Contact them to ask. A non-medical friend was volunteering before but there was some training involved which I guess they may not be running at the moment?
Have you had your booster jab (jag) ?
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Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I signed up right at the beginning, mostly to get my jab as early as possible but I continued to volunteer for a while as 'payback' for my vaccination. (And because I had nothing better to do.) There was some Zoom training in the beginning, they were innundated with volunteers to start with, which resulted in them putting too many people on shift. Which in turn resulted in some people (like me) getting fed up with standing around doing nothing. Now I get regular emails pleading for people to join shifts which are short staffed and there are regular induction sessions running to train up new volunteers. As I have said, I will probably sign up for a few shifts leading up to Christmas because it's looking like there is a genuine need now.
It's a highly controlled environment, masks, sanitiser etc but probably more people than you have mixed with in a while, so not sure how you will cope. Where I am, they have specific 'outdoor' shifts which could be something which might be good for you if you can stand the cold?
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Moderna jab yesterday. Then got drunk. Feel all over horrible today. Thankfully I don't have anything I have to do.
Mrs Miggins
Eternal
There were so many people queueing for booster jabs at the hospital where I work this morning that as I approached, I thought there was a fire or a bomb scare or something. I've never seen so many people outside the hospital.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Loads, when I went for my initial jabs I met Eldest Q's father-in-law, he was on internal queue marshalling stood inside pointing out to people where to queue and making sure they stood 2m apart. He was an area sales manager for a food wholesaler before retirement so his medical knowledge is on a par with mine.
Youngest Sister's husband is a retired electrician and when he volunteered they put him on car parking duty don't need a trained nurse/doctor for that either.
Mum Q was fairly poorly after her initial jabs and didn't want to go for her booster so my sister told her that my brother-in-law had pulled strings to get Mum in specially and she was keen on after that.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Same here. I didn’t feel dreadful after the first two, just a bit hungover. This one I had sore arm after 12 hours, which has pretty much gone now. Also felt floopy/ rough after 24 hours. This has lasted for 24 hours and is ongoing. But not dreadful.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
I've found Lemsip to be quite helpful.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
snorted or chasing the lemsip?
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
I had the leg thing ( Pfizer though) parts were really sensitive to the touch. Had mine on the 6th and my arm is still sore to the touch. At least I can lie on it now.
elbows
Well-Known Member
Not too surprising since they had already indicated this was probably on the cards.
The vaccine centre I got my booster at yesterday was already doing a typical bending of the previous guidance, by saying we should stay for 'at least 10 minutes' after our jabs.
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Don’t think it will affect throughput at vaccination centres where the limiting factor tends to be the number of vaccinators. Certainly will have a positive impact on pharmacies though, and that matters because the number of vaccination centres has reduced considerably since the 2nd jab rollout, whereas the number of pharmacy sites has increased by several hundred percent.
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Side note really but I was wondering why IgA sounded like something I'd heard of and it's the breastmilk thing.
SARS-CoV-2–Specific Antibodies in Breast Milk After COVID-19 Vaccination of Breastfeeding Women
This prospective study investigated whether antibodies from SARS-CoV-2 immunization of nursing mothers transferred to infants as a potentially protective effect.
jamanetwork.com
2hats
Dust.
Oral administration!Side note really but I was wondering why IgA sounded like something I'd heard of and it's the breastmilk thing.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Prick, kick and out the door?
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Mine took about four minutes, mostly spent by the vaccinator entering stuff on the computer. My partner had their booster at a different site and was jabbed while standing up in the queue in just a few seconds. With the suspension of 15-minute waiting I guess some vaccinators will be able to aim for a higher rate.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Can't see that eliminating the 15 min wait will increase the vaccination rate, It's the last step and basically just needs space to store the thumb twiddlers. The place where my booster was given had three folks actually giving vaccinations and the freshly jabbed went onto some rows of chairs to wait. If those chairs weren't there there would still be only three jabbers jabbing away.
Son Q is going for his booster jab tomorrow at 1830, Pollyanna told Mrs Q last night that he had booked it on Monday morning so round here there doesn't seem to be much of a wait.
Son Q is going for his booster jab tomorrow at 1830, Pollyanna told Mrs Q last night that he had booked it on Monday morning so round here there doesn't seem to be much of a wait.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
But, more jabbers/shifts are becoming available, so that space can be used for them.
deeyo
hurled unheard to this world.
az-az-mo for me too. had my booster yesterday. feels like somone's jabbed a needle straight into my arm...
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Double Astra and had moderna today and it felt like a really horrible body load acid trip. Vision went shit and had to leave work early. It's the muscle pain which I can't stand. I have been swimming hard (3km on Sat and 2.5km on Sunday) over the past week or so and it was as if all the aches and pains were amplified to max. Plus nausea.
Half a bottle of decent white wine and two cans of guinness original and things are feeling a bit better. Wish I could take tomorrow off work but have a couple of guys coming in tomorrow especially so will need to be there. Will probably try to escape by lunch time. The arse is I have another deadline which I need to complete by Friday... just can't wait for Xmas oblivion. This feels like a kick from a horse to be honest.
Half a bottle of decent white wine and two cans of guinness original and things are feeling a bit better. Wish I could take tomorrow off work but have a couple of guys coming in tomorrow especially so will need to be there. Will probably try to escape by lunch time. The arse is I have another deadline which I need to complete by Friday... just can't wait for Xmas oblivion. This feels like a kick from a horse to be honest.
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