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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

Old Skier said:
More than likely. Once again it highlights inefficiency in NHS and GP admin. You get a letter informing you to book an appointment, appointment not in a convenient location so wait for GP to contact you by another letter or text. Crazy and expensive.
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Is it a perfect system with minimal wastage and duplicated effort, no. But in a national emergency we're still immunizing absolute shed loads of people every day.

Alternatively, compare to the non-NHS/GP admin systems that we've had set up in the last year. In comparison, the NHS/GP system is a perfectly jewelled swiss watch in terms of efficiency.
 
Old Skier said:
Unfortunately not all centers are on the central booking site . Our only big vaccination centre in N Devon for some reason refuses to go on the main site and has to be booked via a link sent by the GP. Causing major confusion in the area.
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I think is part of why we were having a problem of getting booked together... After speaking to our D-in-L this afternoon, who works at a medical centre, she advised waiting until we get an invite from our surgery... They, because they issued the invite, can turn a booking into a double [family] one... Most probably won't be at our most local centre but it will only mean the one trip as our first jabbing was...
 
MegaSteve said:
Pretty [well, very] astonished at the announcement from Cyprus...
Be interesting how that gets managed... Here and there...
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Not sure that it can end well. Needing both jabs means that anyone under 50 will not be in a position to travel there until after the Summer holidays. Can people not see that anything that opens up a two tier system for those vaccinated and those not is going to cause massive issues.
 
MegaSteve said:
Pretty [well, very] astonished at the announcement from Cyprus...
Be interesting how that gets managed... Here and there...
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I think they’ve been very clever, someone had to be first and which age group has, possibly, got the most disposable income and received both jabs by that date.

As for people being unhappy with a 2 tier system, don’t go to Cyprus in the future.

Obviously our current rules say no until the 14th May, but I just think Cyprus is looking after themselves.
 
pauldj42 said:
I think they’ve been very clever, someone had to be first and which age group has, possibly, got the most disposable income and received both jabs by that date.

As for people being unhappy with a 2 tier system, don’t go to Cyprus in the future.

Obviously our current rules say no until the 14th May, but I just think Cyprus is looking after themselves.
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Not got a problem with Cyprus. What I do have issues with is that the older generation were all about 'we are in this together' when young people with a low risk of issues were locking down to protect them. Now it is 'I'm all right Jack, i am off on my Summer holidays whilst all you people who gave up a year of their lives to protect me are stuck at home'. As I have said before, people are waiting patiently for their jab, can you really see all those selfish individuals who were hoarding food and toilet rolls during lockdown 1 being so calm and understanding if it is announced that they cannot go on holiday this year until they have had both jabs.
 
It was never going to happen as a fully packaged and agreed cross-national agreement, all rolled out at a time when many people could avail of it. Cyprus may help to pull other countries along to do the same. For me, the big wild card is children. Previously u-12s did not need tested, but the vax cannot be given to u-16 or 18 (depending on the vax), so there is going to be a teenager gap.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Before anyone dives in and books, bear in mind you might have to isolate still when you return. It all depends what case numbers are like in Cyprus at the time.

Saying that, if I was retired and had 2 jabs I'd be down at Hays Travel now :D
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Well, I am possibly going to be in a position to take up their offer mid-May... But really can't be asked with the likely hassle on return... We've booked a week in Whitby instead... Studied all the feedbacks and have [hopefully] picked a property that is more than up to scratch for cleanliness etc... We'll be doing all our own cooking aside from, maybe, a fish 'n chip takeaway... Making sure we are 'socially aware' will be with us for sometime yet... Believe that is a key way, on top of vaxxing, to ensure we arrive out of this 'mess' safely...
 
Not sure I'm too happy about this twice weekly testing at schools. Is it really any good for their health having a swab shoved up their nose that often? I'm actually quite concerned for my two, I obviously want them back in school asap but at what cost to their health going forward? If they want this kind of testing regime they really should be proritising spit tests for school children.
 
SaintHacker said:
Not sure I'm too happy about this twice weekly testing at schools. Is it really any good for their health having a swab shoved up their nose that often? I'm actually quite concerned for my two, I obviously want them back in school asap but at what cost to their health going forward? If they want this kind of testing regime they really should be proritising spit tests for school children.
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No harm will come as a result of a swab to your throat and up your nose for 5-10 seconds. Child or Adult.
 
And so it goes on. My MiL’s twin sister‘s funeral just a few weeks back and a best friend of her’s died back November, this morning we have just heard that her brother died this morning - so my MiL has lost her twin sister and brother in a matter of 6 weeks or so and so she’s not in a good place this morning...and I am thinking that at the moment my wife isn’t allowed to travel to her mums and stay over a night or two to comfort and support. We really do need to all work together to get out of this terrible place that we as a country are in if for no other reason than our inherent humanity to each other - especially those closest to us - demands it.
 
SaintHacker said:
Once or twice then no probably not, but twice a week indefinitely? I'm not so sure
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Not sure it is indefinitely. You have until the end of this term and maybe up to the summer holidays then all staff should have had at least jab 1 and so suspect it will stop after that, if it goes on that long. Much I guess is geared to getting the kids back in school whilst minimising the impact on the improved figures from lockdown.
 
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