Orang Utan
They cannot crucify you if your hand is in a fist
My nephew’s auntie is in an induced coma. Doesn’t look good at all. 
Pandemic personal consequences
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Orang Utan
They cannot crucify you if your hand is in a fist
Just had someone have a full-on mental health crisis/meltdown at work. Screaming, sobbing etc. An awful domestic situation leading to it. Very upsetting. All a bit too close to home as the last person I witnessed doing that it was my own dear departed mother. Just wanna go home now.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Can she get it soon from her GP or a pharmacy instead?
Sorry. The Centres are nose and throat I am sure.
Three hours each way sounds like madness. Hope you manage to get something closer sorted out.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
No worries, for the level of reliability they seem to give looks like you could swab any orifice and it would give the same result.
Thora
Differently Ethical
Wouldn’t it be better to wait until she can get it done closer?
Supine
Newt Member
When I tweeted my GP they forwarded it on to senior NHS people saying this is an example of the problems we face with a rural practice.
Supine
Newt Member
Yes apart from the fact I have to work away from home often so really want her safe asap!
That really is unmanageable at her age.
They seem to be managing it in Scotland so not sure why they can't do the same here..?
Covid in Scotland: Where will I get my vaccine?
More than 1,000 locations across Scotland will be used for the community vaccination programme.
www.bbc.co.uk
ETA Looking at the actual locations, there are a lot GPs and village halls and stuff so obviously it is logistically possible.
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The ones in Scotland ^ don't match up with ones in the Scottish Government list Coronavirus (COVID-19): update on vaccinations - gov.scot or am I missing something? (The wider roll out there apparently started on Monday?
ETA Which is dated 23/12.
Supine
Newt Member
Hopefully it's out of date already. Was from BBC website searching for Vax centres.
Thank you. Off to have a look now.
Yes, in that map, it looks like there's one or maybe two places in the (rural) region I'm from in Scotland. In the Scottish Government list, there are nearly 50, mainly in GPs, village halls and the like.
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
There's one on the NHS website: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavi...es-across-the-country-11-January-2021-min.pdf
Supine
Newt Member
That's really interesting thanks. It shows a centre 50 mins away on an easy empty bus journey. Wonder how I can get her an appointment there.
muscovyduck
Good IT skills and food hygiene competent
Don't have any experience with this specifically so if someone else comes along with a better answer listen to them however I would be inclined to contact the people who have already given you an appointment and see if they can sort it out. They'll be more motivated to get someone off their list than someone else will be to put an extra person on their list
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I'd talk to her GP.
Also, you may find that the closer centre isn't quite open yet, but will be in a few days.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
My MIL (83) refused hers because it was a 35-minute drive to visit the hospital, and she prefers to wait for it to come to the local GP which is only 10 minutes away. Can't really argue when she doesn't leave the house at all anyway, it's not really a greater risk to put it off.
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
My inlaws have been offered appointments at one of the big centres. It's an hours journey involving a bus, a train and a tube. They are late 80's, she can barely see, he has altzheimers. They would never make it, frankly. Waiting for the GP is the best option for them, too. The government should realise that, while they are trying to get elderly people vaccinated as a priority, their priority should be getting more local vaccination centres up and running.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
I think it's more likely that the people in charge cannot conceive of anyone not having the use of a car or the money for a taxi, and being reduced to taking public transport like some kind of medieval peasant.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
"anyone" can take a "screenshot" of "anything"I got a notification via the 'track and trace' app that i need to self-isolate for next 9 days... I was only thinking the other day that that app didn't work.
I've had to take a screeshot and email it to work so 'the boss' don't think I'm making things up..
signed: your boss
Back to work peasant!
(funded by: the shitshow in power)
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I've only just woken up to the fact that if you stand one metre away from someone who later test positive, the time goes down from 15 minutes to 1 minute. Hence loads of people on our local covid FB page getting alerts because they stood too close in the queue at Lidl.
I confess I panicked about this and left my phone in the car when I went to the post office. I have now had a word with myself and have promised to behave better in the future.
But I'm pretty good about the 2 metre rule and have been known to have words with anyone who gets too close behind me in the queue.
I confess I panicked about this and left my phone in the car when I went to the post office. I have now had a word with myself and have promised to behave better in the future.
But I'm pretty good about the 2 metre rule and have been known to have words with anyone who gets too close behind me in the queue.
I got a notification via the 'track and trace' app that i need to self-isolate for next 9 days... I was only thinking the other day that that app didn't work.
I've had to take a screeshot and email it to work so 'the boss' don't think I'm making things up..
We have to send a letter or something from the NHS app.
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