| Covid jab 09:28 - Sep 13 with 2557 views | DJR |
I am approaching 65 and booked my usual flu jab a couple of weeks ago.
I subsequently got a message saying I could have a Covid jab at the same time which is good news.
And this from a recent BBC article indicates that they have widened eligibility this winter. Perhaps its due to poor uptake in older groups, or perhaps they know something we don't.
"Who can get an NHS Covid booster jab this autumn?
The following groups will be able to have an NHS Covid booster between 3 October and 20 December:
over-64s
people aged between six months and 64 years with health conditions that make them more vulnerable
people living in care homes for older people
front-line health and social-care staff, including in care homes for older people"
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| Covid jab on 09:51 - Sep 13 with 2439 views | homer_123 |
Appears to be a significant increase in Covid cases at the moment as well. |  |
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| Covid jab on 10:10 - Sep 13 with 2391 views | Guthrum |
And me, apparently, although I fall into none of those categories.
I've always been jabbed much earlier in the sequence than my agegroup (about the same time as my then 81-year-old mother, for the first lot). Last time they held a big enquiry and still couldn't work out why I was eligible. And I'm already booked in for one in October.
Not going to turn it down if offered, despite the 24 hours of unpleasantness afterwarrds. |  |
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| Covid jab on 10:14 - Sep 13 with 2367 views | DJR |
| Covid jab on 10:10 - Sep 13 by Guthrum |
And me, apparently, although I fall into none of those categories.
I've always been jabbed much earlier in the sequence than my agegroup (about the same time as my then 81-year-old mother, for the first lot). Last time they held a big enquiry and still couldn't work out why I was eligible. And I'm already booked in for one in October.
Not going to turn it down if offered, despite the 24 hours of unpleasantness afterwarrds. |
I've never had any issues with it, and even took the private jab at Boots that was on offer earlier in the year.
Luckily, I won't now have to pay for it. | | | |
| Covid jab on 10:25 - Sep 13 with 2277 views | bsw72 |
Nothing sinister, more jabs, less infections, lower opportunity for virus to evolve and change, as generally they change with transfer from host to host. At least that’s my understanding. |  | | |
| Covid jab on 10:30 - Sep 13 with 2262 views | Guthrum |
| Covid jab on 10:14 - Sep 13 by DJR |
I've never had any issues with it, and even took the private jab at Boots that was on offer earlier in the year.
Luckily, I won't now have to pay for it. |
I've always had a reaction, like a mild dose of Covid, the night after. But worth it to be protected. | |
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| Covid jab on 10:39 - Sep 13 with 2205 views | NedPlimpton |
As someone who works in the NHS the focus at the moment is very much on Mpox. Covid doesn't really get mentioned |  | | |
| Covid jab on 13:23 - Sep 13 with 1952 views | BlueBadger |
| Covid jab on 10:39 - Sep 13 by NedPlimpton |
As someone who works in the NHS the focus at the moment is very much on Mpox. Covid doesn't really get mentioned |
We're all about the covid and the cliff here at the coalface at [redacted] general, right now. |  |
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| Covid jab on 13:33 - Sep 13 with 1909 views | NthQldITFC |
| Covid jab on 13:23 - Sep 13 by BlueBadger |
We're all about the covid and the cliff here at the coalface at [redacted] general, right now. |
The cliff?
Sounds like something you pick up on a summer holiday. |  |
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| Covid jab on 13:33 - Sep 13 with 1907 views | BlueBadger |
| Covid jab on 10:30 - Sep 13 by Guthrum |
I've always had a reaction, like a mild dose of Covid, the night after. But worth it to be protected. |
I've generally felt a bit crappy a few hours later, but it's gone by the morning. Is I always endeavour to have mine done when there's a day off next day.
And get my flu jab at the same time. | |
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| Covid jab on 13:35 - Sep 13 with 1894 views | homer_123 |
| Covid jab on 13:33 - Sep 13 by NthQldITFC |
The cliff?
Sounds like something you pick up on a summer holiday. |
Especially when it's cold? | |
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| Covid jab on 13:37 - Sep 13 with 1893 views | BloomBlue |
| Covid jab on 10:10 - Sep 13 by Guthrum |
And me, apparently, although I fall into none of those categories.
I've always been jabbed much earlier in the sequence than my agegroup (about the same time as my then 81-year-old mother, for the first lot). Last time they held a big enquiry and still couldn't work out why I was eligible. And I'm already booked in for one in October.
Not going to turn it down if offered, despite the 24 hours of unpleasantness afterwarrds. |
Are you Finidi George?
*working on the basis he was clearly a lot older than his passport said |  | | |
| Covid jab on 14:53 - Sep 13 with 1800 views | Ryorry |
| Covid jab on 10:39 - Sep 13 by NedPlimpton |
As someone who works in the NHS the focus at the moment is very much on Mpox. Covid doesn't really get mentioned |
That’s probably one reason it’s spreading. As someone who’ll probably need to go into hospital for an op within the next year, Covid worries me more than the (spinal) surgery. No one seems to be masking these days, and have any ventilation systems been put in place on the wards? |  |
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| Covid jab on 18:04 - Sep 13 with 1649 views | BlueBadger |
| Covid jab on 13:23 - Sep 13 by BlueBadger |
We're all about the covid and the cliff here at the coalface at [redacted] general, right now. |
*C diff | |
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| Covid jab on 18:05 - Sep 13 with 1647 views | BlueBadger |
| Covid jab on 14:53 - Sep 13 by Ryorry |
That’s probably one reason it’s spreading. As someone who’ll probably need to go into hospital for an op within the next year, Covid worries me more than the (spinal) surgery. No one seems to be masking these days, and have any ventilation systems been put in place on the wards? |
Worryingly enough, those symptomatic ones that I'm seeing at the moment are very 'old skool' - high oxygen requirements, 'happy hypoxia' high clot incidence... | |
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| Covid jab on 18:14 - Sep 13 with 1617 views | DJR |
| Covid jab on 18:05 - Sep 13 by BlueBadger |
Worryingly enough, those symptomatic ones that I'm seeing at the moment are very 'old skool' - high oxygen requirements, 'happy hypoxia' high clot incidence... |
Happy (or silent) hypoxia led to my mother's death.
This meant she had no symptoms, and I didn't think to do a finger oxygen test, but one morning she couldn't get out of bed and her oxygen levels were around 85%. She went to hospital and was put on the Covid ward, meaning I had to put on full combat gear to see her. She died within 48 hours because her oxygen levels were just too low.
Her last words to me late at night, when I left because I was not allowed to stay long and it was uncomfortable anyway in that gear, were "Be careful on that road", the A21, indicating she had all her mental faculties. She passed way in the early hours
This was in March 2022. [Post edited 13 Sep 2024 21:15]
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| Covid jab on 19:59 - Sep 13 with 1505 views | Ryorry |
| Covid jab on 18:05 - Sep 13 by BlueBadger |
Worryingly enough, those symptomatic ones that I'm seeing at the moment are very 'old skool' - high oxygen requirements, 'happy hypoxia' high clot incidence... |
Cheers for the reassurance! | |
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| Covid jab on 19:59 - Sep 13 with 1503 views | Ryorry |
| Covid jab on 18:14 - Sep 13 by DJR |
Happy (or silent) hypoxia led to my mother's death.
This meant she had no symptoms, and I didn't think to do a finger oxygen test, but one morning she couldn't get out of bed and her oxygen levels were around 85%. She went to hospital and was put on the Covid ward, meaning I had to put on full combat gear to see her. She died within 48 hours because her oxygen levels were just too low.
Her last words to me late at night, when I left because I was not allowed to stay long and it was uncomfortable anyway in that gear, were "Be careful on that road", the A21, indicating she had all her mental faculties. She passed way in the early hours
This was in March 2022. [Post edited 13 Sep 2024 21:15]
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So sorry DJR, my sympathies. | |
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| Covid jab on 20:11 - Sep 13 with 1487 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Covid jab on 18:14 - Sep 13 by DJR |
Happy (or silent) hypoxia led to my mother's death.
This meant she had no symptoms, and I didn't think to do a finger oxygen test, but one morning she couldn't get out of bed and her oxygen levels were around 85%. She went to hospital and was put on the Covid ward, meaning I had to put on full combat gear to see her. She died within 48 hours because her oxygen levels were just too low.
Her last words to me late at night, when I left because I was not allowed to stay long and it was uncomfortable anyway in that gear, were "Be careful on that road", the A21, indicating she had all her mental faculties. She passed way in the early hours
This was in March 2022. [Post edited 13 Sep 2024 21:15]
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My sympathies too. That is an utterly horrible experience. |  |
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| Covid jab on 00:09 - Sep 14 with 1343 views | Churchman |
| Covid jab on 18:14 - Sep 13 by DJR |
Happy (or silent) hypoxia led to my mother's death.
This meant she had no symptoms, and I didn't think to do a finger oxygen test, but one morning she couldn't get out of bed and her oxygen levels were around 85%. She went to hospital and was put on the Covid ward, meaning I had to put on full combat gear to see her. She died within 48 hours because her oxygen levels were just too low.
Her last words to me late at night, when I left because I was not allowed to stay long and it was uncomfortable anyway in that gear, were "Be careful on that road", the A21, indicating she had all her mental faculties. She passed way in the early hours
This was in March 2022. [Post edited 13 Sep 2024 21:15]
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My sympathies, DJR. |  | | |
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