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staffordjas

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That's rubbish to put it nicely.... hopefully, I must of done it really quick then when people didn't even know about it as all appointments was up, and not full must of been a mad rush after that, I literally got the text about county showground then saw on BBC news about 25-30's getting offered the job so went on the nhs booking site and there it was. it did say I was in queue with 600 odd people but it only took a min or 2 to get through.

Just good timing for once I suppose, unusual for me.

Maybe it's worth to keep having a look just incase?

He isn't living in Stafford, he's down in Worcester. (Pity the Stafford County Showground didn't come up as an option, he could have visited us the same time).

By the time he finished work tonight, they only had the earliest option of 2 dates next week for the 1st jab , 20 miles drive which he was prepared to do and tried to book. But without booking the 2nd one in at the same time it wouldn't let him book just the 1st.

If you book the 2nd one miles away , can you change it at a later date if another venue comes up closer? The first dates it gave him the option to book the 2nd jab in those Tunstall, Northampton & Bristol venues was in September (12 wks)
 
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staffordjas

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I think the GP route may be winding to a close. Worth checking every few hours as they release new slots.
I told him to do that, I even offered to keep trying for him whilst he's a work. He said not to bother (He was rather fed up on the phone tonight that he hadn't managed to book within a decent distance) but me being me , I shall have my eyes peeled for something popping up.....
 

staffordjas

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Worth checking every few hours as they release new slots.

Thanks for suggesting @Lucy I've just found appts for Bromsgrove , 12 miles each way from his house , for both of them . :D

He's booked them .... 1st this thursday before work (I've told him he'll be ok for work afterwards , and feel perfectly fine for his weekend off with special plans to go out ... hope he is now or I'm going to get it in the neck :lol:). 2nd one end of August , just before his music festival :hmm:
 

Zylo

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Thanks for suggesting @Lucy I've just found appts for Bromsgrove , 12 miles each way from his house , for both of them . :D

He's booked them .... 1st this thursday before work (I've told him he'll be ok for work afterwards , and feel perfectly fine for his weekend off with special plans to go out ... hope he is now or I'm going to get it in the neck :lol:). 2nd one end of August , just before his music festival :hmm:

That's great, although I must say I do feel lucky to be able to go 5 mins away from me, as I don't drive either!

I've just had a achey arm, after a night sleep i'm fine, I did have some weird dreams though which involved getting killed by pens? Hopefully he'll be ok!
 

staffordjas

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That's great, although I must say I do feel lucky to be able to go 5 mins away from me, as I don't drive either!

I've just had a achey arm, after a night sleep i'm fine, I did have some weird dreams though which involved getting killed by pens? Hopefully he'll be ok!
Glad you are feeling fine after it . The pen part of the dream probably comes from the needle ...
 

SketchyMagpie

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Yeah, the younger age bracket getting on board so enthusiastically really is heartening.

If there's one thing I am genuinely optimistic about in a world that inspires cynicism, it's the current "next generation" with their heightened focus on activism, social justice and empathy.

I feel they will probably leave the world a better place than they found it.
 
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Lucy

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It appears the vaccine hesitancy is likely to be in the 50s age group if you look at the take up stats so far. Hopefully most of the school age kids have parents in the 40s group for when they need to give permission for their jabs.
 

proactive

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It appears the vaccine hesitancy is likely to be in the 50s age group if you look at the take up stats so far. Hopefully most of the school age kids have parents in the 40s group for when they need to give permission for their jabs.
I eagerly await seeing some proper evidence about safety and side effects of the vaccines on under 18s. So far all there really is is political reassurances and slogans.

Making a decision which is essentially a bit of a gamble with your own long term health as an adult is fairly easy. Making one for a youngster, far less at risk of harm than yourself is another matter altogether.

I need much more convincing.
 

staffordjas

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It appears the vaccine hesitancy is likely to be in the 50s age group if you look at the take up stats so far. Hopefully most of the school age kids have parents in the 40s group for when they need to give permission for their jabs.
Hopefully they do give permission. (I always think of a young lad I worked with in GEC, he was in a wheelchair because his parents hadn't had him vaccinated with all the usual childhood vaccinations and he caught Polio at 16 yrs which crippled him .)

Son has just had his 1st Pfizer I'm glad to say :)
 

rudie111

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I eagerly await seeing some proper evidence about safety and side effects of the vaccines on under 18s. So far all there really is is political reassurances and slogans.

Making a decision which is essentially a bit of a gamble with your own long term health as an adult is fairly easy. Making one for a youngster, far less at risk of harm than yourself is another matter altogether.

I need much more convincing.

How long do we wait, the vaccine is technically still in trials until 2023
 

proactive

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How long do we wait, the vaccine is technically still in trials until 2023
I don't know.

But at the beginning of the year it was safe for everyone to have both of the main vaccines. As time went on it became clear that there were some issues with AZ but as more data came in it became clear that for the older ones amongst us any side effects were heavily outweighed by the benefits. As time went by the decision was taken that, the younger you were the less the benefits of AZ compared to the side effects so younger people were switched to Pfizer because it was safer for them.

Now there are a few instances of heart problems with younger Pfizer users. Nothing significant yet and hopefully it will turn out to be nothing to worry about. As more younger people get vaccinated the more data will become available from real-world usage and informed opinion will be able to guide us.

By the time school age kids get vaccinated there will hopefully be more than enough real evidence, rather than mere hope and politics, to demonstrate it is safe. But we aren't there yet.

So the answer to your question, as far as I'm concerned is hopefully soon but we aren't there yet.

It's just where I am now in my own thinking. Every parent must do as they think best with as much real data as is available at the time.
 

proactive

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I wonder if the risk reward with AZ will change with the delta variant?
Especially as we have way more of AZ than we do of Pfizer, so could took it out to high risk areas much more quickly, as Andy Burnham has rightly been asking for.

Also what do people think of the moral dilemma of vaccinating our kids, who are at quite low risk, whilst some countries of the world don't have access to vaccines yet?
 
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Lucy

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It's a real moral dilemma. There's a huge stockpile of AZ we should have sent elsewhere (but argh the aid budget). Kids are causing much of the growth now in this country, and if every adult was vaccinated then that wouldn't be a problem, but it is. So I think I'm saying once every adult has been vaccinated (over 16s) then send it all to Africa and Asia.
 
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