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iamwhoiam

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Did anyone here register on Saturday ? Just wondering if Saturday reg are getting appointments yet ?

Know someone in the 68 group who registered Friday and still haven’t got an appointment

iguana

daydorunrun wrote: »

Her gut was not to take it but me and wife convinced her, saying about the low odds and using the long haul flight comparison, feel like **** now!

Try not to feel like ****. There is a very, very strong possibility that as her clots have been diagnosed they will be successfully treated and she will recover. She was in the extremely high risk category for a reason and the possibility was high that an infection would have made her very ill. It’s extremely unfortunate that she appears to have suffered side effects from the vaccine but hopefully she’ll have a full recovery soon and will also be protected from Covid.

iamwhoiam

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Know someone in the 68 group who registered Friday and still haven’t got an appointment

Friend of mine registered on Friday , had a text yesterday with appointment for Wednesday .
Maybe it goes by months ??

That's pretty crazy. All of the UK saying this whole thing was political, when it was actually because their own new system wasn't flagging the cases, and then they sat on the data for a further five weeks anyways.

Tyrone212

The Government expects a recommendation from medical experts in the coming days on spacing out the intervals between doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, the Minister for Health has said.

Stephen Donnelly said they are asking the question whether it would be worth extending the gap between the first and second doses of the vaccine to eight or 12 weeks.

Does anyone have an idea on how many extra first vaccines we would have in 2Q by doing this compared to keeping it at 4 weeks? What age groups could we hit?

lukas8888

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Friend of mine regarding on Friday , had a text yesterday with appointment for Wednesday .
Maybe it goes by months ??

I am 69 registered Thursday morning.no appointment yet.

iamwhoiam

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Friend of mine regarding on Friday , had a text yesterday with appointment for Wednesday .
Maybe it goes by months ??

Possibly down to the numbers for the centre in their area. Galway has 1 for 250k people

majo

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Friend of mine regarding on Friday , had a text yesterday with appointment for Wednesday .
Maybe it goes by months ??

Would you mind me asking roughly what part of the country your friend lives in?

iamwhoiam

majo wrote: »

Would you mind me asking roughly what part of the country your friend lives in?

Dublin south . He was assigned to City west

astrofool

Deleted User wrote: »

Know someone in the 68 group who registered Friday and still haven’t got an appointment

I think the whole 69, 68 etc. registration thing was done to reduce pressure on the system, know two that registered pretty early on the Wednesday (not 69) and got appointments for next week. Could also be location based.

ACitizenErased

It'll depend on the location how quick it is. People in Cork/Dublin will likely be allocated faster as there's more MVCs there, for example. Just the way it is.

is_that_so

astrofool wrote: »

I think the whole 69, 68 etc. registration thing was done to reduce pressure on the system, know two that registered pretty early on the Wednesday (not 69) and got appointments for next week. Could also be location based.

Yeah to make sure the system doesn't fall over. It's how the UK did most of theirs and we do love to follow them.

stephenjmcd

Also depends on the demographic of the areas, could be less 69 year olds, more 68 year olds etc.

Just all depends on how many of each group to be scheduled for that MVC

majo

Will all become clearer next week as people get their appointments. Will be interesting to see if it goes on age or order of registration.

iamwhoiam

majo wrote: »

Will all become clearer next week as people get their appointments. Will be interesting to see if it goes on age or order of registration.

Definitely on age according to Paul Reid . He said even if 65 year old registered early they will be assigned according to age

is_that_so

majo wrote: »

Will all become clearer next week as people get their appointments. Will be interesting to see if it goes on age or order of registration.

The overall approach is by age but as has been commented above demographics may play a part. It's better to look at the cycle for that whole cohort but we will see "Shocked 69 year old granny in tears as 65 year olds skip the queue!".

lbj666

Tyrone212 wrote: »

The Government expects a recommendation from medical experts in the coming days on spacing out the intervals between doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, the Minister for Health has said.

Stephen Donnelly said they are asking the question whether it would be worth extending the gap between the first and second doses of the vaccine to eight or 12 weeks.

Does anyone have an idea on how many extra first vaccines we would have in 2Q by doing this compared to keeping it at 4 weeks? What age groups could we hit?

Doing it very roughly, but I don't see the gap being broadened for the current cohorts so, that's 1.1m first doses needed, 400k 2nd already so , 700k keep for 2nd dose with 4 week Intervals. So that's 1.8m. The Remainder of the 2.8m due in end of june can then be used for 1st dose only, so 1m with a 8 week interval before June end, insted of I reckon 600-700k 1st dose if it was 4 weeks (because anyone getting 1st in June under 4 week interval would be into July for 2nd).

You would end up doing 1st dose twice as face ultimately but it wouldnt show it that way by end of June.

That's very back of ciggie box stuff now.

Skygord

Skygord wrote: »

Telegraph now reporting on the UK MHRA's slow response to the rare clotting events. First reported by the FT.

It seems their loss of access to the EMA's database (due to Brexit) hindered them:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/revealed-britains-regulator-missed-link-astrazeneca-jab-rare/

And here is the FT article:

https://www.ft.com/content/5251e1b9-b88d-4bfc-95fa-29dc34d37652?fbclid=IwAR3kcBlDmmjEhVig9ucftM-_rbBHF3TCQAhnMyG-pGplSt5Mz6dWtscHfoI

Morby

Just wondering if someone got their first dose of AstraZeneca but would prefer not to have AZ for their second dose, is it possible to mix and match and get Pfizer or Moderns for their second dose?

Skygord

The author of the Telegraph article about the UK's MHRA identification of very rare clotting events:

https://twitter.com/PaulNuki/status/1383730082368294917?s=20

stephenjmcd

And this is just 1 MVC

https://twitter.com/Plantingideas1/status/1383804821019320323?s=19

Strazdas

majo wrote: »

Will all become clearer next week as people get their appointments. Will be interesting to see if it goes on age or order of registration.

It's probably not even that important if a 66 year old gets vaccinated ahead of a 69 year old. As long as they're roughly in the same fortnight or whatever, everyone will be happy.

is_that_so

Morby wrote: »

Just wondering if someone got their first dose of AstraZeneca but would prefer not to have AZ for their second dose, is it possible to mix and match and get Pfizer or Moderns for their second dose?

No, 1 & 2 will be the same vaccine.

greengrass88

Hi folks...recently got my aztra vaccine in the north, but I live in the Republic. Im considered at risk so when my old gp up home offered it to me I went up and got it, would of been waiting very long in ROI for it. I'm concerned about the differences there will be in vaccine passports/certificates between north and south/UK and eu...there's talk of apps and QR codes in the south and I'm concerned that if I got my vaccine in the north I won't have access to these. Just wondering would anyone (cross border workers and the likes) have any insight or thoughts? Thanks!

Stheno

stephenjmcd wrote: »

And this is just 1 MVC

https://twitter.com/Plantingideas1/status/1383804821019320323?s=19

15k divided by 7 is not 2.5k per day

stephenjmcd

Stheno wrote: »

15k divided by 7 is not 2.5k per day

https://twitter.com/Plantingideas1/status/1383815382960467984?s=19

ACitizenErased

RTE reporting that the latest on the portal is over 100k between 65-69 registered.

Hococop

ACitizenErased wrote: »

RTE reporting that the latest on the portal is over 100k between 65-69 registered.

What was the total in that group?

PhilOssophy

daydorunrun wrote: »

Her gut was not to take it but me and wife convinced her, saying about the low odds and using the long haul flight comparison, feel like **** now!

I wish her a speedy recovery but lets face it, we all do this all the time. If we ask somebody to pick us up / pick something up in the shop / whatever, there is always the chance they might be killed en route. And the risk of that happening is probably similar to a negative reaction to the vaccine.

Realistically, if she is overweight then she was probably still at a significantly greater risk of Covid if she hadn't taken it. That is the reality.

Hope she gets better soon.

is_that_so

Hococop wrote: »

What was the total in that group?

Based on the HSE estimate, around 200K in total.