How many have been vaccinated so far?

[Ahonen]

vaud said:

Ahonen said:

A friend of ours in Lincolnshire received her invitation to be vaccinated yesterday. She's 39, in perfect health and works as an accountant. She, like us, is very surprised and can't believe that everyone older than her in her village has already been jabbed.

It's possible there is an error in her records (error when records were transcribed from paper to electronic) or she had a childhood condition (e.g asthma) that has caused her to be flagged?

She doesn't have any history of medical issues as far as I know. The amusing thing for her was that her jab is only going to be three weeks after her mother, who's in her mid 60s.

She should check they don't have her height down as 5.4 inches though, I guess. That would bump the BMI up a tad.

[djohnson]

Ahonen said:

A friend of ours in Lincolnshire received her invitation to be vaccinated yesterday. She's 39, in perfect health and works as an accountant. She, like us, is very surprised and can't believe that everyone older than her in her village has already been jabbed.

In receipt of carers allowance? That’d explain it.

[ukbabz]

MiniMan64 said:

Total UK numbers? They must be getting low as I can't find them reported anywhere!

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths

Go to deaths by date reported. It'll give you UK totals or broken down per country

[essayer]

Off for mine today

I heard a rumour that turning up with an uninvited guest (lower down the list..) might mean they get theirs too if there are cancellations earlier in the day, is there any truth in this ?

[HappyMidget]

essayer said:

Off for mine today

I heard a rumour that turning up with an uninvited guest (lower down the list..) might mean they get theirs too if there are cancellations earlier in the day, is there any truth in this ?

It has happened. Have told my wife to book a late evening appt so I can go with her and get a spare jag if going

[Alucidnation]

essayer said:

Off for mine today

I heard a rumour that turning up with an uninvited guest (lower down the list..) might mean they get theirs too if there are cancellations earlier in the day, is there any truth in this ?

Yep!

A friend of ours took their mum down for theirs and she got offered the jab too as it was late afternoon with some spares available.

[Greendubber]

Had mine yesterday, feel absolutely awful today!

[rscott]

I'm expecting to get my invite fairly soon (under 50, no health conditions which mean I get priority). The district I'm in has, amazingly, vaccinated around 50% of all adults already. It's second in the entire country in that respect.

We do have a more elderly population than most, which probably explains it.

[don'tbesilly]

[Greendubber]

essayer said:

Off for mine today

I heard a rumour that turning up with an uninvited guest (lower down the list..) might mean they get theirs too if there are cancellations earlier in the day, is there any truth in this ?

There are spares at the end of the day, they tend to dish them out to police etc rather than chucking them away so I'm sure you'd be OK.

Luckily where I am they've got a vaccination centre that front line occupations can simply book in and bet jabbed which is nice.

[Lily the Pink]

HappyMidget said:

Have told my wife to book a late evening appt so I can go with her and get a spare jag if going

Ooh, could you get one for me too please - an XF would do nicely.

[HappyMidget]

Lily the Pink said:

HappyMidget said:

Have told my wife to book a late evening appt so I can go with her and get a spare jag if going

Ooh, could you get one for me too please - an XF would do nicely.

O/T
My dog has >35k Instagram followers so gonna see if Elon will give me a free unlimited test drive in a top of the range model to see how it compares against my VXR8.... Let's see if this influencer thing really works!!

[BoRED S2upid]

vaud said:

Ahonen said:

A friend of ours in Lincolnshire received her invitation to be vaccinated yesterday. She's 39, in perfect health and works as an accountant. She, like us, is very surprised and can't believe that everyone older than her in her village has already been jabbed.

It's possible there is an error in her records (error when records were transcribed from paper to electronic) or she had a childhood condition (e.g asthma) that has caused her to be flagged?

Nope. Plenty under 40’s are being called now with no health conditions. It’s a bit of a postcode lottery but they are being called across the country.

[Gareth79]

Boringvolvodriver said:

Given that I do not fit any of the above criteria, why should I have the vaccine and why do the NHS think that I should when the guidance says otherwise?

Maybe they think that most people won’t read the accompanying leaflet?

Apparently the advice is to not bother anyone with questioning why you have been invited, it generates too much work to check, cancel and rebook, just get the vaccine.

[fido]

BoRED S2upid said:

Nope. Plenty under 40’s are being called now with no health conditions. It’s a bit of a postcode lottery but they are being called across the country.

I got mine last week (caring for a vulnerable relative) and I found a few places in South London with available slots. Picked the earliest one (next day) and on arrival the waiting room was mostly populated by fit (aerobically) women in jogging bottoms - didn't see anyone over 40/50. Kind of looking forwards to the second jab. I got the modified chimpanzee sniffles (Oxford) and can report no side effects for a day, then chills on second day, then loose stools on third day.

Edited by fido on Wednesday 3rd March 17:41

[ghost83]

Shocking numbers this week I hope they’re going to pick up soon

[turbobloke]

ghost83 said:

Shocking numbers this week I hope they’re going to pick up soon

Could take-up and numbers as above be the reason why younger folks are being called sooner than they anticipated? No point in having good vaccine and good medics at the ready for empty pods.

[towser44]

turbobloke said:

ghost83 said:

Shocking numbers this week I hope they’re going to pick up soon

Could take-up and numbers as above be the reason why younger folks are being clled sooner than they anticipated? No point in having good vaccine and good medics at the ready.

Lack of vaccines. We have a super centre on Morrisons carpark 1/4 mile away from us, it's been shut the last 2 days. My mum had a letter this week to book for a vaccine and can't get an appointment anywhere.

[turbobloke]

towser44 said:

turbobloke said:

ghost83 said:

Shocking numbers this week I hope they’re going to pick up soon

Could take-up and numbers as above be the reason why younger folks are being clled sooner than they anticipated? No point in having good vaccine and good medics at the ready.

Lack of vaccines. We have a super centre on Morrisons carpark 1/4 mile away from us, it's been shut the last 2 days.

I read about that for a large centre near us but it was allegedly sorted two days ago, hopefully likewise for other locations.

[HappyMidget]

I guess it takes time from getting supplies in to getting people through the door. Not had todays numbers updated yet through the api, will post them up as soon as I see them.