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40-somethings fucked again (no booster)

158 replies

HJ40 · 30/06/2021 18:11

Too old for Pfizer, too young for a booster. Yet again feeling like we're bottom of the pile.

OP posts:
3asAbird · 02/07/2021 06:09

The vaccine task force said they brought the vaccines that they felt would come online first.
We invested a lot in az we dieent know the effectiveness of any of the vaccines really or how many would work we took a punt initially.

I imagine reading reports like az is less effective with delta is worrying if you had az.
My husband 48 so far he's only had 1 az.
I am 41 and only had 1 pfizer

We are feeling bit worried as keep reading about people double jabbed catching covid and being quite ill.
We have 3 kids at 3 different schools all have multiple cases of covid some are totally closed due to staff shortages.

I do think though its frustrating that the government are not looking at risks of jobs and other than hospitalisation and deaths how not prioritising the ages that heavy mix will damage the economy and just the way we operate.
If a school doesn't have enough staff it can't safely open.
OK schools don't make money but the parents who all have stay at home with their sick children are all missing work some if which put the NHS under greater pressure than simply beds.
Our gp system seems broken.
Mental health is broken
Cancer services are patchy

So looking at these top like figures and not looking at wider picture a country overwhelmed with covud cases I mean we had 27 k yesterday will impact upon the economy due to last 2 hard lockdown we have lost income and watch our spending.
Lots families earning zero right now as they stuck at home looking and teaching their kids because the government decided let it rip in schools and not planning on vaccinating 12_16 which I believe is supply and cost issue as pfizer is one of the more expensive ones.

Some say if more people get it then we achieve herd via natural immunity.
However thats not really worked out that well for Brazil .

When we saw the awful cases of younger people and kids being affected in Brazil, India and chilli so many posters on here came up with.

Well they had the efficient Chinese vaccine.
That it's poor country
That they have weak helathcare system

Well poverty is prevalent in many parts 9f the UK which is linked to underlying conditions , health and life expectancy.
I always feel like the NHS is hanging by a thread.

The gps struggled cope with roll out vaccines as well as see patients.
This has had knock on effect loads of a and e being overwhelmed especially with child respiratory illness not usually seen in winter.
The success of our vaccine programme has been on hiring out large sporting venues to act as vaccination Centre and thousands of volunteers.
How long can this realistically last?

I'm honestly dreading autumn winter I think we will get new varients that current vaccines less effective with .
We already know delta is more transmissible and vaccines not as effective as early trials which were a previous strain.

VaccineSticker · 02/07/2021 06:58

Sounds they are forgetting the people who work in education who are exposed to the biggest group of unvaccinated people in any one place at a given time.
And yes over 40s are being thrown under the bus.

Ifitquacks · 02/07/2021 07:39

@VaccineSticker

Sounds they are forgetting the people who work in education who are exposed to the biggest group of unvaccinated people in any one place at a given time. And yes over 40s are being thrown under the bus.
The people who work in education who are at increased risk (CEV, over 50 etc) will get a booster.
PoseyFlump · 02/07/2021 08:19

Two days on and posters are STILL accusing the OP of saying they want to jump the queue. I really don't know why you are all struggling to understand that they are saying they JUST want to be IN the queue. Do you all need new glasses or something?

Ginandfantalemon · 02/07/2021 09:23

In my 50's and had my second doze of Pfizer two weeks ago. I don' get a flu jab and I'm not wanting a booster, (certainly not AZ, if they are going to mix them) so someone else can have mine.
I think an antibody test should be done first, to see who really needs the boosters first. Why take a booster if you have made good antibodies, would that not be a waste of a vaccine?

Tinpotspectator · 02/07/2021 10:37

@Horst

Old people vote Tory. Young people won’t die (hopefully) your the stuck middle. Same as with wages the squeezed middle.
Not all of us!
NotSoLongGoodbye · 02/07/2021 10:41

You would be welcome to my booster. I won't be having it if it is AZ.

AzureTwist · 03/07/2021 14:30

In my 40’s, had two AZ, should be on booster list - do I want a 3rd AZ? Not sure.

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