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Evil_g · 24-04-2021 10:59AM

Sparko wrote: »

I'm in the Helix now, my mother has an appointment here after signing up through the portal last week.

That's great to hear. Does it seem busy?

Jane1012 · 24-04-2021 11:01AM

mcgragger wrote: »

The system gave no choices - just put in the details etc and then up pops awaiting appointment.

Its frustrating

Yes, while I appreciate they can’t let people pick where to get vaccinated, it stings a bit people getting appointments within hours if they live in other locations. I assume they haven’t opened croke park yet as an MVC and they just have him on hold until then. I’m due to register my mam tomorrow too

Sparko · 24-04-2021 11:07AM

Evil_g wrote: »

That's great to hear. Does it seem busy?

Pretty busy. There's a fairly steady stream of cars coming into the carpark, I've been here since about 10.30. Hopefully they'll do good numbers today nationwide.

irishlad. · 24-04-2021 11:17AM

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cUZy6AMCwuA2zhtRuKK7cqMVgmhdDsGsZrFWJTkw9DY/edit#gid=502588836

So another 50k 1st doses should see cohort 3 (over 70's) half complete.

280k of 2nd doses will also be given to this cohort over the next 4/5 weeks.

Hococop · 24-04-2021 11:23AM

Ficheall wrote: »

Not the Radisson, but I know a couple of people (Galway/Sligo) have mentioned having to queue and be in the vaccination centre for hours, which seems pretty poor..

Cheers my mam getting her shot today, just wondering if she is there at 5 to one ( down for 5 past one) does she have to wait behind people that decided to queue up behind people that decided to turn up an hour early?

JTMan · 24-04-2021 11:34AM

Looks like a finalised agreement between the EC and Valneva for vaccines is not going to happen afterall.

The company said earlier Wednesday that it would “deprioritise” centralised talks with the European Commission to supply its coronavirus shot across the 27-nation EU, switching instead to “a country by country basis”.

Chief executive Thomas Lingelbach complained of a lack of “meaningful progress” in talks with the European Commission.

The company said it would instead focus on “those European Union member states and interested parties outside the EU” that expressed interest.

I guess the EU simply won't need the doses by Autumn.

revelman · 24-04-2021 11:39AM

Interesting article posted to another thread about the investigation of possible links between the Pfizer vaccine and myocarditis in young men.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-probing-link-between-pfizer-shot-and-heart-problem-in-men-under-30/

ACitizenErased · 24-04-2021 11:42AM

https://twitter.com/covid19dataie/status/1385906871714914304?s=21

Happydays2020 · 24-04-2021 11:49AM

aisling86 wrote: »

Seems so. BMI currently not over 40.

A local village have been vaccinated a few weeks now everyone not just cohorts seems to be all dependent on location.

Well done on getting your BMI below 40.

TheDoctor · 24-04-2021 11:51AM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

https://twitter.com/covid19dataie/status/1385906871714914304?s=21

Numbers we can all enjoy

iamwhoiam · 24-04-2021 11:51AM

Walk in clinics opened in London where high cases are appearing .Should we be doing the same to dampen it down ?

muckisluck · 24-04-2021 12:02PM

Reading this thread makes me wonder are older people being infantilised. The number of people registering their "ageing" parents amazes me. Come on! They are between 60 and 70 at most. Surely they are not all incapable of making a phone call on their own and answering a few simple questions. It reminds me of parents who continue treating their children as babies when they can do lots of stuff independently. That doesn't end well.

hynesie08 · 24-04-2021 12:03PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Walk in clinics opened in London where high cases are appearing .Should we be doing the same to dampen it down ?

Testing or vaccine? We're already doing pop up testing centres and we just don't have the supply right now for pop up vaccination centres.

mugsymugsy · 24-04-2021 12:13PM

muckisluck wrote: »

Reading this thread makes me wonder are older people being infantilised. The number of people registering their "ageing" parents amazes me. Come on! They are between 60 and 70 at most. Surely they are not all incapable of making a phone call on their own and answering a few simple questions. It reminds me of parents who continue treating their children as babies when they can do lots of stuff independently. That doesn't end well.

If you can register online I'd say its far easier than getting parents to phone hse live that will have how many thousand calls and could be waiting a while.

iamwhoiam · 24-04-2021 12:15PM

hynesie08 wrote: »

Testing or vaccine? We're already doing pop up testing centres and we just don't have the supply right now for pop up vaccination centres.

Vaccines . She walked in and got a vaccine .

PhoenixParker · 24-04-2021 12:17PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

https://twitter.com/covid19dataie/status/1385906871714914304?s=21

Now that's a lovely number.

iamwhoiam · 24-04-2021 12:17PM

muckisluck wrote: »

Reading this thread makes me wonder are older people being infantilised. The number of people registering their "ageing" parents amazes me. Come on! They are between 60 and 70 at most. Surely they are not all incapable of making a phone call on their own and answering a few simple questions. It reminds me of parents who continue treating their children as babies when they can do lots of stuff independently. That doesn't end well.

Well we are in that age group and every single person I know in my family , neighbours and friends were quite capable of doing it themselves online

Valhallapt · 24-04-2021 12:24PM

PhoenixParker wrote: »

Now that's a lovely number.

I’m normally critical of the HSE, but fair dues that’s a good result. Need to hit and build upon that every day now

wadacrack · 24-04-2021 01:08PM

Useful Study

https://twitter.com/vacciworld/status/1385927609125675008

Wolf359f · 24-04-2021 01:12PM

wadacrack wrote: »

Useful Study

https://twitter.com/vacciworld/status/1385927609125675008

So 5+ weeks on from a single dose of Pfizer it's effectiveness drops. Be interesting to see if they have an updated paper to include the 12 week dosing schedule to see where it goes.

Degag · 24-04-2021 01:20PM

muckisluck wrote: »

Reading this thread makes me wonder are older people being infantilised. The number of people registering their "ageing" parents amazes me. Come on! They are between 60 and 70 at most. Surely they are not all incapable of making a phone call on their own and answering a few simple questions. It reminds me of parents who continue treating their children as babies when they can do lots of stuff independently. That doesn't end well.

I guess children are simply worried about their parents and want to ensure they are registered correctly and promptly. I did it this morning and am happy it's done now.

I understand your general point but have no issue for something like this.

Champagne Sally · 24-04-2021 01:22PM

I drove through my local village a few minutes ago and the amount of elderly people out having an ice cream or takeaway sandwich was lovely to see. All feeling safe now fully vaccinated. I’m not going to lie it brought a tear to my eye.

km79 · 24-04-2021 01:24PM

63 year olds registering today .
I’m optimistic now that 40-45 might be registered early June
I’ll go cracked if I contract it in the meantime

TheDoctor · 24-04-2021 01:28PM

km79 wrote: »

63 year olds registering today .
I’m optimistic now that 40-45 might be registered early June
I’ll go cracked if I contract it in the meantime

Will we not just keep adding years every few days to the portal so everyone gets registered?

Then administer the vaccines in time.

Degag · 24-04-2021 01:40PM

TheDoctor wrote: »
Will we not just keep adding years every few days to the portal so everyone gets registered?

Then administer the vaccines in time.

Yep ideally but maybe that would cause knock on issues.

Such as a person registering while in one age bracket but by the time they are due a vaccine are in another one.
People moving home and hence being close to another vaccine centre
People dying:eek:

And alot more that i can't think of.

Strazdas · 24-04-2021 01:40PM

TheDoctor wrote: »
Will we not just keep adding years every few days to the portal so everyone gets registered?

Then administer the vaccines in time.

Possible yes, but they would be anxious not to have too big a gap between registration and appointment - I suspect they wouldn't want a situation where people were registering and having to wait six weeks or something.

muckisluck · 24-04-2021 01:50PM

Online is absolutely the way to go but if I had said that I would have expected a raft of replies complaining about internet access, no pc etc. My infuriation is entirely to do with the ageism involved in the infantilising of our older population. I registered my self online last week

muckisluck · 24-04-2021 01:51PM

mugsymugsy wrote: »

If you can register online I'd say its far easier than getting parents to phone hse live that will have how many thousand calls and could be waiting a while.

Online is absolutely the way to go but if I had said that I would have expected a raft of replies complaining about internet access, no pc etc. My infuriation is entirely to do with the ageism involved in the infantilising of our older population. I registered my self online last week

adam240610 · 24-04-2021 01:54PM

Wolf359f wrote: »

So 5+ weeks on from a single dose of Pfizer it's effectiveness drops. Be interesting to see if they have an updated paper to include the 12 week dosing schedule to see where it goes.

Do you know how confidence intervals work? You can't say that the effectiveness drops after five weeks from this chart

JPup · 24-04-2021 01:56PM

Wolf359f wrote: »

So 5+ weeks on from a single dose of Pfizer it's effectiveness drops. Be interesting to see if they have an updated paper to include the 12 week dosing schedule to see where it goes.

There could be small sample sizes there. I’d be wary of reading too much into that without more data.

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