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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Yes. That's the reason we haven't been out for a jaunt. But then, we have a garden. @steveTu
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Don't care which vaccine, my antibody test has just come, such a coward at taking my own blood, and not a "bleeder",will have to make sure my hands are nice and warm!! (Signed up 4 months ago to St Marys Hospital London for the covid/vit D trial, thought it all helps, but youngest daughter also signed up.  Asked her if she would be OK, with the blood thing, she reminded me she is full of piercings!!!
  • It's a good idea to finger prick each other.  In spite of knowing what you need to do most people will not jab themselves hard enough, to get a good flow.  - I speak from experience here, in the bad old days we used to take small amounts of blood in the lab ourselves, wouldn't be allowed now 😄
    AB Still learning

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    jamesholt said:
    Is anyone worried about which vaccine they get?  Im getting vaccine Wednesday but don't know which one?
    Yes.   If I had a choice it would be Pfizer,  the Astra has a small amount of ‘live’. Which is ok for most people if they’re fit. 
    I’m worried more for son, I had looked on the net,  I know, I shouldn’t,  but they haven’t done any testing yet in certain areas.   Found this which is quite worrying.
    my son is really looking forward to it, I keep trying to tell him it’s not to be relied on to that much extent.  As he’s 52 I don’t have a say though. 

    QUOTE.
    “The UK government has said that adults who have a weakened immune system ('immunocompromised') should get a COVID-19 vaccine as a matter of priority. They say this includes people having stem cell transplants, and adults receiving alemtuzumab, ofatumumab or rituximab. This doesn’t guarantee the vaccine will be completely effective if you take these treatments, but you will get priority if you and your MS team agree it’s right for you.
    Now a vaccine has been approved, there will be lots more information coming out about possible side effects and anyone who should avoid or delay taking that particular vaccine. We’ll keep up to date with any changes.”

    Let’s  just hope the team know all the facts.  We can only trust in them,  it’s a bit worrying though. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    I don’t care which one I get but I want to know so I make sure I get the same one for the second jab. Don’t fancy mixing them for some reason. 
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    When my uncle got his, he got a little card detailing which vaccine it was, batch no., date etc. I imagine that's standard.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    My parents got the same. They were told to keep them in their purse/wallet.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    @Lyn, this authoritative discussion might calm your nerves about the live nature of the Astra Zeneca vaccine.

    https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/covid-19-vaccines
    Rutland, England
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Thanks Ben,  same really but worded slightly different to the one I read.
    They haven’t tested any of it on people with severely immunosuppression diseases.
    Whilst they say it won’t harm them,  it may not do much good either,  meaning they’re still at risk from others who won’t have the vaccine or people who’ve had the first one and think they can go out partying. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • All medicine is initially tested on fit healthy people. Data is being added all the time as the vaccine is used.
    AB Still learning

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