Covid-19

[littlebray]

First jab next week. Fcek it, I must be the oldest poster on here!

First jab 10 April. Want to compare birthdates?

[ForzaForth]

St. Gerards?

[littlebray]

No, I'm currently in exile.

[ForzaForth]

Only joking, of course. You'll have to take the title of Supreme Elder!

[dahamsta]

I'm 48 but I'm a fat b'stard. :)

[samhaydenjr]

Got my first A-Zen shot last Monday - I'm in Canada and for the General Population we're all getting first shots before people start to get their second in an effort to hit herd immunity quicker - so it could be 12-16 weeks before I'm fully vaccinated

[tetsujin1979]

Sounds like it'll need a third ring eventually.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pfizer-boss-says-third-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-likely-needed-within-12-months-40319574.html

I've had a few thoughts on how to add the single dose vaccinations
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[John83]

Yeah, the third one gets the idea across best.

You could also eliminate the distinction between single shot and fully vaccinated with both shots, if the point of the chart is to show progress towards fully vaccinated.

[backstothewall]

Yeah, the third one gets the idea across best.

You could also eliminate the distinction between single shot and fully vaccinated with both shots, if the point of the chart is to show progress towards fully vaccinated.

I agree, but to me it feels like the first and second dose segments should have their position switched if possible.

[tetsujin1979]

I agree, but to me it feels like the first and second dose segments should have their position switched if possible.
As in the first dose on the inside ring and the second on the outside?

[tetsujin1979]

Record first doses administered, and total doses, but the disappointing second dose numbers (lowest in nearly two months) means it's a little short of the expected 210k total: https://twitter.com/COVID19IECharts/status/1389523565108736012

[ForzaForth]

Just in case it's of use to anyone - first vaccine yesterday in Riverside Hotel, Enniscorthy. Really well organised there - in and out in 25 minutes including 15 minute observation period. AZ vaccine administered which I'd probably prefer rather than the MRNAs, but I'd happily take anything. Even though you're wearing a mask on the way in, they give you a new one and ask you to change. Thus far, only very mild symptoms but nothing to worry about and could certainly go to a match if there was one on. The jab administrator recommended that I take a course of paracetamol for 24 hours after the jab which I'm doing.

[passinginterest]

My Mam just turned 59, registered in the morning yesterday and within an hour had a call from her GP and was down and vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine first dose. My Dad is just about to turn 63 and registered nearly two weeks ago, but hasn't been called yet. Different GPs and my Mam would have a few more underlying risks so may have influenced her being called so quickly. 10th of May is the first day of intercounty travel and my Dad's birthday too, so I'm looking forward to popping down for a possible round of golf.

[tetsujin1979]

Passed 500,000 fully vaccinated at the weekend, roughly 10% of the population, and administered 244,000 doses in the previous seven days

[John83]

A quarter million a week, or a million a month, sounds like the kind of speed we need all right. Pity it's taken us so long to get there, but the months ahead should look a lot better.

[dahamsta]

I have my first dose on the 24th via my GP. Yahoo!

[passinginterest]

First dose of Pfizer vaccine later today. Didn't expect to be on a priority list (I'm 38), although I am on an immune suppressant drug for psoriatic arthritis (at the mild end of the scale). After last meeting with rheumatologist I though it was unlikely I'd be called early but got a text out of the blue last week.

[Eminence Grise]

Registered yesterday. I'll be happy to take whatever one I'm offered.

[BonnieShels]

I'm about to be due my second AZ vaccine in the second week of June as part of the "12-week second dose" schedule. I reckon I'll be eligible by virtue of the date of my uteral expulsion then but won't be given AZ.

Hard to know how to approach it.

I got the first back in Feb by virtue of being a front-line worker in Test Centre.

Only for HMRC have been incredibly awful at issuing me my National Insurance number, by virtue of my job working for a a utility based in the North, I could well have stocked right up and got one there too!

Vaccines, five for 50!

[Mr A]

Got my first Pfizer jab on Friday, woohoo

[dahamsta]

Got mine yesterday. Screw the rest of ye. :)

[Eminence Grise]

And pfft to you too, Adam! I got a haircut last week. So there!! Cost a fortune - they charged me by the weight of it!

Got my appointment today for 3.30 tomorrow. Pfizer for me.:doctor: Can not wait...

[John83]

And pfft to you to, Adam! I got a haircut last week. So there!! Cost a fortune - they charged me by the weight of it!
I got a haircut recently too. Cost €20 from a fella usually charges €12. Can't say I didn't expect some kind of surcharge, as he has extra costs and months spent closed during which he may have been paying rent, but it felt steep. I hope this nonsense doesn't persist.

[Eminence Grise]

I started going to a place Mrs Grise found when the first lockdown was easing up, so it's a bit more upmarket than I was used to. Weird how there seems to be an inverse law of the universe that the less hair I have on top the more it costs to cut.:o

Anyway, just back home from Citywest. One Pfizer jab down. No ill effects yet, but still early doors. It's some operation there - very streamlined and professional, couldn't have had a nicer nurse (other than the one I married!!)... If any of you work or volunteer there or somewhere similar, it's something to be proud of.

[peadar1987]

Got my first dose in Glasgow on Sunday. Pfizer. Had a sore arm for a day or two, and was pretty wiped on Monday, otherwise no major side effects

[tetsujin1979]

Registered this morning, seeing a few people on Twitter say they've gotten appointments in less than two days, but overall I'd say the average is around a week

[sidewayspasser]

For me, it took 12 days to get an appointment, but I've also heard of people who got theirs within a couple of days. Will get my first jab (Pfizer) on Tuesday.
Maybe it depends a bit on where you are within your age bracket, like they might have processed all the 49 and 48 year olds first before they move on to the 47, 46 and 45 year olds, which might be why it took a bit longer for me as a 45 year old.

[D24Saint]

Had my first Pfizer a week back , no after affect at all. I had a few beers and the hangover was worse. It’s only when you get it you realise how bad the anti vaccine nonsense is.

[CraftyToePoke]

Got my first one Pfizer three weeks ago having become eligible three weeks before that. I ran into a glitch in the UK bookings system which hinders a very small percentage who are eligible but the system doesn't recognise as being so. Helpdesk were aware of it so its happening plenty, said its an IT fix and to wait 72 hours, which I did, checking back with them each time the 72hrs had elapsed, each time I'm told the same - for three weeks. Local GP surgery couldn't help but checked all my details, registered correctly, problem wasn't there. All this time I could see unused appointments at the local vax centre and I was preparing to reopen my bar on May 20th & getting twitchy.

Emailed the local ( Tory ) MP detailing the above, got a reply within an hour asking for more details and saying the were on this. Head of the county NHS rang me within 24 hours saying they were on this and was sent an appointment link within an hour of him calling me offering a vax appt in a nearby town the next day. Obviously I took it. Tories, getting sh*t done ( or not wanting this in a local paper, who knows )

Had the jab, great set up in a nothing provincial town at the football clubs indoor facility, sore shoulder, wiped for a day energy wise but on and up.

[Neish]

Due to get my first jab (modena) on Saturday

[D24Saint]

Due to get my first jab (modena) on Saturday

Hearing about more people receiving that lately. There must a boost in the supply of it coming in.

[tetsujin1979]

Appointment text received - Thursday in Aviva stadium

[passinginterest]

Got my second dose of Pfizer yesterday. Absolutely no side effects so far, although I've taken a few precautionary paracetamol. A good week all around, I got prioritised because of my arthritis meds, but had a consultant visit this week and the arthritis is effectively in "remission". So I'm halving my meds now too and apart from the small enough damage done to my metatarsal joint, which is not reversible, I've no active arthritis inflammation.

Much busier in Citywest this time around, huge numbers milling in and out with Gardai having to direct traffic to clear junctions. I arrived the suggested 5 mins early for my 3.35 appointment. There was hundreds in the queue, but to be fair things kept moving at a decent rate. I was still in and out by 4.45, which considering the numbers around I was happy with. All the staff there are very nice, some of the people attending for the vaccinations not being so nice to them!

[dahamsta]

2nd dose of Pfizer yesterday, sore arm and joints and low energy but all to the greater good!

[Mr A]

I had my 2nd pfizer last Thursday and on Friday felt pretty bad, very fatigued along with headaches and general brain fog. But absolutely fecking delighted to get it even if it cost me a spin to a Harps game

[tetsujin1979]

Added hospitalisation data to the daily tweets
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[tetsujin1979]

First jab received in Aviva stadium today

[tetsujin1979]

The daily vaccination updates from the HSE have returned, so I've been able to post updated charts on twitter
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[backstothewall]

Second jab done.

Was originally due next week, but I'm going across to England for a couple of weeks so it had to be moved back until mid July. But they started accepting people over 30 for walk ins at the SSE Arena for second jabs so took myself down yesterday and I'm done.

Great bit of piece of mind before going away. All I need now is for Denmark to get the job done.

[tetsujin1979]

Record number of doses administered last week
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[Mr A]

Single dose is J+J right? That 45 number seems way off if so?

[nigel-harps1954]

Single dose seems well off alright, presume it doesn't include those being administered in pharmacies or doctors surgeries? The only conclusion I can come up with there.

[tetsujin1979]

yeah, those doses haven't been confirmed yet

[tetsujin1979]

Second dose this morning in Aviva stadium, ten minutes between arriving and sitting in recovery

[NeverFeltBetter]

First dose yesterday in Citywest. Absolutely no queue, was in and out in 20 minutes. Very nice Army Private did it for me. Sore arm today, but that's all.

Getting the Luas in and out was worse than the jab. The Red Line can be a real pit sometimes!

[sadloserkid]

Sitting in recovery in City Hall in Cork now after second dose. Completely painless process both times around.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Sitting in recovery in City Hall in Cork now after second dose. Completely painless process both times around.

That's something that's worth repeating I think, especially for the younger crowd who might not be used to vaccine shots. I have a huge fear of needles, so was prepared to be hyperventiliating yesterday, but it's literally a jab. It's over in a blink of an eye. Giving a blood sample last year was 100 times worse.

[nigel-harps1954]

Awaiting appointment for the second jab, but yeah first was grand. Sore arm for a few days and felt very tired that evening after it. Sweated buckets for about five minutes solid after the jab, the only strange side-effect I had. I'd be grand around needles, so wasn't any sort of nerves, but other than that, all grand.

[sadloserkid]

Sitting in recovery in City Hall in Cork now after second dose. Completely painless process both times around.

The day after I got the second Pfizer dose (yesterday) I was sicker than I've been in probably 20 years. Headache, fever, every muscle in my body ached. All back to normal today though.

[SkStu]

The day after I got the second Pfizer dose (yesterday) I was sicker than I've been in probably 20 years. Headache, fever, every muscle in my body ached. All back to normal today though.

my second Pfizer dose took me out too. Was actually fine for the 24 hours after (except sore arm) and then sick as a dog, in bed or on the couch for about 36 hours. Same as yourself. Not much by way of fever but aching legs and arms, headache, the lot.