Originally Posted by smudgie (Post 10966416)

2 NHS Staff have had an allergic reaction.
People who have had severe allergic reactions in the past are now advised not to have the jab.

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10966417)

Yes that's normal.
So the Dr.Jarvis says

Originally Posted by smudgie (Post 10966416)

2 NHS Staff have had an allergic reaction.

People who have had severe allergic reactions in the past are now advised not to have the jab.

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 10966435)

Great .. .. that’s me out then ..

I’m allergic to Penicillin , Erythromycin and eggs plus loads of intolerances


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Originally Posted by arista (Post 10966433)

[Pensioner, 91, becomes 'national treasure'
with interview about Covid vaccine as
he describes being late after
he 'couldn't find anywhere to damn well park']
[I went off and had a rather nasty lunch and
then came back and they were ready for me.
And no it didn't hurt at all – I didn't know the
needle had gone in until it had come out.
It was very interesting. No it was painless.']

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...pointment.html

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10966495)

If you are allergic to eggs you cant get the flu vaccine either, I heard someone talking about how the flu vaccine is made and it is grown in eggs

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10966539)

The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is safe and effective, giving good protection, researchers have confirmed in The Lancet journal.



Most in the study were younger than 55, but the results so far indicate it does work well in older people too.



The data also suggest it can reduce spread of Covid, as well as protect against illness and death.



The paper, assessed by independent scientists, sets out full results from advanced trials of over 20,000 people.



Regulators, who will have seen the same data, are considering the jab for emergency use.



But there are still important questions about what dose to give, as well as who it will protect.



When the interim trial results were made public in a press release about a fortnight ago, the researchers reported three efficacy levels for the vaccine - an overall effectiveness of 70%, a lower one of 62% and a high of 90%.



That's because different doses of the vaccine were used in one part of the trial. Some volunteers were given shots that were half the strength than originally planned.



Yet that "wrong" dose turned out to be a winner - giving 90% protection - while two standard doses gave 62%.



Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine 'dosing error' explained

The Lancet report reveals 1,367 people - out of many thousands in the trial - received the half dose followed by a full dose, which gave them 90% protection against getting ill with Covid-19.



The relatively small numbers in this group mean it is hard to draw firm conclusions.



None of that group were over the age of 55 though - and experts know it is older people who are most at risk of severe Covid illness.



In terms of safety, there was one severe adverse event potentially related to the vaccine and another one - a high temperature - that is still being investigated.



Both these participants are recovering and are still in the trial.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-55228422

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 10966660)

Nothing in that article is particularly reassuring ... at all .

Half dose followed by a full dose 21 days later ... both to be kept at below 70C ...


Whilst I appreciate our surgeons are brilliant I don’t quite as much faith in the over worked , often inexperienced nurses..

In one hospital stay I was nearly given a DOUBLE dose ( two injections ) of Warfarin - luckily I queried the second one !!

Whilst on another occasion an inexperienced nurse gave me EIGHT Piriton tablets with a glass of water ... luckily I knew to only take TWO ... but she didn’t !!

She’d mistakenly given me a whole days supply !!

This was ten years ago when the health service was NOT as stretched or underfunded.


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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 10966727)

Sky currently interviewing a professor who is suggesting that anyone who’s prone to allergic reactions won’t be offered this vaccine ... yet they’re also saying the two people who did have a bad allergic reaction both had a history of allergic reactions ..

So which is true ??


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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10966729)

Why cant they both be true?

Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 10966753)

I took it he meant from when vaccinating started ... not AFTER two people had reactions ..

He was kinda suggesting that it was a ‘given’ that anyone with a history of allergic reactions shouldn’t be having the the vaccine... so why were two people in that situation given the vaccine ?

Both nurses so it’s not as though they weren’t aware of the risks .. surely.


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Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 10966743)

So 2 out of 10,000 had a reaction and are now fully recovered


Canada has approved the Pfizer vaccine

Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 10967005)

for how long?

Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 10967008)

and if you say i'm being too negative, i am more being realistic, since this vaccine my country will begin with in January, keep us informed about any side effects etc