Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone know what's happening with it?
I've tried to get to the bottom of it, looking all over including gov, but no definitive answers.
It seems like gov is hoping to kill some of us off again (like during the full pandemic), as it appears that the booster is only for over 65s, immunosuppressed, and frontline staff?
Any other health problems, like asthma etc, we appear not to be getting it?
I hear that US is offering it to all citizens, yet UK is hardly giving it to anyone and you can't get it privately either??? WTF? I'm sure they want to cull the herd again....??
I've been invited for mine now and have had my 'flu one.
As I don't fall into any of the applicable categories, I can only assume that it's a local thing ie the health authority or GP are seeing autism as a 'learning disability'.
"The groups to be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine are:
It's one in each arm if you're having the covid and flu jabs on the same day.
There is tendency, when viruses jump to a new species, for viruses to become less lethal, less debilitating, but more transmissible over time. This is what is happening to the covid virus. New strains are likely to be more transmissible, but less dangerous. The long-term memory within the immune system should give some useful protection against new variants, but probably not to the extent of preventing infection, but preventing serious symptoms.
the covid shots and boosters fell out of public trust by the 3rd or 4th one?anyway no one trusts it after hancock sounds like he "unleashes" the new variants that way.plus alot of fear info on new strains bigs it up but then you look at symptoms and you see the symptoms being a mild sore throat and a runny nose and your like... yeah... this is just the common cold we get anyway... why am i so bothered about this?lack of trust in covid jabs, lack of trust in covid information, lack of severity of symptoms. lack of death count on covid and alot of the deaths were found and even leaked that they was playing the deaths up and inflating it and wrongly calling none related deaths covid deaths to scare us... all round lack of trust in the government and the covid agenda now.
Sorry to hear that, I had flu jab couple of weeks ago and since can't clear my throat day and night, driving me nuts, same thing happened last year and it went on for months, can't risk flu though as it could finish me off. I hear you though, sounds like it has done you some kind of damage, and I know how debilitating these things are.
I am in my early 50's and IIRC, was offered the latest COVID booster in the past month or so.
However, I have declined the offer as my health went seriously downhill 1 week after the first jab. Whilst I did have the 2nd and 3rd jabs, I cannot afford to risk my other health issues being affected further.
The issues that I have had for the past 2-3 years since the 1st jab include
These have had a massive impact on my life and I believe that the effects (especially the fatigue) have exposed my autism. Previously I must have been masking pretty well - I wasn't even aware of or considered that I might have autism, but now I just don't have the energy to do so.
one in each arm, you might be feeling a bit rough afterwards!
I'm not sure if it's a combined jab or two separate ones at the same time.
Last year I had both at one appointment, one in each arm.
Bloomin heck, I could be here all day, KMN!
Amen to that!
Chapter 14 - it does take some wading though.
Course, if the official info via the NHS was more specific, there'd be no need to seek it out..
trying to wade through the Green Book now??
That would put you right at the top of the vulnerable category, and rightly so
I suffered heart failure a few years ago. That makes me a vulnerable person.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-the-green-book-chapter-14a
People aged 16-64 in a clinical risk group as defined in tables 3 and 4, and their carers, if applicable. That's my understanding st least.
These people should be eligible for a covid booster, as far as I can determine
Thanks that's interesting to know. However looking at the page I think that's England so won't apply here. Probably need to contact the surgery asap and try to ascertain what is, happening exactly
I should add that I haven't been invited. All the government spiel says wait until you are contacted and invited to book an appointment. I know from past experience that if I waited for that I'd be waiting forever!
As soon as it is announced that booking is open I just go to the website and book there for myself and the person I care for.
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/covid-19-services/covid-19-vaccination-services/book-covid-19-vaccination/
It's worth a try to put your details in and see what it says.
Carers were put ahead of the people they care for during the pandemic, like I mentioned above, but we've had no word at all for either of us here.
I'm not aware of the gov planning to extend? The statement from gov states only over 65s??? They repeated this on the news and on the BBC site
When the government announced they had brought forward the dates for the rollout to the over 65s I'd assumed that meant they would offer it to the over 50s this month. No announcement yet but we know how slow they are to act and nothing ever changes
There was some discussion about it on here a few weeks ago, including a link to the rules on who is and isn't eligible.
https://community.autism.org.uk/f/health-and-wellbeing/33702/vaccines-learning-disabilities-eligibility
I've had mine but only because I'm eligible as a carer.