Autumn Booster ? Have you had yours ? [plse change vote when you do]
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Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Had the Moderna on Saturday, and the flu jab. Very sore arm Sunday, very tired, feeling quit zonked, slept in the afternoon, woke myself up with my own snoring. Right as rain today.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Feeling better today, a bit 'heavy armed' but that is all. The vaccinations are worth a fair bit of discomfort though. We wrinklies really do not want this fucking plague. Of course, 'flu is not a barrel of laughs either. Covid lockdowns drove cases way down. I think it is the same vaccine this year, please correct me etc .
2hats
Dust.
Only in part.
Last season:
- A/Victoria/2570/2019 (H1N1) pdm09
- A/Wisconsin/588/2019 (H1N1) pdm09
- A/Cambodia/e0826360/2020 (H3N2)
- B/Washington/02/2019 (B/Victoria lineage)
- B/Phuket/3073/2013 (B/Yamagata lineage)
- A/Victoria/2570/2019 (H1N1) pdm09
- A/Wisconsin/588/2019 (H1N1) pdm09
- A/Darwin/9/2021 (H3N2)
- B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)
- B/Phuket/3073/2013 (B/Yamagata lineage)
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
2hats
Dust.
All but Victoria in the recombinant quadrivalent, all but Wisconsin in the egg based vaccine.
Thought I might be ok but had a really bad night wasn't cold until I went to bed took ages to get to sleep and woke up feeling absolutely rotten. Got a gig tonight I've been looking forward to for ages, no way did I expect to feel this bad three days after.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Had the Pfizer yesterday. I woke up at 1.30 this morning sneezing a lot. Now I'm feeling slightly sluggish but that could be lack of sleep rather than side effects
Voley
🐀
I'm still a bit groggy today after both jabs yesterday. I had an early night with a couple of paracetamol and that helped. Nothing major though, should be alright by tomorrow, I'd imagine.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Another duff text from the NHS ...
All I need is the correct text from the surgery half a mile away for being over 50 and healthy and the ability to respond with a text.
Doubtless it will arrive at some point.
I'm not worried as I wear an FFP2 in Aldi once a week and will not be accepting my sister's annual invite to her 4 generation pox party.
EDIT:-
An improvement on last time. If I humour the online system and say I may be at increased risk, they're apparently doing vaccinations at the Hindu temple down the road and I can book an appointment for Friday ... I'm not in the mood for it at the moment ... on principle I may wait until I'm actually entitled to one. (I will probably want to have a bath before I go in any case)
Thinking about it, not only is the Temple a lot closer than the GP surgery, it will be a useful way to stay well away from my overly pro-active practice.
All I need is the correct text from the surgery half a mile away for being over 50 and healthy and the ability to respond with a text.
Doubtless it will arrive at some point.
I'm not worried as I wear an FFP2 in Aldi once a week and will not be accepting my sister's annual invite to her 4 generation pox party.
EDIT:-
An improvement on last time. If I humour the online system and say I may be at increased risk, they're apparently doing vaccinations at the Hindu temple down the road and I can book an appointment for Friday ... I'm not in the mood for it at the moment ... on principle I may wait until I'm actually entitled to one. (I will probably want to have a bath before I go in any case)
Thinking about it, not only is the Temple a lot closer than the GP surgery, it will be a useful way to stay well away from my overly pro-active practice.
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And right on cue a silly letter from the surgery reminding me of my missed "birthday review" and saying I should PHONE them to stop them sending me letters. (I am not on any medication and they have my ridiculously good results from last year - and I have no intention of letting them near me again unless I manage to get to a BMI of 23 and find myself cycling 100k for fun)
The last bit of crazy shit was that I used 111 callback for antibiotics that successfully fixed my UTI and the surgery told me the pee sample had no bacteria, but had a miniscule amount of blood in it - needless to say I did not drop off a second pee sample as requested to pander to their kidney disease theory - in 2019 they briefly went down a "low testosterone" rabbithole ...
And right on cue a silly letter from the surgery reminding me of my missed "birthday review" and saying I should PHONE them to stop them sending me letters. (I am not on any medication and they have my ridiculously good results from last year - and I have no intention of letting them near me again unless I manage to get to a BMI of 23 and find myself cycling 100k for fun)
The last bit of crazy shit was that I used 111 callback for antibiotics that successfully fixed my UTI and the surgery told me the pee sample had no bacteria, but had a miniscule amount of blood in it - needless to say I did not drop off a second pee sample as requested to pander to their kidney disease theory - in 2019 they briefly went down a "low testosterone" rabbithole ...
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ska invita
back on the other side
when you get jabs they ask if you have symptoms - i presume if you say Yes they send you home? otherwise why would they ask
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Ow my eyesJust turned off f.lux - definitely not pink. A weird pinky brown colour perhaps, but not pink.
This is pink - and it's very pink even with f.lux
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Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Incidentally, it's still the case that when I go on the booking site and answer all the questions (are you a front line health worker/pregnant/etc.) it still says I'm ineligible for the booster (having received a text saying I am eligible). It's not a problem, I could do a walk in, just haven't got it sorted yet. Same time it is a bit of a system flaw and will put some people off going.I just got the Autumn booster text and went to book it via the website. Answered all the questions and it said I'm not eligible.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
I was feeling a bit off, but went anyway. We are both perfectly OK today.
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
At the clinic I went to, the first question was "do you have an appointment or are you a walk-in?" - I had to tick an eligible category on the form, but I think at least one of them might have vague enough to cover walk-ins (something like 'living with a vulnerable person' or 'high contact with vulnerable people'). Definitely worth an ask if you're up for that.
eta this is in an area with fairly low vaccine uptake, might not be the case elsewhere.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
From tommorow (Friday)...
BBC News - Over-50s set to be invited for Covid booster and flu jab in England
BBC News - Over-50s set to be invited for Covid booster and flu jab in England
Over-50s set to be invited for Covid booster and flu jab in England
About 12 million more people will be able to book their winter vaccinations from Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Since I've now lost the advantage of age, I suppose I'd better get my finger out - perhaps having a bath will make me more enthusiastic.
I've always wanted to visit the Hindu temple ...
I've always wanted to visit the Hindu temple ...
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Are there any plans to extend further Covid boosters towards people under 50 with no particular health conditions? I know that older and more vulnerable groups must have priority in these things, but I'm quite disturbed by the radio silence on the subject of jabs for the rest of us. It's not like this virus has in itself become any less deadly since the last time my age group was given the jab, now has it?
elbows
Well-Known Member
None that I've heard of in public (and I dont have access to any behind closed doors stuff if it did exist). My assumption is that they wont expand it unless something else changes that spoils their numbers game, eg a new variant that scared them, a wave size that scared them. I dont know if they would consider it if they happen to end up wtih large amounts of spare supply/free vaccination centre slots, and if such a circumstance did arise they would probably still feel the need to find some other rationale to justify the expansion.
Like so much else in the pandemic its largely a numbers game as far as authorities and their plans go. And hospitalisation and death risk is strongly linked to age, and when such decisions made there is always going to be a cutoff point set somewhere, based on these numbers games, never mind if certain individuals are still left vulnerable as a result, just so long as its not too many of them for the system to cope.
ska invita
back on the other side
if anyone wants a vaccine but isnt currently 'eligible' follow this link
Visit Book or manage a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination
and when it gets to the question 'are you vulnerable' answer Yes.
That should do it!
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
I'm of the view that ongoing boosters should be available for all either every six months, or at the beginning of the 'flu season.
Set up dedicated vaccination clinics with dedicated staff. Training takes five minutes, it is after all an IM injection into the deltoid muscle.
We always had adrenaline pre-drawn in the fridge, in case of anaphylaxis. (The anaphylaxis rate is 2.5 to 11.1 per million doses for Covid vaccines)
Set up dedicated vaccination clinics with dedicated staff. Training takes five minutes, it is after all an IM injection into the deltoid muscle.
We always had adrenaline pre-drawn in the fridge, in case of anaphylaxis. (The anaphylaxis rate is 2.5 to 11.1 per million doses for Covid vaccines)
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Yes it has, because you've now had three jabs instead of two. The deadliness-reducing ability of a fourth jab in a healthy under 50-year old is not so clear.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Just had an email telling me that my fourth jab is due on 29 October at 14.10
Mrs Q took me for the first two and Eldest Q took me for the third but this is a Saturday and walking distance so unless the weather is bad I will probably have a leisurely stroll there and back (with 15 min wait in the middle after jab if need be).
I have had 2 AZ's and a Pfizer so far and had no reaction at all to any of them so we will see what I get this time.
Mrs Q took me for the first two and Eldest Q took me for the third but this is a Saturday and walking distance so unless the weather is bad I will probably have a leisurely stroll there and back (with 15 min wait in the middle after jab if need be).
I have had 2 AZ's and a Pfizer so far and had no reaction at all to any of them so we will see what I get this time.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I suspect the cost per dose must be peanuts the number they ship surely the bulk of that is labour and profit.
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