CEV won’t be fully protected until May onwards 😕

[Acti]

Woke up to news that Oxford has been approved - great!

The entire family were hoping this might mean my CEV parents would be fully protected in February, as the online calculator showed they would be called for their first jab at the end of January (had Oxford vaccinations started last week of Dec).

But now that they are introducing a 12 week wait between both jabs, they won’t receive their first jab until early Feb and won’t get full protection until their second jab in early May.

I just can’t believe this.

This bastard fucking nightmare feels never ending.

I too would like to know the age profile of the trialists. I applied for the trial but was rejected as being over 60.

My friends parents were part of the Oxford trials.
They are in their 70s.

It may be when you signed up they already had enough people for your profile.

They have done well, although they have a small population. In absolute numbers they've vaccinated fewer than us.

@nether

But expecting your parents to have 2 doses rather than 2 people have 1 dose, which would be enough to keep them out of hospital, is selfish

Why parents

CEV isn't the elderly

Because that's who the OP has posted about HER PARENTS

Feel free to start your own thread about another demographic.

@FinallyFluid

Then surely this puts them in a position to go back into work.

If they have been able to work at home for the last 9 months presumably they could stay there for a bit longer, just like anyone else who has been able to work at home. They shouldn't have priority over GPs for example which has been happening.

@Pootle40 yes I agree. I think some people seem to have forgotten that the virus isn’t going away and a vaccine will never be 100% effective so no one will ever be totally protected. Just like flu and many other Illnesses. But one dose of the vaccine is great and will be enough for us to get back to normal. The fact we have enough doses for the whole adult population is brilliant.

@WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants

I don’t think remonstrating with nether is a good thing right now, under the general idea of not kicking a poster when she’s down

@nether - hope you’re a bit more OK now and that your DC are OK as well

@scaevola yes I think that's the one

Things take time
We all have to wait

The thing is OP we all have our own stories and risks

Your parents may be ECV but they’re at home together and safe, they may be fed up and you’re frustrated but so long as they stay put then their actual risk of catching covid is low

Many many other ECV people aren’t in that position and equally if not more need vaccinating but due to the schedule will have to wait longer and if you had your way would wait longer still

I’m ECV, both my teens are CV. I’ve shielded now since early March, both teens had their exams affected by Covid and both have ASD and anxiety disorders so have been badly disrupted

DS is in 6th form now, every day he goes to school we play Russian Roulette as Covid stalks the classrooms. With our particular illness we are immunodeficient and very vulnerable to these types of infections

Every day that kid goes in to school knowing that with my other conditions he could bring it home and kill me because my chance of survival is pretty slim, he wears a mask and gets ridiculed by his peers for doing so

And yet, he’s only in category 6 for vaccination

That’s a lot for a 17 to carry on his shoulders, if having one half of the dose to start with reduces that risk and stops my sons fear for me, or does the same for anyone else’s child in a similar situation I would gladly wait for my second dose

Personally if I could give him my dose first and take his place I would do that in a heartbeat because my greatest risk is him

So damn proud of him at the moment

If it means getting some protection across the board more quickly then that's a good thing.

It'll mean they can move through the CEV group more quickly together that first jab done and that people who are vulnerable but not considered CEV will also get protection more quickly including diabetics and people like me who've had stage 3 AKI in the past, are at an increased likelihood to have another one with corona but don't fall into a vulnerable group.

Exactly, @Tomnooktoldmeto . Two people safe at home? My sympathy is not off the radar, frankly.

I am cev with a dd going to sixth form. It’s scary, but I worry about her missing a crucial year.

I can't wait
Shielding since March, and can't go out for a walk due to other conditions. I go for a drive and doctors/hospital
Worked from home FT throughout. Jab me up!

Turq Hancock said that anyone whose second dose is booked for after 4th Jan will have it rescheduled. As a vaccinator I was particularly listening out for that question.
You may find your parents will have to wait.