24/7 vaccine roll out

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Would you turn up at an unsociable hour to receive the jab? ( Say, 10pm to 8am) PM's office says there's no appetite for that, which strikes me as really out of touch with people wanting to get out of lockdown asap. I would go at any hour for the jab, would you?

@ivefuckinghadenoughnow

I'd go at anytime even though that would mean waking up my 4 year old (i can't drive) It would be worth it to accelerate the vaccine roll out

This sounds like your 4 year old is your driver 😂

Of course I would. But I can understand staffing it might be difficult.

Yeah I would. I'd just sling the 2 year old in the buggy in her sleeping bag and get on the night bus

I would. But would it actually help? Presumably it's the staffing and the supply that are the limiting factors, rather than simply venues, and staff still have to sleep? Otherwise why not just have twice as many testing venues?

The way they quoted the question asked was weird though "when asked when people would like an appointment almost no one said after 8pm". Well, no, but that's not really the pertinent question is it?

Yes, I'm a nightowl so this would be no problem for me. Also, there would be fewer people around on the streets, so it would be easier to social distance if walking to a local GP/vaccine hub. If slots become available during unpopular times (say 2 to 6am) then it could be a way for nightowls (or early morning larks) to get jabbed quicker, although I would totally understand if they don't have enough people available to offer this option.

I'm just so pleased more vaccination hubs are opening and everything is moving along nicely now.

Rather than go 24/7 they are using the extra doses and staff that would take to roll out to more locations.

This is why eventually everyone will be close to somewhere that vaccinates.

If the uses supply and staff to go 24/7 they can't reach more communities.

Also the mobile vaccinators that have started going around the care homes will eventually go door to door where needed.

So far I think their plan is faultless.

If it would help they should offer an incentive like moving up a priority group if you're prepared to go at antisocial hours

After the initial Tier 4 announcement on the 19th December, I knew plenty of people who were getting up in the middle of the night to get ahead of and avoid the crowds to buy Christmas dinner food after their planned family get-togethers were no longer able to go ahead. If people can go to the supermarket in the middle of the night, I am sure they can get to a vaccination centre.

@lazeeboy

I'd be amazed if everyone said they'd go at 2am, I've read quite a number of versions of this thread, that's a real outlier if there was a unanimous response

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4120986-Would-you-Accept-a-very-late-night-appt-to-get-vaccine?pg=25

88% percent said yes to the question "Would you Accept a very late night appt to get vaccine"?

Over 4000 votes.

Thank you @lazeeboy, I knew there wouldn't be a thread where everyone said they'd get up at 2am

I guess you remembered it wrongly or did all the no votes come in after your post about everyone saying yes

Anytime, anywhere for me and my family. My elderly parents are the same.

We have a small business with 6 staff. I'd pay them to go in the middle of the night!

I would have it then but as a vaccinator I wouldn’t be volunteering to give it then.

My worry would be that I wouldn't be able to work the next day if I'd spent several hours getting vaccinated the night before. (No chance to catch up on sleep day before or after.

I would but I don't think a 24/7 service would get enough people to justify the cost. However a 6am-10pm service would speed things up and I think they'd easily fill the earlier and later slots with working age people. I hope, when there's enough vaccine and staff readily available, that they consider this.

Yes, I would. I think it's unlikely they'd be run 24/7 because of staffing, but I'd happily take a late or early appointment if it meant getting vaccinated sooner. 5am-midnight seems reasonable.

Presumably this is government by opinion poll again, so I would suggest that the government needs to avoid a lockdown next winter by any means necessary. So they either put in place measures to reach zero Covid over summer (i.e. no foreign travel), or they vaccinate the working age population before schools go back after the summer holidays, and the virus takes off again.

I would do what it takes to get there at whatever time I was offered.

I'm in group 6.
Sadly I already caught covid in October, still dealing with the complications and after effects of it.

But yes, I'd go at any time to get the vaccine.

Sorry to hear that Abraxan hope you feel better soon. It's been a roll of the dice each day, waiting for the vaccine and avoiding the virus while trying to work or send kids to school.

I think it's unlikely they'd be run 24/7 because of staffing
A lot of my colleagues have signed up as vaccinators. They are highly qualified in a profession which is considered to be conducive to train as vaccinators, and many of them have completed all the distance learning modules and are now awaiting practical training. I am in the travel industry, and my colleagues have both plenty of time on their hands, as many are furloughed, and a great deal of experience of working all night without problem. I am sure, if a little effort were applied, they could have an army of Night shift workers (who already have a lifestyle based on working regular nights) ready to staff the vaccination centres at night if needed.

@longestlurkerever

If it would help they should offer an incentive like moving up a priority group if you're prepared to go at antisocial hours

Some of us aren't in any priority group, but if a nighttime appointment meant getting vaccinated a couple of months earlier than a daytime one, surely that would be incentive enough for a lot of people? I'd definitely get up at 3am for a vaccine if it meant being vaccinated before the summer holidays, thereby allowing me to travel abroad with confidence.

I'm pretty sure that a lot of countries are only going to open their borders to those with either very low levels of infection or individuals who've been vaccinated.

Surely it depends on what is the rate limiting step in getting jabs into arms? This could be the number of vaccines available, number of staff available to give the vaccine or available space. Unless the problem is available space there is no advantage to giving out the same numbèr of vaccines over 24 hours rather than 12 or 16 hours. It would certainly be safer not to vaccinate between midnight and 7 - more things go wrong and are more difficult to manage in the middle of the night.

Yes, sign me up 😄

No way, I have a chronic illness, so opt for morning appointments where possible, due to increased fatigue as the day draws on.