UK vaccination thread started 1st May 2021

[Bordois]

As of Friday 30th April

34.3m first jabs
14.9m second jabs

have been given in the UK. This means that 65% of all adults have some level of protection and 28% are fully vaccinated.

Additionally evidence is currently suggesting that the vaccines are effective against the Brazilian and Indian variants 🥳

[Boph]

@PuzzledObserver

Woah, we’re halfway there,
Woah, jabbing everywhere.
Woah, we’ll soon be there!
No more people struggling for air.

I thank you.

Great to see 30 year olds getting it.
Also amused by the idea that 24 miles is a road trip.
I would happily have driven across the country to get mine. In the end I was offered A (60 miles) or B (45 miles). This was before big vax centres opened.

[EasterIssland]

208,362 new vaccinations registered in 🇬🇧 yesterday

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 59,113 1st doses / 99,785
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 8,806 / 21,451
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 9,713 / 2,808
NI 1,672 / 5,014

[TruelyWonder]

Oh well it was a bank holiday 😏

Still thousands more people protected though ❤🥳🥳🥳🥳

[Bordois]

🥳🥳🥳

[TruelyWonder]

I agree we would travel to anywhere within 100 miles to get ours but we have a car and spare time. You have to take into account some people don't have a car, local public transport may be rubbish or they work long hours.

Any hopefully everyone that is having trouble getting an appointment will get lucky soon ❤

[CaveMum]

I get that 24 miles does not sound far, but I work 4 days a week and also have school/nursery runs etc to take into account.

Beside, it’s not just a case of driving 24 miles is it, it’s driving to an unfamiliar location, finding a parking space, finding the centre (most of those I’m being offered don’t have onsite parking), getting the jab and then getting back home. A 50 mile round trip (and it’s miles as the crow flies, not by road) could easily take several hours which on at least 5 out of 7 days a week I am not able to do due to work and home commitments.

[coffeecup88]

@CaveMum

I still can’t get a close enough vaccination centre! Current closest one is 24 miles away, I’m refreshing the site several times a day. Annoyingly my GP surgery has said they are only doing second doses at the moment and currently have no plans to run a first dose clinic. I’ve been trying for almost a week now, if I can’t get anything closer by the end of this week I’ll have to go on a road trip!

I believe some of the big hubs are offering see Uber to get there and back. Might help?

[CaveMum]

Thanks @coffeecup88, I have a car just not the spare time!

[Boph]

@CaveMum You need a drive through .

Actually I thought they might do drive through at some of the huge stadium type places.
DS went to Elland Road football stadium for his. He was fretting about parking because as a city centre stadiun it doesn't have a big car park like out of town ones do. He needn't have worried as there were lots of signs and free parking 5 minutes away.

[CaveMum]

That would suit me down to the ground @Boph! Heck if they had blow darts and just fired it through your open car window as I drive past all the better

[Mumoftwoinprimary]

Also amused by the idea that 24 miles is a road trip.
I would happily have driven across the country to get mine. In the end I was offered A (60 miles) or B (45 miles). This was before big vax centres opened.

Those of us who are trying to get vaccinated now are in a very different position to people being vaccinated in January / February time. In Jan / Feb we had incredibly high rates of the virus plus those being vaccinated were the ones who were at the highest risk of being really ill.

Now we have really quite low levels of the virus circulating plus those of us left are (by definition) healthy and fairly young. We are getting the vaccine to protect other people and to get back to normal life not because we are scared we will die of the virus.

So makes sense to wait until the vaccine is available close to us and let those who live near the centres that do have the vaccine go first. (Even if they are 39 whilst I am 41.). As long as the doses are being used it doesn’t really matter now who gets them.

(Rather flukily I am booked in for Saturday - slots were available in the city I live in for about 3 hours last week and a friend happened to check just at the perfect moment.)

[TruelyWonder]

Talking about driving. I haven't been out and about lately but today went further than my local shops. One thing I noticed was all the AA road signs giving directions to the different local vaccination centres. Which is obviously a good thing.

As they are AA signs do you think they have done that for free?

[CaveMum]

Great stats from the FT: twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1389617547935420423?s=21

[WombatChocolate]

I think lots of people don’t realise GP local centres are only delivering 2nd jabs. GPs haven’t had deliveries for 1st jabs for a month and still aren’t getting any this week. Lots of people seem to think they can wait a day or 2 and will get the local jab.

Getting your jab is a big deal and it’s a journey x2. Back when the 70S and 80s were being jabbed in Dec and Jan, vaccinators were on MN commenting on how many had to travel considerable distances and they almost all booked and turned up. They made it happen because it was a priority.

Yes, going 25 or 40 miles can be inconvenient and require a bit of planning ahead. It’s not as handy as going to a local place, but the mass centres have to do the heavy lifting in terms of numbers. I just think more people should be willing to put themselves out a bit and make the journey. It might involve finding some childcare or asking a friend for a lift or looking into a charity which are giving lifts, or driving to somewhere you’re unfamiliar with. Yes...all bit of an effort. But isn’t it worth it and something we have to be prepared to do. There are still lots of younger people desperate for their jab who would travel many many miles if they could have it, plus all those in countries who have no hope of a jab for months....but people are reluctant to go 25 miles or to seriously think about doing the simple planning to make it happen. There are small barriers to be overcome, but seemingly very limited willpower to find ways to overcome them, but instead to see them as insurmountable.

[WombatChocolate]

Jabs don’t have to happen in free time. They are meant to be a priority and if necessary can push something out of the way. People can take time off work. They can ask a friend to look after children or do a pick up. For people who it feels a priority to, they find a way.

[TruelyWonder]

[quote CaveMum]Great stats from the FT: twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1389617547935420423?s=21[/quote]
Good stuff ❤

[TruelyWonder]

A tweet I found from Mac n’ Chise were I had not registered before the full awesomeness of what she was saying

In case anyone isn’t aware, there HAS not been one case thus far of a FULLY (2-weeks post second dose by definition) vaccinated individual transmitting the virus (in the case of a rare breakthrough infection).

So basically not one person that managed to get infected after vaccination has ever transmission it to another person 🥳🥳🥳

How truly wonderful and glorious is that.

Total game changer in itself.

[CaveMum]

Whoop! The constant refreshing has paid off - got my 1st jab booked for next Wednesday at my local hub!

[Barbadosgirl]

Great thread! Booked mine online the morning I saw we had opened up to over 40 (Thurs?), got an appointment Sunday morning 2 miles away but am in London so perhaps there are just more sites here. Second booked for 21 July. Had AZ and no side effects so far, just a sore arm. Bit like the tetanus vaccine. What a system. How lucky are we they seem to have got one damn thing right?!

[lurker101]

@WombatChocolate

Jabs don’t have to happen in free time. They are meant to be a priority and if necessary can push something out of the way. People can take time off work. They can ask a friend to look after children or do a pick up. For people who it feels a priority to, they find a way.

Just to add to this - most of my friends that I’ve spoken to, that work for corporates, are being offered paid time off to attend vaccination - so it’s worth a look at your work policies - Especially if you have further to travel

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

In another place someone has posted that we have about fifteen people to go before people having second doses overtake first-dose-only people; has anyone seen that anywhere?

[Bordois]

[quote CaveMum]Great stats from the FT: twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1389617547935420423?s=21[/quote]
Brilliant 👏 👏

Every time someone pipes up about Chile this needs posting!

[Bordois]

there HAS not been one case thus far of a FULLY (2-weeks post second dose by definition) vaccinated individual transmitting the virus (in the case of a rare breakthrough infection).

Wish I had known about this yesterday when someone was claiming their fully vaccinated colleagues had still managed to pass covid amongst themselves 🤣

[TruelyWonder]

@Bordois

there HAS not been one case thus far of a FULLY (2-weeks post second dose by definition) vaccinated individual transmitting the virus (in the case of a rare breakthrough infection).

Wish I had known about this yesterday when someone was claiming their fully vaccinated colleagues had still managed to pass covid amongst themselves 🤣

I probably would hold off until we have all the facts because they will only shout source. However it definitely is looking like the very good reduced transmission percentage we have been given is a big underestimation.

As pointed out to me it is hard to pin point the source of transmission in a lot of cases. The point still stands that no cases were found to have definitely come from a vaccinated person. Which considering everything you would expect to link a few at least. So fingers crossed but if you look at the dramatic falls in cases

[PuzzledObserver]

@TruelyWonder

A tweet I found from Mac n’ Chise were I had not registered before the full awesomeness of what she was saying

In case anyone isn’t aware, there HAS not been one case thus far of a FULLY (2-weeks post second dose by definition) vaccinated individual transmitting the virus (in the case of a rare breakthrough infection).

So basically not one person that managed to get infected after vaccination has ever transmission it to another person 🥳🥳🥳

How truly wonderful and glorious is that.

Total game changer in itself.

How do they know?

I mean.... they have done studies which demonstrate that vaccinated people are much less likely to have a positive PCR test, irrespective of symptoms. If you don’t have the virus in your nose and throat, you can’t pass it on by coughing/breathing.

But some vaccinated people do still get a positive PCR test. Not many, but some. So how can they prove that none of them has passed it on?