Vaccine Megathread - See OP for threadbans

amandstu wrote: »

I got a text message at 10 this morning to be at the appointment at 11.

It would have taken me over an hour to get in if I had jumped into the car on the spot.

Am I now at the back of the queue?

Who do I contact now since this was done online-to hopefully get another appointment (and hopefully with more than an hour's notice)

Was it the online portal for 65-69 ?
My text said they would text me 3-7 days in advance .


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Tyrone212 wrote: »

Taoiseach- He also clarified that the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) will meet tomorrow to consider the latest advice from the European Medicines Agency.

Why didn't NIAC meet last night. Why wait 48 hours later. Other countries in EU already have and made a decision.

I was thinking the same, lack of urgency is galling.

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Taoiseach- He also clarified that the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) will meet tomorrow to consider the latest advice from the European Medicines Agency.

Why didn't NIAC meet last night. Why wait 48 hours later. Other countries in EU already have and made a decision.

Likely requested more info from the EMA. Can't meet if they don't have all the details they want/require.

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Was it the online portal for 65-69 ?
My text said they would text me 3-7 days in advance .


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1850 24 1850

Yes it was .Thanks for the number:)

astrofool wrote: »

For someone who is bad at evaluating risk and being vaccine hesitant, the car analogy is bad, they think they can control that risk by not using cars or driving carefully (they can't, but anyway). It's really better off being put in the form of the risk from COVID vs. the risk of something happening which we now have a treatment for and is very low risk anyway.

It also doesn't help when people blindly say blood clots as it's a very specific illness that can happen that is completely unrelated to most blood clot illnesses that occur, but now people are conflating the two and working themselves into a tizzy.

I completely agree, but the risks v Covid have been repeatedly stated and yet there is vaccine hesitancy, hence the other analogy!

amandstu wrote: »

Yes it was .Thanks for the number:)

Double check the text that its not next Wednesday ? Unusual to get such short notice

Chong wrote: »

I have to say I got my vaccine today as I am in a high risk category, the sense of joy today is something else. I got the first dose of Moderna, back in 28 days hopefully, but I am beyond happy today to have got it.

Just needed to express my joy somewhere.

OH and I felt the exact same on Saturday, having been given 10 minutes to get into the GP surgery to get Pfizered with shots that became available at short notice. I'm still buzzing 4-5 days later! And that's despite getting a very large initial response that wasted me! Its one of the most positive things in our house since our grand-child was born in 2019!

So, enjoy the good feeling and look forward to a better 2021!

TomOnBoard wrote: »

OH and I felt the exact same on Saturday, having been given 10 minutes to get into the GP surgery to get Pfizered with shots that became available at short notice. I'm still buzzing 4-5 days later! And that's despite getting a very large initial response that wasted me! Its one of the most positive things in our house since our grand-child was born in 2019!

So, enjoy the good feeling and look forward to a better 2021!

Great stuff, be there in 10 minutes for your covid shot is my wet dream at the moment!

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Double check the text that its not next Wednesday ? Unusual to get such short notice

No ,it was the 21st.I rang 1850241850 and they said that they will send me out a new appointment with 2 to 3 days notice:)

Chong wrote: »

The nurses said the main response can come post the second shot.

That appears to be the case. My OH felt rotten for a day or two after the second Moderna shot, especially feeling very cold.

PhilOssophy wrote: »

I completely agree, but the risks v Covid have been repeatedly stated and yet there is vaccine hesitancy, hence the other analogy!

It's just an analogy I've learned to stay away from, one thing that causes hesitancy is lack of control over something, so a car is something that can be controlled so the mind thinks the risk is less, a vaccine is something the person can't control (other than not having it) so the risk seems more. It's why it's better to compare it to things they don't have control over (contracting SARS-COV2 from an asymptomatic super spreader, risk of getting clots if they do nothing at all, as examples).

People jump through all kinds of hoops in their mind to justify their decisions, the key is to recognise that and argue from their point of view rather than yours (e.g no GMO person is probably inadvertently using GMO produced items anyway they just don't know it, person who wears goggles is forgetting about the soft membrane in their ears or picking up diseases on their clothes and bringing it home, either way they can't entirely eliminate risks no matter how much control they think they have).

I'm sick of hearing others getting vaccination apart from me, when the hell are the cohort 7 people going to be contacted, if I keep hearing the excuse that they are still vaccinating the over 60s and 70s, why don't they just bloody get on with it and get this roll out moving.

bodhrandude wrote: »

I'm sick of hearing others getting vaccination apart from me, when the hell are the cohort 7 people going to be contacted, if I keep hearing the excuse that they are still vaccinating the over 60s and 70s, why don't they just bloody get on with it and get this roll out moving.

I know of some Group 4s being done at present, notified out of the blue so to speak. That's how it seems to be and the supply lottery really doesn't help any of that at all.

I think this needs clarifying as I've seen it posted here and posted on twitter etc

860k doses in April is NOT 860k administered, its 860k delivered into the country. This will change again as AZ backloaded delviery is pushed to 3rd May of 100k +.

There seems to be some confusion when the 860k number is thrown about. Maybe it's not communicated effectively but it's a point to be aware of.

Bit cynical wrote: »

We are well down on the projected 860,000 for the current month and are vaccinating at only slightly greater rates than the month of March, when the slow pace of vaccinations was also being highlighted.

It is important also to remember also the 860,000 for April is in itself a reduction from a previous projection made earlier in the month and even as a projected number does not sadly match the current pace of countries like the US or UK.

I think it's really important we monitor performance, and shout loudly if we are seen to be falling behind. However, we have just done the biggest reorganisation of the rollout, changing who gets what vaccine and where. The MVCs handling a large percentage of the vaccines only started up again yesterday. I'm really hoping to see a huge improvement in the coming days, so still giving the benefit of the doubt. If the stockpiles of vaccines keep on building up, I'll lose faith pretty quickly.