Vaccinations from next week

Quite
Not sending cards this year as the Royal mail will be busy enough distibuting & delivering the most precious gifts of the vaccines : )

Diami

If its that safe to roll out to the public, then why is Matt Hancock, health ministers including Pfizer not first in the queue? If he is so sure about this vaccine, let him publically have the first dose
I'm sorry, but Pfizer does not have a very good track record,

t2conline.com/before-you-get-a-vaccine-from-pfizer-know-the-facts/

Matt Hancock doesn't live in a care home and isn't over 80.

My husband has COPD,is diabetic & is in remission from prostate cancer &we are just hoping & praying that he will get the vaccine sooner rather than later but there are limited supplies & lots of ‘clinically vulnerable’ people with the same hopes.He is worried sick about catching Covid & life is very stressful at the moment.

40,000 people in trials
No serious side effects
Looks like anyone who was hoping it would turn everyone into lizards will be disappointed

Perhaps they will be, Diami. It is early days yet. Watch out for the photos of politicians and their families with their sleeves rolled up!

What great news to hear this morning. I'm down the line as in my mid 50s so I'll have to wait a while, but I'm so pleased for all my elderly friends and neighbours, who have sat in from March, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. My wee neighbour, who is 86, hasn't been out the door from this started. His wife passed away in a nursing home, she had Alzheimer's, and he didn't even get to her funeral. It's been so,so hard for some and hopefully life will get better for them all.

Agree with you Ellan for exactly the same reasons. Also I would have no hesitation in accepting the Oxford vaccine when it’s available, hopefully early next year. As I’m retired I can carry on with the precautions followed so far.

I cried! I live on my own and I long for contact with family and friends.

I will go as soon as I am called, but am not expecting that to be before the end of January or February. It's just so wonderful to have hope, and I'm proud that the UK is the first to offer the vaccine. My son and daughter both think the same and will have the jab whenever they can.

Thank you - thank you - thank you to all the scientists.

There is nothing to lose. I'm only in cohort 7 but I'm hoping my son who is a police officer and asthmatic (hasn't had a attack in years but still on the list) will be in a higher cohort!

It has been suggested that politicians are given the vaccine first to instill confidence. Imagine the outcry, they would be accused of self-interest and queue jumping at the very least. The Queen and David Attenborough must lead the way.

Abuelana

And how wonderful it would be if all politicians and their families lined up and had it first. Would give the general population such confidence - don’t you think. I’m neither for or against it. I should be a personal choice.

I wouldn't waste good vaccine on them.

The vaccines are not magic wands, but they have been proved to be a weapon against the worst effects of the virus, and to lessen the severity if you catch it. Everyone still needs to take the usual precautions until time has shown whether (and for how long!) it succeeds in stopping us getting CoVid19 at all. However we can still be very pleased that this weapon has been devised, trialled and made available!

If its that safe to roll out to the public, then why is Matt Hancock, health ministers including Pfizer not first in the queue? If he is so sure about this vaccine, let him publically have the first dose
I'm sorry, but Pfizer does not have a very good track record,

t2conline.com/before-you-get-a-vaccine-from-pfizer-know-the-facts/

Those waiting for others to be vaccinated before they decide whether or not to accept it themselves are being, in my opinion, extremely selfish. Are they prepared to continue to self isolate or are they relying on others getting the vaccine to protect them?

mosid1910 The virus can be kept for 5 days in an ordinary fridge, it is only for longer-term storage that it has to bein a freezer at a very low temperature. Surgeries all have fridges! What matters is the organisation of the distribution and use of it, so that the supply of vaccine in the fridges matches the number of people turning up to be vaccinated.

The Pfizer vaccine has just been approved for release! I think vaccinations are due to start on 7th.

They will be done in one GP surgery per primary care network (group of local practices) with the other surgeries helping out with their patients for non covid work. There will also be pharmacies and mass vaccination centres such as football grounds. As this is the one that needs -70C storage and comes in large quantities, I hope none of it goes to waste. If I got a call saying drop everything and come on Christmas Day, I would be off like a shot! ?

I too will have my sleeve rolled up at the ready. I can’t wait, as someone over 70 with type 2 diabetes, the peace of mind alone is worth any side affects, if any. I can understand some being wary but the people who will refuse on grounds of ‘against their human rights’ and government controlling, I don’t. As has been said many times, there is no cure for stupid.

Let’s just hope there isn’t a problem with the supply chain after Jan 1st with it coming from Belgium.

As far as I know this vaccine needs to be kept in fridges that hospitals have but not doctors surgeries. The Oxford vaccine
which has not been approved yet can be used in non hospital settings. So don't get too excited it could be a while yet.

? GrannyGravy13 -;two reasons to be cheerful! I feel quite optimistic today for the first time in months!

Please, please will people stop regarding this as the end to all the measures currently in place. Even if you are vaccinated you will need to socially distance, wear a mask and wash your hands just as you do now. There is no prospect of these measures being dropped in the near future. Be vaccinated by all means but please stay vigilant
www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/coronavirus-measures-will-not-end-when-vaccine-arrives-experts-say

Excellent, partner will be one of the first in line. The Science has been done. I will be next, having had every jab on offer plus many to live abroad, good good news. What a lot of ignorant paranoia abounds. Pity the poor medical staff of all grades that may have to look after them

bear1 I would have thought that your mild COPD would mean that your GP will advise you to have the vaccine. It isn't likely to affect your lungs, and it could protect them from being badly affected should you catch the virus subsequently.

Yes. A real 'Oh Thank God' moment. I know realistically it will sometime next year before I 'get done', but there is so much I don't do at the moment. This morning I would have swum in our local pool. Yes its open, the ventilation is not good and showers are not available, and it is all just so much more faff than normal. So this Christmas will be one of even more 'hope' than usual.

I will have the vaccine in the hope of things returning to some sort of normality.
My son is a wait and see person but my DIL is keen.