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People who are concerned about the safety etc aren't the issue, these concerns need to be addressed by the people who know the vaccines and the process they have gone through properly, they are genuine concerns and actually may well turn out to be correct - remember Thalidomide for example, no-one thought that would cause birth defects (but that was ultimately a production issue not removing the isomer) until we had a whole load of babies being born missing arms etc etc.



It's the people who are going around saying it's 5G or that the government are going to secretly vaccinate protesters through manhole covers, things which are basically not going to be true.

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At 14:02 today, the phone rang, and the caller said I had missed my booster appointment yesterday (24th).

I told her that on the 17th I did an online request for a reschedule for the missus and I, to be together. She said that all the online stuff takes over a week to process.

I explained the missus' mobility problems, that we could only get to the Tesco across the road, and would take any cancellation at any time of day.

She tried to give just me a slot on December 1st, as she had a single cancellation then, and another today, but there was no way one of us could make it, as it was for 14:20 in 15 minutes. I just told her to book the missus' jab for 1st December and I would get the one today.

I got to the Tesco centre at 14:22, and their computer system updated in front of us, to book me in.

The mandatory 15-minute wait after the Pfizer jab was annoying....

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Yeah I asked how many had had an allergic reaction on just the 3rd jab after not on the other 2 hahaha no answer given

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I can understand it for those who didnt have Pfizer previously, but Ive had it for all three, so just ridiculous. I left after a few minutes.

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I suppose you could react to the 2nd but not the 1st, as your immune system has seen it before, and hadn't first off (and perhaps the same in reverse).


But if you've already had it twice and didn't react, there's a pretty decent chance the 3rd will be the same. I suppose they just don't want people getting in the car, driving home and fainting or going into shock or something when they're on the road where it's easier for a nurse to do something at a vax centre.


The most annoying thing for me with the 15 min wait is that as it's a healthcare setting you still have to wear a face covering even when the mask mandate has been lifted pretty much anywhere else. When I went for my 2nd which was just after freedom day they were giving out water so I just sat sipping that instead...

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Personally I'd rather be surrounded by medical staff if something actually happened (and 100 yards from the ambulance station), but expecting a third dose of the same vaccine to suddenly behave differently is a bit far fetched. I felt a slight twinge when first lying on it in bed, but it soon passed, and off to sleep I went.

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This is what I warned would have happened here too if we went gung-ho with lockdowns. There’s only so much people will take.

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Worrying report. Fingers crossed this variant is less transmissible:

COVID-19: New B.1.1.529 variant 'worst one we've seen so far', say UK experts

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I would agree but can this include transit passengers flying via a third country "hub"?

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Won't work, people will just take a circuitous route and fly in from somewhere else . . . . . . or get a dinghy in France

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Well, we can’t be thinking it’s over now can we? We need a new variant to ensure previously democratic Western governments can continue to act as tinpot dictatorships and totalitarian states.

Also helps to keep the population scared and compliant. Best course of action is to mandate vaccines that don’t prevent infection or transmission thereby keeping the population on a convenient short leash by keeping them scared.

Take the vaccine! Will it stop me from getting catching it? No! Will it stop me from passing it on? No! So you must still wear masks or you’re a bad person. Will it stop me from getting ill? Yes, but that’s only your personal health, if you care about the wider population you should still support lockdowns. But surely those at risk will have been vaccinated so even if I’m not vaccinated I’m no risk to others? Shut up, we’re keeping this going for as long as possible.

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There's a fortune still to be made out of this, it'll get milked for some time yet
get your 12th jab booked.