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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    edited March 2021
    Annoyingly I’ve had to cancel my 2nd jab in a couple of weeks due to new work commitments and I can’t book a new one as there are no appointments. Is that due to the limited time shortage of supply?
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,915
    Annoyingly I’ve had to cancel my 2nd jab in a couple of weeks due to new work commitments and I can’t book a new one as there are no appointments. Is that due to the limited time shortage of supply?
    You should still be able to book a 2nd jab
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,548
    Volunteering at a foodbank and doing some door to door part time work on the census at the moment. Fully prepared and expect to wait my turn for the vaccine which won’t be for a while but is it worth turning up to vaccine centre at the end of the day/ talking to my boss trying to get one? Or shall i sit down and shut up?
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,290
    Well, after the to-ing and fro-ing about my parents' second jab a couple of weeks ago, they eventually got invites at the start of last week, and had their second doses of Pfizer on Wednesday. Mum had a slightly sore arm but other than that no side effects at all.
    Meanwhile, I checked the online booking thing on Thursday morning, and managed to get an appointment for Friday afternoon at a church hall near me. Had the Astra Zeneca jab, and thought I'd got away with not having any side effects (well, beyond the standard headache and fatigue that kicks in when I do anything interesting) but weirdly the sore arm started this morning. So it seems my immune system is a bit on the sluggish side.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Volunteering at a foodbank and doing some door to door part time work on the census at the moment. Fully prepared and expect to wait my turn for the vaccine which won’t be for a while but is it worth turning up to vaccine centre at the end of the day/ talking to my boss trying to get one? Or shall i sit down and shut up?
    If you would feel better with some protection I would go for an end of day one. I am not sure talking to your boss would help, but talking to your GP maybe an idea.
  • Volunteering at a foodbank and doing some door to door part time work on the census at the moment. Fully prepared and expect to wait my turn for the vaccine which won’t be for a while but is it worth turning up to vaccine centre at the end of the day/ talking to my boss trying to get one? Or shall i sit down and shut up?
    For this to work we need as many people vaccinated as soon as possible. If you can fill an opportunity to vaccinate somebody that would otherwise not get used then, in my opinion, you should do it, particularly so if you are doing something that is, sadly, an essential service. The biggest shame would be when the opportunity is there to vaccinate people and not enough people turn up.
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    The thing with me, I was allowed to have my first jab when I took my brother for his in Bromley, as I'm his only carer in the family (he has early on-set dementia). But despite filling in a form so I could get the jab, when I tried to book my second on the NHS site, they have none of my details whatsoever. So it looks like I'm going to have to wait for my brother to get his verification for his second jab, and then have to try and persuade them to get mine done with him then too. Obviously, I have both our cards to prove we had our first jab done on the same day.
  • hawksmoor said:
    The thing with me, I was allowed to have my first jab when I took my brother for his in Bromley, as I'm his only carer in the family (he has early on-set dementia). But despite filling in a form so I could get the jab, when I tried to book my second on the NHS site, they have none of my details whatsoever. So it looks like I'm going to have to wait for my brother to get his verification for his second jab, and then have to try and persuade them to get mine done with him then too. Obviously, I have both our cards to prove we had our first jab done on the same day.
    I presume that when you received the jab you were given the little card with date and vaccination details on it ? When your brother gets his date all you need to do is accompany him and present your card along with his. You’ll get you second dose I have no doubt at that time.
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,232
    hawksmoor said:
    The thing with me, I was allowed to have my first jab when I took my brother for his in Bromley, as I'm his only carer in the family (he has early on-set dementia). But despite filling in a form so I could get the jab, when I tried to book my second on the NHS site, they have none of my details whatsoever. So it looks like I'm going to have to wait for my brother to get his verification for his second jab, and then have to try and persuade them to get mine done with him then too. Obviously, I have both our cards to prove we had our first jab done on the same day.
    My first jab was arranged by my doctor's surgery. It was from Pfizer. No date for the second jab was given at the time they just said 10-12 weeks.

    I tried to check for the 2nd appointment on the NHS website. When I entered my NHS number I got a message that I need to contact my surgery. 

    It seems there is confusion about when you can use the NHS website.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454

    Are you waiting for your second jab... and are there enough vaccines to go round? Here's everything you need to know as our vaccine rollout moves into its next stage

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9415753/Are-waiting-second-jab-Heres-need-know.html
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,001
    My mum was contacted by her GP and had her 1st Pfizer at Charlton House.
    The 12 weeks were up on the 8th April, so it was getting close.
    But we had faith, followed the rules, ie sit tight and the GP contacted her on 26th March.
    I'm taking her for her 2nd jab this Thursday April 1st. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    stonemuse said:
    Dansk_Red said:
    You could not make this up.

    German toddlers called Fritz or Adele could be invited for a Covid-19 vaccination while octogenarian Peters and Brigittes will not, as an overzealous interpretation of data privacy laws in one state has forced officials to guess people’s ages from their first names.

    Authorities in the northern German state of Lower Saxony claim legal hurdles blocked them from accessing official records when trying to send a written invitation for a vaccination appointment to all citizens aged over 80.

    The state decided instead to use post office records, which it said met data protection requirements. But since the Deutsche Post database only partially includes dates of birth, officials have used people’s first names to estimate their ages and “increase the chances of reaching the right recipients”, a spokesperson told the newspaper Bild.

    “Therefore not all people in Lower Saxony who are older than 80 will receive a letter,” the health ministry of Lower Saxony conceded in a statement on its website.


    If correct, deplorable after all the fiasco so far. 
    Deplorable even without the fiasco so far.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    DA9 said:
    I felt a little grotty today but it’s a small price to pay against getting coved. It amazed me the organisation at bromley civic centre yesterday morning, me and the wife were straight in on time and through to the end within a 20 minutes. No fuss or hiccups at all.  I think the government has shit lucky having such dedicated and professional people  working for our country. 
    Even quicker at woodville halls Gravesend, turned up at 12:20 for 12:30 appointment, straight in, done and out by 12:28
    Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing 'Hallelujah.'
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    My mum was contacted by her GP and had her 1st Pfizer at Charlton House.
    The 12 weeks were up on the 8th April, so it was getting close.
    But we had faith, followed the rules, ie sit tight and the GP contacted her on 26th March.
    I'm taking her for her 2nd jab this Thursday April 1st. 

    Pleased she got a date  for her 2nd vaccine, I remember she was a few days after me for her first.
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,605
    Just started reading the latest on this thread & then my phone pings.
    Looks like I’m getting my 1st jab on Friday toooooooooo 🤩
  • DA9 said:
    I felt a little grotty today but it’s a small price to pay against getting coved. It amazed me the organisation at bromley civic centre yesterday morning, me and the wife were straight in on time and through to the end within a 20 minutes. No fuss or hiccups at all.  I think the government has shit lucky having such dedicated and professional people  working for our country. 
    Even quicker at woodville halls Gravesend, turned up at 12:20 for 12:30 appointment, straight in, done and out by 12:28
    Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing 'Hallelujah.'

    bloody luxury...
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 834
    edited March 2021
    And cleeve us in two wid breadknife ...
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    My step-mum has eventually got a revised appointment for her second jab, after the fiasco with the Alexandra Suite, Swanley cancellations. It has caused her a lot of unnecessary stress.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Just started reading the latest on this thread & then my phone pings.
    Looks like I’m getting my 1st jab on Friday toooooooooo 🤩
    Sounds like a Good Friday.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    WSS said:
    Just started reading the latest on this thread & then my phone pings.
    Looks like I’m getting my 1st jab on Friday toooooooooo 🤩
    Sounds like a Good Friday.
    As long as it’s not three days before she rises again.
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  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,362
    AddicksAddict said: FTC
    DA9 said:
    I felt a little grotty today but it’s a small price to pay against getting coved. It amazed me the organisation at bromley civic centre yesterday morning, me and the wife were straight in on time and through to the end within a 20 minutes. No fuss or hiccups at all.  I think the government has shit lucky having such dedicated and professional people  working for our country. 
    Even quicker at woodville halls Gravesend, turned up at 12:20 for 12:30 appointment, straight in, done and out by 12:28
    Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us, and dance about on our graves singing 'Hallelujah.'
    Tell that to the kids today and they wouldn’t believe you. 
  • Just started reading the latest on this thread & then my phone pings.
    Looks like I’m getting my 1st jab on Friday toooooooooo 🤩
    GOT to be a mistake there ! 

    Queue jumping at  its worst...:-)
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,605
    Just started reading the latest on this thread & then my phone pings.
    Looks like I’m getting my 1st jab on Friday toooooooooo 🤩
    GOT to be a mistake there ! 

    Queue jumping at  its worst...:-)
    Pays to volunteer to feed the old folk.
    😎
  • Just started reading the latest on this thread & then my phone pings.
    Looks like I’m getting my 1st jab on Friday toooooooooo 🤩
    GOT to be a mistake there ! 

    Queue jumping at  its worst...:-)
    Pays to volunteer to feed the old folk.
    😎
    Hope you realise I meant that you are far too young ! 

    ( Forgive me for not making that clear, lovely lady ! Stoopid Fanny!) 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,605
    Just started reading the latest on this thread & then my phone pings.
    Looks like I’m getting my 1st jab on Friday toooooooooo 🤩
    GOT to be a mistake there ! 

    Queue jumping at  its worst...:-)
    Pays to volunteer to feed the old folk.
    😎
    Hope you realise I meant that you are far too young ! 

    ( Forgive me for not making that clear, lovely lady ! Stoopid Fanny!) 
    No I did get it beautiful lady (I lol’d it).
    Just in case others didn’t 😜😘😘
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454

    Russia has registered what it describes as the world's first Covid-19 vaccine for animals, the country's agricultural safety watchdog says.

    Clinical trials of the vaccine, Carnivac-Cov, involved dogs, cats, Arctic foxes, mink and other animals, according to Rosselkhoznadzor's deputy head Konstantin Savenkov.

    Savenkov says the animals involved developed antibodies to the virus in 100% of cases.

    Another jab made by US veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis was cleared for use on dogs and cats last October, without being tested on other animals.

    It was given experimentally to several great apes at San Diego zoo earlier this month after eight gorillas tested positive for Covid-19 in January.

    Infections have been confirmed in various animals worldwide, from dogs and cats to ferrets and mink. However, cases are generally quite rare.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-56586804

  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454

    Second doses of vaccine outnumber first doses

    Second doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the UK have outnumbered first doses for the first time.

    A total of 270,526 second doses were registered on 30 March, compared with 224,590 first doses, the latest government figures show.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-56586804

  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    The next two weeks could be crucial for me.


  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    Scoham said:
    The next two weeks could be crucial for me.


    Similar age to me, we got no chance in this time frame. Well not in my area anyway. Still probably doing the over 80s, full of 'em.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Might have said the same for where I live but my parents and father in law are all in their 60s and had their first vaccines in early March.