Covid/Flu jab.

[TitanTim]

As there's not been a Covid thread for a while

I've been watching some of the Covid inquiry rubbish that's currently being aired, watched Cummings giving his evidence yesterday. I'm really not sure the point of it all now except its more money down the drain and no doubt all the notes being made each day will be filed away to forever gather dust. Finding some of the evidence being given both frightening and nauseating. How ill prepared the Government was.

It made me think of all the Covid discussions on here Anyways I have the Flu jab tomorrow but this time last year I had a Covid booster jab and had the Flu jab at the same time as it was offered.

The next day something really weird happened to my right eye in that each time I blinked I could see the retina at the back of the eye. It freaked me out to begin with, I Googled it and it can be common and nothing to worry about, it was quite annoying though. I went to the opticians and had a 3D scan done of the eyes back in July and mentioned it to the optician but nothing was found on the scans and optician couldn't explain the cause. All of a sudden in September the eye went back to normal, literally woke up one morning and all good again. I do wonder if it was just coincidence with the combined jab.

Will be sticking to just the Flu jab, although don't think the Covid is required now unless over 65 etc.

Tim.

[pvr]

Covid is not required for anyone anymore. Not planning on having either of those, having just had Covid for the first time thanks to the great unwashed at Gatwick.

Go for a holiday, it will do you good .... ok, 6 days in bed out of 9 days away, great stuff.

[TitanTim]

Covid is not required for anyone anymore. Not planning on having either of those, having just had Covid for the first time thanks to the great unwashed at Gatwick.

Go for a holiday, it will do you good .... ok, 6 days in bed out of 9 days away, great stuff.

Just been looking up on the Covid jab, you can still get a seasonable jab so long as you qualify for one, over 65, vulnerable etc, I'm pretty certain I've never had it, so might be a good excuse to go on a cheap cruise

Tim.

[Lynchy]

Strange you should say that Tim but when we had our booster in December 21 one of my wife’s eyes became very bloodshot. It eventually cleared and we thought nothing of it apart from whether the booster caused it. Two weeks after our booster I had a heart attack, I don’t suffer from anything and I’m always in good health and not over weight so that came as a massive shock. As for the flu jab we’ve never had one and have both vowed not to have and more boosters either.

[TitanTim]

Strange you should say that Tim but when we had our booster in December 21 one of my wife’s eyes became very bloodshot. It eventually cleared and we thought nothing of it apart from whether the booster caused it. Two weeks after our booster I had a heart attack, I don’t suffer from anything and I’m always in good health and not over weight so that came as a massive shock. As for the flu jab we’ve never had one and have both vowed not to have and more boosters either.

Interesting to hear, I don't know if it was just pure coincidence but strange it happened the following day after the combined jabs. I'd had them separate in previous years by weeks/months with no side effects. At the time of the last Covid booster I was offered the flu there and then and never gave it a second thought and just accepted the offer for the Flu jab, kill two birds with one stone at the time. I'm sure there was some sort of reaction of the 2 vaccines being taken together but no way of proving it. Certainly strange, it was like every time I blinked I had an image of the back in the eye that faded away and would reappear when I blinked again.

Hope you're on the mend now.

Tim.

[Pondrew]

The public enquiry about Covid is a waste of public money and a waste of time. If there is one thing that history has shown, it's that politicians and Governments make the same mistakes over and over. It's also irrelevant now, as those getting the blame are no longer in their positions.

Boris was NOT the right person, or equipped to deal with Covid; that is the message coming out of the enquiry. Don't think we needed an enquiry to realise that!

And our now PM's best idea? The 'eat out to help out' rubbish. No wonder Labour are being given millions of votes for free!

[Vornwend]

I'm as cynical as the next man but I don't think it's all a waste of time or money. Significant learning will emerge from the enquiry and there will be recommendations which the civil service and government will be expected to implement. Some of those will be hard coded into procedures and planning protocols so won't be forgotten.

Of course there are some lessons which refer to the qualities of leadership in times of crisis. Sadly we can't legislate against bad leaders - I suppose it's our job to spot them and do everything we can to see they never get into such powerful positions in the first place. In Johnsons case we can't say we weren't warned.

[TitanTim]

I'm as cynical as the next man but I don't think it's all a waste of time or money. Significant learning will emerge from the enquiry and there will be recommendations which the civil service and government will be expected to implement. Some of those will be hard coded into procedures and planning protocols so won't be forgotten.

Of course there are some lessons which refer to the qualities of leadership in times of crisis. Sadly we can't legislate against bad leaders - I suppose it's our job to spot them and do everything we can to see they never get into such powerful positions in the first place. In Johnsons case we can't say we weren't warned.

You would hope so but what we have learnt is that Johnson thought Covid was nature's way of dealing with old people and became obsessed with them accepting their fate, seems to me in was a cop out and demonstrated how little prepared the Government was I wonder what his thoughts were regarding his own elderly relatives, if he has any or did they receive special treatment.

Tim.

[Nanu]

from my limited knowledge, I understand there was a National Plan for a Influenza pandemic from 2014. This was updated in 2016 but was not updated in 2018 as it should have been due to Brexit negotiations. As soon as Covid hit, this plan was either ignored or those in charge at Public Health England did not know it existed.

There were no plans for any sort of lockdown and once that decision was made instead of herd immunity, chaos.

PS Eligible for Covid and Flu jabs, getting neither.

[Mr Tidy]

I got Covid last July and felt really rough for a few days, so I was glad I got offered the booster.

Had another Covid booster a month ago and flu a couple of weeks back and haven't had any issues with either so now I'm getting on a bit I'll keep having them as I'd prefer to avoid getting Covid or Flu!

[TitanTim]

I got Covid last July and felt really rough for a few days, so I was glad I got offered the booster.

Had another Covid booster a month ago and flu a couple of weeks back and haven't had any issues with either so now I'm getting on a bit I'll keep having them as I'd prefer to avoid getting Covid or Flu!

One of my work colleagues suffered from long covid, was off work for 6 months, she ended up paying for oxygen therapy sessions. Started off an hour a day for a month and then a few times a week for a couple of months. Basically she sat in an oxygen chamber like what divers use when they get the bends. She said it helped alot and speeded up her recovery. It was costly though.

Tim.

[dr_john]

I had Covid last August, first time. Thoroughly unpleasant experience, my bones ached like hell, couldn’t sleep, and most food tasted awful. Took a week or so to get through it, absolutely no mistaking it for flu or whatever.

Got my booster shot and flu jab last week.

[TitanTim]

I had Covid last August, first time. Thoroughly unpleasant experience, my bones ached like hell, couldn’t sleep, and most food tasted awful. Took a week or so to get through it, absolutely no mistaking it for flu or whatever.

Got my booster shot and flu jab last week.

I would certainly have the booster again but just not at the same time as the flu jab. I may have had Covid but showed no symptoms so might be the vaccine did its job in minimising the effects.

Tim.

[MikeyH]

Had both Covid and flu jabs already. don’t want to catch either. Now wife keeps on at me to have the Shingles one. My poor old arm.

[pvr]

Had both Covid and flu jabs already. don’t want to catch either. Now wife keeps on at me to have the Shingles one. My poor old arm.

Man up, you have two arms

You sure you don't need a Tetanus boost as well? Then you know you have had an injection