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Can the 40-49 age group now book their vaccine?

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Summergirl76 · 04/04/2021 22:16

Sister’s boyfriend (43) was able today to book his vaccine by entering his details on the national booking site (he is Derby based). Sister late 30s tried too but it said she was not eligible. Her husband tried last week and was also not eligible. Just wondered if anyone else has tried in the 40s age group and been able to book?

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DrMadelineMaxwell · 07/04/2021 21:59

@landofgiants.... bendigedig. Glad you got your text.
I'm late 40s, asthmatic on inhalers that originally had me expecting a shilling letter by what asthma.uk was telling us, then was downgraded to 'only' cv only to then find out my asthma isn't severe enough to qualify me for group 6. Its been frustrating and I'll feel a lot safer in my classroom when i'm vaccinated.

Betsi health group has said they've invited a 'significant' number of 45-49 year olds but didnt say how many. I'm hoping it's not too long now.

But last night i dreamt that my appointment was for December when I opened the letter.

A load of my school colleagues hopped over the border and got it through a loophole of a booking system that was offered at the racecourse in chester that accepted welsh bookings (despite them not strictly qualifying) so there are a few fewer in the waiting list in front of me now than there would have been!

Catslovepies · 08/04/2021 05:29

There was a racecourse in Chester booking under 50s for vaccines? I probably would have driven the 2 hours to be honest if I'd known about that. 48 with high blood pressure and nothing yet.

landofgiants · 08/04/2021 09:51

DrMadeline - diolch! I'm North Wales too - DP same age - no text yet. I think that asthmatics have had a bit of a raw deal to be honest and it is stressful not feeling safe at work. Don't think it'll be too long for you now - likely late April/May. As you say some of our age group have already been done and also more people not taking up the vaccine.

sleepwouldbenice · 08/04/2021 10:02

I am near the racecourse too on the english side.... may be see you there! Glad I am not the only one rather selfishly thinking that the AZ second dose vaccine refusers might lead to me finally being called earlier..... or might it be that we waste massive amounts of time and effort trying to persuade them when we would jump (racecourse analogy there...) at the chance

Freshprincess · 08/04/2021 10:35

We should form a 49ers support group!

Have tried the NHS website every single day for the past month, when my early 50 yo friends were being done. I thought I’d be done by Easter and second jab just before my big 50 in Summer.

ChrissyPlummer · 08/04/2021 10:37

I’m 41 and DH is CEV. My GP agrees I’m eligible and I’ve got that I’m a carer on my notes but there’s no available appointments in my area Sad

MadeForThis · 08/04/2021 10:45

Northern Ireland are opening for 40+ at midday today.

WombatChocolate · 08/04/2021 10:50

Oh dear, so now people are identified as eligible but there’s not enough supply which means not enough appointments.

That’s why they aren’t rolling out to under 50s in England. There is no point if they all then go on the site and can’t actually book.

Hope the supply gets boosted soon.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 08/04/2021 11:01

I didn't book on the link shared for the chester racecourse. The link was for all 1-9 groups who had yet to have had it, but also accepting Welah nhs numbers when put into their system and classifying them as the welsh cohort as they were covering nhs and healthcare staff too. They were only checking Id if you said you were there as a healthcare worker whether you put a welsh address in or not.
Several people who were under 50 booked and got their jabs. I even heard of local 20-somethings who had the link booked and got it too with no underlying conditions.
People were booking it because it was letting them, not questioning whether it should and just going. At least 7 of our staff got it that way, but most of them were in group 9 and our nhs area hasnt caught up with sending letters to that group til now.

3asAbird · 08/04/2021 11:09

www.thesun.co.uk/news/14579142/matt-hancock-uk-pfizer-moderna-astrazeneca-covid-vaccines/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly

Not sure i believe him. I'm 41 this year and husband 48 God knows when we get invited .

My worry is simply supply.
17million moderna ordered
Only 500k arriving and read for Wales and Scotland.
We have pfizer but assume we only have enough back stock 2nd doses and delivery maybe due if eu don't block it.
We think according eu pfizer have sent 20 million out of 40million ordered but as its 2 doses thats only pfizer for 20million.
We can produce small amounts az in uk think 2million a week between 2 uk sites.
Eu and India blocked az from there.
I think there's delays with Johnson and Johnson.
We told pfizer and moderna now reserved for under 30s.
So really its az or j and j for us maye novavax but think they due June at earliest.

EveLe · 08/04/2021 21:14

@DrMadelineMaxwell Hope you hear soon. We are Aneuran Bevan, and Dh (46) has had his letter today, as have 4 friends and 3 other family members - one of them was only 40 in March! They posted on facebook on Monday they were starting 40-49 year olds this week. Hopefully thats the same through out Wales.

It seems like everyone I know within the 40-49 age group has had a letter with an appointment, but the actual appointments seem to have been allocated in age order, so the 40 year old I mentioned has a date, but its not for 2 weeks, whereas my 49 year old relative was done today.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 08/04/2021 21:28

Thanks. Dh is 48 and cv but turned down his jab offer and asked to be done in his age group as he thought my asthma makes me more vulnerable than his now well controlled t2 diabetes (daft bugger) so I hope he does get his appointment soon.
Rates being very low in my.local authority is reassuring to be fair, along with knowing that a lot of my family and colleagues are also vaccinated.

user34254356 · 08/04/2021 21:52

Does anyone know what is the total size of the 40-49 group and how many of these are possibly already vaccinated due to being in the shielding group, received spares or their area is way ahead of the national schedule.

Just wondering how many 40-49 are actually left to vaccinate now? It feels like maybe 50% only as everyone i know has had a jab !

Tealightsandd · 08/04/2021 22:00

Just wondering how many 40-49 are actually left to vaccinate
I'm too nosy, I suppose, but I really want to know if Matt Hancock and Rishi Sunak have been done yet.

FlattestWhite · 08/04/2021 22:05

Matt Hancock hasn't, as he said on the news at some point that he'd be happy to have whichever one he is offered in the coming weeks.

I don't know about Rishi Sunak.

Tealightsandd · 08/04/2021 22:10

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity FlattestWhite
I couldn't help wondering.

Dartsplayer · 08/04/2021 22:14

49 and had mine done 2 weeks ago at the GP surgery

Goldieloxx · 08/04/2021 23:09

My OH works in public health for a local authority, they call up people who have refused appointments and have an extremely high conversion rate in getting them to come in, so definitely worth doing.
I'm 40 and had mine two weeks ago, no underlying health issues

Goldieloxx · 08/04/2021 23:11

I also think younger people are more likely to refuse it, esp now, so that will speed up appointments for those that do

whitestarflower · 09/04/2021 00:14

[quote EveLe]@DrMadelineMaxwell Hope you hear soon. We are Aneuran Bevan, and Dh (46) has had his letter today, as have 4 friends and 3 other family members - one of them was only 40 in March! They posted on facebook on Monday they were starting 40-49 year olds this week. Hopefully thats the same through out Wales.

It seems like everyone I know within the 40-49 age group has had a letter with an appointment, but the actual appointments seem to have been allocated in age order, so the 40 year old I mentioned has a date, but its not for 2 weeks, whereas my 49 year old relative was done today.[/quote]
In my area in S. Wales they posted today that those 40+ could call and book an appointment. I did and had my first dose today!

SinisterBumFacedCat · 09/04/2021 00:19

I’m 45 and got an invite last week. I’m an unpaid carer.

Catslovepies · 09/04/2021 05:51

My GP's surgery has posted on their website they aren't doing any first jabs in April so that's me waiting until May at least unless the national booking system lets me in. I'm 48, nearly 49 and frustrated.

nordica · 09/04/2021 08:29

Lots of people in my local area Facebook group saying their second jab appointments have been moved forward by several weeks, so they are clearly focusing on seconds at the moment and not moving to under 50s.

nettytree · 09/04/2021 08:37

I'm 49 and got mine today. Got the letter last week. I'm near Newport wales.

poppycat10 · 09/04/2021 08:58

49 in Hampshire and no sign of getting it here yet!