The vaccines | vaxxed boosted unvaxxed? New poll

How's your immunity looking? Had covid - vote twice - vax status and then again for infection status

  • Vaxxed but no booster

  • Boostered

  • Still waiting in queue for first vaccine dose

  • Won't get vaxxed (unless I have to for travel/work etc)

  • Past infection with covid + I've been vaccinated

  • Past infection with covid - I've not been vaccinated


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I just booked mine on the NHS site even though it apparently doesn’t start until tomorrow (I’m 38) . Got it booked for next Friday.
 
When did you become Mr Positive Motivational Speaker? :D

Try to book one on the NHS website. After reading @Adamsk7 I just went through the website and I can get one booked as early as tomorrow if I go to the Etihad Campus! Think I'll wait until next week as I don't want to be feeling crap on Friday or Saturday due to things going on.
 


Because protecting your health and others around you isn't enough incentive for a sizable portion of Americans, Ohio's governor is offering $1m drawings as an incentive. Each week for five weeks, they'll draw the name of someone who's been vaccinated to receive $1m.
 
I just booked mine on the NHS site even though it apparently doesn’t start until tomorrow (I’m 38) . Got it booked for next Friday.

I keep trying and it always says I'm not eligible yet (31) :lol: Keep thinking maybe one day it'll accidentally let me.
 


Because protecting your health and others around you isn't enough incentive for a sizable portion of Americans, Ohio's governor is offering $1m drawings as an incentive. Each week for five weeks, they'll draw the name of someone who's been vaccinated to receive $1m.

I actually think this is a great idea. I wish there were more of a celebratory emphasis on the vaccine rollout in Aus, have music at the vaccination centres, do it at the MCG. I haven’t seen any advertisements about vaccination here either. Most of the over 50s I’ve spoken to haven’t booked even though they’re eligible.
 
I actually think this is a great idea. I wish there were more of a celebratory emphasis on the vaccine rollout in Aus, have music at the vaccination centres, do it at the MCG. I haven’t seen any advertisements about vaccination here either. Most of the over 50s I’ve spoken to haven’t booked even though they’re eligible.

It is a great idea, but it's kinda depressing that it could work. I'm hoping my governor does something similar since vaccination hesitance is slowing down vaccination in NC. Even if it were lower amounts like $100k, $250k, or $500k, I think having more winners could make it more enticing for people. I've previously thought about broader financial incentives like payments for people who get vaccinated, but I don't know that the amounts ($100 or so) would be enough incentive. If 80% of North Carolinians were vaccinated, it would cost about $3.5bn to give them all $100.
 
It is a great idea, but it's kinda depressing that it could work. I'm hoping my governor does something similar since vaccination hesitance is slowing down vaccination in NC. Even if it were lower amounts like $100k, $250k, or $500k, I think having more winners could make it more enticing for people. I've previously thought about broader financial incentives like payments for people who get vaccinated, but I don't know that the amounts ($100 or so) would be enough incentive. If 80% of North Carolinians were vaccinated, it would cost about $3.5bn to give them all $100.
A classic case of the end justifying the means.
 
Had my first AZ jab on Saturday. Apart from a sore arm for a few days. On Sunday everything felt really slow, I walked down the road at my normal brisk pace, and had to slow down. All good on Monday though. The wife felt rough for about 24 hours too.

All in all its been absolutely fine
 
Folks who are getting the AstraZeneca vaccine, what’s the time between doses for you?

My mum is 12 weeks and a few days this coming Sunday (due to Ramadan and Eid). I will have my second dose between 11-12 weeks when it's that time.
 
24 hours after second Pfizer dose, other than sore arm that is much less sore than after the first jab, everything else is peachy.
 


I've not seen similar notifications for Bolton and other affected areas, but I'm guessing we may see them soon.
 


I've not seen similar notifications for Bolton and other affected areas, but I'm guessing we may see them soon.


They'll have to get these done pretty quickly. This variant could spread like wildfire in all the unvaccinated under 40s if social distancing measures are eased further.
 
I had my first jab (AZ) yesterday at 2 pm. The jab itself was almost painless, which really surprised me.

I started to feel quite unwell yesterday evening with a cracking headache and general lethargy. By 10PM I was shivering like a son of a bitch and aching all over.

I felt dreadful this morning but a couple of paracetamol took the edge off of it massively. I feel a lot better now.

24 hours of mild flu symptoms is worth it for the protection it gives you.

Get well soon sweetheart
 
I've not seen the detail numbers on Blackburn, but I know that for Bolton the high case rate areas correspond to the lowest vaccinated % areas. The cases are concentrated in the under 30s there currently, so there's still hope that we might block it before it starts killing people.
 
They'll have to get these done pretty quickly. This variant could spread like wildfire in all the unvaccinated under 40s if social distancing measures are eased further.

B117 is well capable of spreading like wildfire as it is. I don’t think anyone has yet confirmed that this is significantly more transmissible?

I’m assuming it’s about as infectious as the UK variant with added vaccine resistance. I’m also (optimistically) assuming the vaccine resistance is about the same or less than what we’ve seen with Brazil/SA variants (i.e. vaccines still very effective against serious illness)
 
Having one beer during the tonight's game, day after a jab shouldn't interfere much with the immunity building? I know it is recommended not to consume alcohol around three days before and after, but one beer shouldn't matter much I would think.
 
Having one beer during the tonight's game, day after a jab shouldn't interfere much with the immunity building? I know it is recommended not to consume alcohol around three days before and after, but one beer shouldn't matter much I would think.

It's a vaccine - you're going to get it 2-3 times in your life against a disease that's killing millions. Why would you not put off the beer?
 
Some initial data on effects of mixing vaccines (AZ and Pfizer). Seems like you're more likely to feel like crap if you mix and match.

 
Out of interest, when are people considered fully vaccinated in other countries? So they can travel etc with a status as being a vaccinated person?

In Ireland they’re going to insist that you have to have had both doses. Which is going to make AZ even more unpopular than it is already. 6 weeks wait vs 12 weeks.
 


I've not seen similar notifications for Bolton and other affected areas, but I'm guessing we may see them soon.


Apparently this is the Blackburn PH team going rogue. All power to them imo - will be interesting to see how it works out.
 
Booked in early next week at City. Wonder if I'll get the Pfizer or Moderna with me being under 40 and in the lowest exposure category.

My wife is under 40 and she booked hers today via the website. It doesn’t give any option for which vaccine you want. I can see a lot of under 40’s cancelling their appointments if they go along and it’s AZ.
You would think that it would be relatively simple to implement online as well.
 
My wife is under 40 and she booked hers today via the website. It doesn’t give any option for which vaccine you want. I can see a lot of under 40’s cancelling their appointments if they go along and it’s AZ.
You would think that it would be relatively simple to implement online as well.

I know they've been administering the Pfizer vaccine at the Etihad Campus so you'd hope they'd just go off your DOB. Although what I read is that you'll be offered the alternative 'where possible' so it seems contingent on stock. I won't refuse the AZ but after reading the public health advice that I'm more at risk of blood clots from the AZ vaccine than I am from being hospitalised by Covid then I'd prefer one of the others if possible.
 
Out of interest, when are people considered fully vaccinated in other countries? So they can travel etc with a status as being a vaccinated person?

In Ireland they’re going to insist that you have to have had both doses. Which is going to make AZ even more unpopular than it is already. 6 weeks wait vs 12 weeks.

In the US, it's two weeks after your second dose of Pfizer/Moderna, and I think it's 28 days after J&J. The intervals here for Pfizer and Moderna are 3 and 4 weeks respectively.
 
I won't refuse the AZ but after reading the public health advice that I'm more at risk of blood clots from the AZ vaccine than I am from being hospitalised by Covid then I'd prefer one of the others if possible.
Are the odd with AZ vaccine really that bad though? And do you know how soon after taking the AZ vaccine are folks getting these blood clots? Is it the day of getting the vaccine or a week or a month or a year later?
 
Apparently this is the Blackburn PH team going rogue. All power to them imo - will be interesting to see how it works out.
Good on them. I hope the national leadership will make the same choice. They've been stockpiling first doses - now would be a great moment to unlock the stockroom before hotspots turn back into hot regions again.
 
Are the odd with AZ vaccine really that bad though? And do you know how soon after taking the AZ vaccine are folks getting these blood clots? Is it the day of getting the vaccine or a week or a month or a year later?

4-20 days post vaccination is the reported cases of blood clots till now, I think.
 
My wife is under 40 and she booked hers today via the website. It doesn’t give any option for which vaccine you want. I can see a lot of under 40’s cancelling their appointments if they go along and it’s AZ.
You would think that it would be relatively simple to implement online as well.

Yeah, when I was applying online, there was choice of five vaccines to pick, Pfizer, Sputnik V, Sinopharm, AstraZeneka and Moderna.
 
I didn't get a choice and as said last week, I found the whole booking process to be rather amateur all in all.

I had the AZ jab yesterday and today feel like shit. Worst thing is, my power hasn't come in yet :(