A million jabs a day?

lemongrove sorry, I didn’t make what I was saying clear, what I meant was that by offering the vaccine to all age groups at the same time, people in their forties, fifties and sixties are competing with younger people for slots, which will mean some people in those older age groups will get their vaccines later although they are more vulnerable. Let’s hope the hospitalisation rate is low so it won’t matter.

When I had my booster I had to sit for 15 minutes afterwards apparently as a 'necessary precaution'. Heard on the news today that this has been abandoned.

My DD is going to the walk-in vaccine bus in our city on Friday. Remains to be seen if she's able to get her booster there or if there'll be a huge queue.

Just over 500,000 had their boosters yesterday according to gov.uk figures, I have just seen on Twitter.

Not bad in just under 24 hours from Mr.Johnson’s tv broadcast.

Casdon

Given there is no way everybody will be vaccinated by the end of December, it does seem a mad system in England to me, surely it’s better to offer boosters to the most vulnerable first? I’m all in favour of walk in centres, but by age band would seem more sensible as older people are most likely to end up in hospital.

By the end of November over 80% of over 60s had taken the booster vaccine.

So the vulnerable older age groups were done first.

Casdon the take up in England from older people ( for vaccinations including the booster) is very high.Possibly anyone who doesn’t want to be vaccinated and is in that older age group may want to think again, but mainly they have already had theirs.
It was 40 and over, but is now 18 and over.Since younger people socialise more closely with each other, it does make sense to stop the transmission by offering boosters now.

Given there is no way everybody will be vaccinated by the end of December, it does seem a mad system in England to me, surely it’s better to offer boosters to the most vulnerable first?

Sorry, but doesn't the fact that the vulnerable were vaccinated first and you can't (or couldn't) get your booster until at least 8 weeks after your vaccination mean that the vulnerable should have been called first?

I had mine last week and wasn't called until I was nearly 10 weeks post vaccination. I think the fact that most boosters are not AZ is causing a bit of a problem as the boosters need different storage conditions to AZ.

Given there is no way everybody will be vaccinated by the end of December, it does seem a mad system in England to me, surely it’s better to offer boosters to the most vulnerable first? I’m all in favour of walk in centres, but by age band would seem more sensible as older people are most likely to end up in hospital.

Different areas, GP’s and Health Authorities.My DGS has just booked his booster shot for the 19th December.

My son can’t get his booster till January. I really want him boostered now.

MissAdventure

As a naysayer, I don't think this is going to be doable.
It's been said to try a smooth over very murky waters, but the reality is different.
No appointments to get the jab showing up around here at all, and hasn't been for ages.

MissA the clinic down the road from me does walk-ins on Thursdays and some Saturdays.

Sarnia

Boris is clutching at any straw to win himself some Brownie points. I don't know what other GN's experience has been of vaccine jabs but I have found the booster roll-out has not been as efficient as the first 2 jabs.

It certainly wasn't as intense. Our GP practice was doing initial vaccinations every weekend, Saturdays and Sundays, about 2,000 a day. When I got my booster it was just one day a week and not so many being dealt with.

Boris is clutching at any straw to win himself some Brownie points. I don't know what other GN's experience has been of vaccine jabs but I have found the booster roll-out has not been as efficient as the first 2 jabs.

"Knee-jerk authoritarianism to compensate for lack of confidence ". Morning Star---13/12/2021.

I’m more hopeful now Brigadier Phil is on the case ?

As a naysayer, I don't think this is going to be doable.
It's been said to try a smooth over very murky waters, but the reality is different.
No appointments to get the jab showing up around here at all, and hasn't been for ages.

Yet some people seem to just be able to walk in to places and get a booster. It's such a lottery. DD queued for 2 hours yesterday even though she had an appointment. Her friends couldn't wait as they had childcare problems
They texted to say that they'd found a centre locally, walked in, no waiting and got their boosters!

This morning my local vaccination centre was booked up until the 4th of January. Goodness knows how far in advance the appointments have got since then.

I think the government will cover themselves with a million invitations a day. Whether or not these invitees can manage to get an actual appointment is another matter. I suspect 'impossible' but hope to be wrong.

My poor GD is bracing herself in readiness for the " fallout " after Christmas. She's a nurse and was so exhausted and worn out last year for weeks after. It's not fair on hospital staff

I read something from the NHS (?)today that said he should have said over 18’s will be offered the jab before the end of the year, not given it. I’ve read about people with appointments today that had to queue for ages because so many people turned up.

that was two weeks ago fwiw. I was called as I am classed as a carer

Aveline

Set up large vaccination centres like they did for the initial injections. The army set up the one we had our first one from and were so efficient and well organised. Can't expect GPs to do it.

They can’t set one up in ours as they’re doing a pantomime in it….

we had our boosters at a large vaccination centre and we had to queue, even with bookings and it ran way over allotted time because of the temperature safety of the vaccines and then the waiting afterwards (this is no criticism of the staff and volunteers - they were wonderful, just the reality of how it works - they open a box, that box has to be used within a given time)

I’ve had several communications with my GP practice today, including confirmation that the first they heard of the new COVID Booster roll-out was when Boris Johnson announced it on TV. That’s shamefully bad practice!

The vaccine has to be ordered two weeks in advance, stewards have to be booked, roles within the practice need to be re-allocated - and all during the busiest period for GPs and at the same time as flu jabs are still being administered! Our Practice Manager is an absolute gem, but others locally have sought new jobs because the stress is simply too much for them.

Ours is a very well run surgery with totally committed staff, but I’m really concerned for their mental health. The high turnover of people leaving due to stress is a very worrying trend.