Coronavirus (Covid19) Corner

[Big Kev]

AstraZeneca

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In and out again before my appointment time, all very well organised. First Saturday night out in a while

[Stanley]

And perhaps other ailments as well. It'll be interesting to see what appears in the news after the figures are processed.

[Tizer]

Confirmed by a Guardian article of 10th January...
`GPs in England see big drop in common cold and flu cases: Exclusive: coronavirus restrictions and increased uptake of flu vaccine is likely explanation, say experts' LINK

[Big Kev]

AstraZeneca

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In and out again before my appointment time, all very well organised. First Saturday night out in a while

Nearly 18 hours and the only thing I've noticed is a very mild tenderness at the injection site. So far so good

[Stanley]

That's about the time my mild symptoms clocked in. Go to bed and rest Ken if you feel any...

[Big Kev]

Not sure if yesterday's headache was vaccine related, it only lasted about an hour. Other than the very mild tenderness at the injection site all is good this morning, might have another walk today if the weather dries up.

[Stanley]

Take it easy for a day or two?

[PanBiker]

The AstraZeneca vaccine is the one that seems to invoke most mild symptoms.

[Big Kev]

Aye, I read that Ian. The staff at the vac centre rattled off a lot of potential side effects that could last up to 72 hours, fortunately we both appear to escaped any.

[PanBiker]

Sally had a few days under the weather but she has a compromised immune system to start with as a result of her surgery. She is more bothered with if anything they shove in her has Aspirin in, she has a violent allergic reaction to the drug. My sore arm kicked in four days after the jab and I had one day when I felt a bit lethargic.

[Tizer]

Tell Sally to check labels for methyl salicylate and methyl salicylic acid, not just aspirin (which is acetyl salicylic acid). Methyl salicylate now pops up in all sorts of things from medicines to sweets. It's common in creams for rubbing on sore joints etc and can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Over-use of such creams can trigger an aspirin allergy. I happened to notice the other day that Boots surgical spirit contains methyl salicylate, for example.

[PanBiker]

I shall mention it, last time was at the hospital even though it is written in red on the top of her notes! Probably not on the electronic versions though which is a bit of a disadvantage I reckon. She cant have needles in her left arm either due to no lymph nodes at that side.

[Stanley]

I keep telling you lot how lucky I am. Hard luck Sally!

[Whyperion]

Aye, that's the one.

Interesting that 'most things will be back to normal' by June but furlough has been extended to September...

I think that with Europe and Parts of the rest of the world we trade with (inc USA) being behind in vaccines compared to the UK, its prudent for things like the travel industry, it also shifts the need to give redundancy notices until start August, so businesses will be able to see how July has gone for them too. The money to govt apparently changes, 80percent pay of which employers will have to pay 10percent in July and 20percent in Aug / Sept (is that percent of the lower furlough pay or the normal pay rate ?) so its basically not really going to be much use to some employers with no access to incoming funds ?

[Whyperion]

Sally had a few days under the weather but she has a compromised immune system to start with as a result of her surgery. She is more bothered with if anything they shove in her has Aspirin in, she has a violent allergic reaction to the drug. My sore arm kicked in four days after the jab and I had one day when I felt a bit lethargic.

Funny that sore arm appearing a few days later, thought it was only me or I was inventing it. does not help lying on one side in bed either but you have to put your arms somewhere. As to if the reaction is the viral load or the carried fluids I am not sure - or just the idea of the body being attacked physically !

[Whyperion]

AstraZeneca
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In and out again before my appointment time, all very well organised. First Saturday night out in a while

Someone mentioned that the likes of Boris and Matt Hancock had shares / investments in AZ (well I assume my pension fund has too). its easy to draw conspiracy thoughts, though given all the other (wasted? ) govt expenditure some cash for medical research etc seems a rather small amount that will fizzle down to rising share prices and profits.

[plaques]

Test and Trace, coming under scrutiny by MP committee . They obviously don't like the smell of it. Test & Trace. Initiated under the 'no limits' emergency contracts. Looks like we have lost control of this nice little money earner.

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[Tizer]

Test and Trace, coming under scrutiny by MP committee...

`The committee acknowledges significant investment was needed to set up the system at speed after the pandemic struck. But it criticised an over-use of consultants, saying it needed to "wean itself off its persistent reliance on consultants" which were costing an average of £1,100 a day each and some of whom had been paid more than £6,600 a day. On last count, there were still 2,500 being used, the MPs said. Mr Shapps was asked why expensive consultants were still being used at a time when the government had said a 1% pay rise for NHS staff was all that it could afford. He said he did not know the detail but defended the "complexities" of the job that Test and Trace needed to do...'. BBC

I think we should be told who these consultants are, what qualifications and experience warrant their being recruited, and what they actually did. (I looked out the window and couldn't see any pigs flying over.)

[Stanley]

Just read Private Eye, they were on Dido Harding's case 3 years ago and have been pointing out the iniquities being perpetrated under the guise of 'consultancies' and charging ridiculous hourly rates for call centre staff switched from customer complaints to track and trace simply by giving them a new script.
What isn't mentioned that even a firm like SERCO who were found guilty of fraud in the matter of tagging prisoners gets repeat contracts. Remember probation?

[plaques]

Mission accomplished. Second Pfizer vaccine injected yesterday at Colne Health Centre. Very efficiently run with a 10 minute sit and wait after the injection. One little hiccup, After our first vaccination we got a little card giving us the date of our next vaccine appointment. This was cancelled the day before we were due so the appointment card was discarded. In all events we should have retained the card on our next visit, 10 weeks later, not to worry they just issued another with the vaccine details on it.
No after affects so far although I did ask my resident chief medical officer if I could be excused vacuuming duties. Won't post the reply.

[Big Kev]

Youngest offspring has been back teaching in the classroom since Monday, one of the pupils has now had a positive test so it's back home again.
It's going well...

[PanBiker]

My daugher Carla has been teaching throughout the pandemic and so far has dodged the bullet thankfully.

[Stanley]

"I did ask my resident chief medical officer if I could be excused vacuuming duties"
That made me laugh. Thanks!

[Big Kev]

My daugher Carla has been teaching throughout the pandemic and so far has dodged the bullet thankfully.

He's been teaching remotely since Christmas, apparently he walked past the 'infected' child in the corridor yesterday.

[PanBiker]

Carla has been with between six and eight kids who are all from key worker families. Consequently her children have had to go to their school in Silsden on the same kind of basis. Benefit of course is that they haven't missed much schooling just their mates in their cohorts.