Vaccine Megathread No 2 - Read OP before posting

For me on J&J - started to get mild side effects 12 hours after the dose. a slight ache in muscles was it. slept quite badly that night and woke up feeling knackered. But all side effects disappeared 24 hours after getting it. Can't say it was particularly bad, almost to the point of wondering if I was imagining. If I didn't know I had the vaccine I don't think they were bad enough that I'd have noticed, I'd probably have blamed the heat that night for bad night's sleep.

Had read online that the worst of side effects would be 12-24 hours after getting it. I could have almost set my clock by that!

exactly the same here

No, fully vaccinated implies 2 doses. However NPHET have said that 4 weeks after the first AZ that people can visit other vaccinated persons and that kind of thing.

More likely they did not want to open up until they were absolutely sure that they had the Romanian extra vaccines in hand or on the way. This lets them speed things up, From some comments here, you would think that we were Romania and not vaccinating anyone.

Up in the air about it myself

Go for the Pfizer but that's 2 doses or wait for the J&J which is one and done

@rtenews

The HSE said it is moving through the age groups faster than it had planned. Tomorrow all ages in the 25-29 year group can register for an mRNA vaccine.

(This new Boards interface is sh*te).

HSE says the Opt in for AZ & J&J though the portal for 18-34 opens Monday.

On Monday they'll also clarify how long the 25-29 will have to wait for Pfizer or Moderna therefore giving them the option to opt for AZ & J&J. Furthermore on Monday the timeframe for registration for 18-24 will also be clarified

Got a text this morning confirming my shot 1 of pfizer for Monday morning (34 years old), then a follow up text about hour and a half later to say sorry for inconvenience, we had to cancel your appointment and will send you new details in the coming weeks. Consequently, a friend of mine was due to have his done tomorrow morning but asked for new appointment and got my exact slot in same centre. Not sure if that's a complete coincidence or what but feeling a bit p!ssed about it tbh.

Has this happened to anyone else? Tempted to show up and play dumb about getting the cancellation text

I got registered with a Dublin pharmacy at 5pm on the first day, and was #136 on their list. But I deliberately went to a small quiet pharmacy (the one in Connolly Station).

This is what is known as a false flag operation. There was never any intention to purchase 1m romanian vaccines. The purpose was to deflect attention from the fact that we don't have the capacity to administer the vaccines we already have in storage

Similarly allowing young people to make Janssen registrations in multiple pharmacies was designed to create the impression that demand is much higher than in actuality.

This guy isn’t okay at all! Lockdown again by august. He needs a pint!

We're vaccinating in the region of 60,000 daily, relative to our population one of the world's fastest rates, now far exceeding that of the UK (at the peak of their vax program in March) for example. We have less than 800,000 doses in storage which is barely enough for the next 2 weeks. There is no problem with capacity to deliver and the HSE certainly is not sitting on doses. A million additional doses could be absorbed in a 2.5 week period at present rate and we also have very high take up of the vaccine, we could even exceed 95% take up by the time the vaccination program is wound up.

It's always something when the time comes for indoor hospitality to reopen

Indeed it was reported the other day that the Moderna doses are in date for months to come, first batch of Pfizer would be end of life end of August which is plenty of time. Trying to find the source for that now, I believe it was Mark Coughlan of prime time though

35 y/o bf registered 3weeks appointment Thursday 22 July in swords.

30 year old sister registered on Tuesday and appointment this Sunday in city West ( txt less than 48hrs after registration)

I'm 33 registered a week ago and nothing.

How are they doing it? How is a 30 year old getting it before 35? Living within 5mins of each other.