Who"s had two doses of vaccine?

Morrigan_2020

rainbowtrout said:

Morrigan_2020 said:

rainbowtrout said:

I have had two doses of the pfizer vaccine.
some areas are continuing to give the second dose as planned at 3 weeks to NHS staff who are clinically vulnerable or work in high risk areas/carry out high risk procedures. 

Not anymore, they can’t.

Yes they will continue to get their second dose, I work in a vaccination centre. 

Ah, you mustn’t have seen the most recent update from yesterday yet.  

sheramber

Morrigan_2020 said:

rainbowtrout said:

Morrigan_2020 said:

rainbowtrout said:

I have had two doses of the pfizer vaccine.
some areas are continuing to give the second dose as planned at 3 weeks to NHS staff who are clinically vulnerable or work in high risk areas/carry out high risk procedures. 

Not anymore, they can’t.

Yes they will continue to get their second dose, I work in a vaccination centre. 

Ah, you mustn’t have seen the most recent update from yesterday yet.  

Got a link?

68ComebackSpecial

My parents received their NHS letters this morning offering them the vaccine and instructing them to book both the initial jab and the booster simultaneously. Their first appointment is on Sunday and the booster appointment is on Easter Monday - so a 12 week gap.

Morrigan_2020

sheramber said:

Morrigan_2020 said:

rainbowtrout said:

Morrigan_2020 said:

rainbowtrout said:

I have had two doses of the pfizer vaccine.
some areas are continuing to give the second dose as planned at 3 weeks to NHS staff who are clinically vulnerable or work in high risk areas/carry out high risk procedures. 

Not anymore, they can’t.

Yes they will continue to get their second dose, I work in a vaccination centre. 

Ah, you mustn’t have seen the most recent update from yesterday yet.  

Got a link?

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/951284/UK_COVID-19_vaccines_delivery_plan.pdf
(its under 2.14)

https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/coronavirus/gps-wont-be-allowed-to-honour-second-dose-appointments-from-next-week/

lisastevo

My 99 year old Nan had her 1st dose on 16th Dec and the 2nd dose on the 6th Jan. They said they were honouring the second dose 

Morrigan_2020

lisastevo said:

My 99 year old Nan had her 1st dose on 16th Dec and the 2nd dose on the 6th Jan. They said they were honouring the second dose 

Lots of places were until yesterday.

SteveQ

Is anyone else concerned that the government doesn't have a plan at all - at our expense ?

I mean - who can say whether the present vaccine will even have any effect on new strains of Covid at all - will all of the people who have already had a jab (or 2) need another vaccine to cover the new strain - in perhaps 6 months time ??

Yet the government is purely interested in stats - ie Numbers innoculated

How will we ever reach the heady heights of 37 milion innoculations ?

Thrugelmir

SteveQ said:

Is anyone else concerned that the government doesn't have a plan at all - at our expense ?

The plan appears to be unrolling at a fast rate. Pretty impressive when the logistics are taken into account. Likewise people are responding on the ground to the call for help. 

Innoculations are a measurable stat. Will take some months for the benefits to be apparent. 

silvercar

Thrugelmir said:

That doesn't address the issue of not wasting a vial once opened. 

Morrigan_2020 said:

That’s not happening.

A vial contains enough for approx 5 vaccines, so certainly once a vial is opened they could potentially be 4 vaccines spare eg at the end of the day.
Under current rules they would go to people who haven’t had their first vaccine rather than as a second vaccine to someone. There are plenty of people who haven’t had their first vaccine, so it’s not difficult to find someone.

Jeremy535897

In an interview on the BBC today, Nadhim Zahawi MP confirmed that there is an instruction in the NHS that no vaccine is to be wasted.