On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:16:46 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

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One you can feel or you have measured?

Very casually - pointed my IR thermomemter at me bonce - it normally
shows about mid 34s on the forehead, but was hovering high 35s

;-)


I get the impression there are a number of overlapping systems here. I
first got text from my gp with a link to a accurx web site. SWBMO did
not get that (don't think they have her mobile number) but got a call
from a real person at the surgery a couple of days later. Few days after
that, dead tree letter from NHS with link to nhs.co.uk to book on that.
Then last friday a text from NHS with link to the same web site promoted
on the letter.

You would think they couldn't give the stuff away ... or maybe they
know you have a bad memory? ;-)

I am expecting a carrier pidgin to turn up next!

As long as avian flu hasn't got them all. ;-(

(still you can't say they are not being diligent!)

No, quite. Was just wondering if I was being mugged off as it seems
many others have had it locally. Admittedly many of those claimed
'underlying heath issues' so ... ?

Some weeks later and with the jab rollout going well, I received a
letter from the NHS offering me my jab and to book it online. The
nearest place being 5 miles away (but likely crap parking) and the
next being 7 miles away, with the potential of parking outside (the
concern re parking being finding a place at all and if I had to leave
the Mrs 'circling', the likely pushback to such responsibility). ;-(

Yup can't see SWMBO going for the suggestion she takes herself over
there tomorrow :-)

Mine might but I'm growing ever concerned that maybe she shouldn't be
trusted / expected to. ;-(

Ok, I know we haven't been out in the car much over the last year and
I don't think she drove any of those times but it's like falling off a
bike so ...

Still on the bright side, our GPs surgery is slap
bang in the middle of a large car park so that is easy. (although in
"normal" times I often park on the street 4 mins walk away and save the
£1.20 they want for the car park (which used to be free for 20 mins, and
then cheap for another 30 mins - now you can only buy an hour plus)

I think I put a couple of hours on the meter (best VFM), even though I
may have only been a few mins as I really didn't want her 'stressing'
that a warden was passing and her expecting to have to drive off (and
then get lost). ;-(

But then she was surprised that I was able to drive straight to her
second shot after X weeks ... seemingly ignoring the fact that I have
lived in this area my whole life (so far). What she meant was that
'she' couldn't have driven there the second time as she'd forgotten
where it was (1 mile from home).

Now, I'm more than happy to drive the 7 miles and back, especially if
that frees up something more local for people no so mobile but I was
wondering what the deal is re those being offered it via their surgery
and those getting a more formal / central / NHS invite?

I think if you do it via the nhs web site you get to choose a "local"
vaccination centre - but not necessarily your GP.

Yes and yes (you didn't). The did say something like 'If you wait
there could be more / better options' but I didn't want to take the
risk (catching Covid or then running out etc).

Still at least the 7 miles will give you chance to put some charge back
in the battery.

Agreed. The Meriva seems to be pretty good re parasitic drain and has
started readily even when left untouched for 3 months.

Listening around, it seems some have simply either just turned up at
the local places, got in the queue and been given their jab (or not,
the guy in the queue when the Mrs was getting her second jab suggested
he didn't have an appointment but she didn't know how he got on (and I
was 'hovering' round the corner in the car)), or requested a jab at
somewhere 'local' simply because they CBA to travel further?

Some of the local ones seem to have an "informal" reserve list[1] - so
you can leave your details, and they might call you at short notice one
night if they are going to have shots spare at the end of the day that
would otherwise have to be binned.

Yeah, I've heard of that.

Some of the staff at one of my
clients have managed to get theirs well ahead of their cohort that way.

Not a bad perk then, especially given they are putting themselves at
an increased risk.

[1]I get the impression there is no formal policy on this since you know
it's going to cause whinging regardless of how sensible the practice
would see to the "reasonable man".

Yeah, 'first come first served' and on the QT I would think in some
cases (last thing in a long day and with doses otherwise going to
waste).

The place I had mine was just a High Street pharmacy that had been
partly converted into a jab centre by adding some seats and screens in
the general shop area?

Yup I think our local one has done similar.

It looked a bit crude / enclosed compared where the Mrs went. The
'admin' was on some tables set out in the car park (first time in a
Gazebo, the second just in the open) and then walk a few paces into a
couple of temporarily looking buildings. She didn't even sit down on
the second one. ;-)

On mine I hovered outside for about 30 seconds, got called in, sat
inside (in a booth), filled out a form, had the jab and was out in
probably 2 mins but at least all of us had masks on and they kept the
door open.

I really don't understand why so many people don't want it, don't
think it's real (even) or don't seem to care (re masks / social
distancing / hand cleaning).

It was too late for me to do anything when the Mrs walked right up to
a street busker's girlfriend to praise her partners singing and give
her a couple of quid. It was quite loud so she was face to face and
neither she nor her had masks on ... ;-(

WTF you doing, you know there is a pandemic going on ...?

'I forgot ...' ;-(

TBF, if either of us has been in a shop / petrol station or anything
it's been me so she hasn't even had the little practice I have re mask
wearing. It's like being with a kid though, always keeping a bottle of
sanitiser in my pocket / car and monitoring everything she's touching
....

She did note that I was the ONLY person to open the doors coming out
of the shopping centre with my elbow (as I had done on the way in).

Cheers, T i m