COVID Vaccine !

[Ajax Bay]

Emer Cooke, the Executive Director of the European Medical Agency (EMA) today:
The benefits of the Oxford-AZ vaccine in preventing death and hospitalisation outweigh the risks of side effects. At present there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions. The number of thromboembolic events overall in vaccinated people seems not to be higher than that seen in the general population. There had been similar reporting of blood clots related to other C19 vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna).
The EMA is the EU agency which authorises use of vaccines (and other medecines) and did so for the Ox-AZ vaccine, for all over 18s, on 29 Jan 2021.

 

[C R]

Without getting involved the current discussion (in which I have nothing constructive to add) I'm scheduled for my first on Friday night, probably AZ going by the trend in the numbers. However, I don't have a means of transport.

Those who've already had either (not including those who have had a serious adverse reaction): do you think cycling home afterwards will be manageable? I've seen the recommendation not to drive for at least 15 minutes, but the leaflet makes no mention of this. I live about 40 minutes away.

I had AZ, was going to cycle but my wife thought it would be a good idea to do some shopping from the Lidle next to the surgery, so took the car. I would have been fine to cycle back, as side effects didn't manifest until about 12h later.

 

[Edwardoka]

Thanks, all.

Ironically I'll be getting the jab in the same venue in which I saw Megadeth

 

[Julia9054]

No (car) parking issues.

Exactly why I intend to cycle. That and the ridiculously large number of roadworks around here at the moment.

 

[matticus]

Thanks, all.

Ironically I'll be getting the jab in the same venue in which I saw Megadeth

Excellent!

(The vaccine centre I pass every day has a "CAUTION RUNNERS!" yellow sign zip-tied to the nearest lamp-post. I never noticed which event it was put up for.)

 

[C R]

Thanks, all.

Ironically I'll be getting the jab in the same venue in which I saw Megadeth

So you should be listening to this as you walk in to get the jab

View: https://youtu.be/LnYTRJdMzKI

 

[mjr]

Sweden and Latvia join the list of those suspending OxAZ jabs, but Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke has called stopping OxAZ vaccinations "irresponsible". https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/16/mor...zeneca-shot-as-ema-reviews-side-effects-.html

 

[Rusty Nails]

Excellent!

(The vaccine centre I pass every day has a "CAUTION RUNNERS!" yellow sign zip-tied to the nearest lamp-post. I never noticed which event it was put up for.)

That's people who were going to have the O-AZ vaccine but were scared off by the rumours.

 

[Deleted User]

Sweden and Latvia join the list of those suspending OxAZ jabs, but Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke has called stopping OxAZ vaccinations "irresponsible". https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/16/mor...zeneca-shot-as-ema-reviews-side-effects-.html

Glad I've had mine this afternoon in case they suspend it here, no-one is being forced to get vaccinated.

If people are unhappy about it then either get the other one, if possible, or go without and risk the obvious consequences.

 

[LarryDuff]

Suspending its use for a few weeks is a handy way of building up supplies for people who got their initial orders wrong.

 

[randynewmanscat]

The EMA said everything is good with the Astra vaccine but the damage has been done. It was covered thoroughly here and no doubt in the neighbouring countries, was in Holland for sure according to a friend there.
The viewers, listeners and readers saw the wall to wall coverage on dastardly Britain withholding the vaccines from the deserving Eurps and I think the story stuck so ears and eyes have been receptive to the new thrombo' story. More for you lot in blight, always an upside!
The downside may be that you will be avoiding the mainland for a while at least, at the current rate of vaccinations and with a hole in their requirements they might reach herd immunity by this time next year.

 

[randynewmanscat]

Glad I've had mine this afternoon in case they suspend it here, no-one is being forced to get vaccinated.

If people are unhappy about it then either get the other one, if possible, or go without and risk the obvious consequences.

It wont get suspended in the UK, vaccine sanity prevails in the UK.

 

[Deleted User]

It wont get suspended in the UK, vaccine sanity prevails in the UK.

It was a bit of a tongue in cheek comment in all fairness, only 1 person I know well has said he won't have it and that's out of around 30 close friends and family so in my circles sanity does seem to be prevailing.

Apart from my Daughter the people I'm referring to are all 50+ so whether younger people are equally keen I don't know.

 

[randynewmanscat]

It was a bit of a tongue in cheek comment in all fairness, only 1 person I know well has said he won't have it and that's out of around 30 close friends and family so in my circles sanity does seem to be prevailing.

Apart from my Daughter the people I'm referring to are all 50+ so whether younger people are equally keen I don't know.

They are not as keen as the older wiser chunk of the British population but they are very much less hesitant than the youngers of the richest nations in Europe.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke has called stopping OxAZ vaccinations "irresponsible". https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/16/mor...zeneca-shot-as-ema-reviews-side-effects-.html

The EU's supply of the Oxford-AZ vaccine is currently only produced at the Novasep plant in Seneffe (Belgium - SW of Brussels).
The Halix plant outside Leiden (also Belgium) is waiting on EMA regulatory approval and if it gets it (no hurry!) could produce more than 10M doses before the end of March.