Mine was done this morning. It was the AZ. Great to be taking a good old British vaccine eh. I feel okay except for a tendency to be strutting around and flapping my arms like a chicken and my right eyelid keeps blinking involuntarily.
This backs up your earlier BMJ posting John from a few weeks ago, these are new results from the real world not trials, this is Israel, and casts doubt on the UK strategy to extend the delay for the second dose of Pfizer. Covid-19: Reports from Israel suggest one dose of Pfizer vaccine could be less effective than expected | The BMJ
I had the flu jab in the autumn and today’s AZ was much the same. In fact I am beginning to wonder if she actually punctured the skin. So far so good.
My neighbour is getting his done on Thursday and he is the same age as me. He only just came of Chemo for throat cancer a few months back. So no special treatment there.
They've stated that would be a limited trial at this point or at least that was what I heard the other week. I find all this arsing about completely ignoring the trials and the science completely wrong.
Right now I have an appointment for the 2nd dose in May. But it doesn’t say which type. I didn’t find out it was AZ until moments before it was delivered.
I have wondered about vaccines and people who are deliberately immunocompromised through the drugs used to treat various types of cancer, will the vaccine even work for this kind of patient.
I asked the lassie I spoke to today, she checked the shipment order and it's Oxford AZ that arrives here on Wednesday.
They have stated that the majority of people will get the same vaccine on second dose and that they will only mix if there are supply problems, but hey who knows.
David Davis MP and NAFLD and low carbohydrate diet. “So I WAS astonished to find that over the past couple of decades, vast numbers of high-calibre studies have been performed on the biology of food, digestion and exercise — and how metabolic diseases are caused. I used the data to compare success rates of the two main regimens — low-carbohydrate diets and low-fat diets. While both can bring benefits, going low-carb appears to be significantly more effective. The theory is that carbs, in the form of sugar and also starchy foods such as bread and pasta (which the body breaks down into sugars) trigger the release of insulin. Because insulin is a fuel-storage hormone, it makes your body build fat from the calories you consume.” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...ls-low-carb-diet-helped-transform-health.html
Looks like they have upped the shielding criteria...an extra 1.7 million have been brought into the shielding category.
Had a slight ache in the jabbed shoulder / upper arm today. But almost an identical ache to that from the flu jab I had last autumn. Fairly mild really.
So, the latest news is that English schools will reopen on 8 March, depending on factors including the rate of vaccination amongst priority groups. I haven't been able to do so many things with the kids being off as I have been home-schooling them, and that can be taxing trying to explain all kinds of weird and wonderful things that I had mostly forgotten.
@aposhark Are your children receiving Zoom lessons at all or similar? We have been making models of Stonehenge out of biscuits, simulating fossilised insects in amber using a lego spider in frozen orange cordial and simulating plate tectonics using crackers, Philadelphia cheese and red food colouring. Plus maths, comprehension etc etc. Even PE lessons via YouTube from the school Dance teacher.
