Decline the jab

[IanDarkpeak]

I do wish we had like buttons for comments.

I've had a email saying I can get my flu and covid jabs.. will sort next week. I also had an email saying Ive reached the age where I'm allowed to have a test for Bowel cancer, I'll discuss this with my doc when i speak to them about my cholesterol levels.. good grief..!!!

[Mossdog]

I do wish we had like buttons for comments.

I've had a email saying I can get my flu and covid jabs.. will sort next week. I also had an email saying Ive reached the age where I'm allowed to have a test for Bowel cancer, I'll discuss this with my doc when i speak to them about my cholesterol levels.. good grief..!!!

Shingles vaccine call-outs for some ol' gits too just now.

[Witton Park]

Shingles vaccine call-outs for some ol' gits too just now.

In this country Pharma aren't allowed to advertise. Only USA and New Zealand apparently hence in the US currently "brought to you by Pfizer" is a talking point

But noticed shingles vaccine adverts on TV recently as if it's a public information film by the NHS or something, but they have a Glaxo Smith Klyne logo and small print in the corner.

Shingrox is worth £2Billion a year. £170 per dose privately I believe.

The campaign is called "Shingles is Sleeping". It seems to me that the regulators are.

[Mike T]

In this country Pharma aren't allowed to advertise. Only USA and New Zealand apparently hence in the US currently "brought to you by Pfizer" is a talking point

But noticed shingles vaccine adverts on TV recently as if it's a public information film by the NHS or something, but they have a Glaxo Smith Klyne logo and small print in the corner.

Shingrox is worth £2Billion a year. £170 per dose privately I believe.

The campaign is called "Shingles is Sleeping". It seems to me that the regulators are.

Shingles can be awful - I will be getting the vaccine when eligible.

[Witton Park]

Shingles can be awful - I will be getting the vaccine when eligible.

I know about shingles - my point was more about the advertising.

I'd have thought you were eligible. Isn't eligibility same as flu and covid jabs?

[Mike T]

I know about shingles - my point was more about the advertising.

I'd have thought you were eligible. Isn't eligibility same as flu and covid jabs?

Eligibility for the Shingles vaccine is a bit weird: those turning 65 and those turning 70 from about now - if you turned 65 in June you have to wait almost 5 years; if you turn 65 in November you can get it straight away. This is my interpretation - by all means correct me if I am wrong.

[Witton Park]

Eligibility for the Shingles vaccine is a bit weird: those turning 65 and those turning 70 from about now - if you turned 65 in June you have to wait almost 5 years; if you turn 65 in November you can get it straight away. This is my interpretation - by all means correct me if I am wrong.

Just give it a few months, it will be for all of school age and over

[Mark G]

Eligibility for the Shingles vaccine is a bit weird: those turning 65 and those turning 70 from about now - if you turned 65 in June you have to wait almost 5 years; if you turn 65 in November you can get it straight away. This is my interpretation - by all means correct me if I am wrong.

I think you are right Mike. I've been invited but a friend who is slightly older turned up to find he wasn't eligible. Pretty weird reasoning - he is older than me but can't have it.

[Witton Park]

I do wish we had like buttons for comments.

I've had a email saying I can get my flu and covid jabs.. will sort next week. I also had an email saying Ive reached the age where I'm allowed to have a test for Bowel cancer, I'll discuss this with my doc when i speak to them about my cholesterol levels.. good grief..!!!

I just got a bowel cancer test kit in the post. No one asked me.

[Graham Breeze]

I just got a bowel cancer test kit in the post. No one asked me.

And no one will wish to watch you produce a sample either.