Had AZ vaccine this morning , I'm 50 , in and out within 20 mins in Loughton, no one asking to wait after it so sat in the car for 10 mins had a big line of gear and sped off .
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Fantastic
The daily numbers have certainly been impressive over the past few days. As a nation we Brits can be quite negative and cynical at times. But, as a country our medical professionals have played a significant role in the COVID vaccine research and development and we have also done an outstanding job in organising the vaccination rollout. Perhaps sometimes we should not be so critical of everything that goes on in the UK.
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Not being racist, jingoistic or nationalistic, but when needs must, there's no better Country in the World in dealing with any kind of catastrophic issue that effects us all.
Black, white, left, right, when the shit hits the fan we really are the business at effort, unity, persistence and determination to not let it beat us. regardless what is thrown at us.
Hate us for what we are, but at the moment, I'm fecking proud of the concertive efforts of so many people and they have my unconditional thanks.
Not sure why you should hate us for what we are? Of the top 10 universities in the world, 40% are from the UK. Of the top 50, 44% are from Europe and 50% of those are in the UK. The metrics are based on research, teaching, employability and internationalisation. It is no surprise / coincidence that we are helping the world out of this pandemic. We should be proud of our country and not ashamed to be so.
I think the issue is that, as a country, we have a long habit of following the "lions led by donkeys" path.
Yes, our research scientists have been superb, backed by international sharing of knowledge and well-spent tax-payer money. Yes, the NHS has performed miracles and in the face of unnecessary difficulties. Yes, on the whole the populace has done all it can to support each other and follow the rules.
So why do we have one of the worst covid-19 death rates in the world? (That is a rhetorical question, not intending to take this thread off-topic, but for private consideration.)
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Fantastic
The daily numbers have certainly been impressive over the past few days. As a nation we Brits can be quite negative and cynical at times. But, as a country our medical professionals have played a significant role in the COVID vaccine research and development and we have also done an outstanding job in organising the vaccination rollout. Perhaps sometimes we should not be so critical of everything that goes on in the UK.
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Not being racist, jingoistic or nationalistic, but when needs must, there's no better Country in the World in dealing with any kind of catastrophic issue that effects us all.
Black, white, left, right, when the shit hits the fan we really are the business at effort, unity, persistence and determination to not let it beat us. regardless what is thrown at us.
Hate us for what we are, but at the moment, I'm fecking proud of the concertive efforts of so many people and they have my unconditional thanks.
Not sure why you should hate us for what we are? Of the top 10 universities in the world, 40% are from the UK. Of the top 50, 44% are from Europe and 50% of those are in the UK. The metrics are based on research, teaching, employability and internationalisation. It is no surprise / coincidence that we are helping the world out of this pandemic. We should be proud of our country and not ashamed to be so.
I think the issue is that, as a country, we have a long habit of following the "lions led by donkeys" path.
Yes, our research scientists have been superb, backed by international sharing of knowledge and well-spent tax-payer money. Yes, the NHS has performed miracles and in the face of unnecessary difficulties. Yes, on the whole the populace has done all it can to support each other and follow the rules.
So why do we have one of the worst covid-19 death rates in the world? (That is a rhetorical question, not intending to take this thread off-topic, but for private consideration.)
no argument here - boris is and always will be a joke
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Fantastic
The daily numbers have certainly been impressive over the past few days. As a nation we Brits can be quite negative and cynical at times. But, as a country our medical professionals have played a significant role in the COVID vaccine research and development and we have also done an outstanding job in organising the vaccination rollout. Perhaps sometimes we should not be so critical of everything that goes on in the UK.
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Not being racist, jingoistic or nationalistic, but when needs must, there's no better Country in the World in dealing with any kind of catastrophic issue that effects us all.
Black, white, left, right, when the shit hits the fan we really are the business at effort, unity, persistence and determination to not let it beat us. regardless what is thrown at us.
Hate us for what we are, but at the moment, I'm fecking proud of the concertive efforts of so many people and they have my unconditional thanks.
Not sure why you should hate us for what we are? Of the top 10 universities in the world, 40% are from the UK. Of the top 50, 44% are from Europe and 50% of those are in the UK. The metrics are based on research, teaching, employability and internationalisation. It is no surprise / coincidence that we are helping the world out of this pandemic. We should be proud of our country and not ashamed to be so.
I think the issue is that, as a country, we have a long habit of following the "lions led by donkeys" path.
Yes, our research scientists have been superb, backed by international sharing of knowledge and well-spent tax-payer money. Yes, the NHS has performed miracles and in the face of unnecessary difficulties. Yes, on the whole the populace has done all it can to support each other and follow the rules.
So why do we have one of the worst covid-19 death rates in the world? (That is a rhetorical question, not intending to take this thread off-topic, but for private consideration.)
The number for UK deaths is horrendous and definitely needs looking in to. As for it being one of the worst in the world I wonder if the real question is why are the numbers elsewhere lower ?
Early on we were ill prepared and ill led. Lessons definitely were learned but on the whole too slowly. One of the glaring and most stupid errors was not recognising and making mask wearing 100% mandatory outside the home. It’s crucial and and low hanging fruit.
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Fantastic
The daily numbers have certainly been impressive over the past few days. As a nation we Brits can be quite negative and cynical at times. But, as a country our medical professionals have played a significant role in the COVID vaccine research and development and we have also done an outstanding job in organising the vaccination rollout. Perhaps sometimes we should not be so critical of everything that goes on in the UK.
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Not being racist, jingoistic or nationalistic, but when needs must, there's no better Country in the World in dealing with any kind of catastrophic issue that effects us all.
Black, white, left, right, when the shit hits the fan we really are the business at effort, unity, persistence and determination to not let it beat us. regardless what is thrown at us.
Hate us for what we are, but at the moment, I'm fecking proud of the concertive efforts of so many people and they have my unconditional thanks.
Not sure why you should hate us for what we are? Of the top 10 universities in the world, 40% are from the UK. Of the top 50, 44% are from Europe and 50% of those are in the UK. The metrics are based on research, teaching, employability and internationalisation. It is no surprise / coincidence that we are helping the world out of this pandemic. We should be proud of our country and not ashamed to be so.
I think the issue is that, as a country, we have a long habit of following the "lions led by donkeys" path.
Yes, our research scientists have been superb, backed by international sharing of knowledge and well-spent tax-payer money. Yes, the NHS has performed miracles and in the face of unnecessary difficulties. Yes, on the whole the populace has done all it can to support each other and follow the rules.
So why do we have one of the worst covid-19 death rates in the world? (That is a rhetorical question, not intending to take this thread off-topic, but for private consideration.)
Why do we have one of the worst Covid-19 death rates in the world? One of the answers to this is that proximity increases the risk of transmission and the UK is one of the most densely populated areas of the planet and our transmission and infection was in the most densely populated areas of the country. Belgium and the Netherlands are the other highly populated parts of Europe but each has a smaller population. If you look at the rate after the first wave, we were up the top of the worst affected countries but adjust that for population density and we dropped down the league. The lockdown measure we have taken since then are harsher than those in France and Germany but the population density in France is much lower and our rate has fallen behind whilst theirs is still increasing in the third wave.
There are smaller more densely populated countries, such as Singapore, but they took more extreme measures in the first wave to combat the virus.
Early on we were ill prepared and ill led. Lessons definitely were learned but on the whole too slowly. One of the glaring and most stupid errors was not recognising and making mask wearing 100% mandatory outside the home. It’s crucial and and low hanging fruit.
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Fantastic
The daily numbers have certainly been impressive over the past few days. As a nation we Brits can be quite negative and cynical at times. But, as a country our medical professionals have played a significant role in the COVID vaccine research and development and we have also done an outstanding job in organising the vaccination rollout. Perhaps sometimes we should not be so critical of everything that goes on in the UK.
The UK has seen a new record for the most coronavirus jabs given out over 24 hours, the second time in consecutive days that figure has been broken.
A total of 711,156 doses were given across the UK on Friday, vaccinations minister Nadhim Zahawi confirmed on Saturday. 589,675 of those were first doses and 121,481 were second.
Well that record didn’t last long. 873,000 doses yesterday. That means that 2.62% of the UK adult population received a dose of COVID vaccination in the last two days. Wow. Just Wow!
The average of daily deaths is now 98, the first time it has been below three figures since the start of October.
Not being racist, jingoistic or nationalistic, but when needs must, there's no better Country in the World in dealing with any kind of catastrophic issue that effects us all.
Black, white, left, right, when the shit hits the fan we really are the business at effort, unity, persistence and determination to not let it beat us. regardless what is thrown at us.
Hate us for what we are, but at the moment, I'm fecking proud of the concertive efforts of so many people and they have my unconditional thanks.
Not sure why you should hate us for what we are? Of the top 10 universities in the world, 40% are from the UK. Of the top 50, 44% are from Europe and 50% of those are in the UK. The metrics are based on research, teaching, employability and internationalisation. It is no surprise / coincidence that we are helping the world out of this pandemic. We should be proud of our country and not ashamed to be so.
I think the issue is that, as a country, we have a long habit of following the "lions led by donkeys" path.
Yes, our research scientists have been superb, backed by international sharing of knowledge and well-spent tax-payer money. Yes, the NHS has performed miracles and in the face of unnecessary difficulties. Yes, on the whole the populace has done all it can to support each other and follow the rules.
So why do we have one of the worst covid-19 death rates in the world? (That is a rhetorical question, not intending to take this thread off-topic, but for private consideration.)
no argument here - boris is and always will be a joke
Agree also and like the "lions led by donkeys analogy". The government were slow in getting out of the starting traps. Although we are told a global pandemic has long been considered one of the top (if not THE top) potential exposure when the UK has carried out threat assessments, we clearly weren't prepared for it and that has had terrible consequences.
In spite of all that (and the main reason for my original post above), I think as a nation we still punch above our weight in a number of areas and we shouldn't be ashamed to applaud when we do so.
Russian scientists who have developed the country's second vaccine against Covid-19, EpiVacCorona, say the shot is effective against variants of the coronavirus, Reuters news agency reports.
Russia began mass trials of EpiVacCorona in November last year.
Three domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines are currently registered in Russia: Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona and CoviVac.
Separately, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will get the jab himself on Tuesday.
Asked which vaccine Putin would receive, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti: "One of our three. All are good and reliable."
I received a message from my doctors surgery to book my 1st vaccination, which I've now done for next week.
As I'm 44 years old with no known health issues, I was a little bit surprised and thought that maybe it was an error, but it wasn't. My date of birth was entered as part of the booking process and I completed it with no issues.
Location seems to make a difference - I'm in North Somerset.
Just got home after having my first AZ jab. The vaccine centre was very busy and very well organised. They are doing a fine job.
As I mentioned above, it was defintely a 'younger' group of people (40-50 years old), but I forgot to ask why...
Thanks to the posters who've shared their experiences on here, it definitely helps. I'll be taking some paracetamol before bed to try and ensure a good nights sleep.
Are second doses exactly the same as first doses, or are they something like half the amount or a special second dose recipe?
they are the same
Correct. That's why I wasn't worried when they said they'd given me my second dose first and I would get my first dose when I came back in twelve weeks' time.
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Yes, our research scientists have been superb, backed by international sharing of knowledge and well-spent tax-payer money.
Yes, the NHS has performed miracles and in the face of unnecessary difficulties.
Yes, on the whole the populace has done all it can to support each other and follow the rules.
So why do we have one of the worst covid-19 death rates in the world? (That is a rhetorical question, not intending to take this thread off-topic, but for private consideration.)
If you look at the rate after the first wave, we were up the top of the worst affected countries but adjust that for population density and we dropped down the league. The lockdown measure we have taken since then are harsher than those in France and Germany but the population density in France is much lower and our rate has fallen behind whilst theirs is still increasing in the third wave.
There are smaller more densely populated countries, such as Singapore, but they took more extreme measures in the first wave to combat the virus.
In spite of all that (and the main reason for my original post above), I think as a nation we still punch above our weight in a number of areas and we shouldn't be ashamed to applaud when we do so.
I am hoping that by the time I am due my second I may have the option to choose to have a different vaccine as a booster.
This is a TOTAL btw.
Feeling seriously depressed today 😞
Russian scientists who have developed the country's second vaccine against Covid-19, EpiVacCorona, say the shot is effective against variants of the coronavirus, Reuters news agency reports.
Russia began mass trials of EpiVacCorona in November last year.
Three domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines are currently registered in Russia: Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona and CoviVac.
Separately, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will get the jab himself on Tuesday.
Asked which vaccine Putin would receive, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state news agency RIA Novosti: "One of our three. All are good and reliable."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-56481031
Sadly, only available in the US.
The UK have about 90M still to do and ROI have 9M still to do
Just got home after having my first AZ jab. The vaccine centre was very busy and very well organised. They are doing a fine job.
As I mentioned above, it was defintely a 'younger' group of people (40-50 years old), but I forgot to ask why...
Thanks to the posters who've shared their experiences on here, it definitely helps. I'll be taking some paracetamol before bed to try and ensure a good nights sleep.
I wonder what would tempt the anti vacc people over here? Big Mac?