Flu Vaccine - should you wait?

[grovesy]

I am not convinced that this will happen here. My son within the first couple of weeks of schools been open has had a least two episodes coughs and sneezes. (he is an adult)

 

[Minky]

Never managed to work out why shorthand for injection in Scotland, would be jag instead of jab.

If you give someone a sharp poke with either your index finger or a prodding implement, or indeed a quick single punch with either hand in a boxing match, are they jags too?

Needle in an injection breaks through the skin, in the same way as a thorn does. Poking or jabbing someone, your finger isn’t needle-sharp. It can blooming hurt, true, but doesn’t tend to break the skin, certainly not in a single point, the way an injection or a thorn does.

 

[trophywench]

What a thorn or a hypodermic needle, a sewing needle or a pin does, is prick the skin. So is 'jag' Scottish for 'prick' then?

 

[Minky]

Not exactly. You might jag yourself on barbed wire or a bit of corrugated iron. We have the word ‘prick’ too but that can have a different connotation

 

[Squirrel768]

I had a flu jab booked last month, but the surgery cancelled it a few days before, as they had not had the delivery of vaccine. They asked me to call after the 12th to book another appt., but on the 12th, called me and asked me if I could go in , initially early afternoon, then called again to ask if I could pop up now! My wife (T2) has never had it, but was debating whether to this year or not (she had already been offered and refused it ... she has had some bad experiences with vaccines) but spoke to the surgery and they said she could come with me and talk to the nurse and decide there. Decided that, if any year was the time to have it, this was it, so she went for it as well. Slightly sore arm for 24/48 hours, but otherwise all well 🙂

 

[Squirrel768]

Not exactly. You might jag yourself on barbed wire or a bit of corrugated iron. We have the word ‘prick’ too but that can have a different connotation

No explanation needed LOL.

Did you get away in the caravan this year? Our plans to explore the country were scuppered - only use was travelling for my mum's funeral (Non-covid related, but still difficult.)

 

[belugalad]

I booked my flu jab a few days ago and had it today,I'm not sure if I was offered it as I'm a carer for my mum or as a diabetic.One thing about that jab is it's completely painless, I didn't feel anything

 

[grovesy]

I booked my flu jab a few days ago and had it today,I'm not sure if I was offered it as I'm a carer for my mum or as a diabetic.One thing about that jab is it's completely painless, I didn't feel anything

Most probably both!

 

[Minky]

No explanation needed LOL.

Did you get away in the caravan this year? Our plans to explore the country were scuppered - only use was travelling for my mum's funeral (Non-covid related, but still difficult.)

That’s a shame. Sympathies on your Mum.
Managed to get away to Cromarty. Meeting up with couple of friends that I met on AsthmaUK. Awning on their tent was large enough that we could all sit socially distanced. We’d only taken small awning with us. New restrictions came in on last day as we were packing up. Lucky!

 

[Totalwar]

Just had my flu jab yesterday at GP at last and my wife too.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Still haven‘t got mine.

Will try to get it done before Thursday!

 

[grovesy]

Still haven‘t got mine.

Will try to get it done before Thursday!

My other half got his appointment to have his next week, he had been waiting for the call back for 2 weeks.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

My other half got his appointment to have his next week, he had been waiting for the call back for 2 weeks.

Yikes! Might get mine in January then 😱

 

[grovesy]

Well if he had booked at first he could gave had it done mid September when I had mine.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Well if he had booked at first he could gave had it done mid September when I had mine.

Yes by the time I asked they were running short of doses.