Sir Tom is 'not unusual'?

[pequod]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55864846

So an 80 yo has already received both vaccinations, apparently, (has he jumped the queue?) and is now pronouncing that he feels 'bulletproof'!

I smell BS and a Govt backed propaganda exercise.

Anyone else?

[eccles]

My 83 year old aunt had her second dose of vaccine on the 5th of Jan. My 79 year old uncle had his second dose last week. No queue jumping, just responding to letters sent out by the NHS.

[Rollin]

pequod said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55864846

So an 80 yo has already received both vaccinations, apparently, (has he jumped the queue?) and is now pronouncing that he feels 'bulletproof'!

I smell BS and a Govt backed propaganda exercise.

Anyone else?

[bitchstewie]

pequod said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55864846

So an 80 yo has already received both vaccinations, apparently, (has he jumped the queue?) and is now pronouncing that he feels 'bulletproof'!

I smell BS and a Govt backed propaganda exercise.

Anyone else?

Why why why?

He's been vaccinated because he's 80 and being famous he's a good ambassador to encourage people to get vaccinated.

"BS and a Govt backed propaganda exercise"

[eldar]

Obviously he is an extremely long term CIA plant put in place just for this.

[bigandclever]

eldar said:

Obviously he is an extremely long term CIA plant put in place just for this.

It’s not even his real name #trooth

[dvs_dave]

My mum and dad just had theirs yesterday and they’re both mid-70’s.

But no, I agree, it must be some sort of conspiracy.

Jesus wept.

[jontymo]

FFS - go and sit in a dark room put the TV on and watch Independence Day or Pirates of the Caribbean, it will feel like reality to you!!!!!!!!!!

[Iminquarantine]

eldar said:

Obviously he is an extremely long term CIA plant put in place just for this.

Totally. Infact I read on FB that the OSS recruited him in 1943.

[nonsequitur]

dvs_dave said:

My mum and dad just had theirs yesterday and they’re both mid-70’s.

But no, I agree, it must be some sort of conspiracy.

Jesus wept.

Keep your hat on...

[WindyCommon]

Well he’s clearly not Welsh if he’s actually had the vaccination...

[Johnnytheboy]

Now that his transformation into Uncle Ben from the rice packets appears complete, I assume this is an attempt to get the recalcitrant amongst the BAME population to get jabbed.

[AC43]

pequod said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55864846

So an 80 yo has already received both vaccinations, apparently, (has he jumped the queue?) and is now pronouncing that he feels 'bulletproof'!

I smell BS and a Govt backed propaganda exercise.

Anyone else?

FOR fkS SAKE.

A 77-year-old friend had her 2nd vaccination two weeks ago.

What is it with you conspiracy theory lot?

A friend's 87-year-old mum has just died in hospital. Where she contracted Covid.

Another friend's 80 year old mum is currently on oxygen in hospital with Covid. Caught it from her teenage granddaughter who was bored and therefore out and about.

[pequod]

Interesting responses! It seems some of the elderly have receive their double dose by early Jan whereas, hereabouts in the sticks some, including my 98 yo mother, have only just received a first application of the AZ vaccine and has been told to expect the next jab in 12 weeks time.

If they are now 'bulletproof' once vaccinated, as suggested, what's the worry about letting them have visits from friends and relatives?

[bitchstewie]

I believe a decision was taken to complete the second dose for people who'd already received their appointments before the decision to increase the interval.

No conspiracy or plot or government backed propaganda exercise.

[jontymo]

pequod said:

Interesting responses! It seems some of the elderly have receive their double dose by early Jan whereas, hereabouts in the sticks some, including my 98 yo mother, have only just received a first application of the AZ vaccine and has been told to expect the next jab in 12 weeks time.

If they are now 'bulletproof' once vaccinated, as suggested, what's the worry about letting them have visits from friends and relatives?

Really!!!!!!!!!!!

This is obviously a wind up, have you been on the juice early tonight?

[s p a c e m a n]

I'm 40, high risk only because of medication that I take and have no other 'underlying' conditions. My first jab is booked for this Friday, if they've made it to me around here then I'm guessing that most of the wrinklies have been done twice.

[eccles]

pequod said:

Interesting responses! It seems some of the elderly have receive their double dose by early Jan whereas, hereabouts in the sticks some, including my 98 yo mother, have only just received a first application of the AZ vaccine and has been told to expect the next jab in 12 weeks time.

If they are now 'bulletproof' once vaccinated, as suggested, what's the worry about letting them have visits from friends and relatives?

My 83 year old aunt who had her second dose on the 5th of Jan lives right in the sticks in the middle of East Anglia.

[pequod]

eccles said:

My 83 year old aunt who had her second dose on the 5th of Jan lives right in the sticks in the middle of East Anglia.

I'm amazed yet delighted for your Aunt that she was treated so early. Some front line NHS nursing staff in this locale, who I know personally, didn't get a first dose of vaccine until the second week of Jan, and other friends who work in social care, have only just been jabbed.

[deeen]

pequod said:

I'm amazed yet delighted for your Aunt that she was treated so early. Some front line NHS nursing staff in this locale, who I know personally, didn't get a first dose of vaccine until the second week of Jan, and other friends who work in social care, have only just been jabbed.

Sounds like you're needled by the lack of needles...