Vaccine rollout in the UK
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My dad’s experience of getting vaccinated in Whalley Range where a big centre has been set up was not great. It was overcrowded, everyone sat less than a metre apart, and all the older Asian men seemed incapable of wearing a mask properly. The women were wearing the things properly, so god knows why the men can’t. Perhaps they associate covering your face with wearing a niqab and therefore a sign of femininity or something? At least all the windows were open and it was well ventilated.
I know this is vitriol, no solution, spleen venting, but I feel better having screamed, don’t you?
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HuhBlackcountryboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:23 pmAll the teachers and TAs where my daughter teaches have been told to get their vaccinations. It is Special Needs (School for Autistic Children in Birmingham). She understands that Birmingham have decided to push Teachers in Special Education up the queue because of the problems of maintaining social distancing with special needs children. Some of the school staff have had their vaccination.

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A person I know (in her early 50s) who works at a special school in Birmingham has been vaccinated through her school's network.KAJ wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:58 pmHuhBlackcountryboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:23 pmAll the teachers and TAs where my daughter teaches have been told to get their vaccinations. It is Special Needs (School for Autistic Children in Birmingham). She understands that Birmingham have decided to push Teachers in Special Education up the queue because of the problems of maintaining social distancing with special needs children. Some of the school staff have had their vaccination.Told by who? I couldn't book a vaccination until invited by the NHS. Did those teachers and TAs receive such an invitation?
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It seems that lots of councils are now coming round to the point of view that many staff in special schools perform exactly the same kind of close contact physical care as their colleagues in social care. I think it's the right decision, it seems wrong that the staff caring for a severely disabled child in a residential placement would be vaccinated yet the staff who care for them Monday to Friday day times wouldn't be
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There are NHS people who get told "Phone up all SEN teachers and get them vaccinated". Jess, aged 19, gets given the assignment and doesn't know where to start. But Jess gets there by starting the ball rolling with a couple of SEN teachers, then tells them to spread the word to every other SEN teacher they know, sharing Jess's phone number/email address.headshot wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:18 pmA person I know (in her early 50s) who works at a special school in Birmingham has been vaccinated through her school's network.KAJ wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:58 pmHuh :o Told by who? I couldn't book a vaccination until invited by the NHS. Did those teachers and TAs receive such an invitation?Blackcountryboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:23 pmAll the teachers and TAs where my daughter teaches have been told to get their vaccinations. It is Special Needs (School for Autistic Children in Birmingham). She understands that Birmingham have decided to push Teachers in Special Education up the queue because of the problems of maintaining social distancing with special needs children. Some of the school staff have had their vaccination.
It's a bit chaotic but it mostly works. These things have needed to be set up at very short notice - it's not like we had most of a year from March 2020 to January 2021 to pre-prepare this rollout.
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Mrs T and I (66 &65, no serious health conditions, living in Sheffield) have just been invited for our first jabs tomorrow.
Very pleasantly surprised
Very pleasantly surprised
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The school had to inform the Education Dept. how many staff there were and the staff were later told to book their vaccinations at Millennium Point, Hartlandes or Queen Elizabeth.KAJ wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:58 pmHuhBlackcountryboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:23 pmAll the teachers and TAs where my daughter teaches have been told to get their vaccinations. It is Special Needs (School for Autistic Children in Birmingham). She understands that Birmingham have decided to push Teachers in Special Education up the queue because of the problems of maintaining social distancing with special needs children. Some of the school staff have had their vaccination.Told by who? I couldn't book a vaccination until invited by the NHS. Did those teachers and TAs receive such an invitation?
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It seems that local authorities are varying from the JCVI priority groups - not necessarily a bad thing.Blackcountryboy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 6:03 pmThe school had to inform the Education Dept. how many staff there were and the staff were later told to book their vaccinations at Millennium Point, Hartlandes or Queen Elizabeth.KAJ wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 2:58 pmHuhBlackcountryboy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:23 pmAll the teachers and TAs where my daughter teaches have been told to get their vaccinations. It is Special Needs (School for Autistic Children in Birmingham). She understands that Birmingham have decided to push Teachers in Special Education up the queue because of the problems of maintaining social distancing with special needs children. Some of the school staff have had their vaccination.Told by who? I couldn't book a vaccination until invited by the NHS. Did those teachers and TAs receive such an invitation?
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I had to chase my GP and was told they had been told by "the government" they were to do 60-70yos before clinically extremely vulnerable people. I was not impressed, and nor was the GP receptionist, who got me sorted out with an appointment pronto. Not sure to what extent this is conspiracy or cockup, but from the perspective of someone both vulnerable and suffering from shielding, it hurt to know that I'd apparently been de-prioritised, and that it could have been worse had I not chased them.Trinucleus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:51 pmMrs T and I (66 &65, no serious health conditions, living in Sheffield) have just been invited for our first jabs tomorrow.
Very pleasantly surprised
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Glad you got it sorted. I was expecting to hear sometime in MarchEACLucifer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:58 pmI had to chase my GP and was told they had been told by "the government" they were to do 60-70yos before clinically extremely vulnerable people. I was not impressed, and nor was the GP receptionist, who got me sorted out with an appointment pronto. Not sure to what extent this is conspiracy or cockup, but from the perspective of someone both vulnerable and suffering from shielding, it hurt to know that I'd apparently been de-prioritised, and that it could have been worse had I not chased them.Trinucleus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:51 pmMrs T and I (66 &65, no serious health conditions, living in Sheffield) have just been invited for our first jabs tomorrow.
Very pleasantly surprised
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Glad you are getting done too, to be clear, I do not mean in any way that I resent anyone getting done early, just the confusion that it appears my GP was subjected toTrinucleus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:46 pmGlad you got it sorted. I was expecting to hear sometime in MarchEACLucifer wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:58 pmI had to chase my GP and was told they had been told by "the government" they were to do 60-70yos before clinically extremely vulnerable people. I was not impressed, and nor was the GP receptionist, who got me sorted out with an appointment pronto. Not sure to what extent this is conspiracy or cockup, but from the perspective of someone both vulnerable and suffering from shielding, it hurt to know that I'd apparently been de-prioritised, and that it could have been worse had I not chased them.Trinucleus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:51 pmMrs T and I (66 &65, no serious health conditions, living in Sheffield) have just been invited for our first jabs tomorrow.
Very pleasantly surprised

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Not sure that's a good metric. And if it is, it'll only be good for a very short period. The UK is racing on to 70-80s, plus a load of <70s, so that diminishes the difference you'd expect to see.
I think hospitalisation data is the place to measure. Halfway between deaths (lags too long) and cases (distorted by incomplete testing).
I think hospitalisation data is the place to measure. Halfway between deaths (lags too long) and cases (distorted by incomplete testing).
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In England we* only have the age breakdown of cases and deaths.
molto tricky
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Aye. Most of the 60-somethings I know now have their first doses schedule in the next week or so, so that’s a fair point.
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I've not heard anything yet(61)
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We* also don't have data on how the rollout is moving through the categories and age groups broken down by region or local authority, otherwise we'd be able to compare the case and death data by age group between regions with different progress in vaccinating.
molto tricky
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Good you're 1st dosed, EACL. Any plans for your 2 week jabiversary?
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Done (AstraZeneca)Trinucleus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 5:51 pmMrs T and I (66 &65, no serious health conditions, living in Sheffield) have just been invited for our first jabs tomorrow.
Very pleasantly surprised
Just hoping there's no adverse reaction with onion bhajis or we're in trouble
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I've got my jab #1 on Monday, but it won't be til April 29th for jab #2.
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The data does exist, for example I know our local area only had 80% of their over 80s done the other day as the local council announced it. It may not all be public at the moment (and I suspect areas like ours that are likely going to miss their targets wouldn't be keen) but it exists.shpalman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:16 pmWe* also don't have data on how the rollout is moving through the categories and age groups broken down by region or local authority, otherwise we'd be able to compare the case and death data by age group between regions with different progress in vaccinating.
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Well I do expect that the data exist, they just aren't on the UK dot govid dashboard.
molto tricky
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Oh cool. That’s the same group Frau HS is in.raven wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:28 amI think in the 16-64 with underlying health conditions group. He's definitely not sheilding. He was quite surprised to get called so soon.