I'm up at silly o'clock because approx 10 hrs after my jab I felt hot yet shivering, (flu like symptoms, as they said). Took 2 paracetamol and tossed and turned dozing on/off until now 05:50, so got up for a nice cup of tea......that'll sort it. Actually feel ok now.
I was watching the euronews earlier today and the Covid-19 numbers are going back up in Italy, hmm are we going in the right direction or not.
Had mine at the local vaccination centre ( in Winchester ). It was amazingly efficient, small queue as they kept processing people through. No wonder we are doing so well against many other countries (arguably as most UK citizens appear to be OK with being vaccinated). Felt like I'd been punched in the upper arm the next day, but gone the day after. Nothing else to comment other than praise for the volunteers doing it.
Impossible to tell at the moment. Over the last year we seemed to be behind the curve when compared to Italy. They do struggle to get enough vaccine but on the other hand they did and do lock down a lot stricter than us. I have family in Italy so I have a good idea about their lock down compared to ours. We should be having a easier time as we were able to vaccinate a lot if people. As long as the 12 weeks between doses works I'm hopefully. I'm slightly concerned that the vaccine manufacturers don't green light the 12 weeks but are staying at 3-4 weeks.
My concerns are when Boris opens up the floodgates anytime soon what the impact's going to be in 4 / 5 months down the line regardless of the vaccine programme.
I'm less concerned about people coming in as most come from places with less covid. That's just me though.
Astro-Zeneca yesterday no side effects so far. 63 years old and had to travel a claimed 10.3 miles, which was actually close to 16 miles. On the upside I got to ride my '79 900SS for the 1st time since last August. Steve R
Az for me last Thursday Aft. Thurs eve & all day fri thick, sinus type headache & sore arm. Now it's Sunday eve and all ok. My better half had hers at the same time, AZ and had a temp & bad headache Thursday eve but ok now.
If half the course won't stop you catching it or passing it on then what's the point. It may minimise the affects if you catch it but you are not immune, if the virus is passed on by contact then do you really think this is the way out of this nonsense. Why would I want to go anywhere with a bunch of people that think one jab is the answer. Stop reading the Daily Mail and watching the news, broaden your investigations and see what you find.
We both had our first shot Friday lunchtime (both 50). Ours was AZ vaccine and was processed at Stafford show ground. Very efficient taking a few details from us, but they didn't cross us off any list or ask for any ID which struck me as odd, as anyone could have rolled up and got a vaccination. I could probably go back today and get my 2nd dose they'd never know before it was done and dusted. Anyway, quick, efficient from start to finish probably 10 mins, but we then had to wait 15 mins post injection in a waiting area I'm assuming to check if there were any obvious side affects. Other than a sore arm I've been absolutely fine, the wife however had a temperature Friday night and was sick, better on Saturday, but feeling like she had a hangover on Saturday evening, all OK again from Sunday.
Who is taking about 1 shot? My wife works as a global senior director for GSK and is involved in vaccine development. I think I'm well informed.
Had the AZ last Wednesday (10th) - sore arm and that was about it. Took paracetamol for 48 hours afterwards as advised. My Fitbit showed my resting heartrate being a couple of BPM higher for three days too, but nothing terrible.
Had the opportunity to fill a space today at a vaccination centre, with being early 40's I wasn't expecting it but I was made aware and booked at 10am this morning. By 14.45 that's the first jab done with the Oxford Astra brand. Figured get on with it, especially as I used to travel a lot with work it's likely I'll need it sooner rather than later.
You may well be well informed from big pharma perpective, that will all tie in with the government PR machine, there's a whole world of differing opinion. Just seen the news that the Astra Zeneca vaccine is banned in a lot of european countries, over side effect concerns, they can't all be right can they?
