I wouldn’t hesitate to have another but at 41 it’s not going to happen at the minute!
As I said above - if there's a centre near you just walk in - they can only say no. The one one in my town certainly wasn't busy.
Had mine at the first opportunity along with a flu jab. Seems crazy not to tbh.
Had 4th 2 weeks ago spent next 2 days off work shivering and sweating been ok with all other’s happy days 😁
Recently realised I never even got a first booster, I was following guidance to wait until contacted but was never contacted.
Bit annoying that there are now loads of walk-in centres in the surrounding towns but none in mine, so it's a 10+ mile round trip in work hours.
Covid arrived the week before my appointment. Rescheduled for December, along with the flu jag. Never had a flu jag before, but this year I will take it.
Had mine, and the flu shot, and almost immediately people around me seemed to be catching it again.
Not sure why you wouldn't if it's avaliable.
Just had the invite, but he he, just caught covid. It's not been too bad but it's settled on my chest ATM and there is no thought of going near the bikes, struggling walking the stairs. No lethargy etc, but feeling rough as I hit day 7 of positive. I'll go in the new year as I'll have to wait 4 weeks and that puts me too close to Christmas !
I’m sure someone will be along shortly to say how they’ve had no vaccinations and are perfectly fine….
Would hate to disappoint except I see no reason to crow that you have or haven't been stabbed. Why the announcements folks?
I have no problem getting one; I’m asking primarily because I’m too lazy to call the NHS and book another time slot.
Do it online then. It takes seconds.
I did not show anyone any proof of vaccination on a recent flight to/from Spain.
I had mine yesterday, I didn't receive any proof of vaccination. Should I have?
Would hate to disappoint except I see no reason to crow that you have or haven’t been stabbed. Why the announcements folks?
Makes more sense than jumping onto a thread to complain about people discussing it, n'est-ce pas?
I had mine yesterday, I didn’t receive any proof of vaccination. Should I have?
I got given a little card again with vaccine type, date and my details.
Would hate to disappoint except I see no reason to crow that you have or haven’t been stabbed. Why the announcements folks?
In my case it's at least partly self interest. I've had a booster because I'm in a vulnerable group but in any case would have thought it a good idea. I believe the vaccines are useful and other people having them suppresses prevalence of COVID generally which is a good thing for me (and others) so I'm pretty keen to encourage others to take them up if they're able and willing.
Not sure why you wouldn’t if it’s avaliable.
I rolled a die once and didn't react badly to the AZ, my mum (who has the closest immune system to mine) has gout that appeared after her Pfizer... and after being told was unconnected had the 2nd one and more/worse gout. Before her vaccine she was trotting up mountains on a regular basis.. now she has marble sized lumps and can't even put a pair of shoes on.
They don't do the Pfizer anymore and the point of vaccinations is to protect others it doesn't matter to me if I get Covid again or not so I have come to the conclusion if "they" (Government/NHS/???) wanted people to get vaccinated they wouldn't be refusing to give a vaccine I'd be happy to take.
I won't be getting a Pfizer so I won't be getting any boosters.
Every re-infection cycle gives the virus another opportunity to mutate into a nastier form.
It may happen tomorrow, it may never happen. But every vaccination reduces the virus' ability to multiply.
They don’t do the Pfizer anymore
I had Pfizer yesterday and my booster last Dec was Pfizer too.
Yep pfizered yesterday.
I also had Pfizer yesterday.
I had mine yesterday, I didn’t receive any proof of vaccination. Should I have?
I got given a little card again with vaccine type, date and my details.
I didn't get given anything but it's on my NHS app this morning - date, medicine, dose and batch number.
I had my 5th jab last Saturday... Pfizer for the first time. No reaction at all.
my mum (who has the closest immune system to mine) has gout that appeared after her Pfizer…
https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
and after being told was unconnected had the 2nd one and more/worse gout.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239705/
"COVID-19 vaccination, mainly ChAd vaccination, slightly increases the risk of gout flares on the second day after vaccination."
It's likely that the booster caused a gout flare-up. It's surely not even possible that the vaccine caused it in the first place? Is it?
I've lost count of how many Mrs Efg & I have had.
I didn’t get given anything but it’s on my NHS app this morning – date, medicine, dose and batch number.
Same here.
My BIL still hasn't been vaccinated. He says It's because he doesn't think there's been enough research/testing & that the tories are getting rich from it. I've told him the tories are going to get rich regardless of whether or not he gets jabbed.
I turned 50 this year so had mine last Friday and it was pretty busy which was good to see. No reactions at all to Pfizer. They didn’t have flu vaccines though so I will have to sort that next week
I did it on the basis that i’m not overly keen on being very ill, and i’m even less keen on being ‘that guy’, you know the one, the one who makes someone else so ill that they die.
^^basically this^^
We also have MIL living with us who has other health issues too and anything that reduces her risk of exposure through the rest of the family is a benefit. Both me and the missus are under 50 but if you live with or care for someone vulnerable they'll happily shoot you up it seems...
I won’t be getting a Pfizer so I won’t be getting any boosters.
get the Moderna bivalent instead.
They don’t do the Pfizer anymore
They definitely do. Gout is caused by uric build up, I really can’t see how a vaccine would cause it.
I think that was a typo, he meant Moderna / something else.
My BIL still hasn’t been vaccinated. He says It’s because he doesn’t think there’s been enough research/testing
We've been vaccinating successfully since the 1700s. How much research and testing does he want?
I'm 49 (with no under-lying health conditions) so don't currently qualify for the 3rd booster, which is a bit annoying as staying with family over Christmas and their kids have all had Covid at least once. This is the first year I've bothered to get my flu jab though.
Although some suggest just asking at a walk-in clinic, has anyone actually done that successfully? Seems doubtful it's an option given on the government web-site it states:
If you are eligible for a third or fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, please bring proof of eligibility with you. This could be a text message, email or letter from consultant or GP inviting you for a third/fourth dose, or a letter from your GP or consultant about your health condition
But every vaccination reduces the virus’ ability to multiply.
actually this isnt entirely true. The vaccine induced immunity from serious infection. When approved it was effective against any symptomatic infection (which is how vaccines are normally approved). But the virus is a slippery thing so changes its coat. The more people who are vaccinated, the more pressure is out on the virus to change coat. Fortunately, it’s not changed so much that we have no protection. But the vaccines are clearly not now providing sterile protection from infection.
To be honest I don’t think it really matters. Protection from serious morbidity is what you want. You’d have that from all the childhood covid infections you didn’t get (because it was new in 2020).
We went to the nearest walk in. There was no wait.
I'm just about to take my borked immune system off for jab number 6. Had a blood test yesterday which was negative for Covid anti-bodies 🙁
Double post.
Even for those eligible I think the advance booking thing can be a bit of a barrier. You're tied to a specific slot and sometimes life / work has other plans.
I found it much easier to just see where my nearest walk in centre is and then just pop in on my way somewhere else. The place was pretty empty. I was jabbed in under 2mins.
They don’t do the Pfizer anymore
Do ur own reesirch
Double wacked this morning - only a dafty would not if offered imo. But there are plenty of dafties knocking around.....
50, so qualify automatically. But they set up shop in the school I work in to do covid and flu jabs for the morning. Staff under 50 that turned up for their flu jab got offered covid too while they were there, so I'm assuming it's not in short supply.
Much advice about having paracetamol and ibuprofen at the ready for tonight and tomorrow morning....so my morning ride in tomorrow might get sacked off.
They don’t do the Pfizer anymore
Yep - mix of Pfizer and Moderna for the autumn booster.
I've now had all three - AZ, Pfizer x2 and Moderna.
got mine booked for a few weeks time. Just went on the utterly fabulous Scottish portal and booked it with no issues at all
got mine booked for a few weeks time. Just went on the utterly fabulous Scottish portal and booked it with no issues at all
Interesting.....
Also in Scotland - but wife can't see to find one in the Highlands - searching for any location or any date looking ahead as far as Jan. I think they don't put out all the slots at once, but having tried and failed a few times it would not take much more faff before it drops off the to do list. So our (her) experience has not been great.
Cougar
It’s likely that the booster caused a gout flare-up. It’s surely not even possible that the vaccine caused it in the first place? Is it?
Hard to know, not in the UK because .err. must be British exceptionalism or a Brexit benefit but it seems common globally. As far as is it gout she has or is it a different auto immune response... that's not really known either.
Both my mum and myself have pretty screwed up immune systems anyway... the positives include never developing flu and/or most viral infections... the negatives involve our immune systems taking exception to stuff that is generally OK for the wider population including many pharmaceutical products but equally foods.
We both tested positive for Covid but neither of us got ill... indeed mum was over nursing my brother. This is pretty typical for either of us getting any common virus. I'm also naturally immune to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (1:100,000).. as I said weird immune systems
I had Covid in delta and omicron ... basically a sniffle and headache for a few hours so then fine the next day and that more retrospective in that I'd not have known if I hadn't tested.
We’ve been vaccinating successfully since the 1700s. How much research and testing does he want?
I assume his BIL is referring specifically to the Covid vaccines not cow pox.
I think that was a typo, he meant Moderna / something else.
Yep sorry, I meant Astra Zeneca. I've had it twice and had no reaction so I'd be happy to have it again.
As I say we both react atypically to many things so why essentially take another roll of the dice ?? I'd rather just get another live dose TBH as I didn't react badly to that.
@convert I just looked and inverness has a few appointments in the next couple of weeks.
You don't need it for travel pretty much anywhere AUI but if you have any more vulnerable friends and relatives (assuming you don't consider yourself to be) you'd still be doing them a favour having the additional jab. You may well get offered flu jab at the same time, same reasoning applies. (though TBH I would get that for myself anyway, catching flu 3 weeks before a marathon I've trained all winter for would be a right pain in the arse).
I assume his BIL is referring specifically to the Covid vaccines not cow pox.
Point is, even relatively modern vaccine technology is mature. mRNA cell treatment is as old as I am.
This specific vaccination was generated quickly it's true, but that's what happens when you get ten men digging a hole normally dug by one when we already know how spades work. It was an all-hands-on-deck response to a global emergency. For him to say it hasn't been researched or tested is simply ignorance, it's a nonsense. (And even if it wasn't then, it's been tested on live subjects quite extensively in the last couple of years...)
We’ve been vaccinating successfully since the 1700s. How much research and testing does he want?
This specific vaccination was generated quickly it’s true, but that’s what happens when you get ten men digging a hole normally dug by one when we already know how spades work. It was an all-hands-on-deck response to a global emergency. For him to say it hasn’t been researched or tested is simply ignorance, it’s a nonsense. (And even if it wasn’t then, it’s been tested on live subjects quite extensively in the last couple of years…)
Oh please. You know, I know, my wife (nurse) knows, the vast majority of people know. You try telling him that.
He’s the most stubborn, awkward git I’ve ever met.
@ TiRed
To be honest I don’t think it really matters. Protection from serious morbidity is what you want. You’d have that from all the childhood covid infections you didn’t get (because it was new in 2020).
Is that a typo, genuine question!?
"Would hate to disappoint except I see no reason to crow that you have or haven’t been stabbed. Why the announcements folks?"
They're just reminding Santa how good they've been...
Point is, even relatively modern vaccine technology is mature. mRNA cell treatment is as old as I am.
mRNA vaccines have only existed since 1989, first human trial was 2001.....
Fiiiiiiine, you've all guilted me into it. I've just booked my 5th jab after the surgery have nagged and nagged me and rebooked my flu jab as well.
