 2022&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scmp.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;hong-kong&amp;#x2F;health-environment&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;3112750&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-hong-kong-infectious-disease-expert&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.scmp.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;hong-kong&amp;#x2F;health-environment&amp;#x2F;artic...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>