Vaccine calculator - your place in the queue

[PilatesPeach]

I am probably missing something very obvious (so be nice) - why have places suddenly jumped back 6 months or so? Am assuming to do with the one dose then 2nd 12 weeks later but was down for June/July now December or Jan 2022. Just curious really. I am only in group 9 so not at high risk but guess other higher categories have been pushed back too. Thought it would have got quicker with Oxford jab rolling out. Just asking so someone more with it can satisfy my curiosity thank you

@EmpressSuiko

Talk to his specialist

You can apply for priority home delivery shopping , medications being delivered etc

@HidingInTheLight

I've just C&P this from the Govt Site

It's in with the L6 group underlying conditions

Other groups at higher risk, including those who are in receipt of a carer’s allowance, or those who are the main carer of an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer falls ill, should also be offered vaccination alongside these groups

So your mum should get one with us clinically vulnerable lot. 🤞🏼

@EmpressSuiko

Does anyone know what the specific cancers are? I can’t find a list online anywhere l, my husband was diagnosed late last year with cancer but I’ve no idea if he is eligible for the vaccine because of it.

There's a very clear list I found yesterday, I'll go & see if I can find it again

@EmpressSuiko
This isn't the list I read yesterday, but does this help? If not I'll try to refund the other list.

People with the following conditions are automatically deemed clinically extremely vulnerable:

solid organ transplant recipients
people with specific cancers:
people with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy
people with lung cancer who are undergoing radical radiotherapy
people with cancers of the blood or bone marrow such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma who are at any stage of treatment
people having immunotherapy or other continuing antibody treatments for cancer
people having other targeted cancer treatments that can affect the immune system, such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors
people who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplants in the last 6 months or who are still taking immunosuppression drugs
people with severe respiratory conditions including all cystic fibrosis, severe asthma and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
people with rare diseases that significantly increase the risk of infections (such as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), homozygous sickle cell disease)
people on immunosuppression therapies sufficient to significantly increase risk of infection
problems with your spleen, for example splenectomy (having your spleen removed)
adults with Down’s syndrome
adults on dialysis or with chronic kidney disease (stage 5)
women who are pregnant with significant heart disease, congenital or acquired
other people who have also been classed as clinically extremely vulnerable, based on clinical judgement and an assessment of their needs. GPs and hospital clinicians have been provided with guidance to support these decisions

This is my result! I have a condition which is on the CEV list

Given a vaccination rate of 1,000,000 a week and an uptake of 70.6%, you should expect to receive your two doses of vaccine and be fully protected by between 29/03/2021 and 23/05/2021.

There is no plan to vaccinate 2m per week. There never has been. The current capacity is about 1m per week. This is aligned to supply. It will grow next week and then again in February. There is no limit in the amount of capacity that will be mobilised to complete on time. But along with vaccine supply and distribution, workforce is a critical issue.

According to the calculator I should have had both doses by 29th March 2021. I'm a Care worker aged 60 and answered no to all the other questions. I actually have my first vaccination booked for 12th January. No idea which vaccine I'm getting, but if its the Oxford one the second dose will be April. The calculator said there were around 53,750 people in front of me.

Trying to spread a bit of cheer and positivity as it's what the world needs right now!

Try and remember that even if you yourself don't have the vaccine very soon - you will still be protected by others having the vaccine. The more people who are vaccinated the less risk there is to everyone else.

Hang on in there - every day is one day closer

Thanks @TJ17

"Try and remember that even if you yourself don't have the vaccine very soon - you will still be protected by others having the vaccine. The more people who are vaccinated the less risk there is to everyone else."

That's really helpful to keep remembering. I saw my date had slipped back to possibly another year and a half away (at latest), and I did end up having a sob in the shower. It was actually probably quite cathartic after so long! We've been so careful, not seen any family or gone anywhere since March, and the thought of another 1.5 years just felt overwhelming.

But you're right. Numbers will drop as more and more are vaccinated, plus this could all be revisited if people get angry with the government for not doing it fast enough, so, a couple of months too late and with no notice for staff, they suddenly ramp up vaccinations in a panic, not wanting to lose votes.
Plus I should feel grateful to be (for now) not in a higher risk group. It's all about perspective, getting through this. We can do it.

@duffeldaisy I was the same when I noticed I was pushed back.

I myself am not vulnerable however I have a 4 month old who had open heart surgery in December due to having a heart defect. Obviously she won't be vaccinated as she's under 16 but I feel like my husband and I should get some kind of priority on her behalf as if she was 16 she'd be higher up the list.

The list doesn't seem to be comprehensive enough to take this into account yet.

For now I just have to rely on everybody else getting vaccinated as soon as they are offered it 🙏🏼

I'm sorry TJ17. I think you should be prioritised because of your daughter. I was surprised that they didn't take vulnerable dependents into consideration. Hopefully you will be, once the first couple of tiers have been vaccinated and in the meantime, there will be fewer and fewer people carrying it, so it will be safer as every day goes on.

Yeah it's odd they haven't thought of it yet!

Maybe they will down the line. It's all very new.

But just hoping that as long as lots of others are vaccinated it will be safer for her anyway

Also this fails to take into account geographical and demographic differences. We live in an area with a relatively significant older population , so will the younger age groups take longer to reach or are the number of centres supposed to even this out? The calculator does not factor in location.