We have been trying in vain to find out if it is safer / better for my asthmatic daughter to have her second jab after 5 weeks so that she is double-jabbed before going to college, moving into halls of residence etc., or whether she should wait until 8 weeks and face those risks single-jabbed. Ideally - imo - she would have her first jab in the in next week or so, the second after 8 weeks and leave home fully vaccinated. But that's not an option because she's not 18 yet.
Reading that article, I very much doubt anyone will be open to consider her situation and give her the second jab after 5 weeks, so she will be at much greater risk than she should be.
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In an ideal world, everybody would be vaccinated, before relaxing all the restrictions.
However this is unlikely to be until the Autumn, at which time other seasonal viruses become a problem. If we wait for the perfect time, I believe that will turn out to be never.
Many experts believe, now is the right time.
I shall not return to a "normal" life, I will avoid very crowded places, and I shall continue to wear a mask, where I think it is appropriate.
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@LG_. My daughter’s going through the same, grandson’s off to Oxford in October, she couldn’t even book the jab even though he’s 18 next week. Hopefully they can get in soon after their birthdays and have the 2nd just before they go. They are saying now that asthmatics are not at risk as much as they first thought. I don’t know, it’s just what I’ve read. Maybe Punkdoc knows something about that?
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@Lyn, can your daughter get your grandson to one of the grab a jab places/days? You don’t need to book, you can just turn up and queue.
The other option is finding one of the smaller vaccination places and turning up a hour before they close. If they’ve had no shows, they will very likely allow him to be jabbed.
It's frustrating. She is only mildly asthmatic so has not been on any priority list - I think you had to have been hospitalised more than once in the past year to be considered vulnerable, and she has never been close to that. Your grandson can book if he's 18 before 1 August (he has to make the appt for on or after his birthday) - if they try the booking site it should work. And if he's not going until October he'll be able to fit the 8 weeks in, just about! Unfortunately the criteria doesn't change to '18 before 1 September' until August (although her birthday is only a few days later) and she leaves in mid-September, so even 5 weeks between doses might be a squeeze, and I don't think anyone will agree to that interval anyway
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Oh, sorry - that must have changed in the past week. Which doesn't surprise me - loads of things have, regarding vaccinations (the daily rates have plummeted, have you noticed?). I think there's something else going on - a change of policy somewhere, or of funding, I think.
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Reading that article, I very much doubt anyone will be open to consider her situation and give her the second jab after 5 weeks, so she will be at much greater risk than she should be.
However this is unlikely to be until the Autumn, at which time other seasonal viruses become a problem. If we wait for the perfect time, I believe that will turn out to be never.
Many experts believe, now is the right time.
I shall not return to a "normal" life, I will avoid very crowded places, and I shall continue to wear a mask, where I think it is appropriate.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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Hopefully they can get in soon after their birthdays and have the 2nd just before they go.
They are saying now that asthmatics are not at risk as much as they first thought.
I don’t know, it’s just what I’ve read.
Maybe Punkdoc knows something about that?
She is only mildly asthmatic so has not been on any priority list - I think you had to have been hospitalised more than once in the past year to be considered vulnerable, and she has never been close to that.
Your grandson can book if he's 18 before 1 August (he has to make the appt for on or after his birthday) - if they try the booking site it should work. And if he's not going until October he'll be able to fit the 8 weeks in, just about!
Unfortunately the criteria doesn't change to '18 before 1 September' until August (although her birthday is only a few days later) and she leaves in mid-September, so even 5 weeks between doses might be a squeeze, and I don't think anyone will agree to that interval anyway
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