Covid Jab

[Bazile]

A family member is due to have the covid vaccination

If she is taking Clopidogrel and also Atorvastatin , should she stop taking them before having the vaccination ?

[woofgang]

she should ask her doctor

[Sqad]

No...she should continue taking both.

[ummmm]

They don't just give you the jab. I was asked about my meds. Done and dusted in a few minutes. My OH isn't on meds and he was done in seconds.

Do we know anything about this booster I've read about?

[Peter Pedant]

the only one they worry about is warfarin apparently
so keep taking the tabs !

and yes they have 6 questions of which no 5 is meds I think
it is very efficient ( compared with other part s of the NHS)

covid - the nepal variant of the indian was found in Portugal which accounted for the rush to quarantine last week. said to be 50% more transmissible which puts the R number well above one

if you look at the graph of cases - there is a deffo upswing in cases, so R is already above one ( by definition)

and so the word on the street is: a) covid will always be with us b) there is likely to be a third dose - tweaked for the major variants
c) 21 Jun - will be delayed

this is of course opinion