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The UK vaccinated old people first. At least here in Germany we had the problem that AstraZeneca was only allowed to be used with people <65. That could be one explanation.

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No, the UK also vaccinated healthcare workers and all care home workers in the first phase too so there would have been many vaccinated under 60.

There are 441,498 staff working in care homes alone and nearly 90% of these were vaccinated in the first phase.

Weren't healthcare workers vaccinated predominantly with Pfizer in the UK?

all health workers and immunocompromised people as well. plenty of young people have been jabbed in the uk

Not just immunocompromised. Group 6 was anyone <65yo with a clinical condition which made them more vulnerable. Nearly 7 million people were eligable for that. I imagine they have nearly been done by now, and at least half would have had AZ, so that's 3.5m young(ish) people that have had AZ used.

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