Coronavirus

[Jimmy Quinn]

booster in 21st, I'll let you know

since having Coronavirus my taste is different. some things taste fine. some taste mild

and I can't smell poo. which makes knowing whether to squeeze out a second fart more difficult to guage if you are on polite company

Yesterday was worse than any Covid symptons either freezing and the whole body shaking or feeling like I was on fire. As JJ says the injection point is really sore & tender and worse than the other two vaccines.
I still don't have any smell and really only taste things that are really sweet or salty although I was craving a bottle of sprite this morning at 3.30 and that was the best tasting thing I've had in six weeks

[Jimmy Quinn]

You're tough as old boots Auld

[4D]

Had my 2 AZ followed by Pfizer booster. No reactions from any of them.

Bring it on!

Same cocktail as me.

[ron dodgers]

I had my 3rd Pfizer a few weeks ago and my bicep tendon snapped WTF?

[Jimmy Quinn]

Are you sure your not a body builder and injected something else

[ron dodgers]

nah, just snapped and I went deaf!!!

[Jimmy Quinn]

They don't inject in the bicep

[ron dodgers]

I know, not far off from the long head tendon though, I look like Popeye now, where's me spinach Olive!!!

[tans]

Good this isnt it, tell everyone to book the booster but the fucking website doesnt work

[horlock07]

Could be worse, my missus has asthma and a history of chest infections. She has had  a stinking cold the last week so the GP asked her to take a precautionary PCR, which came back negative on Friday, however despite being called for her booster she cannot have it for 4 weeks after a PCR (positive or negative), so its fingers crossed time!

What I have also learnt is that if you have any symptoms a LFT is basically less than useless.

[Berniman]

Good this isnt it, tell everyone to book the booster but the fucking website doesnt work

Blame Boris, not the NHS

[horlock07]

Blame Boris, not the NHS

Indeed, its now emerging that they only gave the NHS 4 hours notice of what they were going to announce last night, despite the plan being in place for months. And listening to ministers some are saying all will get a booster others that all will be offered a booster by end December.

I see that we also seem to have run out of LFT's   

[AMayesIng]

I don't think the 'speeding up' plan was in place for months (it couldn't have been). I do have some sympathy with the Govt. when things can change so quickly. Where my sympathy ends is basic message management, or lack of. E.g. Confusing 'Offered by end Dec' with 'Jabbed by end Dec'. These are 2 completely different things, and an obvious question someone should have clarified before any comms. The fact no one did suggests a culture of piss poor management and/or people in the organisation afraid to speak up. Neither is good.

[horlock07]

I don't think the 'speeding up' plan was in place for months (it couldn't have been). I do have some sympathy with the Govt. when things can change so quickly. Where my sympathy ends is basic message management, or lack of. E.g. Confusing 'Offered by end Dec' with 'Jabbed by end Dec'. These are 2 completely different things, and an obvious question someone should have clarified before any comms. The fact no one did suggests a culture of piss poor management and/or people in the organisation afraid to speak up. Neither is good.

There has been a plan in place in case of a rapid escalation for at least 6 months, as there has always been a fear of a new lively variant emerging as is the case here, source - mate of mine who is in the lead delivery group of vaccination programme at an NHS Trust.

[AMayesIng]

Fair enough, your point stands then. They're fucking useless