@slimfern posted:

Good Luck with having your vaccine tomorrow Saint....

Thank you so much . . . also Baz and Moonie

I'm terrified if i'm honest but gotta man up and take one for the team (he says) 

@Saint posted:

Thank you so much . . . also Baz and Moonie

I'm terrified if i'm honest but gotta man up and take one for the team (he says) 

Sainty, I have had my first jab. I have to say it quite painless. I know some people, like yourself, are afraid of needles and it’s not a case of ‘manning up’. Just think how much better it will be for you and the ones who depend on you.

I really do hope it goes well for you, my friend

@Saint posted:

Thank you so much . . . also Baz and Moonie

I'm terrified if i'm honest but gotta man up and take one for the team (he says) 

You'll be magnificent you'll see......they'll be having you back to do demonstrations of the perfect patient!

Is it all over now Renton

At first I was afraid, I was petrified

Kept asking how I cope with a needle by my side

But then I took a great big breath

Knew that it was good for my health

And I survived  - I didn't cry - hey hey !! 

@Saint posted:

At first I was afraid, I was petrified

Kept asking how I cope with a needle by my side

But then I took a great big breath

Knew that it was good for my health

And I survived  - I didn't cry - hey hey !! 

Oh okay miss Gaynor Well done

Thank God for that - it was horrible ... and thanks for all the kind words cos i really do have a needle phobia. It hurt but not as bad as i imagined

Currently no side effects

@Saint posted:

Thank God for that - it was horrible ... and thanks for all the kind words cos i really do have a needle phobia. It hurt but not as bad as i imagined

Currently no side effects

Well you just make sure it stays that way

Well done Sainty. Tale care and stay safe

See how easy it was? You even made up a song!

@Moonie posted:

Well done Sainty. Tale care and stay safe

@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

See how easy it was? You even made up a song!

No side effects at all (up to now) - feel fine ... they "ran out" of the Pfizer jab so i got the Oxford Astra Zenica milarkey

What a kerfuffle

@Saint posted:

No side effects at all (up to now) - feel fine ... they "ran out" of the Pfizer jab so i got the Oxford Astra Zenica milarkey

What a kerfuffle

Let’s hope that will stay the case. I’m sure it will

@Saint posted:

At first I was afraid, I was petrified

Kept asking how I cope with a needle by my side

But then I took a great big breath

Knew that it was good for my health

And I survived  - I didn't cry - hey hey !! 

Gloria , Gloria . Well done .....I hope they gave you a sweetie afterwards .

@Saint posted:

No side effects at all (up to now) - feel fine ... they "ran out" of the Pfizer jab so i got the Oxford Astra Zenica milarkey

What a kerfuffle

Just your luck Gloria .I had the Pfizer one , and the only side effect I had was a very sore arm for a couple of days ....and I felt a bit tired ...but that might have been psychosomatic.

couldn't resist

I think that would have been my reaction too !

@Baz posted:

I think that would have been my reaction too !

Even my Dad laughed

@slimfern posted:

Even my Dad laughed

@slimfern posted:

couldn't resist

On my FB page today....both me and him had a good laugh🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

On my FB page today....both me and him had a good laugh🤣🤣🤣

was on mine too ...cracked me up

@Baz posted:

Gloria , Gloria . Well done .....I hope they gave you a sweetie afterwards .

I winced and said "Oww" before i got the needle. I also said that i'd been brave so she asked if i wanted a sticker - result!! 

She was very kind but probably laughed after i left the building

@Saint posted:

I winced and said "Oww" before i got the needle. I also said that i'd been brave so she asked if i wanted a sticker - result!! 

She was very kind but probably laughed after i left the building

@Saint posted:

I winced and said "Oww" before i got the needle. I also said that i'd been brave so she asked if i wanted a sticker - result!! 

She was very kind but probably laughed after i left the building

What are you like Gloria .What was on the sticker ?

It said "I've had my COVID jab"

Boris says 1% pay rise for nurses is 'ALL WE CAN AFFORD', yet they've managed to afford gazillions on a new media centre in downing street so they can more easily spout their drivvel........and another gazillion on Boris' Downing Street flat. So ir it any onder there's talk of a nurses strike?

Very pretty Saint

EFFT...our government are always misspending the public purse....without accountability most of the time

I think it would be a mistake for the nurses to strike right now....I fear Joe public would soon turn....I'm not agreeing with the pay rise, just feel this would be the wrong time to strike.

I agree it wouldn't be good timing, just saying the strike calls are understandable.

@slimfern posted:

Very pretty Saint

EFFT...our government are always misspending the public purse....without accountability most of the time

I think it would be a mistake for the nurses to strike right now....I fear Joe public would soon turn....I'm not agreeing with the pay rise, just feel this would be the wrong time to strike.

@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

I agree it wouldn't be good timing, just saying the strike calls are understandable.

Ireland have put a temporary ban on the AstraZeneca vaccine after blood clotting incidents...

Saint had that one ....haven't seen him about for a few days ...hope he's okay

@slimfern posted:

Ireland have put a temporary ban on the AstraZeneca vaccine after blood clotting incidents...

Saint had that one ....haven't seen him about for a few days ...hope he's okay

Saint is ok Slim....he just can’t get on the forum as much right now .

Blood clotting incidents were recorded in people who got covid, long before any Vaccine appeared, so why all the panic? Unless? the incidence of clotting has accelerated vastly in people that have had the vaccine. Then again it could be that any vaccinated people that develop clots would have developed them anyway if they had caught Covid.

@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Blood clotting incidents were recorded in people who got covid, long before any Vaccine appeared, so why all the panic? Unless? the incidence of clotting has accelerated vastly in people that have had the vaccine. Then again it could be that any vaccinated people that develop clots would have developed them anyway if they had caught Covid.

I don’t see how the vaccine could cause clots tbh....unless and it’s a big if,if someone with an arterial blockage anyway had the vaccine and it thickened the blood temporarily....but too many people have had it for it to cause them...and my theory is OTT anyway

The suspension came after several reports of blood clots following vaccinations and the death of a 60-year-old woman who received a shot and then died after developing a blood clot, according to the Danish news agency Ritzau.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) in a statement released on Thursday described the Danish Health Authority's decision as a "precautionary measure" but stressed there was "currently no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions".

Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia and non-European Union (EU) countries Norway and Iceland have also banned the use of the vaccine as a precaution after similar reports of blood clots, which European drug regulators are still investigating.

On the news.....there have been slightly more clots recorded in the Pfizer vaccine than the Astra one....38 to 30....not surprising because they use similar methods in development....BUT.....Europe hasn’t panicked over that one,smells very much like sour grapes and politicking because they’ve made a right mess of their roll out

@Kaytee posted:

On the news.....there have been slightly more clots recorded in the Pfizer vaccine than the Astra one....38 to 30....not surprising because they use similar methods in development....BUT.....Europe hasn’t panicked over that one,smells very much like sour grapes and politicking because they’ve made a right mess of their roll out

Agree with you

a bit cutting noses off to spite faces...

@Kaytee posted:

On the news.....there have been slightly more clots recorded in the Pfizer vaccine than the Astra one....38 to 30....not surprising because they use similar methods in development....BUT.....Europe hasn’t panicked over that one,smells very much like sour grapes and politicking because they’ve made a right mess of their roll out

And overall rates are actually lower than you'd normally expect in the general population...

So, European Commision want to hold the world to ransom......and kill a few more thousands in the process!

@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

So, European Commision want to hold the world to ransom......and kill a few more thousands in the process!

Seems like it