Will you be taking a booster?

Just reading this on HSE website for Janssen recipients

Was out in the local shoping centre earlier - and thought of this thread. 2 gardai escorting a family out of a premises and the father looked in at all the shoppers and shouted " the booster is gonna kill all of yas". Now this chap neither looked drunk or on drugs, but he was terribly convincing...

I did laugh a bit

Got Moderna in Boots today, didn’t seem to be anyone before or after me so I was in and out in a matter of minutes. They gave me a vaccine card after, though not sure how valid it is as actual proof for travel, etc but it does have the batch number on it.

That seems to be the case every time a new age group opens (CityWest in particular) wait a day or 2 and it's back to normal till the next group opens up.

Went to Cork City Hall this morning at 10am - was out by 10.05am - grand and fast, no queue

My illness after the 2nd Moderna was much worse than most of the accounts I’m reading of Omicron infection. There’s no way I’m chancing a booster, I’d much rather catch this.

Had mine at 11:25 and was out by 11:35 and there were two lines one with appointments and one for walk ups, or at least that’s how it seemed. I felt they had a better system in place to get you registered in there then when I went there in the summer. I feel grand though which is good.

Edit - misread question

There was a doctors surgery with multiple doctors near where I lived for a brief period, I went on a one off visit for prescription renewal a long time ago and that was that. In the last 2 weeks I have been bombarded with texts from them to get the booster, almost spam like. I think this really highlights the profiteering element of this entire charade, they are not doing this out of concern for my well being. I heard absolutely nothing from them when the initial vaccines were being administered.

Just to dispel this stupid notion that GPs are profiteering from giving Covid vaccine. The payment for the vaccine is lower than the cost of a GP appointment. Many GPs opted out of the vaccine because of the affect on patient appointments. I own a Clinic which has GPs, they would prefer to focus on ill patients and the reception staff could most certainly do without the constant stream of phone calls from patients who are not yet due for the booster. Your name goes on a database and if you are in the category entitled to a booster, the text goes out, that directive comes from the HSE, not the GP. Trust me, you are just a PPS/telephone number, the reason you didn’t hear from them initially was because if it was a long time since your last visit, under GDPR your details would be removed from their contact database, your recent visit reactivated them.

It really is astonishing to see how misinformed some are two years into this.

There is absolutely no doubt that omicrone will not be the last letter of the Greek alphabet we will get to learn, so being registered there and them being proactive may benefit you someday. Assuming of course you understand the benefits of both the Clinic and the vaccine. No guarantee of that.

Incidentally, you can request that they delete your details. Give them a call.

Sorry, I edited my post while you were typing. If it was a long time since your last visit, under GDPR rules you are removed from the Clinics contact database. Hence why you weren’t contacted for the vaccine, and why after your recent visit, your details were added again to the database. Again, you can have them removed, that is your right.

Nialler, in case economics is not your strong point, I’ll try to make this clearer. There is a shortage of GPs in Ireland, as a result, GPs are overwhelmed, particularly this time of the year. The shortage is so bad, that many people cannot even find a Clinic willing to register them. The fee for vaccination is considerably less that what most GPs charge for a visit. So, in your opinion, is it profiteering when you receive LESS money for the service you provide? That would certainly be a unique perspective, especially when the directive comes from the HSE, not the Clinic.