Coronavirus (2021) thread

[Healdplace]

I got my letter today to book a vaccination - three days after I got that phone call Tuesday morning giving me two hours notice to go get to one. So they seem ahead of the game in Greater Manchester right now I would say.

Which is good news.

I have heard quite a few stories of the letter arriving after they have been phoned or texted and already had the jab in GM. paulchapo - I bet you get the letter next week after you have had the jab or booked one already by phone.

 

[sky tot]

Got a text off my doctors today. Vaccine for me tomorrow. Thought it would be months before I would be eligible.

Good stuff mate , how old are you if you don’t mind saying? I’m 55 and the calculator has gone up again to mid April

sorry just seen that you have answered

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I got my letter today to book a vaccination - three days after I got that phone call Tuesday morning giving me two hours notice to go get to one. So they seem ahead of the game in Greater Manchester right now I would say.

Which is good news.

I have heard quite a few stories of the letter arriving after they have been phoned or texted and already had the jab in GM.

The best thing about the letter and booking it via the NHS is you get to book your second jab at the same time.

 

[paulchapo]

I'm thinking of a job in the Diplomatic Service when this is all over!

I'm just hoping I don't bump into one of the many clowns who wind me up to that level as I fear it won't end well for either of us lol.

 

[ganganvince]

I'm in group 4 due to shielding and got invited by an NHS letter. It said that I could either book at a vaccination clinic or wait for my GP to call me in, but I decided to book the clinic even though it was further away, because they were open until late (8pm ish). Had it done last night at Bolton's stadium. I'm thinking it may be down to localised, even regional, capacity rather than all the way down to GP practice level.

I am group 6 so shouldn't be too far off now think our GP. Is slightly ahead of the curve tbh.

 

[blueparrot]

No health concerns, had my 40 year MOT last year and was fine.

The only thing Incan think is that I care for my 93 year old grandma and she is still waiting for it as she has a history of anaphylaxis.

My wife, also 41, is having hers today.

Unpaid carers are part og group 6 much the country into group 5 now, I know Rochdale was into group 3 well ahead of many places so probably that.

 

[mancity1]

Another 5 day lockdown in Melbourne and the whole of VIctoria because we have 13 cases in isolation of the new UK strain as a result of another hotel quarantine bungle.

More business ruined , no doubt many restrictions will be extended beyond the 5 days like last years 112 day full scale lockdown after a 28 day lock down and curfews because this CCP dictator would be after saying 2 days ago are quarantine is the envy of the world in typical sociopathic fashion.

No health advice released as per usual to justify crippling the State again , no cost benefit analysis

This dictator of a premier makes Donald Trumps rhetoric appear Mother Theresa like.

He has no clue and makes the likes of Boris Johnson seem like a top line administrator of Covid 19.

No truth , all fear , all bull shit saying this strain is super hyper when the same strain lead to one case in WA not transmitted and one case in QLD and they locked down as well albeit they had no blanket lockdowns previously.

In a communist state and that what Victoria is under the current regime in all but name a single individual out of control as this Premier is can bring the family unit and the economy to its knees in a very short time.

Eventually someone with some balls at a Federal level will have to step in and takeover the Victorian response to covid.

I have never seen such a disproportionate response to a health response where we have had no deaths for 5 months and 1 person in ICU who suffers from respiratory illness in any case

How would you go in the UK if you had a bloke like the premier in Victoria in charge of things?

 

[splinter]

I doubt summer music festivals will get the green light..awful for all those in the industry.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

On the links to mental health, help is available from Samaritans for people suffering feelings of despair.

Call 116 123 for free.

I learned elsewhere of their guidance on how to post on social media regarding these issues, and recommend it.

Tips on posting about suicide online safely

Tips on posting about suicide online safely

www.samaritans.org

Research into links between people taking their own lives and Covid restrictions is very difficult, but such as it is, seems to show very little connection, and even some evidence that lockdowns actually reduce the incidence.

Have Lockdowns Caused Suicides During COVID-19?

The evidence behind a contentious point

gidmk.medium.com

None of which is to imply that lockdowns are ok, or that some people have not been terribly affected by them.

There was a thread on Twitter in the last week which showed NHS latest data on suicides that were very much in line with recent years, pre Covid. That’s still way too high but it doesn’t show an impact of Covid that will have affected people / groups differently.

 

[twosips]

Despite it being winter, despite the new more transmissible strains.