Jumping the queue surely not!!!

[Derek]

Hi
Second day after the vaccination and I feel much better but not quite there yet. Unfortunately having the vaccination is the only route out of this and if one feels under the weather for couple of days that is a small price to pay.

It is interesting that here in the UK the Minister that is in charge of the vaccination process came to the UK as an immigrant at the age of nine when his family fled Iraqi. You have to admire what they have done with over 7 million jabs done to date and they expect by the 15th February to have vaccinated all those in the most at risk of dying category.  Certainly the UK when compared with the EU have got the vaccination programme right.

Derek

[Spurs]

Glad you feeling better Derek . Yes we have done a brilliant job so far on vaccinations both in buying huge quantities early and the delivery so far .... But. We have made a mess of just about everything else to do with it . A week to slow to lockdown last year. Let people with illness out of hospital and into care homes  Didn’t do the half term circuit break. Then got forced into it crazy tier system that didn't work Christmas farce and again about 10 days too slow to lockdown again . Bad moves bad decisions that have cost thousands of lives and leaves us with probably the worst death rate in the world

[Derek]

Agree

[Tony Gillam]

I had my first flu jab this year back in November but had not reaction whatever.  I wonder what tomorrow's jab will bring by way of reaction.

[wilson]

The uk has for many years been a world leader in research around viruses and other nasties, we have always been a leader in the murkier world of chemical weapons as in WW1. Also note that Germany, Russia and the USA are very active in vaccination research as well as chemical/ biological nasties.So we have a 100 years of expertise in this field. I think linking the current government to any of the UKs successes in vaccination and administration into people’s arms is quite farcical as all this was already established and run by people and organisations who actually knew what they were doing.

[Keith and Jen]

The day after my jab I felt a little under the weather with a slight headache but since then back to normal.
It's Jen's turn next week.

I hope this thread will not drift into a set of political rants.

Keith

[Derek]

Having mentioned that the Minsters in charge of the vaccination programme came to the UK as an immigrant I hope that this comment was not considered by you as a political rant. It was just meant to show that the UK is a country of opportunity and I for one am surprised that many who chose to live abroad actually believe that the UK is wrong to give these people the opportunity of a safer and better life.

As for Wilson's comments that I was not attributing the success to any others than those that have been involved in total. The programme of vaccinations required good management and a team effort and from my experience I was impressed by the helpers that were giving their time to help vaccinate those a most risk from the virus.

Yes as Spurs has said many aspects of our passage through this pandemic could have been managed better but that is "Captain Hindsight" to which I wear that cap also and agree. I expect that if there was a return (which I hope there will never be) things would be played differently.

So no political rant just an observation by me having experienced the vaccination programme first hand here in the UK. Finally day three completely back to normal side effect wise.

Hopefully soon life will return to normal for all of us. The strain on some people both financially and mentally must be enormous.

Derek

[Pewster]

Having had the flu jab for the last 12 years in the U.K., ironically, due to permanently moving to Spain and being one of the ‘private medical’ expat brigade here, there is a shortage of flu jabs available beyond the Spanish health service despite having held a prescription since September. However, wether it’s down to the weather and climate or just pure luck, I’ve never felt better and had less coughs and sniffles this year, than during any of the last 12 years 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Blue and white stripes]

Part of my job was finding and employing suitable subcontractors for the construction companies I worked for. The frequent response was 'I've been doing this for thirty years' to which the reply was 'I don't want to know about thirty years, it's the last five which are important'.
I imagine that medical science moves rapidly as well.

[Derek]

Having had the flu jab for the last 12 years in the U.K., ironically, due to permanently moving to Spain and being one of the ‘private medical’ expat brigade here, there is a shortage of flu jabs available beyond the Spanish health service despite having held a prescription since September. However, wether it’s down to the weather and climate or just pure luck, I’ve never felt better and had less coughs and sniffles this year, than during any of the last 12 years 🤷🏼‍♂️

You would expect less chest type infections because the air is much drier in the GA area helped by the salt lakes around Santa Pola I expect. Glad the climate suits you. Even in the UK people get less chest infections once winter has passed.

Derek