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It happened in Hull a few years ago, the Papa’s chain celebrated by selling F&C’s for 1p a pop too👍🏻😊, the queues ran for miles😂😂
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One of our favourite chippies is out your way, at Brandesburton. Delicious......we usually call on way home from Fraisthorpe👍
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There was a short queue at our medical centre this morning when I arrived, lots of volunteers throughout the building, directing and cleaning down seat, and when I came out it appeared that there were volunteer vehicles delivering more recipients to the centre. All in all very well organised. I was told that they hoped to vaccinate 1200 people today, up from 350 a day during the week, so would have had their work cut out. It took about 35 mins from arrival to departure, including a 10 mins or so recovery period. Well done to all at the clinic.
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I forgot to add that I received a text from our doctors' a day ago, as a reminder, confirming my vaccination appointment.
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We have had Fish & chips from our Chinese take away tonight, we have been using them for years, even some friends from Knaresborough say they were really good
The owner (velly nice man) and I were talking about the the high virus cases in this area ,and he was right when he says it needs a Chinese style lockdown to make any difference
although one of his relatives in Beijing (clothing industry) has said they are now experiencing a big spike that has not yet been brought under control
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yes full +1
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Seems as though people in MK are now going to have to drive to Stevenage, 35 miles away if they want their vaccine in the quickest time. The same will apply elsewhere in the country. Apparently you will have the option of having it locally but you will have to wait a bit longer. Can't help thinking this is just another Government scheme to show they are doing something rather than achieving the same by quietly getting on with it locally. What worries me is that these large centres will rob local vaccination points of supplies. I know lots of people who whilst they manage their lives perfectly and can get around locally no longer have cars for on reason or another.
David
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I think the maximum is a 45 min drive and then you can decline and wait for your local GP or centre to do the vaccine later. We haven't got anything near us but in high population areas it will probably work.
Personally, I think if it's the oxford version and is easily transportable it could have been rolled out locally like the flu vaccine?
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I can understand siting a large vaccination centre somewhere central for predominantly rural areas, allow those who live in small villages, farmsteads, etc..... easier access, but not so much in urban areas. Somewhere like my Mum used, a big urban sports centre proved ideal. Lots of such spaces in towns and cities. Mum’s was organised by her surgery, working with local NHS, and it was very well organised. No queuing outside, well spaced sitting area under cover, no one waited more than 10 minutes, taken through in socially distanced batches, plenty of folks moving things along.
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Looking at info on line, it looks like there will be 2 places in our local area giving vaccinations, no detail as yet, but may well be GP surgeries, or town hall as used for our flu ones back in October.
They are now saying everyone in group 4 or above in Scotland will have been offered a first vaccination by 15/02, which is the same as the PM was saying yesterday. I think they may struggle with that, but hope to be proved wrong!
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I think the large vaccination hubs are a good thing. They will more more efficient in administering the vaccine thereby getting more people immunised.
A drive of less than an hour is a small price to pay for ensuring the maximum number of people get the vaccine.
For comparison when i'm not working from home it's an hours drive each way to work every day.
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True, and at the moment it's the older part of the population that are being prioritised for vaccination and they are more likely not to have cars, however most will probably be in some form of a protective bubble with someone who has a car.
In a few weeks a younger portion of the population will be invited to have a vaccination and they are more likely to have access to a car.
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Folks don’t want to be driving too far in Winter months. Snow, fog, ice, etc......
Just saying.....
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We've just heard that the Bath&West showground will be used as a vaccine venue, that's about half an hour away for our area. However even with a car I'm guessing that will probably be at least a two hour turn around and weather dependent in the Mendips. I also hope facilities are available for travellers to the venue.
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Today the government have published its vaccination plans in some detail, a 47 page document. Part of the plan is to have 2700 centres for administering the vaccine, so hopefully one will be near you.
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Any idea where they are expecting folks to travel in from Brue? If I recall round there, the roads are not major, just wondering. I do know Yeovil has a very nice Leisure Centre, Goldenstones, maybe that’s in use for Yeovil residents? Might be car parking and queuing that is issue.
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I had my first dose at the Hollmfirth Memorial Hospital. Some of the reception staff from my local GP practice were working there. Only a small place, the waiting area had about a dozen chairs. I got the impression that they would only be able to get through one batch each day. I did read that they were intending to use the John Smith’s Stadium at some point in the future. Maybe they will give you a swift half while you’re recuperating after 🤞
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Some disquiet near here as Chichester "had nowhere suitable" as a vaccination centre. I find that hard to believe as the Chichester Theatre isn't operational and the adjacent car park will have less customers with many shops closed. I wonder who makes these decisions.
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At present Yeovil hospital is being used as a vaccination centre although I don't know anyone who has been, Goldenstones shares parking with the country park so probably not going to be used. Morrison's is earmarked for future use. Our area is further away and I've only heard of a centre in Crewkerne and one local getting called there so far!
We were told that South Somerset was later to recieve the vaccine and I'm hoping things will take off soon...
I'm glad to hear of densely populated areas getting on with it, we're not as crowded and although our rates are high they're nothing like some places.
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I saw a map in the paper the other day with coloured dots indicating the location of the various types of vaccination centre.
The county of Yorkshire, the largest in the country, was mainly white paper with just three dots. One in Sheffield, one in Leeds and one in Hull. The rest of England looked like a bad case of acne!
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There’s lots of GP surgery action around us, hospitals are doing them as well for in patients. Smaller hubs, dotted up and down. The nearest of the super centres to us is Manchester.....really useful🙄It can take an hour to get through Tintwhistle on a good day, so that trip would be around three, four hours realistically. Mind, if it’s all there was, I wouldn’t hesitate.
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We still have not heard anything in our village/city about a vaccination hub.
We've checked our GPs website its not been updated since before Christmas so no info there. We do know that care homes staff and residents are getting done but so far no one in the community has had a jab.
Dundee has started their population as has Edinburgh, its not the fact that folk aren't being done that's getting frustrating, its that there is no information about how, when and where its going to happen.
Just total silence for know, we are the same health board as Dundee so would have expected to have heard something about the arrangements by now.
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We've heard nothing here either - I expect they're busy organising things??
We do know over 80's were invited before Christmas to Basildon, at the point the real hot point infection area, at least a 40 mile round trip. Some folk declined on grounds of too far and unfamiliar roads. A bus journey, if they wanted to use, of an hour each way walk to and from starting and depositing bus stops plus dangers of being on public transport etc.
The large hubs being set up are not for everyone to reach easily either. Mixed message again, stay home stay local - drive for up to an hour get vaccination??? Bad weather, shorter days, full hospitals, busy ambulances..........
OH should be in the highly vunerable group, we get a letter EVERY TIME theres a lockdown, another waste of resources 😤 if you're in that group it's most unlikely you'll get out of it! So should hear very soon 🤞. My birthday soon which will push me up a group 😀 never thought I'd be glad to be older 😉.
On the subject of being out and about being necessary what about the reporters into hospitals, PM and ministers into vaccination centres, on the spot reporters? Bristol and Epsom spring to mind, reports in ITU causing additional stress and taking folk away from their proper job. A double edged sword, appreciation but additional risks in many ways.
I was talking to a friend and ex colleague work continuing as usual, unlike 1st lockdown when all but real essential staff in and covering.
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