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  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Seems like there is no vaccine option other than Pfizer. My OH had a bad reaction to it when she got it for her last booster so when we turned up for our appointments today she had to decline as it was the only vaccine being offered.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    There are other vaccines available, but they might not be available in your area.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    We’ve both had Moderna Spikevax. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    She thought they were also going to be offering Moderna but they said today at the vax centre that the Govt had only bought Pfizer and there was no AZ available any more. It isn't obvious how we will be able to access any alternative apart from trying to contact individual pharmacies.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    About the only thing you can do,  someone, somewhere must have it. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    We've had ours this afternoon, Pfizer again. The leaflet they gave us says Comirnaty Original/Omicron BA.1. Not sure what exactly that means - maybe it doesn't protect so much against the newer variants, but to me any vaccination is better than none.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Absolutely, @JennyJ
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237
    OH looked up the Comirnaty name (after he had that for his jab) - apparently it's a mash up of "community" "immunity" "mrna" and "covid". Not exactly catchy though! It is a bivalent vaccine so also covers the omicron variant.

    I had the Moderna Spikevax one, also the bivalent version.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    We had the Moderna Spikevax one so it can't be true that the Government only bought Pfizer.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Maybe they're running out of spikevax  and using pfizer instead or maybe it's cheaper 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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