Flu Jab

[fruitsalad]

have you had yours yet? Or are you not going to bother?

[jno]

thanks, ymb, good luck to your wife.

[Spicerack]

It's been suggested that people who had flu vaccines were more susceptible to Covid or suffered worse symptoms from it.
Something that's worth investigating, imo.

[TonyV]

Mine booked for 20th October.

[woofgang]

spicey fact check says fake news spread by antivaxxers
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/no-evidence-that-flu-shot-increases-risk-of-covid-19/

[hellywelly4]

Mine was booked for 1.00 today. Phone call from the surgery at 12.00 to say they had run out! Tried to get into local Boots - not taking any more appointments for the time being because of a shortage of vaccine. I’m nearly 80. I always have the flu jab as I knew someone who died from the flu.

[Spicerack]

Oh well, if Facebook said it was fake news, in April, forget about investigating it.

[queen 1954]

I had mine in boots last week,was quicker than waiting for the doctors appointment.Tried to book a friends online today but boots have run out of vaccine at the moment.

[-SharonA-]

10:50 tomorrow. Hope my arm doesn't hurt afterwards as some years it has gotten painful.

[Togo]

// Hope my arm doesn't hurt afterwards as some years it has gotten painful.//

We couldn't play pinch punch today.

[Vagus]

Had ours a couple of weeks ago.
My birthday is mid September and that’s when the first flu jabs generally become available so we always book ours then. We were first in line this year :)

[Tilly2]

Mr T went into town yesterday and had a haircut. He decided to go for a flu jab. The pharmacy he chose had none in stock so he tried another, just down the road. They obliged and he got his vaccination.

I have emailed my Doctors' practice and have asked to be booked in sometime in October. I am awaiting a reply.

[Tilly2]

I beat Mr T at 'pinch punch' this morning. I swiped his hand, not his arm. :-)

[woofgang]

spicey, that's not facebook

[tonyav]

Yes, had it last Wednesday.

[Musictv2019]

Not yet no word about it from my health centre yet and it's already October I normally would have heard about it by now.

[woofgang]

Its normally October here, surgeries first then pharmacies

[Maydup]

Mr M was booked in for his flu jab later this month, but the surgery rang yesterday to say that since he's there for a blood test next week, could they do it then. Very efficient of them.

They are going to contact the over 50's once they have worked through the over 65's and more vulnerable. I will only bother if they contact me; I simply cannot equate having vaccinations with supermarkets!

[woofgang]

before my local pharmacy started doing them, I went to pharmacies in both Tesco and Waitrose to get the vac. It was when I still had to pay for them. In both places it was just like going to any other pharmacy except they were within a bigger store.

[Ken4155]

Bit of scaremongering there, Spice :-( It was Facebook which widely circulated the false claim of the flu vaccine lowering peoples resistance to Covid 19. According to most sites, it does not. A study done by the American military back in October 2019 into Coronavirus (not C19) and the data used was from the 2017-18 flu season. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no evidence that a flu jab increases the risk of contracting Covid 19. The guidance from the US Centers For Disease Control is clear, "Influenza vaccination does not make people more susceptible to other respiratory infections."

[poorclare]

Yes I have had mine
Like Jno I am waiting the Covid jab

Keep safe everyone