Personal thoughts on how to choose Vaccine as of date in India given tremendous uncertainty about approval/availability of Vaccines.

If you can get it "somehow" .Get a Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine . Previously it appeared that Pfizer Vaccine would come in Private Market and will be administered in Metros.
But Pfizer developed cold feet and Govt seems not interested (as Vaccine requires -70 degree for storage and distribution difficult/price high-> could precipitate health iniquity).
As a compromise ,if you are very high risk(>50,comorbidity, elderly in family). Consider taking Covishield. Hold off/get Antibody titres if you have autoimmune/neurological disease or history of severe allergic reaction as here the Vaccine has higher risk of side effects
While approval in Clinical trial mode is granted for COVAXIN . Wait for phase 3 data . (don't get sucked in by "indigenous" tag yet).
while it is promising and pretty safe,would be better to take it after efficacy data from phase 3 (that would take around 2-3 months to complete/run interim analysis, unless Infection rate falls dramatically like in Delhi.
For rest "low/normal" risk individuals->
In 2-3 months,we will have phase 3 data from lot of Vaccine candidates which can easily be distributed in India
[Novavax -> (bridging trial in India yet to start (issues about safety of adjuvant,vaccine-drug interaction)), Sputnik(Russian-> Reddy's running Bridging trial), Chinese Vaccine (Sinovac), Jansen and Janssen -single dose].
Personally I am pretty hopeful about Novavax (very high titres in Phase 1/2 studies compared to recovered patients with safety and effectiveness in preventing Infection/nasal carriage in animal studies, conventional platform and easy to distribute in India )
Even Recovered patients should consider taking Vaccine (can hold off till 3 months). Avoid taking Vaccine if you have suffered from COVID and taken Plasma therapy for it within a. Month.

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Hi @officestudents @EHRC @EHRCChair @KishwerFalkner @RJHilsenrath @trussliz @GEOgovuk

The Equality and Diversity section of your job application has 'gender' in what appears to be a list of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

However...

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However, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.

https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u

Sex is the protected characteristic under the Act, but that is not on your list.

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You then ask for the 'gender' of the applicant with options:

Male
Female.

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Again, 'gender' is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and is not defined in the Act.

https://t.co/qisFhCiV1u

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Sex is the protected characteristic and the only two possible options for sex are 'Female' and 'Male' as defined in the Act and consistent with biology, but you don't ask for that.

https://t.co/CEJ0gkr6nF

'Gender' is not a synonym for sex.

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There was enough natural gas, coal and nuclear capacity installed to survive this event - it was NOT "forced out" by the wind energy expansion. It was there. 3/x

Wind, natural gas, coal and nuclear plants all failed to deliver on their expectations for long periods of time. The biggest gap was in natural gas! The generators were there, but they were not able to deliver. 4/x

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