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Who has had their first jab?

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I've not been in for a long while...

I had my first Pfizer vaccination yesterday, as I'm a Nursing care assistant so came into top groups, would have had my vaccination earlier if my company had passed over the correct phone number!

Me having to be different, I had a bleeder, and boy did I bleed poor nurse first customer of the day, and my arm is streaming! So apart from feeling very tired yesterday and aching arm. I do have a mega bruise at the top of my arm...

Unfortunately I did test positive before Christmas, I tested positive, must admit when told very scared what would happen next, but fortunately I suffered mild symptoms coming out the other side fine.
 
Nice to see you posting again @Ellie Jones

Sorry to hear you’ve had a brush with Covid-19. Glad it seems to have treated you kindly. Hope the vaccine arm eases soon.
 
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I tried the omni calculator thingy when the vaccine first started being rolled out and it estimated I would get the vaccine about august time. I redone it yesterday and it's now saying beginning of march, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
 
My understanding is the Omni calculator is a bit of fun. Nice for an indication but not much more. It seems to be constantly changing. In December it guestimates I would be jabbed in Feb, now it says March.
Will be lovely to have a bit more freedom but as the jab does not stop you passing on the virus, I don't expect a huge impact.
 
Stitch147 said:
I tried the omni calculator thingy when the vaccine first started being rolled out and it estimated I would get the vaccine about august time. I redone it yesterday and it's now saying beginning of march, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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helli said:
My understanding is the Omni calculator is a bit of fun. Nice for an indication but not much more. It seems to be constantly changing. In December it guestimates I would be jabbed in Feb, now it says March.
Will be lovely to have a bit more freedom but as the jab does not stop you passing on the virus, I don't expect a huge impact.
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I find it hit and miss it has said different things at differnt times for me, I have stopped trying it.
 
mark king said:
Age 76y Worcestershire.
I Had my 1st jab 8 days ago Invitation was by a text message but no indication when the 2nd jab will be other than a note to say they will contact me when due.
Coincidentally i received a letter from the NHS this morning inviting me for my 1st jab???
Whaaaaaat -- I'm about to ring my Drs to ask what's up doc, always wanted to say that in anger. 😛
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My mum had that,I think one communication is via the local GP practice and the other is a national NHS letter,I had already booked mums and so they said ignore the letter
 
belugalad said:
My mum had that,I think one communication is via the local GP practice and the other is a national NHS letter,I had already booked mums and so they said ignore the letter
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I believe it is intentional that G.P.s and hospital clinics are offering appointments separately, so that way is no risk of anyone getting missed out by trying to merge different patient data into a single list.
 
I_am_me said:
Had mine last Wednesday Through work as front line worker here in Telford.
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A granddaughter aged 17 had her first one a couple of weeks ago, by virtue of the fact she has a part time evening job cleaning at UHCW! Her aging grandparents had theirs today. Personally we're both very happy that she got hers before us and before her late 40s mother who isn't the heathiest woman in Coventry, or anyone else.
 
At the risk of sounding "anti-vax" (I am far from it), I am giving this vaccine a wide berth.

I work in the pharma industry and I have some experience of how long it takes to develop, trial and approve drug. Now, I know that given the situation, the usual submission and clinical trial process would take far too long, however I am very sceptical that it is possible to develop, trial, approve and manufacture a a drug in only 10 months. I know that certain processes will have been done in parallel, such as the submission and likely "manufacture at risk" but still, this is far too big an ask. I fail to see how they can have amassed enough data to be certain the vaccine is safe for the masses.

I'll see how things go, but for now I advise people to approach with caution, and know the full facts i.e. the ingredients, interactions with current medications etc. before diving in.
 
Not anti vaxx here either. I would like to know why those who have been 'jabbed' are not, given reasonable time, tested to see if they have developed any immunities. There are as you say a lot of questions still not aired. But it is a personal choice...and if people feel they need to have the vaxx on the present criteria then so be it.
 
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I would like to know why those who have been 'jabbed' are not, given reasonable time, tested to see if they have developed any immunities.
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To test the entire population in that way would be even harder than vaccinating everyone (twice). (I know it won't really be everyone, but it'll be not that far off.)

Some people doubtless will be tested. (There's a particular paragraph or two in the plan about monitoring how well the 12 week delay between doses works out.)

More generally (like vaccinations generally) this is a population level thing, so they'll be looking to see how hospitalisations and deaths fall, in particular whether they're falling faster in some (vaccinated) groups than the population as a whole.
 
Bruce Stephens said:
To test the entire population in that way would be even harder than vaccinating everyone (twice). (I know it won't really be everyone, but it'll be not that far off.)

Some people doubtless will be tested. (There's a particular paragraph or two in the plan about monitoring how well the 12 week delay between doses works out.)

More generally (like vaccinations generally) this is a population level thing, so they'll be looking to see how hospitalisations and deaths fall, in particular whether they're falling faster in some (vaccinated) groups than the population as a whole.
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I heard a lady about 2 weeks ago ring into a radio phone in , she had both her doses and had been contacted by one of the London Universities to take part in a post vaccine study. They were testing her regularly for antibodies.
 
Pete was contacted by someone from Oxford Uni after he tested positive in December, asking if he might be interested in taking part in a clinical trial, to which he replied Whyever would I not? Tell me more!

But when she asked what drugs he was taking and he named the antibiotic our GP had prescribed once Pete told the GP he'd just tested positive and therefore wondered if maybe it would be wise for him to take an AB and a steroid, in the same way as they always prescribe since he's had COPD when he reports a 'normal' winter chest infection, and GP had prescribed an AB called Doxycycline rather than the Amoxycillin they have always given him in the past - as soon as she told her computer that, it said No.

So they do contact all sorts of people to follow up all sorts of things, so I'm sure post vaccine studies of antibody levels ARE taking place. All these things take time so we have to be patient.
 
trophywench said:
Pete was contacted by someone from Oxford Uni after he tested positive in December, asking if he might be interested in taking part in a clinical trial, to which he replied Whyever would I not? Tell me more!

But when she asked what drugs he was taking and he named the antibiotic our GP had prescribed once Pete told the GP he'd just tested positive and therefore wondered if maybe it would be wise for him to take an AB and a steroid, in the same way as they always prescribe since he's had COPD when he reports a 'normal' winter chest infection, and GP had prescribed an AB called Doxycycline rather than the Amoxycillin they have always given him in the past - as soon as she told her computer that, it said No.

So they do contact all sorts of people to follow up all sorts of things, so I'm sure post vaccine studies of antibody levels ARE taking place. All these things take time so we have to be patient.
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The lady who rang the radio show I was listening to was her in 80's and she was delighted to be taking part, she also said they also were telling her the results of the tests.
 
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