Covid booster jab

[Steverpayne]

Hi, I'm new here and was wondering if anyone can tell me whether I will get the booster I'm 46 years old and I was in the original cohorts 1-9 to get my first doses of the jab I had my first jab in Feb and my second in Apr I am diabetic using insulin and Metformin also I know they say 50 and above but it also states people from 16 and above with certain medical conditions but I cant find any actual info saying wether diabetes is on the new list hope someone can help me in here please.

Steve

 

[Bruce Stephens]

I think so, but having tried to find a link to show it definitively I'm a bit less confident.
I still think (on balance) that it's likely you'll be contacted and offered a third dose but I agree that the JCVI statement, the NHS page, and Diabetes UK's information, all don't confirm that very clearly. (They could easily have done so by just saying it'll be groups 1-9 of the previous list. But they don't, the JCVI statement specifically separates out vulnerable people under 50 saying that they'll be considered later.)

 

[Steverpayne]

I think so, but having tried to find a link to show it definitively I'm a bit less confident.
I still think (on balance) that it's likely you'll be contacted and offered a third dose but I agree that the JCVI statement, the NHS page, and Diabetes UK's information, all don't confirm that very clearly. (They could easily have done so by just saying it'll be groups 1-9 of the previous list. But they don't, the JCVI statement specifically separates out vulnerable people under 50 saying that they'll be considered later.)

Hi, Bruce thanks for the reply all I can find is this really

JCVI issues updated advice on COVID-19 booster vaccination

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has updated its advice on the COVID-19 vaccine booster programme.

www.gov.uk

 

[Bruce Stephens]

For the record, here's the NHS page:

COVID-19 vaccine

NHS information about the COVID-19 vaccine, including what the vaccine helps protect against, who should have it and when, how to get it and side effects.

www.nhs.uk

which links to more generic looking pages mentioning people with diabetes as being at higher risk.

And Diabetes UK's page https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/coronavirus-vaccines but again I'm not wholly sure that it includes everyone over 16 with diabetes.