Rebel Pebble wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:44 am
He was a very cheery Italian chap who was determined to get me my shot and after checking that I was neither a carer or an NHS worker said very pointedly "DO YOU HAVE AN ELDERLY RELATIVE PERHAPS?"
After locking me away for the best part of two years I seem to now no longer make the list for jabs, which is fucking annoying whichever way you look at it.
ParisGal wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:45 am
Over here the age cut off is now 60, but for vulnerable people they just say their "entourage" are also eligible, so not just official carers.
This is kind of how I managed to get my free flu jab now rather than October which is when I think 50-65 year olds are supposed to wait until. Basically the Govt has gone back and forth on who's eligible and when (at one point 50-65s were going to be excluded entirely) with the result that the guide book the Boots pharmacist had didn't match the leaflets OR what his system would allow him to do.
He was a very cheery Italian chap who was determined to get me my shot and after checking that I was neither a carer or an NHS worker said very pointedly "DO YOU HAVE AN ELDERLY RELATIVE PERHAPS?"
I'm hoping my nearby Covid vaccine place will start offering walk-ins to 50+ before the booking system officially lets us. That's usually been what's happened in the past.
Sorry for massive quote post but someone in my street sent this yesterday.
Cerise wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 3:12 pm
Sorry for massive quote post but someone in my street sent this yesterday.
I went there this morning and am now done! The Church near me was only taking walk-ins over 60 so I carried on into town. In total that's now 2 x AZ and 2 x Moderna for me.
I'm trying to push Mr R into getting himself sorted now.
My covid booster is booked but the earliest I could get was 20th October. I admit to being worried about the side effects after last time, but maybe it won’t be as bad.
I have tried a couple of times this morning to get through to my doctors about the flu jab but the phones are busy, I can’t even get through to being queued.
It’s like a normal midlife crisis only with more chandeliers and foreign languages.
Mine isn't for a fortnight, in another town and off the beaten track - it's in a pharmacy on a housing estate. I had a flu jab in my own surgery this morning, which is a million times more convenient. M will give me a lift, but if he couldn't do that I'd be stuck.
