Vaccine Megathread - See OP for threadbans

Does anyone have a rough estimate of the daily vaccination numbers in City West .I am just curious really .

The press have photos this morning of queues at Aviva. They really have to sort this out by not letting people jump the queue by arriving early. No sign of social distancing either.

SJFly wrote: »

It will be interesting to see what happens next in the MVCs when over 60s are done, which could be quite soon in some regions. The GP rollout is slow, with deliveries every other week. I think it's unlikely group 7 will be finished before the MVCs could be on to over 50s. I don't particularly have a problem with that, but I imagine it will cause a lot of outrage.

Yeah, groups 4 & 7 seem to have become a bit of a black hole. I've no problem with any of the rollout tbh, I realise its down to supply which is out of HSE control. I'm way down the list anyway and tend to the view that they're the experts, let them at it. But you can't help feeling that identifying groups 4 & 7 should really have been done 6 months ago and the lists ready to go. Hard not to feel sorry for someone who is waiting for their GP or consultant to get the finger out, if it ended up that they were down to doing the 40s or 50s in MVCs in a few weeks while some vulnerable were still waiting.

I take all of that back, if that's not the actual situation on the ground. Everyone is doing their best with what they have to work with.

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Definetly needs to be sorted in City West .A friend of mine arrived on time and queued for 50 minutes due to people arriving far too early .

Mother in law went yesterday to Cork City Hall and it was the same. She arrived 5-10 mins before her appointment time only to find a massive queue in front of her and ended up waiting nearly an hour to be seen.

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

I'm going off the new reported doses (todays cumulative compared to yesterday).

https://twitter.com/COVID19DataIE/status/1385169511523946496?s=19

I'm going off the reported number for Tuesday on hse vaccine site Mondays total has changed from yesterdays report to today's.

Perhaps the report needs to be changed to "since the last update there have been x amount done " as days totals are updated after they're reported.

Bubbaclaus wrote: »

They are there - cohort 5. Just around 4.5k now.

But C5 is defined as 64-69 at high risk?

With az back on track and possibly J&J, well should hit 1m first doses in the next week to ten days...... That's fairly impressive.

Irish people are such numpties - you have an appointment for 11:15, don't arrive at 10:15 and think you can just get into the queue.
They should have a big sign "queue now for <slot>" and somebody checking their appointment. This isn't old John and Mary who are in their 90s - these people are for the most part firm and able.
Wait for your slot FFS and don't be a gobsheen.

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Irish people are such numpties - you have an appointment for 11:15, don't arrive at 10:15 and think you can just get into the queue.
They should have a big sign "queue now for <slot>" and somebody checking their appointment. This isn't old John and Mary who are in their 90s - these people are for the most part firm and able.
Wait for your slot FFS and don't be a gobsheen.

This week will be a learning experience for everyone in MVCs!

Strange 60-64 is open when 65-69 year olds havnt all got an appointment yet?

Cazale wrote: »

The missus is from the North and got the Astrazenica vaccine up there the day before they restricted the age groups. She's now very reticent to get the second jab. I can get her the Pfizer vaccine now through work. Is there any guidelines or data on getting Astrazenica and then Pfizer?

Its still in trial stage really, so there is no advise recommendations or anyone to stand over it. Pfizer certainly cant stand over the effects of mixing with a vacine thats not theirs so i dont know would they be willing.

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Irish people are such numpties - you have an appointment for 11:15, don't arrive at 10:15 and think you can just get into the queue.
They should have a big sign "queue now for <slot>" and somebody checking their appointment. This isn't old John and Mary who are in their 90s - these people are for the most part firm and able.
Wait for your slot FFS and don't be a gobsheen.

Teething problems. I doubt this is a uniquely Irish problem.

There might also be some "war stories", since some GP surgeries told all of their patients to come at the same time and then they vaccinated them in order of arrival.

So until we've been doing this for a couple of weeks, there'll be confusion over how it actually works.

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Strange 60-64 is open when 65-69 year olds havnt all got an appointment yet?

They have in some regions. They can't pace the rollout based on the worst performer on the basis of "fairness". Hopefully when all MVCs are fully operational these regional differences will iron out.

hmmm wrote: »

I know they are trying to manage numbers, but for someone who has no idea how to get to the Aviva (or the other centres) and where to park it's not much use being told to the nearest minute what time their appointment is - many will get there early just in case. Maybe a bit more flexibility in times might make people less concerned they will "miss" their slot.

It's a bit unfair I think to be calling them numpties, better they are turning up early than not turning up at all

I don't know the setup, but maybe some accommodation for it will also help; cordon off an area, put in enough benches for 50 people and invite a coffee van and a food van to park up for the day.

Then you can turn people away who are too early and direct them towards the waiting area. Just make it clear that they have to come back at the right time, nobody is going to call their name.

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Strange 60-64 is open when 65-69 year olds havnt all got an appointment yet?

Is it open? I can only see a newspaper article saying 64 year old to register tomorrow, does that mean 63 is the next day?