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This year will see the 50th consecutive year that I've had a 'flu jab. And I've never had 'flu or even mild side effects from the jabs, apart from local tenderness for a day.

@joglynne I went through the list, and it's only our local Tesco (fully booked) and one branch of Lloyds (fully booked). A private clinic will be offering them "once supplies stabilise", but ASDA has said no plans to offer them again this year. Boots' booking system doesn't work.

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So you started getting the jab when you were 15? Why so young?

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WOW
That is terrible Taf, we have so many places to get the flu jab that a couple of chemists near us are doing walk in jabs rather than doing appointments.

Our GP has not received any supplies so he's not as yet involved in the flu jabs and this has freed up his staff to do a concerted mop up operation for those patients who they have been identified as still needing/wanting their 1st, 2nd or 3rd/booster covid jabs.

:erm: I do have to wonder if having the 5th highest rate of infections in England has maybe prompted my area, Trafford, to get so many supplies of both the flu and covid vaccinations.

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No it doesnt.

It might give you flu like symptoms as your body reacts to it, but thats all.

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It worked for me on Friday so might be worth trying again. I booked one for today.

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And me, it worked fine. Maybe it’s different in darkest Wales! ;)

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It also worked for me, I booked mine at my local boots last week [ok].

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RAF entry, barely 16, then we had to keep all our jabs up-to-date in case of overseas deployment. One of the first sessions was the old sugar cube (polio?) and 6 jabs in one minute. Then the rest of the day off.... bliss.

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I chatted with the Tesco Pharmacist today. They had agreed a set number of 'flu jabs for each week. The first week only half arrived, ditto the second, The third week less than a quarter was supplied. Their online booking system is in a total mess, so has now been closed until the correct number of doses arrive and the backlog cleared.

I was told that Boots and Lloyds are in the same boat.

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After we got the 6 jabs, we went on a 5 mile run (Swinderby 74).

After that, half the Entry lay in bed feeling poorly, the rest of us went to the NAAFI.

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We were more genteel (Locking Craft Apprentices 72). ;)

The only jab that gave me any grief, ever, was the one injected just under the skin to form a half-inch bubble. The site became massively itchy in minutes, and that persisted for hours.

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The Guardian have an article with some country comparisons of the current state of play with vaccinations, cases and deaths.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...al-and-eastern

The extremely good news is that it’s probably safer to go on holiday than hang around here. I’d maybe wear a mask for the flight though just in case.

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Why is it "safer".
Wear a mask in case of what ?
What are you afraid of exactly ?

Infection rates as such dont mean much on their own.
The real issue is serious illness (hospitalisations) and/or deaths.

It doesnt matter if the whole country is infected, if almost everyone just shakes it off.
Most of the country gets infected by colds every year, but we just shake it off, no big deal.

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Absolutely right, Paul. So many people still don’t get it, and concentrate on the number of infections rather than the number of hospitalisations.