Vaccine Megathread No 2 - Read OP before posting

Padre_Pio

Flying Fox wrote: »

With pharmacies, not through the portal.

Ring your local pharmacies and ask if they're doing J&J and if you can put your name down.

Pharmacies are doing first come first served AFAIK.

airy fairy

Flyer1 wrote: »

I'm in the 18-34 group - rang every pharmacy in my county on the participating HSE list. All but one told me to ring back in a week or two. The one waiting list I did get on said i'd probably be waiting 4-6 weeks.

Guess i'll be heading on my holibobs without the vaccine. Thankfully the sensible countries i'm visiting accept antigen testing.

This was what the pharmacy told my daughter, mid to late August. By then they may not have stock they said.
By mid August the portal will be open for registering for Pfizer or Moderna.

Padre_Pio

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Pharmacies are doing first come first served AFAIK.

Yes, I'm sure they are.

You can still be added to a waiting list. Some pharmacies haven't started taking names yet as they wanted to get an idea of supply first, so there's still a chance of getting it in the next week or two depending where you go.

irishlad.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cUZy6AMCwuA2zhtRuKK7cqMVgmhdDsGsZrFWJTkw9DY/edit#gid=1673823757

gozunda

ahbell wrote: »

Missus (31) booked Boots Jervis on Friday morning for J&J on 20 July, Boots cancelled it around 4.30pm same day. She's registered with a few other places but doesn't expect to hear anything.

How does the registration work? Does it guarantee a vaccine? Or will you be contacted again to confirm?

gozunda

irishlad. wrote: »

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cUZy6AMCwuA2zhtRuKK7cqMVgmhdDsGsZrFWJTkw9DY/edit#gid=1673823757

Is that your own spreadsheet?

Vicxas

gozunda wrote: »

How does the registration work? Does it guarantee a vaccine? Or will you be contacted again to confirm?

If you get an appointment in the pharmacy then you're guaranteed one

franciscanpunk

i looked on a few pharmacy websites this morning first thing just out of interest to see what they said and they all state the bookings are full.

it seems that the few pharmacy spots for j and j will be taken by the younger bracket of the 18-34 cohort which obv goes against the whole age basis roll out but be nice to see some 18 year old get included at this stage

gozunda

Vicxas wrote: »

If you get an appointment in the pharmacy then you're guaranteed one

Is registering an appointment? Reason asking is where people register with multiple pharmacies - it may cause subsequent issues with available slots being blocked off.

gozunda

Update on vaccination figures for here and in the UK

Ireland

48% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

68% of the adult population has received one dose

UK*

64% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

86% of the adult population has received one dose

*updated

gozunda

gozunda wrote: »

Update on vaccination figures for here and in the UK

Ireland

48% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

68% of the adult population has received one dose

UK

50% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

75% of the adult population has received one dose

what's that in actual numbers?

Skygord

happywednesday wrote: »

what's that in actual numbers?

Data is here - new sheet every day, mid morning...

https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-vaccination-programme-dashboard.html

darem93

gozunda wrote: »

Update on vaccination figures for here and in the UK

Ireland

48% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

68% of the adult population has received one dose

UK

50% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

75% of the adult population has received one dose

Jesus we're fairly catching up and with all these J&J vaccines given out over the next few weeks we'll probably be racing ahead.

Wolf359f

gozunda wrote: »

Update on vaccination figures for here and in the UK

Ireland

48% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

68% of the adult population has received one dose

UK

50% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

75% of the adult population has received one dose

Are the UK figures not: 64% fully vaccinated and 86% with a single jab?

ceegee

gozunda wrote: »

Update on vaccination figures for here and in the UK

Ireland

48% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

68% of the adult population has received one dose

UK

50% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

75% of the adult population has received one dose

Aren't the UK at 50% of total population rather than adult? (33.6m out of 66.6m)

duffman13

gozunda wrote: »

Update on vaccination figures for here and in the UK

Ireland

48% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

68% of the adult population has received one dose

UK

50% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

75% of the adult population has received one dose

I think your UK numbers are total population. Adult population is over 60% fully and 85% with one dose

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55274833

Lucas Hood

gozunda wrote: »

Update on vaccination figures for here and in the UK

Ireland

48% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

68% of the adult population has received one dose

UK

50% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated

75% of the adult population has received one dose

Uk GOV site says 86% of over 18s have 1 dose and 63.8% have 2 doses.
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations

Percentages gloss over magnitudes

Ireland
Total: 4,369,136
1st: 2,510,189
2nd: 1,786,900
single: 72,047

UK
Total: 78,889,449
1st: 45,274,497
2nd: 33,614,952
single: N/A

UK have given out over 14 times the amount of vaccines Ireland have

Stark

Yeah I think the UK figures of 75%/50% are for entire population, not just adult population.

1huge1

happywednesday wrote: »

Percentages gloss over magnitudes

Ireland
Total: 4,369,136
1st: 2,510,189
2nd: 1,786,900
single: 72,047

UK
Total: 78,889,449
1st: 45,274,497
2nd: 33,614,952
single: N/A

Yes they do and for good reason. Magnitude is meaningless as a like for like comparison.

Interesting all the same.

Padre_Pio

franciscanpunk wrote: »

it seems that the few pharmacy spots for j and j will be taken by the younger bracket of the 18-34 cohort which obv goes against the whole age basis roll out but be nice to see some 18 year old get included at this stage

Pharmacies and GPs can do what they like, they're independent businesses.

The age based approach doesn't make as much sense when under 40s aren't vunerable to COVID.

1huge1

1huge1 wrote: »

Yes they do and for good reason. Magnitude is meaningless as a like for like comparison.

Interesting all the same.

not meaningless if you're hiding behind them...

Government will be posturing "we are on par with the UK", when they had a much smaller task on hand, and still made a mess of it...

gozunda

happywednesday wrote: »

what's that in actual numbers?

I think someone linked to them above. Took the % figures from the Irish Times and Sky UK this morning

gozunda

happywednesday wrote: »

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UK have given out over 14 times the amount of vaccines Ireland have

Well of course they have - they have a population of over 60 million.

happywednesday

happywednesday wrote: »

Percentages gloss over magnitudes

Ireland
Total: 4,369,136
1st: 2,510,189
2nd: 1,786,900
single: 72,047

UK
Total: 78,889,449
1st: 45,274,497
2nd: 33,614,952
single: N/A

UK have given out over 14 times the amount of vaccines Ireland have

Yeah, and they have 13 times our population, so that's hardly a fair comparison.

You need to adjust for population, obviously.

ACitizenErased

happywednesday wrote: »

not meaningless if you're hiding behind them...

Government will be posturing "we are on par with the UK", when they had a much smaller task on hand, and still made a mess of it...

Have you ever heard of the term “scale”?

Responder XY

happywednesday wrote: »

not meaningless if you're hiding behind them...

Government will be posturing "we are on par with the UK", when they had a much smaller task on hand, and still made a mess of it...

Sounds like you've an agenda and you're trying to completely inappropriately use facts to support it.

Total vaccines are meaningless - on that basis Israel is doing terribly in comparison to the UK also and both are rubbish compared to India with >300m doses given out there (even though they have <5% fully vaccinated).

We've actually done a decent job with vaccines here. Using our vaccines in the most efficient way possible to get the most vulnerable done as soon as possible. As can be seen by high take up % and the fact that we've vaccinated those most vulnerable.

gozunda

gozunda wrote: »

Well of course they have - they have a population of over 60 million.

you're missing the point completely ....

it'll be celebrations all round when "we're on par with the UK", where it was a minute operation in comparison, which could have been completed months ago with a little foresight, diverse vaccination ordering, and the decision to allow pharmacies to administer vaccines to all groups earlier..

For something that is so pivotal to "opening up", the Government are sure taking their time

ACitizenErased

happywednesday wrote: »

you're missing the point completely ....

it'll be celebrations all round when "we're on par with the UK", where it was a minute operation in comparison, which could have been completed months ago with a little foresight, diverse vaccination ordering, and the decision to allow pharmacies to administer vaccines to all groups earlier..

For something that is so pivotal to "opening up", the Government are sure taking their time

Oh dear

ACitizenErased

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Have you ever heard of the term “scale”?

yes, and Ireland's program is small scale and still delayed

Responder XY wrote: »

Sounds like you've an agenda and you're trying to completely inappropriately use facts to support it.

Total vaccines are meaningless - on that basis Israel is doing terribly in comparison to the UK also and both are rubbish compared to India with >300m doses given out there (even though they have <5% fully vaccinated).

We've actually done a decent job with vaccines here. Using our vaccines in the most efficient way possible to get the most vulnerable done as soon as possible. As can be seen by high take up % and the fact that we've vaccinated those most vulnerable.

yes there is an agenda, it should have been completed months ago....

But ah sure we're getting there lad hey