radfordred 6,284 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 What will the one after the “Booster” be called? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Second booster? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted October 27, 2021 Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 Good day today , teeth checked and scrubbed by hygienist . On the way back to the car , no one in the barbers , so what's left got pruned . That's gone up , used to get an OAP rate of a fiver pre lock down , now £8 !! Got home and had text to book for booster . My wife didn't get a notification but the NHS site accepted her booking as well as mine. Its just up the road , walking distance so booked in for 5th Nov. If I'd got my eyes done would have been a full service and MOT 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted October 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 10 hours ago, radfordred said: What will the one after the “Booster” be called? I'd imagine it will be the 'Annual Covid Vaccine', or maybe the 'Bi-Annual Covid Vaccine', until the bug is reduced to similar status to that which Influenza enjoys now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 792 Posted October 28, 2021 Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 David next time you go to the barbers and its 8quid for a haircut ask him how much a shave is and he says 4 quid ask him to shave your head. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 As posted last Tuesday, we had a negative result from our Day 2 PCR test following our trip to Spain the week before. All good until last Thursday when we were both ‘pinged’ to inform us we’d been in close contact with someone with Covid. I wanted to just ignore it, especially as we’d got tickets for the theatre that night …… and on the link on the text it told us we didn’t need to isolate if we’d have 2 Covid jabs. Then our friends we travelled with from Spain rang to say they’d been ‘pinged’ too. So off we all trouped to the Forest for yet another PCR test. Whilst there I had my Booster too. Next day we were relieved to get yet another Negative Covid result. Pretty obvious that someone on that Malaga-EMA flight had tested positive and then a plane-load had to get another PCR. The whole issue was doing my head in though, we were all getting numerous phone calls, emails and texts telling us to go and get tested, even after we’d done it and registered the results on the NHS Covid App. So much money is being wasted on this virus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted November 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 The booster jab situation is still chaotic. I have mine booked for Thursday at the St Helens Rugby League Ground, where I had the first two jabs. But.. Mrs Col still hasn't received a text to get hers. Also.. there are now supposed to be 'walk in' centres everywhere, yet I could only find one within a 20 mile radius. Many of them are only doing 12-15 year olds, or only have certain vaccines available. It's not encouraging. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 The initial roll out of injections was done efficiently and smoothly. The booster jab is being done in a very haphazard way. I've got to go to Netherfield to get mine. There seems to be nothing in the Southwell area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
West Bridgfordian 144 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, philmayfield said: I've got to go to Netherfield to get mine. There seems to be nothing in the Southwell area. It's just to let you see how the other half lives... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Will there be still be wheels on my car when I leave? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 You should get a nice set of housebricks though Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 956 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 8 hours ago, philmayfield said: I've got to go to Netherfield to get mine. There seems to be nothing in the Southwell area. Not sure if the process is different as I’m getting a booster as clinically vulnerable. I should have had it weeks ago but was too ill with Corona and isolating anyway. Still struggling but specialist advised me to get it ASAP. I’ve just booked at Brackenhurst Southwell. I wasn’t aware it was a vacation centre. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 I had the booster in Hucknall just over a week ago, a long wait at the centre over an hour but I thought well at least its over with. That evening I felt rough and went to bed very early. Next day I thought I had the hangover of all hangovers , the next few days it slowly improved but if I bent down or moved a bit too fast I went dizzy. Now over a week has passed I am about back to normal. Yesterday the wife had her booster and is feeling the same as I was , I hope hers doesnt last as long, luckily when she is not feeling good she can sleep, over 18 hrs in the last 24 hrs. I hope others havent had any of these side effects, could it be because we have had two different vaccines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Which vaccine did you have this time, Trogg? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Jill the booster was Pfizer, the first two were Astra Zenica. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 @trogg we had a different vaccine for our boosters - it was Pfizer like yours - and we had no side effects with that (unlike the other 2 AZ vaccines we had) sorry you felt so rough x Paul is just about getting over the horrible ‘super cold’ that is doing the rounds . He was really poorly with constant cough, Headache and lethargy as well as the copious amounts of mucus (lovely) He has done 2 LFTs for Covid and they were both negative. Strangely , I haven’t caught it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Both of us took tests as we thought we might have the virus but all proved negative, I thought I might have a cold, but no sneezing etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 @troggmy first two were AZ, so your experience is a bit worrying! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,002 Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 Jill I have contacted a few of my friends who were there at the same day and they had no problems, so it seems my wife and I were "odd" cases, so I wouldnt worry too much. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 612 Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 As far as I know, all boosters are Pfizer or Moderna, regardless of what you had for first two (I too had AZ for first two and Pfizer booster - no reaction to the AZs but minor ache/tenderness for four days after the Pfizer). They didn't have Moderna at Richard Herrod where I volunteered. One or two patients tried to demand AZ booster (as that is what they had for first jabs) but the medics talked them around to Pfizer. The brand name for Pfizer is Comirnarty so you might see that on the information sheet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 Boots I Vic Centre doing boosters , Pfizer or Moderna with no appointment just walk in. Went there today & in & out in 1t minutes. Jobs a gud un. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Those of you who had AZ did you have to wait 6 months after to get your booster? Everyone here who had Pfizer for first 2 jabs have had their booster but not sure if it was Pfizer again. They say AZ lasts longer than the others and thats why we have to wait for booster.It will be Pfizer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Definitely have to wait the full six months after both Astra Zeneca and Pfizer second jabs Nonna. We got a text message to tell us when to book the Booster. A friend of ours hadn’t received the text and rolled up at the vaccine centre and was told he was too early …… he was only 1 day too early! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 I’ve just had mine at a swish new medical centre in Netherfield. It looks out of place surrounded by the rows of terraced houses. Nowhere to park on site of course. I had to wait 45 minutes beyond my allotted time and then they told me I had to sit down for 15 minutes. ‘No way’, I said and cleared off. I was given Pfizer again like my previous two doses. They told me it was the most effective. I didn’t argue. The booster arrangements are a shambles compared with the efficient appointments I attended previously. I now find, on the grapevine, that they are doing jabs at Brackenhurst College, about three miles away from home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 483 Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Got my text this morning, 4th Nov. 6 month anniversary was on the 2nd Nov. I'd pre-empted and booked yesterday for the earliest I could get locally on the 13th Nov. Got a text from my G.P Medical Centre this afternoon. The earliest I can get in there is 3hrs after the appointment I've already got elsewhere. I'm sticking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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