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Will you be taking a booster?

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  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Yes, they are sorting out things in stages, and the severe minority of people who got their booster outside their country of residence would not be high on the list. Why do you feel like that would take more than 5 weeks to set up, given that they already have a system implemented for that for the first 2 doses?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,546 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    just got it this morning, thank god, steady stream into the gp



  • Posts: 394 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Well unfortunately the majority don’t think like you. And so long as we continue to be treated like the blacks in 1950’s America - worse in fact, at least they were allowed in to most restaurants - we have to have to have a sense of community, take some pride in our appearance and not go around like good for nothing slobs.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,543 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    You are not being treated worse than "blacks in 1950's America". Have a bit of self awareness.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,876 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    You certainly don't know much about the history of blacks in America. For one thing, they didn't join voluntarily.


    Most anti-vaxxers I've run into in Ireland are, in fact, uber-entitled dole scroungers who blather on about things they don't know about - like immune systems - and worry that the contrails are going to soak them with aluminium while infecting them with 5G or some such.


    So, how do you plan to get your immune system and body in shape? Will you be in as good a shape as this guy? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/nov/30/life-tragic-death-john-eyers-fitness-fanatic-who-refused-covid-vaccine



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  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Did you just compare anti-vaxxers to blacks in 1950s America?

    Wait, did you just say blacks in 1950s America had it better than anti-vaxxers?

    Fuckin' hell, I've heard it all now.



  • Posts: 394 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I’m sure if you were around a few years ago you’d be asking what the big deal is about having to sit at the back of the bus and drink from a different water fountain...



  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If I was around a few years ago? What? I have no idea what you're trying to say.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,773 ✭✭✭✭ben.schlomo


    Got mine yesterday, stone dead at the centre. Nurses standing around chatting as there was nobody turning up. She said they should have started the 30s earlier so there was something to do.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66 ✭✭ligind


    Reluctantly got mine yesterday morning at a walk in centre .

    For someone my age , general health who already had the two doses I found the argument for it dubious particularly as it looks like it's effectiveness against getting Covid symptoms will only last 10/12 weeks.

    Walk in centre was fairly quiet , a trickle of people , no queue , the vaccinator was well up for a chat.

    I got the moderna but would have much preferred pfizer again , i know a few people who were completely wiped out for a few days after the second dose of moderna.

    So far so good, my arm became sore after a few hours , it took 10/12 hours after both Pfizer shots , it also hurts more this time. But apart from that i feel grand .

    Post edited by ligind on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 447 ✭✭Nicetrustedcup


    Got my booster yesterday


    29 got it from a random Dr who is based in the same health centre as my own mad busy with apts and walk ins huge line yesterday morning


    had a single shout j and j as my last time me and being honest I fell better after the pfizer then the j and j which knocked me out



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭Elessar


    Anyone know if its possible to get Pfizer anywhere? Vaccine centers and pharmacies all around me are only doing Moderna. My doctor isn't doing vaccinations any more.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,138 ✭✭✭eviltimeban




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Got my booster at Park's pharmacy in Dorset Street. Delighted to get it. I had rung up a few pharmacies in my area and was told I'd be on a waiting list for 2 weeks. I rang up Park's and they said they were doing walk-ins. There was no queue and I was in and out of there in about ten minutes. Excellent service. I got a Pfizer. Worth giving them a ring if you are struggling to get somewhere.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭TracyMartell


    Got Pfizer booster an hour ago after getting J&J in the summer. I’m 28 and don’t feel like i really need it but I’m just preempting the inevitable booster update to the vaccine pass.

    Post edited by TracyMartell on


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    I'm finding myself extremely confused. I had the second dose of Pfizer on the 1st of October. When should I be getting a booster? HSE says 90 days later, I see people in here saying 6 months. I've not had covid myself (that I am aware of).

    At this point, I will do just about anything to avoid further restrictions. My mental health has taken what feels like an irreversible beating over being very isolated the past two years. I had a baby during that time, and the restrictions meant my husband missed out on almost every part of it when he was with me every step of the way for our other two children. I can't spend more than 20 minutes in a retail setting with my mask on before I start to get incredibly anxious as people simply do not want to give me personal space. I do not go to pubs, I do not eat in restaurants, I did not socialize with most of my extended family over Christmas, my new and only nephew doesn't know me and cries when I speak to him. I honestly don't give a flying fiddler's what they're putting in it at this stage. I just want my life back.



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  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    90 days is correct, it was changed recently from 6 months.



  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I see some walk-in clinics also allow you book a timeslot. For example, Shoreline in Greystones are listed as a walk-in clinic from 8:30am - 7pm tomorrow but also allow you to book a timeslot at those times here.

    How does that work exactly? Is there two separate queues? Or is booking a timeslot for the most part pointless?



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  • Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That's interesting, in Swords they have different slots. Appointments only in the morning, walk-ins in the afternoon.



  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I booked a timeslot an hour ago but haven't received an SMS confirmation yet, so perhaps those timeslots shouldn't be listed. Who knows.

    Edit: I tried it again at a different timeslot and got the confirmation SMS.



  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I received the following response from the HSE on Twitter.

    "When you arrive at the centre on the day reception will direct you based on whether you have an appointment or are attending a walk-in clinic."

    I don't know whether that means people with a timeslot skip the queue and go straight to the reception, or if they join the queue until they get to the reception. 😄



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Just reading this on HSE website for Janssen recipients


    From 29 December, you can get your booster by booking an appointment with a participating pharmacy. If you are aged 18 to 29, you may also be able to get your booster at a GP.




  • Posts: 8,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I asked for further clarification and was told

    "You should speak to a member of staff if you cannot approach reception. Different centres will work in different ways, so you should speak to the staff on the day."

    so it looks like they don't know.

    I was however impressed by the fact that they responded so quickly each time as I assume they are being hounded by questions about booking PCR tests and such.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,951 ✭✭✭passatman86


    Was out in the local shoping centre earlier - and thought of this thread. 2 gardai escorting a family out of a premises and the father looked in at all the shoppers and shouted " the booster is gonna kill all of yas". Now this chap neither looked drunk or on drugs, but he was terribly convincing...

    I did laugh a bit



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,458 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Got Pfizer booster in the chemist on the way home, previous two were Moderna.

    Was grand and handy was in and out in less than 10 mins.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭Mr rebel


    Got Moderna in Boots today, didn’t seem to be anyone before or after me so I was in and out in a matter of minutes. They gave me a vaccine card after, though not sure how valid it is as actual proof for travel, etc but it does have the batch number on it.



  • Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Seems like appointments are pointless if Citywest today is anything to go by. Massive queues, everyone in together.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,543 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    That seems to be the case every time a new age group opens (CityWest in particular) wait a day or 2 and it's back to normal till the next group opens up.



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