Our pharmacist is one of those running the centres for immunisation and had said that he always offers any left over vaccines at the end of the day to friends or family of staff etc rather than waste them. Makes sense. Vaccines are released in batches with a use by date. I had my vaccine on Monday very efficient and apart from a sore”dead” arm no side effects.
To clarify the only reason there is doubt over long term efficacy of vaccine is that it has not had the clinical trials lasting years that most vaccines have, it is almost certainly effective to prevent transmission and give long lasting protection but it hasn’t had the extensive tests that mean it can definitely promise those results. I am very cynical about the promises made by this government but I trust the people I have spoken to. I would urge anyone offered the vaccine to take it.
The French are supposed to be vaccine doubters but I have yet to speak to neighbour or patcher who isn't keen to have it. There will be a form filling frenzy to sort it all and track it and, so far French health tracking IT is as good as we had in Belgium so no worries.
Lockdown measures here have just been tweaked - new limits on numbers in shops, especially large SMs so I expect to be counted in again for the weekly raid next week. All non essential big shops such as DIYs over a certain surface area to close and the non essential goods in SMs to be barred again. No travel outside the EU and none incoming. No travel within the EU without a negative test no more than 3 days old. Keeping the 6pm curfew.
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What I don’t understand about getting a “spare” dose of vaccine is this:
If you are supposed to have two shots spaced several weeks apart, and you just pop in and have one without an appointment, how do they know to get in touch with you at the correct time to have your second shot?
And if the shots come in pairs, what happens to shot number three, which should have been your second? Do they then have to wander round with a syringe in their hands asking passersby if they would like to have a go?
And if they do, then the whole thing gets out of kilter surely?
Being one of those who was given a spare dose of vaccine this is a point that definitely worries me! When my mother gets an appointment to get a second dose OH and I will attempt to get ourselves an appointment but not sure where or how...
Did you not get a card when vaccinated with your next appointment? If people are concerned about this I will ask the pharmacist co-ordinating the roll out in our area what the situation is.
In our area "spare " vaccine at the end of the day go to those working in the emergency call centres, care home workers, or the police, a very sensible idea to me.
Yes when our pharmacist was working in care homes he offered spare doses to family members of staff to avoid waste. Seemed sensible to me but I didn’t enquire about follow up appointments. When I was vaccinated I was asked which dose it was, first or second? Maybe our pharmacist plans to give second dose to “extras” when he delivers second dose to care home residents and staff.
Nobody at the centre I attended with my mother was being given a second appointment at the time. My mother was told she would be contacted nearer the time in the same way as when she got the first appointment (which was was by phone from her GP surgery).
A lot of people are questioning why husbands and wives, carers etc can't be vaccinated together, but where do you draw the line? I am in the high risk group, and am hoping to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. My wife is much younger, but has been protecting me, she is not due a vaccine until at least May. Should she get a vaccine when I get mine? Should @Hostafan1 [ young whippersnapper ] get his, when his hubby gets one?
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Same here @punkdoc .... according to the publicized ‘groups’ my much younger OH will receive his jab way after me. That’s just the way it is. Swings and roundabouts. 😊
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Lockdown measures here have just been tweaked - new limits on numbers in shops, especially large SMs so I expect to be counted in again for the weekly raid next week. All non essential big shops such as DIYs over a certain surface area to close and the non essential goods in SMs to be barred again. No travel outside the EU and none incoming. No travel within the EU without a negative test no more than 3 days old. Keeping the 6pm curfew.
I am in the high risk group, and am hoping to be vaccinated in the next few weeks.
My wife is much younger, but has been protecting me, she is not due a vaccine until at least May. Should she get a vaccine when I get mine?
Should @Hostafan1 [ young whippersnapper ] get his, when his hubby gets one?
When you don't even know who's in the team
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