Rugeley Villa Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 11 hours ago, mjmooney said: We were in the Lake District last weekend and it was very busy. Bowness always is, I know, but it was really rammed. I hadn't been there for a few years, and I was struck by how many Asian families were there in large numbers. We went to some lakeside place in Derbyshire the other week when it was red hot. There’s a kind of man made beach there, among other things. Very busy , and me and the missus were struck on how many Asian people were there. Also a few Eastern European’s. We definitely seemed in the minority. Derby and Burton not too far away, so kind of expected with those places having a large ethnic population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Places near me now doing walk in appointments for anyone not had their first jab, or 8 weeks since their first for a second jab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Genie said: It’s pretty incredible how the Delta variant has taken hold Yes, it's a REALLY good job we're so far the vaccination programme or we could have been seeing something similar here to what happened in India. This version is so much more transmissible and also more dangerous which is odd because usually when a virus mutates to become more contagious it sacrifices some of its severity so it's not following the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Just booked my second jab for almost 2 months to the day after my first which surprised me but I'm not complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Silvers Posted June 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) Took my autistic 24 year old son to have his 1st jab yesterday morning. He has been absolutely terrified of what's happening to his world and going there yesterday. He got through it with flying colours, me and Mom have been stressed out as anything with the whole thing as there were no special arrangements for him, I would have hoped they would just do it at our GP, no queues or crowds, but no, 25 minute queue and a big waiting room, it must have been incredibly overwhelming for him but he got through it and I've never been so proud in my whole life. Edited June 20, 2021 by Phil Silvers 33 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Got my 2nd jab this coming Saturday. I dare say I could have got it quicker if I tried but I'm in no rush as I've got no holidays/trips planned for the foreseeable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) Primary school kids are already self isolating in my small town in Devon due to positive cases of COVID. - Three teachers in the school my wife works all have it there’s been a noticeable upturn in cases since the warm weather and the nation travelling down to the south west. The G7 probably and the necessary support bandwagon didn’t help either. Edited June 20, 2021 by theboyangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) I said the other day that my neice had it. Well now my nephew from my other brother has it too. One in Brum and one in Edinburgh. It seems to be spreading through the young uns now. Edited June 20, 2021 by sidcow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I think the govt need to give the vaccine to secondary school kids over the summer holidays. Ideally in a way so they have have had both jabs by the start of the September term. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, ender4 said: I think the govt need to give the vaccine to secondary school kids over the summer holidays. Ideally in a way so they have have had both jabs by the start of the September term. I'd be really surprised if 16-17 year olds don't start getting it soon. Freshers flu at university is bad enough for first year students, without whole year of university Freshers being only partially vaccinated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted June 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 21, 2021 Yeah looks like schools will be hit quite often - possibly won't get another lockdown but if schools have to keep closing it'll be very disruptive - let alone the teaching unions kicking up a fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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icouldtelltheworld Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 18 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Interesting - I do wonder how much of this is from people having to postpone vaccination due to getting the virus. Currently in day 4 of isolation due to my partner (primary school teacher) testing positive. She had her first dose booked for next week, but has had to cancel and will now have to leave it 4 weeks after isolation. Sounds as though under 30s are most effected by third wave so far, so the slowdown could partly be due to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, icouldtelltheworld said: Interesting - I do wonder how much of this is from people having to postpone vaccination due to getting the virus. Currently in day 4 of isolation due to my partner (primary school teacher) testing positive. She had her first dose booked for next week, but has had to cancel and will now have to leave it 4 weeks after isolation. Sounds as though under 30s are most effected by third wave so far, so the slowdown could partly be due to that I'm sure that has an effect at the margins, but I wouldn't have thought the numbers added up for a big impact; lots of the positive cases have been among schoolkids and adults who were too young to be on the list until the last few days. My guess is a big part of the difference is the slower speed of Pfizer compared to AZ. People working at vaccine centres report that the 15-minute wait after the jab is slowing things down. Some of it might also be down to giving under-40s Pfizer, which might make it harder to match AZ doses to patients at this stage. However, I'm just guessing. Whatever it is, the effort is flagging at the worst possible time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I saw that Pfizer was approved (I think) for 12-17 year olds. This is clearly high school age children. My lad goes to high school in September, but isn’t 12 until next August. I wonder if they’ll stretch the ruling go be all high school children, or strictly those 12 and older? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 22, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Genie said: I saw that Pfizer was approved (I think) for 12-17 year olds. This is clearly high school age children. My lad goes to high school in September, but isn’t 12 until next August. I wonder if they’ll stretch the ruling go be all high school children, or strictly those 12 and older? Yay another Genie vacination countdown 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 22, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 22, 2021 Unfortunately I think it's a fact less people are coming forward to get vaccinated. They've tumbled down the age groups. It would take 3-4 weeks between the 5 year age groups but they've gone from under 35 to over 18 in about 3 weeks. I just don't think they've got the same numbers coming forward. When I was able to book through the national booking service there was a 2 week delay before I could book a slot. My son is 18 and when I looked yesterday there were slots for within a couple of days. So capacity is there, it's just not been used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Unfortunately I think it's a fact less people are coming forward to get vaccinated. They've tumbled down the age groups. It would take 3-4 weeks between the 5 year age groups but they've gone from under 35 to over 18 in about 3 weeks. I just don't think they've got the same numbers coming forward. When I was able to book through the national booking service there was a 2 week delay before I could book a slot. My son is 18 and when I looked yesterday there were slots for within a couple of days. So capacity is there, it's just not been used. I suspect this too, in theory they should be extremely busy doing 18-25 year olds but places near me now doing walk ins all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 22, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: It would take 3-4 weeks between the 5 year age groups That really isn't the same recollection as me except right at the start, from about 65 downwards it was about 2 weeks at most which coincided with increased supplies in the chain, the only time it wasn't was April when there was a known shortage in supplies. 55 years old was called in the middle of March, we were still in the over 70 - 75's in Mid Jan. When you also consider we have an aging population (yeah yeah "Boomers"), there are more people in the upper 5 year bands than the lower 5 year bands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted June 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2021 Fair play to Ed Conway of Sky, for what is a really clear look at data of where we are now (video in tweet): 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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