machiavellianme wrote: » What year are they down to in the Aviva now?
SJFly wrote: » It seems they are not strict in the MVCs about the time you show up, once the day is correct. Maybe you could go early in the morning before the queues build up. Good luck either way. Hope it goes smoothly.
Lumpy.Monkey wrote: » Age 51 Registered 11 May SMS received 19 May Appointment 22 May, Aviva, Janssen. Nurse refused to vaccinate me after a panic attack. SMS received 09 June Appointment 12 June, Aviva, Pfizer. Let's see if security refuse me assistance again. Three weeks to the day from my first appointment !
Top quark wrote: » Update. Registered 19th May Age 49 Text with appointment arrived yesterday for UCD on thurs . Text cancelling that appointment came this morning . Text with new appointment arrived this evening for mon 14th in portlaoise . Flavour Pfizer . ��
Bored Capri wrote: » Appears some over 50d not vaccinated if they are putting j&j in pharmacies. No idea of numbers.
iamwhoiam wrote: » Are over 50’s not all vaccinated by now ??
Bored Capri wrote: » Head in, try it, if it doesn’t work, take the Pfizer, j&j supplies seem patchy at the moment. J&j was supposed to be in pharmacies this week but haven’t seen any updates on that. Gavan Reilly just tweeted pharmacies to cover over 50s with j&j next week.
rks wrote: » Guess what. I was thinking of going out around 4.30 PM. Just thought I will do a quick check on the portal. No text yet but saw this: Vaccine type: Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine) Date: Saturday, 12 Jun 2021 Time: 09:35 AM I was hoping to get the J&J. So that I dont need to wait for another month for 2nd dose. Not not sure what to do.
fiachraX wrote: » We definitely are! No text yet but checked the portal and an appointment is there for Fri 11 June in Aviva, Pfizer. I've only been waiting since 16th May. Edit: Text has just come in.
Lumpy.Monkey wrote: » The lost 50's seem to all be in the same group. Just got my SMS too.
Lumpy.Monkey wrote: » Age 51 Registered 11 May SMS received 19 May Appointment 22 May, Aviva, Janssen. Nurse refused to vaccinate me after a panic attack. SMS received 09 June Appointment 12 June, Aviva, Pfizer. Let's see if security refuse me assistance again.
Bored Capri wrote: » Gavan Reilly just tweeted pharmacies to cover over 50s with j&j next week.
is_that_so wrote: » Sounds like a bit of a system glitch. Coming weeks is just a standard message, it could be a lot faster.
Talisman wrote: » The reason they can't be dealt with is more than likely because it's a case of "Computer says NO!". The system is automated and by the sounds of it the implementation is naive. By that I mean there is no intelligence provided for it. In order to push as many people through the system as quickly as possible the system appears to be taking people out of a queue for their local centre and adding them to the queue in a centre that has additional capacity. The computer doesn't know that the distance to the centre is a factor because it hasn't been told to care about that. Its role is to push X thousand people through Y vaccination centres as quickly as the number of staff available to perform the vaccinations and the inventory of vaccines will allow. The fact that there is a support team to handle the cases where people fall through the cracks and they don't actually have the capacity to intervene further demonstrates the degree to which the vaccination system is automated. It would be interesting to see the data for the number of people who have fallen through the cracks.
Rebelbrowser wrote: » All true, but for the glitches, which as you say are rare, why then can't they be easily and sensibly dealt with once identified rather than this escalation team nonsense which seems no improvement at all to the lot of those being escalated?
Furze99 wrote: » Luke O'Neill, Kingston Mills - both public voices on these issues. So what vaccine are you taking?? And if offered an AZ jab, would you take it??
rks wrote: » Until now I didnt have any appointment. Heard that Aviva is doing J&J today, so thought I might go there in the evening to see if I can get that. Some people have got it that way. I guess even if I go today they can see in the system that I now have an appointment for Pfizer on Saturday. I was waiting for over 3 weeks to get an appointment, called the helpline and contacted through twitter handle numerous times. Just when I thought I will chance my arm today, they have sent me an appointment. :rolleyes:
Grandeeod wrote: » Age - 49 Registered -11/5/21 Appointment received - 8/6/21 Appointment date - 10/6/21 Location - UCD (Live in Laois) Vaccine - Pfizer. But......Got a text in the last few minutes to say the appointment has been cancelled and they will be in touch over the coming weeks.:rolleyes:
iamwhoiam wrote: » But you could have the second Pfizer dose before you ever get an appointment for J and J
Bored Capri wrote: » Go to the Aviva today with your text message. I believe it’s j&j day. Tell them you’ve fallen through the cracks, give the security guy your name & number & ask him to check with the registration desk, I’m fairly sure they will slot you in. They are very accommodating once you’re registered. And yes, they have a manual print off with names of people who got last minute calls to come in.
Wildly Boaring wrote: » Oh Great stuff. Drogheda was so far behind seem right back in the mix
