So much for ‘protect the NHS’

[littlelionboss]

This is a ranty post & I apologise.

I’m really starting to get pissed off with the vaccine situation.

My area are now onto vaccinating the over 40’s!!!

I’ve got family & friends that have been called for theirs... fit, healthy, no underlying health conditions.

I’m early 30’s two health conditions and I’m in group 6 for the vaccine.

I can’t book online and when I’ve spoken to my GP (today) they’ve just said I will have to wait for them to contact me.

My sister in law has been given hers on the basis that she’s a carer.
She “cares” for her husband who has a bad back.
A back so bad that over the summer he’s completely transformed his back garden, alone!

It just really doesn’t seem fair at all.

I have a small child and I’m a single parent, surely I should be vaccinated as a carer?!

I know we are all entitled to the vaccine, but hasn’t the point all along beeb to protect the NHS?!

How are we protecting them by jumping ahead to the fit and healthy and leaving the vulnerable ones behind?!

Yes, we have contacted the GP several times, including giving them a copy of the consultant's shielding letter. They know she had Covid last year as they are the ones who told her she has Long Covid. And they know that her health deteriorated to the extent that she's been in bed since May 2020. This is all on her medical history, but they are still saying No.

That's awful. I would see if the hospital can help.

I literally quoted the JCVI guidelines that state group 6 is for where there is increased risk of mortality or morbidity.confused Why are people still banging on about just whether people are going to die if they catch Covid? Is it because they don't understand what morbidity means?

Absolutely. Considering 30 million people have been vaccinated so far, it seems ridiculous that some posters are falling over themselves to think of reasons why your DD shouldn't be. I think most GPs would have done it so you have been very unlucky. Is there a nurse who coordinates your DD's care? They might be a good person to speak to.

I mean 30%, so 20 million.

It’s not jealousy or bitterness.

Sure. Your comments about your relative being a “carer” didn’t drip with bitterness.

It seems to be a bit of a postcode lottery doesn't it as to who's offered what in which areas

Bottom line is that we need to be patient

Sorry OP but you need to be patient (and be fecking thankful that our vaccination programme is progressing at the pace that it is). If you lived in the EU you’d most likely have much longer to wait!