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COVID Vaccine !
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Landsurfer
Veteran
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Upside of the dreadful impact to date in the over 70's age groups is that once the vaccinations rollout works its way through these groups then a real impact on overall deaths and hospital admission numbers will be felt.
Can't come quick enough.
Landsurfer
Veteran
I've posted this already but i genuinely don't understand why it takes so long to do the jabs .... julie and I had our flu jab ... both of us, in and out of the surgery in less than 5 mins, both ... we could have sat in the car for 15 minutes if they had asked ...
I really hope that when they get to the under 70's its just a drive through with your arm out of the window and off ...
But i doubt it .. Buffoon and Handsoncock and the NCS will work out someway to make it difficult ... So hope i'm wrong ....
I really hope that when they get to the under 70's its just a drive through with your arm out of the window and off ...
But i doubt it .. Buffoon and Handsoncock and the NCS will work out someway to make it difficult ... So hope i'm wrong ....
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Rocky
Hello decadence
There is a shortage of supplies
Landsurfer
Veteran
I hear you .. but the suppliers of the vaccine say there is no shortage .... someone is lying .. sorry "misspoken" again .. and so far it's been the UK government
Rocky
Hello decadence
I’m sure plenty is being made but the world needs vaccinating and the logistics to get doses to uk vaccination centres are complex and this takes time.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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Never had a flu jab before so I was surprised how quick it was. 2 minutes into and out of the GP surgery reception area.
By the way, there has been significant criticism of posters making up insulting names for people like Sturgeon. What you're doing is no better. Sauce for the goose and all that
accountantpete
OAP
You can't have people driving a ton of heavy metal if there's a chance of going into shock just after the jab.
Landsurfer
Veteran
Off topic .. but your call ...
No harm to you, but ... Don't care ... He is a disgrace, to all of us ... I have no respect for him, his boss and his hauscarls ... and I'm a 40 year Tory supporter ... no longer .... Criticism is the corner stone of free speech .... Make up all the insulting names you want folks ... it's one of our diminishing freedoms to insult ...
Landsurfer
Veteran
But i thought it was safe ... you can drive away after the Flu jab ... are you saying the covid jab is not as safe as the Flu jab ... ?
vickster
Legendary Member
There’s a risk of anaphylactic shock with any vaccination. The Covid jab is new, post marketing authorisation surveillance and reporting is standard with each and every new medicinal product in case there are adverse events not observed in trials. This continues for as long as any medicinal product is on the market (even if it’s a generic and has been around for years).
You can also have an allergic reaction to the flu jab, hence you should be asked if you’ve ever had one before receiving it, I certainly was.
Some of the numbers are indeed surprising:
The 3.3M number comes from here:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/281174/uk-population-by-age/
Risk of death per year by age is given here:
At age 80, it is about 1 in 10
ie expected deaths in the UK of people over 80 is ~300,000 pa
Landsurfer
Veteran
I had my first flu jab ever just before xmas .... as i said, in and out in minutes .... nobody even spoke to me ... the clinician who gave it was on her phone when i walked into the room, put her phone down, jabbed me, and picked her phone up as i left .....
