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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

That timeline would be incredible really.

In my totally non professional opinion I do think that we need to be careful with international travel. It would be great if all domestic issues across the globe were sorted and then we can be a bit more confident that we have really beaten this.
 
Ethan said:
Good for them, but the Govt official prioritisation rules don't cover that. The idea of Councils being given vax to do as they see fit worries me.
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I do know the company has been in discussions with the Department of Transport so its not a circumvention. Probably something to do with the Island population being so small that they got bumped up a bit.
 
hovis said:
My boss's wife is a nurse. She was told by management to get a list of friends and family that could get to the hospital within 20 minutes. This is purely to stop vacines being tipped down the drain because of no shows. Most of the management at her hospital have naturally been vaccinated as a result.

Don't be so fast to jump to conclusions
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The protocol has been to call in frontline staff first to get any spare vaccine. These people have ignored those protocols and called their families instead of offering it to the staff.
 
Tashyboy said:
Daughter has just told Missis T that grandson had told the teacher he has had a Covid test and is waiting for results. The head teacher rang daughter and asked if that was the case. He was assured that was not the case at all, much to the relief of the school. He is 8 bless him.
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Trying to get out of PE has taken on a new level.:ROFLMAO:
 
Lilyhawk said:
Just an update from my home country. Several cases being reported now of care home bosses, people in managerial roles within council social- and health services and board members at one of the biggest hospitals who've circumvented the vaccination que and vaccinated themselves + their families.
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No surprise there.
Someone will always find a way.
 
MegaSteve said:
I agree...

If we want society back to 'normal' sooner rather than later we need to start prioritising those in the groups that ensure society functions well...

Perhaps, if Gavin grew a pair and spoke up for his 'troops' in the manner Cressida Dick did for her folk there'd be no need for 'bleating'...
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My opinion is based on frequency of different contacts, especially if the vaccine stops the spread as well. Bus drivers, supermarket checkout, ... ,
they could be infected on Monday and by Friday they have been in contact with another thousand people.
 
road2ruin said:
Similar story near a family member who lives almost right next door to a hospital. Local residents are on a list and in the evening are called to see if they’d like to be vaccinated and if so can they can across within 15 minutes or so. Always late on to ensure no one more deserving gets missed but prevents wastage.
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As said in my other reply. It works the same way in Sweden.

The issue is that they have turned the protocol upside down to benefit themselves and their families.

Actual protocol if there are spare doses:

1. Working staff that have yet to be vaccinated.
2. Call in staff that are not working.
3. Others.

These people have switched number 3 to 1.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Added the slides - over 10million now have had the vaccine - 1/6th of the population we will be done June at this rate


Slime said:
Unless I'm missing something, surely 10 million is pretty close to 1/6th of the population already.

Oh Phil, keep the good news rolling, we all need it and appreciate it. (y)
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Put a comma between "population" and "we"

"over 10million now have had the vaccine - 1/6th of the population, we will be done June at this rate"
 
One of our local vaccination centres has been set up in a local park, with a gazebo in place to provide the volunteers doing the paperwork with some protection. It has been nicked overnight.

Is there no depths to which scum will not stoop?
 
SaintHacker said:
I do know the company has been in discussions with the Department of Transport so its not a circumvention. Probably something to do with the Island population being so small that they got bumped up a bit.
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It probably makes sense. but the IOW isn't Man or Jersey, it is part of English rules, and bus drivers there are no different from bus drivers anywhere. Personally, I favour an Israeli style approach where they vaccinate anybody willing to take it, with a lot less fuss and ceremony than here. But we have a situation where some frontline NHS staff are still waiting.
 
Ethan said:
It probably makes sense. but the IOW isn't Man or Jersey, it is part of English rules, and bus drivers there are no different from bus drivers anywhere. Personally, I favour an Israeli style approach where they vaccinate anybody willing to take it, with a lot less fuss and ceremony than here. But we have a situation where some frontline NHS staff are still waiting.
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Its happening everwhere.. there seems to be some left over at the end of the day, so people are being called up.. my wife's clinic got a call to see if any of the clinicans or staff is around to come and wait. They went over and most of them got their first jab. But again they are frontline so its worth it. My GP/Council had not called her till then.
 
Mudball said:
Its happening everwhere.. there seems to be some left over at the end of the day, so people are being called up.. my wife's clinic got a call to see if any of the clinicans or staff is around to come and wait. They went over and most of them got their first jab. But again they are frontline so its worth it. My GP/Council had not called her till then.
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There are plenty of places that have threatened staff who vaccinate anyone not in the priority groups with referral to their regulatory body. It is a shame to waste any vaccine, and I would rather they grabbed people off the street than throw it away. Clinicians and frontline staff should not have to wait around for leftovers.
 
ColchesterFC said:
Liverpoolphil said:
Added the slides - over 10million now have had the vaccine - 1/6th of the population we will be done June at this rate





Put a comma between "population" and "we"

"over 10million now have had the vaccine - 1/6th of the population, we will be done June at this rate"
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But if they only do the over 16s, should we be done earlier?


Are there any trials going on minors, pregnant women, and other currently not vaccinated groups?
 
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