Have you had the vaccine WITH POLL
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Really cracking the whip, barking orders here
U ok hun?
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Books, not bombs
I am now, thank you.
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
3 out of the 4 adults in this household are currently over 65 (and one will be 70 in August) so priority 5, but as I'm just under 65 (September) so that puts me in group 7.
Current expectations are for them to get first jabs by end Feb / early March and mine should be late April / early May.
My SiL had her first jab around the mid/late December time (if not earlier), I must find out about her second ...
Current expectations are for them to get first jabs by end Feb / early March and mine should be late April / early May.
My SiL had her first jab around the mid/late December time (if not earlier), I must find out about her second ...
So all done and first jab administered. Got there at 4:40, huge queue stood outside in the cold, finally got sorted at 5:50. Some very ill, elderly and frail people stood outside, the queue was even longer as we left. As one bloke quipped, get a jab for Covid while catching pneumonia.
At least it’s not snowing.
At least it’s not snowing.
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nemoanonemo
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Update: I was fine all day then the shivers hit me as I was going to bed. I've never brushed my teeth so effectively, my teeth were chattering and my hand was shaking so much. The shivering lasted about an hour then passed off. I took some paracetamol and eventually managed to sleep.
Still had a temperature this morning, but that went by midday. Lazy day today, letting my immune system put in the effort, then back to the outdoors tomorrow.
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
It's just political shadowboxing. Both sides have too much to lose, PR-wise to be seen as the baddie who took us all over the brink.
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Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
I got my first jab at c.4:20 today, from the medical centre set into the side of Leyton Orient's stadium (it's where my regular GP's surgery is, ditto my pharmacy of choice). I'm 54, and have underlying heallth conditions of asthma and COPD.
And I'd really like to set people's minds at rest here, even though I'm confident most U75ers are too sensible to start clutching their pearls over a vaccine (lr et alone join the utterly ridiculous full-on anti-vaxx nutter brigade). The procedure is quick and painless, and I haven't felt a single adverse side effect. The whole thing was incredibly well-organised (I never thought I would say that about anything which involved waltham Forest BC). They also took great care in the screening interview conducted on site before I went into the jabs room, to minimise risk. They take your temperature, you apply anti-bac to your hands, they ask questions to ensure minimal risk.
I's easy to book your slot too. I got the text at 4.04pm yesterday, and booked my slot straight after finishing work at 6pm. It can be done on a smartphone easily (I did0. You just tap on the link, that takes you to the site, you get offered a choiice of times, and you choose one. Et voila! Instant booking.
And I'd really like to set people's minds at rest here, even though I'm confident most U75ers are too sensible to start clutching their pearls over a vaccine (lr et alone join the utterly ridiculous full-on anti-vaxx nutter brigade). The procedure is quick and painless, and I haven't felt a single adverse side effect. The whole thing was incredibly well-organised (I never thought I would say that about anything which involved waltham Forest BC). They also took great care in the screening interview conducted on site before I went into the jabs room, to minimise risk. They take your temperature, you apply anti-bac to your hands, they ask questions to ensure minimal risk.
I's easy to book your slot too. I got the text at 4.04pm yesterday, and booked my slot straight after finishing work at 6pm. It can be done on a smartphone easily (I did0. You just tap on the link, that takes you to the site, you get offered a choiice of times, and you choose one. Et voila! Instant booking.
My dad has had his first dose this afternoon at his doctors surgery in Wrexham. He is 84 and not too mobile, so they gave him a wheelchair to sit in while queued outside waiting for his turn. My sister says he did nothing but moan about the process all the time he was there 
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Though I have to say that this is not the way it's done universally. My experience was totally different from start to finish, and mostly not great, but I'd recommend doing it anyway. Even if it's shit, it's what we need to do to get out of this.
BigTom
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I had basically the same experience for QE hospital in Birmingham, I got the link through work on Friday, booked myself for 12:50 Saturday. Arrived as requested 10 mins beforehand (they'd asked not to come more than 10 minutes because they didn't have waiting rooms but the two people who were being see when I arrived both had times after me and it wasn't an issue). Was pretty much straight in to have the injection, done by 12:50 and then 15 minutes waiting in case of an immediate adverse reaction in a really well organised waiting room and then off. All in all less than half an hour.
I've not experienced any side effects and only pain was the slight pain of an injection.
pfizer jab was what I had.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Got mine yesterday. I've been volunteering at the vaccination centre and they offered me a leftover at the end of the day.
I was so cold after standing in a rainy car park for 4 hours I wasn't sure if they were sending me into the vaccination room to get jabbed or just to warm up. I'm definitely wearing an extra layer for my shift today
I was so cold after standing in a rainy car park for 4 hours I wasn't sure if they were sending me into the vaccination room to get jabbed or just to warm up. I'm definitely wearing an extra layer for my shift today
Could I just add a big thank you to all those who have volunteered to help people get their vaccination, the crew at Doncaster yesterday were up against it and managed to get a difficult situation of local GPs making sorted.
Apparently the centre rang around the local GPs saying they had some spare vaccinations, the GPs went into overdrive ringing their at risk patients and hundreds of extra people arrived. The staff in the centre were getting concerned they would run out, when we left there was a queue of cars, at least thirty stood waiting to get in the car park and over a hundred people still stood queuing outside. The volunteers were telling those sat in their cars that they would remain open until all those contacted had received a vaccination.
Apparently the centre rang around the local GPs saying they had some spare vaccinations, the GPs went into overdrive ringing their at risk patients and hundreds of extra people arrived. The staff in the centre were getting concerned they would run out, when we left there was a queue of cars, at least thirty stood waiting to get in the car park and over a hundred people still stood queuing outside. The volunteers were telling those sat in their cars that they would remain open until all those contacted had received a vaccination.
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Had mine today. Was impressed by just how efficient the whole process was. In Wythenshawe hospital, obviously a lot of capacity set up. I wasn't expecting it to be busy, as obviously, that's not a good thing in a pandemic, but was expecting it to be busier...
Not felt any urge to buy an X-Box yet.
Not felt any urge to buy an X-Box yet.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Yes, she's had the second one a while ago [as have most - if not all - of the staff at the hospital where she works]
I'm starting to get vaccine envy
Same!
As I'm in priority group 6 though, I'm hoping for a jab by Easter/April.
Maybe a bit sooner if I'm lucky
LeytonCatLady
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I assume my GP will contact me when I'm due for mine, but I don't expect that'll be for some time as I'm only 34 without any health issues and not a frontline worker. My housemate who's the same age reckons we're looking at around August or September.
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Boudicca
Seaside Queen
Well my plan went to plan. I volunteered at the BIC vaccination centre, went straight onto car park duty to minimise the risk of catching covid inside and then muttered "I'm very old, you know" to anyone in authority and am now the proud owner of a Astra-Zeneca certificate. I'm 62 with underlying conditions, so not a huge queue jump, and I will be doing more volunteering in the future.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
QueenOfGoths thank you.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Had mine yesterday at the Town Hall (the theatre there has been turned into a vaccine centre).
Slightly ramshackle with trestle tables as the vaccine stations but the volunteers were chirpy and it was fast and effecient. Also it felt both rather boring but reassuring in its normality. A woman in front of me looked like she'd combined it work a grocery shopping trip.
I had the Oxford/AstroZeneca vaccine. My arm started hurting fairly quickly after I had it but that happens when I have the flu jab.
Felt tired last night, bit achy but fine, but this morning the aches had multiplied and I had flu like symptoms . Shivery cold and achy. The arm where I had the jab was also very tender.
Dosed myself with ibuprofen and paracetamol and now I feel less flu like , less achy but still washed out and my arm still hurts.
The side effects for me were very like the ones I used to get when I was on Rebif, a beta interferon, the first drug I was put on after my MS diagnosis.
So all in all an easy process from booking (over the Internet) to jab and the side effects are what they are really.
Slightly ramshackle with trestle tables as the vaccine stations but the volunteers were chirpy and it was fast and effecient. Also it felt both rather boring but reassuring in its normality. A woman in front of me looked like she'd combined it work a grocery shopping trip.
I had the Oxford/AstroZeneca vaccine. My arm started hurting fairly quickly after I had it but that happens when I have the flu jab.
Felt tired last night, bit achy but fine, but this morning the aches had multiplied and I had flu like symptoms . Shivery cold and achy. The arm where I had the jab was also very tender.
Dosed myself with ibuprofen and paracetamol and now I feel less flu like , less achy but still washed out and my arm still hurts.
The side effects for me were very like the ones I used to get when I was on Rebif, a beta interferon, the first drug I was put on after my MS diagnosis.
So all in all an easy process from booking (over the Internet) to jab and the side effects are what they are really.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Being on benefits doesn't give you priority! It's GPs who are sending out notifications, and they wouldn't even know. Blood clotting disorders and heart problems would usually make you high priority so I'm surprised the GP hasn't contacted you yet.
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