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Covid 19 Vaccinations - Angela Moss (26th Jan 2021 - 12:39:12) My husband and I have just returned from having our first Covid vaccination. We would like to say a huge thank to The Liphook Village Surgery, and all the people, in the Festival Hall, Petersfield. It really is a 'super slick' operation. Well done to everybody. Hope you all stay safe and well.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Rachel Rabbit (26th Jan 2021 - 22:31:28) Liphook surgery definitively seem to be on the ball. I myself had a phone call from the surgery to book me in for my jab (clinically extremely vulnerable) for this week. Well done Liphook and keep up the good work :-)

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Patk (27th Jan 2021 - 07:28:23) I thought the organisation of getting so many people vaccinated at Festival Hall , Petersfield yesterday was the result of a lot of hard work. All helpers were so polite and friendly. Thank you Liphook Village Surgery. The free parking was a bonus too.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Keith Thomas (27th Jan 2021 - 08:54:46) I can only echo the comments above after my first jab yesterday. Fabulously well run and organised, so thanks to the brilliant volunteers as well as the NHS for making this important step happen so well. Whilst I’m not quite needle-phobic I’m not that comfortable with them and I honestly didn’t feel a thing when injected, it was so quick, and I have woken this morning with no sore arm (unlike the flu jab) and no side effects. If you’re offered it, GET IT DONE ✔️

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - MJR (27th Jan 2021 - 12:16:46) As a volunteer marshal at the Festival Hall I can confirm that I was advised by the vaccination team leader that they aim to vaccinate 1000 people per day. Yesterday was very busy, but as with all vaccination sessions, all went very smoothly. It was a pleasure to be involved in such an efficient organisation.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - jaybee (27th Jan 2021 - 13:12:48) My wife and I are patients at Riverside Surgery Liss. We had our first injections on Christmas Eve and it was anticipated that we would have the second this week but as one hears on the news this has been delayed. EXCELLANT SERVICE

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - D the keyboard warrior with too much time on his/her hands (29th Jan 2021 - 10:07:05) Ditto to everything said so far. My elderly relative had his done earlier this week and he was well impressed. Mine shouldn't be long now. People really appreciate what you and your friends are doing, MJR. I can't thank you enough. I only hope my relative did have his done and didn't just wander in and out again. :-)

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Angelisa (30th Jan 2021 - 15:12:06) Yay! I’m vaccinated. Pfizer. I didn’t get a sticker 😕. I’m quite perplexed with the logistics of it all though. Large amount of crowding in confined spaces at Guy’s Hospital; the entrance closest to the Atrium, where the vaccination takes place, was shut. So, everyone was directed through the main hospital entrance, down the corridors to get to the Atrium, which was literally heaving. People were squashed together, and the wait initially was 30 minutes, I was told. The queue behind me was down the corridor, all waiting to get in. I waited outside, in the fresh air, for 20 mins, with a further 20 minutes inside. There was no sensible supervisor able to direct us to the EMPTY atrium next door? Or alert people that there was a 20-30 minute delay, and to come back in say 30 minutes? That was the first queue; then you are registered and asked to wait in an even more crowded waiting area, 1m or less apart. And a further wait of 30 minutes. After the jab you are offered tea of coffee (masks off) and asked to wait in another crowded area for another 15 mins. So, roughly 1.5 hours inside unless you grab some air outside for some of that period, as I did. The cleaners aren’t wearing masks, as is often the case due to medical exemption. Neither, obviously are people drinking tea and coffee. I’m sure the staff are doing their best, but it does seem that the organisers haven’t really got a grip with the logistics. I don’t know if it’s just me being silly, but surely, after what we’ve been told, it doesn’t make sense to cram everyone together, inside, in unventilated rooms, in a hospital, for over an 1 hour and a half 🤷🏼‍♂️.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Gr (30th Jan 2021 - 16:20:27) Petersfield in and out within 15 minutes plenty of room all well organised

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Rachel Rabbit (30th Jan 2021 - 17:27:58) Hospitals are strange places! I just came out of Kings last night after a few days stuck on a ward! I have to say, Kings staff were all wearing masks at all times and the rules were vehemently adhered to. The strangest thing was how quiet the hospital was. Scanning department and x ray. The corridors so quite. Your experience at Guys is not good, sounds like it was not thought through very well. Anyway, thank goodness for our wonderful hospitals and their staff. Stay safe everyone :-)

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - liz (30th Jan 2021 - 17:41:57) Why did you need to go to Guys? Do you live in Liphook?

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Nikki (1st Feb 2021 - 14:08:04) Had mine at Forest Surgery Bordon last Wednesday (live on the outskirts of liphook) Very well organised indeed. 2nd dose within 12 weeks I was told (Oxford Vaccine) . For those who are shielding, do read your latest letter as the advice for immunocompromised people is to continue to shield as they aren't sure how much protection we will get, imo some is better than none

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Dave (5th Feb 2021 - 16:58:18) Am I the only 1 NOT having the vaccine

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Rachel Rabbit (5th Feb 2021 - 17:20:59) I did not say I had had it! I said I have been offered it!

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Sam (6th Feb 2021 - 00:10:25) Well done Dave, you are special mate, you keep reading those tabloids and Facebook bud, after all those sources of research created civilisation, you swerve that vaccine buddy, proper order mate

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Jeff (6th Feb 2021 - 01:33:24) Dave. Smallpox. Polio. Diphtheria. Hib. Meningococcal infections. Whooping cough. Tetanus. Hep B. Hep A. Rubella. Measles. Mumps. HPV. 200 years ago 1 in 3 kids didn’t live to see their 5th birthday. 1 in 3....... Today it’s less than 1 in 250, and getting better all the time. Please get the vaccine.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - passfield resident (6th Feb 2021 - 12:59:05) Very well put Jeff. We take modern healthcare for granted most of the time.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Ian (6th Feb 2021 - 14:01:25) Dave, I expect you are not the only one that won’t have the vaccine, however you’re probably in the minority with those other pillocks that think this is something to brag about! Some of us want it but have been told by their doctors we cannot, if you are in this group then apologies, if not, you’re a selfish ignorant twit

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Jacob (8th Feb 2021 - 14:08:02) Dave, if you get covid I hope you won't be needing hospital treatment and putting all the people that work there in danger? Because you didn't have the vaccine

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Dave (9th Feb 2021 - 06:08:43) The reason why I'm not taking the vaccine is because I have had covid 19 I am still recovering, and it really wasn't half as bad as I imagined, there is too much scare mongering over it. It was just like a real bad flu, pretty grotty, but not that bad. Good luck to you all and stay safe.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - liz (9th Feb 2021 - 06:29:30) Dave. I am sure you are not as stupid as you appear on this thread. The fact that you, fortunately, had mild symptoms does not mean that it is the same for everyone. If you pass on Covid to someone else it could kill them.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Donald (9th Feb 2021 - 08:56:49) Dave - 113,000 dead so far! FACT, not scaremongering you idiot

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Flu (9th Feb 2021 - 15:51:48) Just to be clear, a mild case of COVID isn't just really bad flu. Flu kills too, and with a similar discrimination pattern as COVID (i.e elderly and at risk groups with respiratory illnesses/conditions), whilst still being able to kill younger healthier adults. If anything a mild case of COVID is a mild case of flu. Real flu isn't something you sit in front of the TV and chill out for a couple of days whilst popping a couple of paracetamol. The only difference between flu and COVID is that the worst cases of COVID result in death a lot more than the worst cases of Flu (mostly due to the fact that diagnosis and treatment of flu is substantially better than 100 years ago when it had a good crack at wiping out a substantial portion of humanity). If you're drawing equivalencies between Flu and COVID be under no illusion, flu is not some easy breezy virus that just goes away. There's a reason flu vaccinations are offered every year. It's not for fun, scientists don't just get round a table and go "you know what might be a fun little side project, let's develop a new flu vaccine every year, it's not really a serious illness and it barely ever kills everyone, but we've got nothing better to do - a cure for cancer or HIV can wait"

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - AF (9th Feb 2021 - 21:51:02) Covid19 is a corona virus which is part of the flu family and although it can be dangerous for the vast majority of the population it is not dangerous. We have had over 100,000 deaths but of that number only around 300 were under 50 with no other vulnerabilities. So if you're under 50 and get it you will almost certainly be fine you might feel grotty but you won't die. The media are doing a good job a scaring everyone. To be honest even if you over 70 and get it you have an 85% chance of surviving. However as far as the vaccines go, i probably don't need it as i'm not scared and falling for all the fake news, BUT i will take it because it's the only way we can escape lockdown, and we need to support the MP's who have formed the Covid Research Group who are the only sensible politicians who are trying to get us out of this ridiculous and unnessasary lockdown. This lockdown is far far far worse than COVID19.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - passfield resident (10th Feb 2021 - 11:51:56) AF-great to hear that you're not scared. I'm not especially scared for myself, but I feel very sorry for all the families who have lost loved ones. If everyone shared your point of view we would have had many more deaths. You're pretty short on empathy.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - C (10th Feb 2021 - 12:11:46) Can I just remind everyone that having the vaccine is NOT just about protecting yourself. There are people with comprised immunity who cannot be vaccinated and the only way they can ever emerge from shielding is once their risk of catching Covid is minimal. This means stopping the transmission so, despite vaccination most people, we will also need to keep going with the masks and distancing until the number of cases is very low. Even if you don't care whether you catch Covid or not, you should still be vaccinated to drive down the number of cases.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Don (10th Feb 2021 - 13:50:06) Look. Can everyone just get the bloody vaccine so we can get the pubs open again?!

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Sam (10th Feb 2021 - 23:28:48) AF, Whilst a lot of what your saying is correct it does not address the actual reasoning for the lockdown. We locked down as the NHS was reaching a dangerous bursting point of not being able to provide assistance to those that needed it. Had we gone with your alternative "it’s the media" theory and just let loose/no lockdown let it happen idea then many people would start dying in the car parks of hospitals with no access even to the building nor a single medical professional able to treat them given the vast desperate crowds arriving hour after hour. If that’s the sort of society problem your happy to accommodate then your insane. Also have you done the maths on the 85% of over 70's your suggesting will survive if we follow your "it’s only the flu" alternative idea? There are 8.6 million over 70's in the UK, your brilliant idea just let 1.32 million (15% percent that remain and will according to you die) overwhelm the NHS and then die. That is in excess of 10 times the amount of people that have already died! Thank god you don’t make the decisions! You don’t like lock down... we get it, but try and articulate your justification for ending lockdown rather than embarrassing yourself with vast hole filled facts you picked with your bias and perhaps just legit tell us your bored, or skint, or read too many crap papers etc., then we will take you seriously.

Re: Covid 19 Vaccinations - Penny Williamson (11th Feb 2021 - 09:26:31) Thank you Sam - your post makes a great deal of sense. The only reason why the Government locks us down is, and this is blindingly obvious to most people, when it becomes clear that the NHS cannot cope with the number of admissions. Until these admissions become manageable we will stay in lockdown, so please everyone that can, have the jab. No one likes being in lockdown. The Government acts upon the advice of the scientists and I don't suppose they like lockdown any more than the rest of us.

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