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C.C.

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« Reply #45 on: January 01, 2021, 01:44:42 PM »
My youngest ds is getting his vaccine today because he works part-time in a senior's residence.  He's not sure which one he's getting, either the Pfizer or Moderna.  We are taking him back to uni today and then later he has to go to the local hospital to get his shot.
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CLKD

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« Reply #46 on: January 01, 2021, 01:49:14 PM »
How exciting!  My sister has to wait until 7th even though she is a key worker in Wales. 

The more that get access to the vaccines the better.  How R U?
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C.C.

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« Reply #47 on: January 01, 2021, 01:50:44 PM »
I'm hanging in there. :)  I had a quiet New Year's eve and in bed by 10pm.  We are un-Christmasing the house right now.

How are you?
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CLKD

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« Reply #48 on: January 01, 2021, 01:57:37 PM »
Not going to give boosters now, in order to spread the availability of vaccines across the UK.  Is the amount of vaccine in the boosters the same as the initial jab?
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« Reply #49 on: January 01, 2021, 03:01:45 PM »
The second jab can be given up to 12 weeks after the second. The first one gives around 52% protection and the second one boosts it further to around 90% I think.

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CLKD

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« Reply #50 on: January 01, 2021, 03:08:46 PM »
It has been suggested today in order to counteract the mutation, that everyone should have access to a vaccine so boosters will be used.  I believe from what I briefly saw on the News that the booster stimulates an already alert immune system. 
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C.C.

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Re: C-19 vaccines
« Reply #51 on: January 02, 2021, 02:08:45 PM »
My ds got his shot (Pfizer version) and is to get the second shot on the 23rd.  I asked him to let me know if he develops any side effects.  He said he is feeling ok so far.
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« Reply #52 on: January 03, 2021, 03:34:10 PM »
Will the second shot go ahead now? I thought everyone now had to wait twelve weeks.
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CLKD

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« Reply #53 on: January 03, 2021, 04:13:25 PM »
I don't really think in the overall scheme, it will matter too much.  The important issue is to get as many people jabbed as possible .  Too few start to administer the vaccinations though despite people offering their services.

Have you seen the amount of hoops and fireballs that retired medics have to jump through in order to be allowed to help the NHS?  There's a whole list of does and don'ts - one dentist who currently works 4 days a week, with weekends free, has withdrawn his offer to assist due to the list; he is already covered for most eventualities.  By the time he had read and considered the list, he had decided it was going to take too much of his time to justify filling it in.

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« Reply #54 on: January 04, 2021, 11:31:35 AM »
Quote from: C.C. on January 01, 2021, 01:44:42 PM
My youngest ds is getting his vaccine today because he works part-time in a senior's residence.  He's not sure which one he's getting, either the Pfizer or Moderna.  We are taking him back to uni today and then later he has to go to the local hospital to get his shot.
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Are you in the USA? My DIL had the Pfizer. She’s a PA (physicians assistant) and my son got the Moderna. He’s a paramedic. I’m relieved. My son has to sit in the back of ambulances with covid patients. They aren’t provided with the specialist masks medics wear in covid wards.

Meanwhile my mum over here has yet to hear about getting the vaccine. She’s 93. I hear that in the area where I live, over 90s have at least heard they are getting it. Some over 80s too. Maybe to do with less population density.
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« Reply #55 on: January 04, 2021, 12:20:30 PM »
My OH had his  1st vaccination yesterday.
Felt a bit groggy this morning, headache, cold, and his arm is sore.
Two painkillers have helped.
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« Reply #56 on: January 04, 2021, 12:50:35 PM »
My 80 year old neighbour had hers a couple of weeks ago with no side effects at all. She offered to let me go in her place bless her  :)

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« Reply #57 on: January 04, 2021, 01:10:57 PM »
With the Pzifer vaccine it's a matter of storage.  The Oxford variety is easier to store, transport and deliver to a wider area, but it has to come from the factory first.
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« Reply #58 on: January 04, 2021, 06:44:15 PM »
OH felt rough earlier. Like he was coming down with flu.
He's warmer now, and not at work until tomorrow, so fingers crossed the side effects will have gone by then. Only one other person at his work place had the same effects. Everyone else who had it, had no side effects at all.
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CLKD

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« Reply #59 on: January 04, 2021, 07:37:14 PM »
Was the other person also affected by C-19 earlier in the year?  MayB that's something to be aware of, that those who were ill with the Virus during 2020 may feel 'ill' after the jab?  Another bit of tracking to be reported for research purposes?
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