A spring booster of the COVID-19 vaccine is available to people aged 75 and over, people who live in a care home for older people, or people aged 12 and over who have a weakened immune system.
I booked to have a spring booster when I turned up at the vaccination centre I was refused because it wasn't 6 months since I had my 3rd one,I was told to wait till 6 months had passed.
saxo1
Over 75s are currently being invited for second boosters up here: we don’t initiate the appointment (at least, not in my health board area). And yes, NHS Scotland puts 24 weeks between the 1st and 2nd booster.
Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 24/4/2022
I booked to have a spring booster when I turned up at the vaccination centre I was refused because it wasn't 6 months since I had my 3rd one,I was told to wait till 6 months had passed.
saxo1
Our GP said that would happen at a vaccination centre unless you could provide evidence of any compromising condition, but it was fine at the GP surgery clinic (my last booster was in early December). From NHS (England) website:
'Timing of the spring booster
You should be offered an appointment around 6 months (and not before 3 months) since your last dose of vaccine.'
We're hoping to go to France early next month, so would have gone over the 6 months recommendation if I'd had to wait. I feel a lot more confident in going away now I've had the booster.
For anyone who is 65 or over or who has serious health conditions, it's worth checking if you can also receive the pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccination, since if you do get covid in a bad way, it's the respiratory system that's most affected.
They don't seem to publicise this but it is stated on NHS England.
I hope this helps someone.
Link doesn't seem to he working. This is what it states:
'Pneumococcal vaccine overview
The pneumococcal vaccine protects against serious and potentially fatal pneumococcal infections. It's also known as the pneumonia vaccine.
Pneumococcal infections are caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and can lead to pneumonia, blood poisoning (sepsis) and meningitis.
At their worst, they can cause permanent brain damage, or even kill.
Who should have the pneumococcal vaccine
Anyone can get a pneumococcal infection. But some people are at higher risk of serious illness, so it's recommended they're given the pneumococcal vaccination on the NHS.
These include:
babies
adults aged 65 or over
children and adults with certain long-term health conditions, such as a serious heart or kidney condition
Babies are offered 2 doses of pneumococcal vaccine, at 12 weeks and at 1 year of age.
People aged 65 and over only need a single pneumococcal vaccination. This vaccine is not given annually like the flu jab.
If you have a long-term health condition you may only need a single, one-off pneumococcal vaccination, or a vaccination every 5 years, depending on your underlying health problem.'
I had mine at John Smith's Stadium yesterday and had a real moan at the staff.
Up 2 flights of stairs and join the queue.
A couple of minutes later a bloke arrived in a right state. Using a cane and struggling for breath, he sat down and had to use his inhaler and was told by one of the staff that , "Don't worry, we'll take you back down in the lift."
He said, "I'm not too bad going down stairs, it's the 400 yard walk to the car park that'll do me in!"
I told the staff and the site manager that this was a disgrace. The manager agreed with me and told the bloke that he would be taken back to his car with the site wheelchair. I told her it wasn't good enough, and the "meet & Greet" staff and stewards downstairs should be advising the victims, mostly over 75's, that a lift worked in both directions and they staff should be informing them when they arrived.
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I had my pneumonia vaccine about 4 years ago, and wished I'd had it a few years earlier before I'd had a very nasty bout of it! I would certainly recommend anyone to get the pneumonia vaccine as soon as it is offered to them. I definitely never want pneumonia again.
We are both 75 and we had our second booster less than six months after the first, it was only a couple of weeks before the six months was up. I booked online via the NHS and they accepted the booking. WE had the Moderna and both had a bit of a reaction to it.
Quote: Originally posted by David Klyne on 24/4/2022
We are both 75 and we had our second booster less than six months after the first, it was only a couple of weeks before the six months was up. I booked online via the NHS and they accepted the booking. WE had the Moderna and both had a bit of a reaction to it.
David
We both had a reaction to the first one, Astra Zeneca, but nothing with the second one or the booster. The booster was the Pfizer one and that was last October if I remember right. Just got to wait for our second booster now.
The new booster for Covid 19, can knock people for a sixer, for a few days,
become unwell.
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Quote: Originally posted by heath63 on 30/4/2022
The new booster for Covid 19, can knock people for a sixer, for a few days,
become unwell.
Any of them has the potential to do that, I think it depends very much on the individual and is impossible to predict. It seems that no two people react the same with any of them.
We’re well under 75 so we don’t qualify for the current round of second boosters. So we both caught Covid instead & we’re treating that as our second booster. Tested positive for almost 2 weeks, when our rules up here required 10 days isolation (rule ends next week).
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