Covid - news and views

My eldest Son who is currently 43 but his birthday is in May got a date for his first and second vaccines today. Whilst the 1st doses seem to only be around the 100,000 each day the second ones are really flying now, very impressive. Our second vaccines are on Thursday of this week.

David

Just had our boosters in the town where our local teacher daughter lives. She's in her forties and can't get a booking in the town and will have to travel to another town! I'm hoping she can get a booking soon, it's very busy for her age group.

Lying low just now, hoping we don't get similar reactions to our first jabs...but so pleased to get to this day and very grateful to all those who made it possible. 

MK seem to be ahead of the game as youngest Son (42) has just informed us that he is getting his vaccination about the same time as his brother!!!

David

I think you have done well to do all that you have. Anyone abusing staff needs to be sent away unjabbed with time to rethink their attitudes, disgraceful behaviour.☹️

I was having an AAA scan the other day and the nurse doing the scan told me she is worried about the take up, or lack thereof, by the younger generation. She was speaking to her son, a 20 year old, who told her he wasn't going to have the jab and none of his mates were either because  of the blood clot scare.

She told him that Catching Covid is more likely to give you a blood clot than the OAZ jab and anyway they have decided not to give that vaccine to that age group. Didn't have an affect but telling him that he might not be able to go on a Stag do to Munich in October without proof of having one looks like changing his mind! Will be the same with holidays or Festivals or Sports events (hopefully, anything to get them to have it)

Thank you LLM for your contribution. 

The general population needed people like you to step forward.

I'm just sorry that you and fellows jabbers have suffered verbal abuse. I'm afraid some people see it as an Inalienable right to be able to insult who they wish.

I think things are now entering a bit of a difficult stage with vaccinations. Younger age groups rely heavily upon peer group pressure, get their information at times from less reliable sources, and perhaps don’t always do the research they need to do. Not saying all younger folks are like this, many are very well informed, confident enough to make their own researched decisions in many instances. It might need some coercion to get the message home a slightly different way, such as no jab, no overseas visits etc.... Or no Festival tickets etc... medical exemptions apart of course.

There are some very young people dying in India, it is all age groups suffering.

Thanks for your response.  Thankfully any abuse is very very rare; mostly it stems from the fears people have.   I can now go camping more than I had planned but possibly go back to help the vaccination efforts if we all need boosters in the autumn.   

Got the phone call this afternoon.  Covid vaccine - the sequel, will take place tomorrow afternoon.  Hope I won't have the side effects I had last time.  I'll be taking paracetamol before and after the jab to attempt to ward off any side effects.

David

The day after my first vaccination I felt really cold all day, it was very unpleasant, but this time round I had no side effects at all, which was a relief.

OH had her second on Friday and only had a bit of a sore arm for a day, same as with her first.

DIL, who is 47, has just been sent an appointment for her first vaccination, they seem to be concentrating on second vaccinations meantime up here.