Just got a text to tell me my COVID booster is now due. I'm fully supportive of the vaccination programme, and we'd already worked out when day 182 is and are planning to go to the nearest vaccination centre tomorrow morning (it's walk-in only), but I do think the wording of the message this time smacks of desperation and scaremongering on the part of the government.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Also got mine on the 3rd December, the old man has his on the 4th. Not local though 30 mile round trip each day. Oh,the carbon footprint!! I said we'll shop, maybe get coffee, walk along the prom.
Mine is booked for the 30th at a centre 20kms away and about 3kms short of my usual SM so I shall do the weekly shop a couple of days early to save a trip. OH had his on Monday. Felt a bit tired and sore the day after which didn't happen with his first 2 jabs.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I'm on 3 December too. I reach 6 months in a week or so, but I just logged in on the day they opened it up to advance bookings and booked at a pharmacy up the road. It's 3 mins walk to the Drs surgery where I had the first two, but they're not doing them any more so I've got to walk a few minutes more to a pharmacy.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
"I do think the wording of the message this time smacks of desperation and scaremongering on the part of the government."
It's called total NHS overwhelm and little bed space. 12 hour waits in some north London A&Es. Waning immunity, 6000 covid deaths a month. 19 million people dead by estimations of the Economist (Link given further up the spread). Flights open to America, Christmas coming, cities like London only 50% vaxxed.
My husband got his booster today.. his second shot was back in February, so I am overjoyed he has the opportunity considering how Covid numbers are rising rapidly in our state. He had his appointment, they texted today to say they were out of vaccine and wouldn’t have more until the 22nd. I told him to call and rebook for then, as everyone else between now and then would be trying to rebook as well. Thankfully when he called to rebook they said an earlier appointment didn't show up and he could actually still come in and get it. Last dose left in the building.
I see parts of Europe are implementing partial shutdowns again. I am beginning to despair, it will just be variation after variation for the rest of our lives.
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