Vaccine Megathread - See OP for threadbans

Van.Bosch

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Do you think someone in the HSE will wait up to turn it on ��

The manager charged with turning it on is currently waiting for his "hit return of the keyboard" change of work practices allowance and associated training day

Sanjuro

TomOnBoard wrote: »

I too, am in the health sector. I found it offensive and ignorant of the facts! Time was, ppl used to stop whatever they were doing to clap together to signal support and gratitude for those in healthcare who were keeping us safe. How quickly we forget!

Where do you work? Our Lady's of the Perpetually Offended?

stephenjmcd

Varadkar on morning Ireland was asked the question surrounding vaccine choice. If someone gets an appointment for AZ but prefers Pfizer etc you will go to the end of the queue. When asked how long that would take would it be June of July he said it wouldn't it would be at the end of the rollout

https://twitter.com/RTENewsPaulC/status/1382597559361867778?s=20

is_that_so

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Varadkar on morning Ireland was asked the question surrounding vaccine choice. If someone gets an appointment for AZ but prefers Pfizer etc you will go to the end of the queue. When asked how long that would take would it be June of July he said it wouldn't it would be at the end of the rollout

https://twitter.com/RTENewsPaulC/status/1382597559361867778?s=20

Which is what Reid has been trying to say nicely all along. He's the right person to come out with this too and it does need to be that blunt.

SusanC10

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Varadkar on morning Ireland was asked the question surrounding vaccine choice. If someone gets an appointment for AZ but prefers Pfizer etc you will go to the end of the queue. When asked how long that would take would it be June of July he said it wouldn't it would be at the end of the rollout

https://twitter.com/RTENewsPaulC/status/1382597559361867778?s=20

That is fine but did he say anything about people under 60 who are not in the very or high risk groups being able to "volunteer" to take AZ by signing a Waiver ?

is_that_so

SusanC10 wrote: »

That is fine but did he say anything about people under 60 who are not in the very or high risk groups being able to "volunteer" to take AZ by signing a Waiver ?

I believe that's still under consideration. It's not going to be an issue for at least a month with the 60-69s to get through and all the second shots.

stephenjmcd

SusanC10 wrote: »

That is fine but did he say anything about people under 60 who are not in the very or high risk groups being able to "volunteer" to take AZ by signing a Waiver ?

It's being looked into along with the possible spacing of Pfizer doses for younger age groups.

stephenjmcd

is_that_so wrote: »

Which is what Reid has been trying to say nicely all along. He's the right person to come out with this too and it does need to be that blunt.

Yeah I think someone needed to just say it out straight. Paul Reid has been trying to say it in a non offensive way but it just needed to be put bluntly

bucketybuck

TomOnBoard wrote: »

I too, am in the health sector. I found it offensive and ignorant of the facts! Time was, ppl used to stop whatever they were doing to clap together to signal support and gratitude for those in healthcare who were keeping us safe. How quickly we forget!

The utter state of that sector is why healthy people have been heavily restricted for a year now. Clap clap.

PhilOssophy

PatrickDoherty wrote: »

You think cabinet havent had theirs yet?

Unless they are absolutely stupid, I think they can surely see the fall out that would cause.

vienne86

Okay folks. The portal is open, and I have just registered. Exactly as described in the video.

Best of luck everyone!

stephenjmcd

vienne86 wrote: »

Okay folks. The portal is open, and I have just registered. Exactly as described in the video.

Best of luck everyone!

Good stuff, how long did the process take you ?

vienne86

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Good stuff, how long did the process take you ?

A couple of minutes. Password has to be 10 characters with all the usual requirement of special character, upper case....etc.

stephenjmcd

vienne86 wrote: »

A couple of minutes. Password has to be 10 characters with all the usual requirement of special character, upper case....etc.

Great

Yeah I see a few people giving out that its 39 clicks to register, between hitting next, opening your email for verification etc.

The things people complain about.....

Didn't think it would take all that long myself. It's the standard stuff you usually fill in before getting the flu jab.

vienne86

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Great

Yeah I see a few people giving out that its 39 clicks to register, between hitting next, opening your email for verification etc.

The things people complain about.....

Didn't think it would take all that long myself. It's the standard stuff you usually fill in before getting the flu jab.

I thought it was fine. Searching for GP, address by Eircode etc was very smooth and the interface is decent. Obviously I'm retired, but I worked in IT, so I'm comfortable with these things.....it'll be interesting to see how others find the system.

stephenjmcd

vienne86 wrote: »

I thought it was fine. Searching for GP, address by Eircode etc was very smooth and the interface is decent. Obviously I'm retired, but I worked in IT, so I'm comfortable with these things.....it'll be interesting to see how others find the system.

Yeah absolutely.

My father is due to register on Monday and isn't that great with computers, can do the basics but I'll be doing the sign up with him on Monday so can see where some older people would have issues.

funnydoggy

Delighted we're progressing. Had a shít start to the week and things picked up quite quickly.

rm212

Stark wrote: »

Going to be pretty frustrating if J&J people are told "ok that's you done, go enjoy haircuts, pubs and international travel" while AZ people have to wait 12 weeks to enjoy the same despite being given basically the same injection.

Yeah there definitely needs to be something done there. Essentially, if they are allowing someone with J&J to be considered fully vaccinated, someone with one dose of AZ should also be considered so (with regard to rights to do things). Especially with the second dose really just having the effect of prolonging, rather than boosting efficacy much.

namloc1980

vienne86 wrote: »

Okay folks. The portal is open, and I have just registered. Exactly as described in the video.

Best of luck everyone!

Where is it. Can't see anything on HSE.ie homepage

funnydoggy

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/ireland-on-track-for-further-easing-of-covid-19-restrictions-after-increase-in-pfizer-vaccines-1.4537665

Ireland on track for further easing of Covid-19 restrictions after increase in Pfizer vaccines

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly described the news of extra Covid-19 vaccine deliveries as “really positive” and insisted the State is now still on track to offer four out of five adults a coronavirus vaccine by the end of June.


“It’s more than half a million extra vaccines in April, May and June. Pfizer is recommended for use with all age groups and the results from Ireland and abroad show that it’s incredibly effective against Covid. It keeps Ireland on track for four in every five adults who wants a vaccine being offered one by the end of June. We’re working flat out with the HSE and taskforce to make sure our vaccine programme continues to get vaccines out to people as soon as they arrive in Ireland,” he told The Irish Times.

is_that_so

namloc1980 wrote: »

Where is it. Can't see anything on HSE.ie homepage

https://vaccine.hse.ie/

vienne86

rm212 wrote: »

Yeah there definitely needs to be something done there. Essentially, if they are allowing someone with J&J to be considered fully vaccinated, someone with one dose of AZ should also be considered so (with regard to rights to do things). Especially with the second dose really just having the effect of prolonging, rather than boosting efficacy much.

If 60-69 year-olds have to wait three months+ to get their hair sorted, there'll be all out war.

PhilOssophy

If somebody isn't happy with the 39 clicks, they can always just call the hotline.
The things people complain about is right.
Security exists on these things for a reason.

iamwhoiam

is_that_so wrote: »

https://vaccine.hse.ie/

Thank you ! I feel like a child on Christmas morning opening that link !

GeorgeBailey

vienne86 wrote: »

If 60-69 year-olds have to wait three months+ to get their hair sorted, there'll be all out war.

Did Ronan Glynn not say earlier in the week that there shouldn't be a need for a vaccine passport if 80%-ish have had their first shot?

is_that_so

vienne86 wrote: »

If 60-69 year-olds have to wait three months+ to get their hair sorted, there'll be all out war.

That's just rumoured. We'll have few full vaccinations for a good while. They are talking about May opening of services so it's more likely to be as we were last summer

Hurrache

Klonker wrote: »

Does anyone else think it would be a great political move by Michael Martin to get the AZ vaccine in the coming days as an encouragement for the 60-69 group that this is a safe vaccine? I think him slightly jumping the que would be justified by the good it would bring. I know most on here with jump at the chance of getting AZ soon but a lot of the 60-69's feel singled out and have vaccine hesitency that they never had until yesterday. He's 60 so there's a good chance he'll end of getting the AZ vaccine anyway.

Can you imagine the **** show of whingers complaining that he skipped the queue and all that absolute nonsense if he did.

vienne86

Hurrache wrote: »

Can you imagine the **** show of whingers complaining that he skipped the queue and all that absolute nonsense if he did.

Yeah, you're right. But I hope he get AstraZeneca and that he gets it fairly soon.

iamwhoiam

vienne86 wrote: »

Yeah, you're right. But I hope he get AstraZeneca and that he gets it fairly soon.

I will be interested to hear when you get a date for a vaccine . Hopefully not too long to wait

vienne86

PhilOssophy wrote: »

If somebody isn't happy with the 39 clicks, they can always just call the hotline.
The things people complain about is right.
Security exists on these things for a reason.

I can't get my head around bothering to count the clicks here. I found it reassuring to get the email and the text so that I know they were typed in OK.