Decline the jab

[molehill]

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..!!!

We have the bowel tests every couple of years, you simply send off the sample in their envelope and they send back a notification saying you are clear or not. Very simple and bit of a no brainer, nobody wants bowel cancer.

[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.

[Mossdog]

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

Oh Graham! That's really below the belt. Literally and metaphorically...

Still, as they say (or used to,) 'in for a penny'...Toilet humour


"When the sh–t hits the fan, you really have to ask yourself why you weren't sitting on the toilet."
Anthony T.Hincks

[Llani Boy]

Double jabbed this evening.

Flu in the left arm and Covid in the right.

I had the the flu jab first which hurt like hell but I hardly felt the Covid. Perhaps I was distracted by my left arm hurting.

Woke up this morning with a thick head and very sore upper arms so took it easy today with just a 3 mile dog walk this afternoon.

However, this evening I had to take my son for a 2 hour appointment in Matlock so whilst waiting for him I went for a 6 mile flat road run to Matlock Bath and back at 7.30 mm pace. I felt fine.

This was the first time for many years that I have run in a town during darkness. I quite enjoyed the smells from different food outlets, dodging pedestrians and bloody cyclist's on the pavements. The time seems to pass more quickly as there is always something to focus on. Also, Matlock Bath Illuminations are on and there was a floodlit canoe club event on the Derwent. The only negative was the smell of weed in the air.

I shan't be making a habit of it though and look forward to tomorrows RATRun where the only light pollution will be from our headtorches.

[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

[anthonykay]

Double jabbed this evening.

Flu in the left arm and Covid in the right.

I had the the flu jab first which hurt like hell but I hardly felt the Covid. Perhaps I was distracted by my left arm hurting.

Hopefully there will be no adverse reaction and I'll be on the Breiddens start line for my showdown with Travs on Sunday!

Why get a jab when you can have the real thing? I've boosted my immunity with a dose of genuine Nottingham University "freshers' flu", brought to me by my son's girlfriend (a student at the said institution). Racing this Saturday is looking a bit doubtful.

[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.

[Marco]

"Overall, then, our view is that the Deaths by Vaccination Status publication does not provide information on vaccine effectiveness or vaccine safety, and should not be used in this way. We would advise use of the weekly COVID-19 vaccine surveillance report, published by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), instead."

I have asked her to clarify!

What was her reply Mike?