redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
The idea of getting everyone a booster before the end of Dec is seems highly ambitious, the rate is going to have the shoot up.
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Supine
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Thank God we have a fearless leader to navigate us through this crisis.
elbows
Well-Known Member
National emergency boosterism boosters campaign.
The downside of vaccines in the UK was always going to be that authorities would use those to cover more of the 'being seen to act' stuff, at the expense of other stuff they should also be doing.
Although I have to say that the rather vague Omicron estimates available so far do suggest that boosters are going to be an important part of trying to shore up the defensive wall against Omicron. I dont know to what extent the early guesstimates will hold up, but at least one of them implied that a booster shot is required in order to deliver to people a similar level of protection against Omicron as they might have had against Delta once their second jab had started to wane a fair bit. If that turned out to be the case then we'd need everyone to get boosted in order to be in roughly the same situation as we would have been with no boosters and no Omicron. Although that doesnt take account of the full impact of high number of cases that Omicron may bring.
The downside of vaccines in the UK was always going to be that authorities would use those to cover more of the 'being seen to act' stuff, at the expense of other stuff they should also be doing.
Although I have to say that the rather vague Omicron estimates available so far do suggest that boosters are going to be an important part of trying to shore up the defensive wall against Omicron. I dont know to what extent the early guesstimates will hold up, but at least one of them implied that a booster shot is required in order to deliver to people a similar level of protection against Omicron as they might have had against Delta once their second jab had started to wane a fair bit. If that turned out to be the case then we'd need everyone to get boosted in order to be in roughly the same situation as we would have been with no boosters and no Omicron. Although that doesnt take account of the full impact of high number of cases that Omicron may bring.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
I was just coming to post that, 8pm on a Sunday is a bit odd.
Especially so near Xmas when there are parties and shit to go to.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
That's not how you spell feckless.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
Two weeks ago I waited 1 hrs 20m in the cold rain for my booster and going by yesterday I noticed the same system and long queue was in place
Authorities will have to do better than that to up the booster regime
The three times I've been round here (with an appointment mind), the longest I've waited is about two minutes. Same for friends.
(Mind you, that could be because the vaccinations rates round here are so low
.)
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
My home patch's vaccination rates [inc boosters] are above both county & national levelsThe three times I've been round here (with an appointment mind), the longest I've waited is about two minutes. Same for friends.
(Mind you, that could be because the vaccinations rates round here are so low
[booster rate is already over 50%].
I've not had to wait more than a couple of minutes for any of them.
In contrast, the local GPs Flu jab system has had a bit of a tail-back, so queueing outside for about five or ten minutes.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
For shots 1 and 2 it was an orderly and quick affair in my area. For boosters its disorderly and lengthyThe three times I've been round here (with an appointment mind), the longest I've waited is about two minutes. Same for friends.
(Mind you, that could be because the vaccinations rates round here are so low
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Oh for me they were all quick and efficient. For my walk in booster I arrived and there was no queue, went straight in and was jabbed pretty much immediately. For my son there was a 15 minute delay but we were sat inside out of the cold so that was fine.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
I think I agree with Dr John Cambell.
We have been very lucky its not something like MERS.
Dr John Cambell on Omicron
We have been very lucky its not something like MERS.
Dr John Cambell on Omicron
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
My experience pretty much Mirrors Mis-Shelf's, first 2 quick and professional, booster (at mass vax centre) about 50 minutes in all... shit infection control measures including one nurse closing one of the only 2 doors open for ventilation, probably because there was a draft
and 2 others maskless the whole time I was there, so shit out out of ten for those 3 'health professionals' (the other 20 or so were great, but it only takes a few arseholes to spread this shit around and doing it at a place that is ostensibly to help alleviate this shit and you are supposed to be a trained anti-this-shit operative is un-comically ironic)
and 2 others maskless the whole time I was there, so shit out out of ten for those 3 'health professionals' (the other 20 or so were great, but it only takes a few arseholes to spread this shit around and doing it at a place that is ostensibly to help alleviate this shit and you are supposed to be a trained anti-this-shit operative is un-comically ironic)
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Vaccine booking website is now fucked, predictably.
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
I've followed him for a while now, but im afraid he has been terribly over optimistic about this variant clinging on to any positive sign and its clouding his judgement somewhat.
I do hope he is right.
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
Bojo's message tonight was 100% about trying to look in control, his target/promise is somewhere in cloud-fucking-cuckooo land
Supine
Newt Member
I stopped watching him after noticing a few issues. I read a real takedown by a real doctor recently.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
was that for a pre-booked appointment, or a walk-in?
i have my booster booked for saturday afternoon next weekend and don't really fancy waiting in a crowd for an hour and a bit...
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
It was a booked appointment. They were operating with two Clinicians and one check in person so there was no mechanism to separate walk ins for first or second shot from booked booster appointments
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
elbows
Well-Known Member
I've now found where even more dramatic rises can be seen in the current positive case data. With the sort of steepness we've seen in some of South Africas data.
London region, cases by age group (and by specimen date so as usual the most recent figures are incomplete).
Lots of age groups are showing rises but the sharpness of the increase is very dramatic in the 20-24, 25-29, 30-34 age groups data. Also 35-39 and some others too, but to a slightly more curved extent.
So this includes the age group editor drew attention to a little while back via anecdotes about increasing number of people he knew coming down with covid.
Some of the individual age group graphs for the London region to illustrate this point:
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
Yeah, it took me a while to realise that in the balloons and poppers talk, that it meant party poppers, rather than amyl nitrate!
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I am trying to get my head around the idea of giving everyone a booster jab by the end of the year.
I know the figures have been drifting upwards, averaging just over 400k jabs a day in the last 7-days. I am also aware they have been recruiting for 10,000 more paid positions, plus volunteers, since two weeks ago, with more sites & slots becoming available from today, but I assumed all this was to reach the target of over 500k a day.
The new target means they will need to average around a million per day, from now until 31st Dec., I can't see how they are likely to achieve anywhere near that figure this week, then there's the problem of Christmas getting in the way.
I know the figures have been drifting upwards, averaging just over 400k jabs a day in the last 7-days. I am also aware they have been recruiting for 10,000 more paid positions, plus volunteers, since two weeks ago, with more sites & slots becoming available from today, but I assumed all this was to reach the target of over 500k a day.
The new target means they will need to average around a million per day, from now until 31st Dec., I can't see how they are likely to achieve anywhere near that figure this week, then there's the problem of Christmas getting in the way.
andysays
Love and solidarity
It's (deliberately?) a bit ambiguous, but I think the target is actually to get all the bookings made by Jan 1st, rather than the vaccinations actually done.I am trying to get my head around the idea of giving everyone a booster jab by the end of the year.
I know the figures have been drifting upwards, averaging just over 400k jabs a day in the last 7-days. I am also aware they have been recruiting for 10,000 more paid positions, plus volunteers, since two weeks ago, with more sites & slots becoming available from today, but I assumed all this was to reach the target of over 500k a day.
The new target means they will need to average around a million per day, from now until 31st Dec., I can't see how they are likely to achieve anywhere near that figure this week, then there's the problem of Christmas getting in the way.
One the stories on the BBC website (can't remember now which one) makes this clearer.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
It certainly is a bit ambiguous, he actually says everyone 'will have the chance' to get their booster before the new year, which I suppose they do with the booking website opening up to everyone over 18 from Wednesday, then it's just a case if you get lucky or not.
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