Covid Vaccine Poll

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

1 minute ago, GaryD1971 said:

I am looking forwards to getting it on the basis that it will hopefully bring back some form of normality and we can get this country running again

 

Exactly my thoughts, I've actually had it last year, so probably still have some resistance. However, I'm getting it done as soon as practical, simply because I believe it's my social duty to do what I can, inoculations included for the rest of our society, both nationally and internationally.

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

I had my invitation about four weeks ago by snail mail, my wife had hers about two weeks ago by email and has had two reminders since. Unfortunately we are 6000 miles away so they're going to need a long needle😉

We get home on 4th of March and then have to do 10 days home quarantine, I have looked to book online but 14th of March is too far ahead for the system, I will keep trying and the sooner I can get it the better.

[Glen_I]

4 hours ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

 

Exactly my thoughts, I've actually had it last year, so probably still have some resistance. However, I'm getting it done as soon as practical, simply because I believe it's my social duty to do what I can

My wife and I had it last October,  we have been so careful but assume one of our children bought it home from school, the eldest is at secondary school but in her defence she is quite careful as she has been in hospital for past 4 years at Easter time with chest infection and on a drip for 3-4 days.

 

However so many friends kept saying 'oh, you're both okay now then, so you should be allowed to carry on as normal' and as we had antibodies we both donated plasma to do our part, but they don't seem to understand we can still carry it and transmit it on (this is how I understood it). We were both fortunate as we were well and only suffered loss of taste, my sense of smell isn't back but in the grand scheme off things I am not going to grumble about that.

 

We are in early to mid forties so a little way off from a jab yet but we have no hesitation in having it, we see it as another step closer to normal(ish) times again and hopefully safely meeting friends and family again.

 

My wife's friend is a A@E nurse at Winchester Hospital and they were told last summer cancel any holiday booked from October 2020 or try and not book any off.

 

I am a little ashamed to say during March to June last year I kept thinking this will blow over, and it's a little over the top but as I try and explain to friends, yes we had it and we were okay, but the fact I can't smell properly (apart from a constant burnt/rich diesel smelling Transit van fumes is best way to describe it) 4 months later shows it has left a longer term impact on me.

Fingers crossed its all heading in the right direction now and sooner the better for us all me thinks?

[Alan Cutler (Adge) - Dorset AO]

Had mine 2 weeks ago. No after effects.

Volunteering at local vaccination centre (rural rugby club), principally as car park marshals, it’s an interesting experience!

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

3 hours ago, Glen_I said:

We were both fortunate as we were well and only suffered loss of taste

The wife of one of my business partners is a teacher, and caught it, needless to say, before we knew it both my business partner, Mark and then me caught it, before Val first became symptomatic. So we were all some where around 24 hours behind each other in the progression!

 

I've not had the taste/smell issue, though Mark has, his wife Val, like me though, has had no loss either.

 

in terms of illness level, bad, but not at any point feeling even remotely life threatening but beyond the worst level of flu I’ve ever had, and I’ve had the proper can’t move in and out of hallucination type flu before now. Was really bad for about a week, less bad for a further week, then for a long while afterwards, low energy and poor stamina levels. Both of which are still not 100% though better. However my memory, and in particular short term memory is not back to where it was, by a reasonable margin. I do find my self having to make plenty of notes, that occasionally I don’t remember writing, and even at times hunting for the right word, even though I may have used it a few sentences ago, 

 

(The memory thing is really, really hard mentally, having spent a few years previously acting as carer for my Mum as she suffered terminally worse and worse vascular dementia).

[Glen_I]

Sorry to hear that Dave, I really hope that the memory concerns and stamina levels improve.

 

I hope this will improve for alot of people once we return to a more 'normal' environment who will be suffering in different ways?

 

 

 

[Richard (OldStager)]

I know this is a Covid thread, but sorry Dave regarding your mum's dementia. I hadn't had any experience with it till a few months ago when an uncle was diagnosed with the same thing.  We had worked it out long before the tests he had to have and is truly a cruel condition on all parties concerned. 

Also I have to write lists for everything now (I'm 55) and if I don't and I walk into a shop I then wander around trying to think what it was I wanted, gahhhh what's wrong with me.... 

Hope you feel better soon

Richard

[pistonbroke]

Had my dose No1 last month and I'm still here , no side effects other than a very slight feeling of nausia about 3 hours after the jab .

Looking forward to Part 2

As I am in the high risk group it cant come soon enough .

 

There is a lot of negative and ill informed comment on the media, even talk of the sole purpose of mass vaccination being to impliment world domination via Covid means (get it ?) all part of a plot by government and Bill gates to use mass vax as a front to "chip" everyone .

 

Very Orwellian 

 

 

[Blatman]

6 hours ago, OldStager said:

Also I have to write lists for everything now (I'm 55) and if I don't and I walk into a shop I then wander around trying to think what it was I wanted, gahhhh what's wrong with me.... 

 

Nothing! it's called The Doorway Effect.

https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/doorway-effect-why-we-forget-what-we-were-supposed-do-after-we-enter-room.html#:~:text=Psychologists believe that passing through,to as the doorway effect.

[Richard (OldStager)]

Phew, thanks, thought I was loosing it...

 

ETA

That's an interesting arcticle, and although I watch and listen to loads of science stuff, that one I hadn't heard of before. Also explains the old go upstairs for something and once there forget what it was ...

I can sleep well now knowing science is on the case 🙂

[Captain Colonial]

1 hour ago, OldStager said:

Also explains the old go upstairs for something and once there forget what it was ...

Just you wait until you’re 60 and feel chuffed with yourself for coming up with the idea of writing it down in the Memos part of your phone or recording it on the Voice Memos app so you could remember it once upstairs.  Triumph and tragedy in one hit. 😎😫

[Arm]

Have often pondered on the doorway of memory loss from a drunken debate with a mate. All made up at the time but then became more obvious it wasn't such a daft idea.

[Jim RS]

Got punctured with Pfizer 2 weeks ago now and apart from a little tenderness hardening around the area(a usual reaction with my body after jabs) no effects whatsoever. My wifes Mum 101 had hers some time ago and no ill side issues, sheltered accommodation she is in has now all got first dose, good news after they have had 7 fatalities from the disease, not spread inside the building thankfully.

I've always had bad memory when it comes to keys, think it may be a childhood repression thing from not being allowed a house key😭 have not noticed the "doorway effect" but may be because I always find something else to do.

[Richard (OldStager)]

Been working in the garage all day, just come in and seen a missed call on my phone. The number is 03005610230 and google suggests it is the NHS regarding the vaccine booking, however other sites report the same number as a scam. The NHS does use the 0300 bit but can't find the rest of it on their site. They never left a message.

Anyone had this call and was it genuine?.

Richard.

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Mine was a text from the medical centre where my GP is based.