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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,337
    We've passed a pretty significant milestone, but it seems to have been unreported.  (At least, I haven't seen it celebrated anywhere).  We've now administered more than one billion vaccine jabs, worldwide.  That's pretty remarkable. 
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    2nd jab Friday 
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,426

    Good news this for my partner and any other mums that want to have it. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    1st jab booked at the John Smith on Tuesday an injection will be much more enjoyable than my last visit! 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    Cafc43v3r said:
    1st jab booked at the John Smith on Tuesday an injection will be much more enjoyable than my last visit! 
    Breweries are now doing jabs? Do you get a free pint afterwards!
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Cafc43v3r said:
    1st jab booked at the John Smith on Tuesday an injection will be much more enjoyable than my last visit! 
    Breweries are now doing jabs? Do you get a free pint afterwards!
    I hope so, its 8am after a Bank Holiday 🤦‍♂️
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    I mean there's no need for a second vaccine if you've already had Covid.
    I mean, that's bollocks
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455

    Covid: One dose of vaccine halves transmission - study

    A single dose of a coronavirus vaccine can reduce household transmission of the virus by up to half, a study shows.

    Those given a first dose of either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines - and who became infected three weeks later - were between 38% and 49% less likely to pass the virus on than unvaccinated people, PHE found.

    Health Secretary Matt Hancock described the study's results as "terrific news".

    He has urged "everybody to get their vaccines as soon as they are eligible".

    In the study, protection against Covid was seen from about 14 days after vaccination, with similar levels of protection regardless of age of cases or contacts, PHE said in a statement.

    It added that this protection was on top of the reduced risk of a vaccinated person developing symptomatic infection in the first place, which is around 60 to 65% - four weeks after one dose of either vaccine.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56904993

  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Had my second Pfizer yesterday.....relieved beyond words, the wait has seemed like an eternity.
    This has been something of a definitive moment, difficult for me to fully explain but it feels like the circle has been completed in some way and that maybe, just maybe, my journey to ‘relative’ safety is complete.
    It’s been a dispiriting 14 months.
    Thank God my twice weekly keep fit classes begin again on May 17th.
    Onwards and sideways SoundAs......onwards and sideways.

    Great news, wish you all the very best for the future.
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  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    I mean there's no need for a second vaccine if you've already had Covid.
    I mean, that's bollocks
    That blokes a prick - just ignore him - more he is ignored, greater chance he will go away and crawl back under his stone
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455

    An extra 60 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine have been ordered by the UK government as it puts together plans for a vaccination booster programme in the autumn.

    It brings the total number of Pfizer doses ordered by the UK to 100 million.

    The expectation is that the most vulnerable groups will be offered another jab before next winter.

    Nearly two-thirds of UK adults have received one dose of a Covid vaccine with a quarter having had two.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56921018

  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,041
    Had my second Pfizer yesterday.....relieved beyond words, the wait has seemed like an eternity.
    This has been something of a definitive moment, difficult for me to fully explain but it feels like the circle has been completed in some way and that maybe, just maybe, my journey to ‘relative’ safety is complete.
    It’s been a dispiriting 14 months.
    Thank God my twice weekly keep fit classes begin again on May 17th.
    Onwards and sideways SoundAs......onwards and sideways.
    I have a spare pair of lycra shorts if you need mate.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    2nd jab, no queue, in and out in a couple of minutes. 

    Now to see if I get the side effects overnight and tomorrow that I had with the first jab. 

    Hopefully not, but if so, it’s worth it. 
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,259
    2nd jab yesterday (both Pfizer) no after effects except for a very painful arm. Much worse than the first time but a small price to pay.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Matt Hancock received his first jab today from Jonathon Van Tam.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    In hospital at the moment and missed my 2nd jab yesterday. 

    Hopefully they'll let me have it here otherwise I'm not sure what to do.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Matt Hancock received his first jab today from Jonathon Van Tam.
    My friends father in law had his from JVT in February.  He asked him if he was a doctor or a volunteer 😷
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Addickted said:
    In hospital at the moment and missed my 2nd jab yesterday. 

    Hopefully they'll let me have it here otherwise I'm not sure what to do.
    All the best 
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455
    Chart showing the UK in fifth place when ranking according to doses administered per 100 people in countries with a population of at least one million
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  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455
    Chart of vaccine take up by region and UK nation
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455
    Chart showing the  of people aged 18 and over who have had their first and second dose by nation data to 28 April
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455
    Kent vaccine update

    Latest vaccination progress

    Our latest data shows we have 90% of the top nine priority groups vaccinated with at least one dose. More than 360,000 people are now protected with both doses of the vaccine.

    • Cohorts 1-4 (over 70 years, health and care staff, care home residents): 94%
    • Cohort 5 (65-69 years): 93%
    • Cohort 6 (clinically vulnerable aged 16-64): 82%
    • Cohort 7 (60-64 years): 90%
    • Cohort 8 (55-59 years): 88%
    • Cohort 9 (50-54 years): 85%
    • Cohort 10 (45-49 years): 38%

    Vaccines given:

    1,295,712

    First dose

    • over 80 years 93,816
    • 75-79 years 71,321
    • 70-74 years 97,573
    • 65-69 years 90,342
    • 60-64 years 102,574
    • 55-59 years 118,181
    • 50-54 years 117,688
    • 45-49 years 78,890
    • Under 45 years 162,631

    Second dose

    • over 80 years 84,714
    • 75-79 years 61,866
    • 70-74 years 65,608
    • 65-69 years 23,827
    • 60-64 years 19,632
    • 55-59 years 20,701
    • 50-54 years 18,831
    • 45-49 years 15,651
    • Under 45 years 51,866

    Up to 25 April 2021. Figures are published weekly on Thursday afternoons by NHS England.

    https://www.kentandmedwayccg.nhs.uk/news-and-events/news/covid-19-vaccine-update-29-apr-2021

  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    I booked mine yesterday even though it said 42’s, so it’s coming down. Not sure if website updated yet. 
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,291
    News this morning was saying over 40s can now book.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,455
    I booked mine yesterday even though it said 42’s, so it’s coming down. Not sure if website updated yet. 
    Updated
    • you're aged 40 or over
    • you'll turn 40 before 1 July 2021
    https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    stonemuse said:
    2nd jab, no queue, in and out in a couple of minutes. 

    Now to see if I get the side effects overnight and tomorrow that I had with the first jab. 

    Hopefully not, but if so, it’s worth it. 
    Awful sleep, restless, hot, aching ... but this morning, apart from arm feeling like it’s been hit with a hammer, and very tired, I’m ok. 

    So much better than the first jab. 

    This is with AZ. 
  • Son, who had Astra Zenica first time, had 2nd today which was Pfizer.  He is clinically vulnerable  so maybe they are mixing it up for these 'customers'. No erection yet!!
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,807
    Soreish arm, but do feel a bit foggy today, luckily it's an easy day and I've turned slack to do not disturb
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Son, who had Astra Zenica first time, had 2nd today which was Pfizer.  He is clinically vulnerable  so maybe they are mixing it up for these 'customers'. No erection yet!!

    Do you normally get an erection, when posting on here?