I'm not sure if this is useful, as I have no actual information, but when I had my booster there was a kerfuffle going on as the chap before me was supposed to be having a third jab and not a booster. The person doing the injections suddenly had one of those "did I leave the oven on at home?" moments and couldn't remember if she'd done the right one, so they sent someone running off to find him (though goodness knows what they were going to do - it's not like he'd have been able to say one way or the other). From the chatter I gathered: booster is half dose, third jab is full dose.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
. From the chatter I gathered: booster is half dose, third jab is full dose.
Yes that is our understanding. A friend of ours has a piggy back heart. He has been given 3 full doses and a booster, his wife has been given a second booster on top of the normal 2 doses. Harefield have told him they hold medication for him if he ever tests positive. @Desi_in_London it's not too late to get another shot. Immunity wanes over quite a long period another jab will bring it back up.
Thank you @Allotment Boy , I'll call the GP tomorrow about it. Although part of me thinks that as a more or less okay 50ish yr old ( albeit on immunosuppressants for the last 5 years) I would gladly give up my extra shot to one of my 80 something parents. <I know it doesn't work like that and I'm just being silly>.
edited to add - I've just looked back at my nhs record and the same dose ( Pfizer) vaccine seems to have been recorded for all 3 shots.
True Dove,but one assuming that self employed have some kind of insurance. We help where we can only got my pension. Paid to get her car back on the road last year,hubby bought most of the parts second hand,no labour. Today he collected her car, nearly a ,90 mile round trip at 6.30 put bulbs in,took it for the MOT, is buying the "advise" parts for later fitting. Her fuel supplier went bust, finally got new account and its doubled monthly. And yes, I told all my kids to put money aside,and not have credit cards.
@Desi_in_London, according to an article in the Daily Telegraph today, a recent study indicates that the largest group on the shielding list were patients taking immunosuppressant medication but their risk of death was only 20% higher than for a healthy male and far lower for many groups who were not told to shield. Severely obese people have a higher risk than those with severe asthma and diabetes has been found to be a major risk factor but weren't told to shield. It sounds like immunosupressed people may not have such a high risk after all which would be good news to many, if rather infuriating to learn late in the day. Still I suppose these things were not known at the start of the pandemic and are only now coming to light through the many studies since. Interesting.
I'm in my very late 60s (just for a few more days ) and all three of my doses were Pfizer which I understand was/is the preferred dose for older folk and those who for other reasons might have a less active but not overly compromised immune system.
OH is 50 and healthy and had two doses of AZ and a third of Moderna.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove,I also had 2 doses AZ, one of Moderna,I'm 71,hubby 64,had 2 AZ 3rd was Pfizer, following day, different pharmacy. I asked when I had mine,and was told it was whatever was available at the time, nothing more than that.My friends in London, Suffolk, one 2 years older, diabetic,one 3 years younger no health issues,had Pfizer.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
A friend of ours has a piggy back heart. He has been given 3 full doses and a booster, his wife has been given a second booster on top of the normal 2 doses. Harefield have told him they hold medication for him if he ever tests positive.
@Desi_in_London it's not too late to get another shot. Immunity wanes over quite a long period another jab will bring it back up.
edited to add - I've just looked back at my nhs record and the same dose ( Pfizer) vaccine seems to have been recorded for all 3 shots.
It sounds like immunosupressed people may not have such a high risk after all which would be good news to many, if rather infuriating to learn late in the day. Still I suppose these things were not known at the start of the pandemic and are only now coming to light through the many studies since.
Interesting.
OH is 50 and healthy and had two doses of AZ and a third of Moderna.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-for-people-with-a-weakened-immune-system/covid-19-vaccination-guide-for-people-with-a-weakened-immune-system .
Hope this is some help.
I would be interested to see that if you could check it again please.
I've taken it off:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-for-people-with-a-weakened-immune-system/covid-19-vaccination-guide-for-people-with-a-weakened-immune-system