Have any university students had the vaccine?

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DS says they're heard nothing yet, which is concerning with the delta variant in his area

DS2 has - he is in a postcode where they can turn up and queue with no age restrictions. Him and lots of his mates went together .

DS1 is in middle of final exams and didn't want to risk a reaction otherwise he would be going.

They’re not down to that age group yet. But some areas such as Hounslow and Bolton have been offering walk in vaccinations for anyone 18 or over.

Only the medical students at my DC's universities have been contacted and vaccinated but there have been some pop up walk in clinics open to all over 18s that some of the students have gone to (London).

If your DS is in a hot spot, he needs to be checking the local press to see if there are any open clinics. Our borough has a COVID newsletter that sends notifications about the clinics but you have to sign up for it.

Not routinely but obviously some have had it thru occupation, contacts about the left over dose of the day, clinical vulnerability or caring roles.

18 and 19 year olds are routinely being called here (London borough). Everyone else who wants one has already been done.

DN and her friends have had theirs in a large university town.

DS1 has but he's in Cardiff.

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18 and 19 year olds are routinely being called here (London borough). Everyone else who wants one has already been done.

Is your DS registered with a GP at home or at uni, OP? Mine had to change back when they were at home to get an appointment during lockdown as they were at home for more than a few months so couldn't register as a temporary patient. If he isn't registered at uni, he won't be called for vaccination if the uni town is offering vaccines to younger people before your home town.

It's worth checking, one of mine forgot to reregister until they had to book their vaccine appointment.

Our local uni invited all students to the hub one morning recently and completely underestimated the amount that would come. All day queues!

One of mine has too (Wales - who are doing fantastically well jabbing people!). Other one still waiting...

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They’re not down to that age group yet. But some areas such as Hounslow and Bolton have been offering walk in vaccinations for anyone 18 or over.

Not just there. The Scottish government have fucked up so badly with their appointments (sending letters out to the wrong address) that there have been several reports of loads of appointments being missed, especially in areas with lots of students.

DS is 18 and still at school but had his this week as the local centre had excess Pfizer and was doing anyone who turned up.

Dd is in Birmingham and there are clinics there offering no appt jabs (with queue times around 2-3 hours) and others offering 'leftover' call-ups for anyone over 18.

Dd is in uni in York but still registered with her gp at home in Wales. It has paid off as they are vaccinating all ages depending on what vaccine they have available now and she is booked to get her 1st jab next Fri.

DD1 Edinburgh, has been invited to sign up
DD2 London, has had a sort of 'any minute now' text from her Health Centre.

DS is at Cardiff University and had his first jab a few weeks ago. I think they had a system under which students could sign up to be on a reserve list.

Ds1 22 and DS2 20 are being done on Sunday.

Dd20 had hers in Swansea. Dd18 will no doubt, be waiting a while yet in Gloucestershire.

BeyondMyWits DD registered with doctors surgery in Gloucestershire - their website says they'll be texting 18+ mid June asking them to book.

Some of DDs friends have. She could have had hers today but she's got to do the presentation for her masters year project on Monday so delayed it till later next week as she didn't want to risk any possible side effects throwing her off kilter before then.

@starfish4 thank you for that, fingers crossed...

Some of my son's friends have. Our area are calling early 20s. Ds is registered with a gp in his uni town where they haven't yet reached his age bracket.

University College London has told its students of all ages they can receive vaccinations from noon on Saturday at a surgery near its Bloomsbury campus

"The vaccination will be offered to all UCL students regardless of age on a first-come, first-served basis and no prior booking is required. We recommend you arrive early, as only a limited number of vaccinations are available on the day,” UCL said in a message to its 44,000 students.

from a wider Graun article this morning www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/05/bolton-gps-offer-second-covid-jabs-four-weeks-after-first-to-use-surplus

DD has but she's in Cardiff

My son has but we are in wales and he had the letter to our home address rather than through uni so he came home to get it (he’s not too far away)

Mine has had both , but got done due to asthma.