GP surgery rang me today

and sent me for an Oxford AZ jab at 20 mins notice. I'm 53.

Suspect they got lots of doses they weren't expecting.

No side effects so far.

Posted By: dr fanta on March 15th 2021 at 19:13:49

Message Thread

Lots of countries suspending the Oxford vaccine (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 17:41:19
- 3 days after this🤔 (Coronavirus) - Ben, Mar 15, 23:23:51
- We should offer the EU a swap deal (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Mar 15, 19:48:42
  - But it’s not an EU issue is it? (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 19:56:44
    - I view the politicisation as being EU based (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Mar 15, 20:13:49
      - There's a very large element of that going on (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Old Man, Mar 15, 20:34:17
- GP surgery rang me today (Coronavirus) - dr fanta, Mar 15, 19:13:49
  - Does your arm ache? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Biggles, Mar 15, 22:07:24
- well, it's got Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon agreeing on something!! (Coronavirus) - Kar1, Mar 15, 18:51:37
- According to bloke on twitter there have been more adverse events following the Pfizer jab (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 15, 18:49:37
- Cynical me thinks they're doing this because it's an English vaccine? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Mar 15, 18:48:31
  - AstraZeneca is a Swedish company though (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 20:09:13
    - More British than Swedish, isn't it? (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Mar 15, 20:47:12
  - What, even the non-EU countries? For what reason? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Yellalee, Mar 15, 18:49:45
    - And America are still to approve it (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 18:59:49
      - thats because of the pharma lobby. there is money to be made after all!! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - shoddy, Mar 15, 19:03:12
        
        I do always wonder about that aspect of it. Isn't AZ the only not-for-profit one? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Yellalee, Mar 15, 19:06:53
    - Who knows. 🤷‍♂️ (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Mar 15, 18:52:05
- Be quite interesting to see if they go on threatening legal action against AZ (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Mar 15, 18:42:30
- ITV says Germany & France Spain and Italy have joined the ban (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Kar1, Mar 15, 18:33:52
- It is silly I think - all the more for us though, so hurrah for that (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 15, 17:59:39
  - Suspending use doesn’t mean they give it away surely (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 18:06:59
    - if a country didn't want it use their allocation now then it would seem sensible (Coronavirus) - Kar1, Mar 15, 18:18:38
      - Yes but this suspension is temporary at the moment (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 18:20:12
        
        guess those countries wont complain about not getting enough! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Kar1, Mar 15, 18:24:24
        
        yes, depends on how long they plan to suspend it (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Kar1, Mar 15, 18:23:03
    - Iit doesn't affect us, you're right - I jest - tho it may do further down the line (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 15, 18:10:47
  - This is it - wait for the embarrassing u turn (Coronavirus) - JoeyDeacon, Mar 15, 18:04:17
- Got mine Friday. Seems to all be Astra zeneca there. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Biggles, Mar 15, 17:54:57
  - Had mine yesterday (Coronavirus) - Surrey Yella, Mar 15, 18:14:34
    - Just what I want to hear 😂😂 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Biggles, Mar 15, 18:53:31
    - Bad luck Groggy (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Mar 15, 18:43:08
- Are we still rattling through the age groups seems to have slowed .... (Coronavirus) - loz, Mar 15, 17:51:03
  - Thought jabs were picking up (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 17:55:06
    - Seems down on last week (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Mar 15, 18:26:34
      - Last couple of days looks well up on last week (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 18:31:22
  - Over 50s to be done by the end of the month (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Mar 15, 17:54:32
- I’m hoping it’s political (Coronavirus) - Oscarnary, Mar 15, 17:48:52
  - Germany have been far from sensible on vaccines (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Mar 15, 18:27:00
  - Doesn’t seem to be (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 15, 17:54:13
    - WHO neither. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - shoddy, Mar 15, 18:01:23
  - Guy from the JCVI today on the radio said we get 3,000 people per week with blood clots (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 15, 17:51:39
- I hope so (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Mar 15, 17:48:35
- indeed. France imploding with cases, transiting casualties across the country (Coronavirus) - shoddy, Mar 15, 17:47:34
  - Is AZ the primary vaccine in France? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SimonOTBC, Mar 15, 17:49:06
    - I dont think so, but usage is increasing. (Coronavirus) - shoddy, Mar 15, 17:55:16
      - if you are interested in the situation in France, this site is amazing. (Coronavirus) - shoddy, Mar 15, 18:00:43
        
        oh, do you live in France? (Coronavirus) - Garboldisham, Mar 15, 19:29:09

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