Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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peteblue said:
I’d heard that France required a longish set of forms/approvals to be filled in before getting the vaccine but didn’t realise Germany was doing similar...is this true ?

”Cardiologist Dr Joachim Wunderlich, who has helped at a vaccination centre in Berlin, told CBS News that the bureaucratic process for people to get vaccinated in Germany was 'unbelievable'.

He added that the amount of paperwork involved was 'insane'.

'You can't expect an over-80-year-old to fill out 10 pages and numerous consent forms and ask them to call a hotline to make an appointment. And then they risk being turned away because they forgot some forms at home.'

Wunderlich continued: 'The pandemic is daunting enough, bureaucracy and data protection laws shouldn't make it even worse.“.....
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Hadn’t heard that myself, @Billy Dean is our German correspondent here. Heard earlier in the vaccine roll out there were problems with the German hotline, hours waiting and that - but that was very early on.

Was straight forward here, one consent form, just asking basic Heath question, COVID symptoms then your national security no and signature, 30 second job - but I got it in work, so I don’t know if more officious in the community.
 
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Neiler said:
Hadn’t heard that myself, @Billy Dean is our German correspondent here. Heard earlier in the vaccine roll out there were problems with the German hotline, hours waiting and that - but that was very early on.

Was straight forward here, one consent form, just asking basic Heath question, COVID symptoms then your national security no and signature, 30 second job - but I got it in work, so I don’t know if more officious in the community.
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We got a phone call, went to the jab centre, confirmed names, jab and out.....no documents, no bureaucracy, all smooth and everyone there to help.....this might explain a lot tbh.....
 
peteblue said:
We got a phone call, went to the jab centre, confirmed names, jab and out.....no documents, no bureaucracy, all smooth and everyone there to help.....this might explain a lot tbh.....
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Really mate, no signature, consent or checking your background health, previous COVID or COVID symptoms? Surprised by that, how do they keep a record of when you are due a second dose?

Just thinking I had a COVID test as well before my first jab, but we are done weekly in work anyway and that probably just coincided.

We got a record card after, with our name, national insurance no, date of first jab, with the batch no , what vaccine and date for second jab. Still have mine, just in case the vaccine passports become a thing.

Don’t know on the French....
 
Neiler said:
Really mate, no signature, consent or checking your background health, previous COVID or COVID symptoms? Surprised by that, how do they keep a record of when you are due a second dose?

Just thinking I had a COVID test as well before my first jab, but we are done weekly in work anyway and that probably just coincided.

We got a record card after, with our name, national insurance no, date of first jab, with the batch no , what vaccine and date for second jab. Still have mine, just in case the vaccine passports become a thing.

Don’t know on the French....
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It all came off the computer. It was staggeringly quick and a bit of a blur. The right names turned up at the right time and coincided with the computer, we gave address and d.o.b. and it was done.....we got a card with the vaccine name and the batch and the date of jab....now we wait for the next phone call.
 
Neiler said:
Really mate, no signature, consent or checking your background health, previous COVID or COVID symptoms? Surprised by that, how do they keep a record of when you are due a second dose?

Just thinking I had a COVID test as well before my first jab, but we are done weekly in work anyway and that probably just coincided.

We got a record card after, with our name, national insurance no, date of first jab, with the batch no , what vaccine and date for second jab. Still have mine, just in case the vaccine passports become a thing.

Don’t know on the French....
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I got a text, went on a website and selected my slot and that was it. You have to be signed up to a GP so everything is recorded through your NHS number. Didn't need to sign anything, didn't need to show ID. When I arrived there were people on the door asking your address and if you have had Covid or symptoms recently. That was it.
 
Wizard said:
I got a text, went on a website and selected my slot and that was it. You have to be signed up to a GP so everything is recorded through your NHS number. Didn't need to sign anything, didn't need to show ID. When I arrived there were people on the door asking your address and if you have had Covid or symptoms recently. That was it.
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This is it, the GP surgeries were doing everything in the background. As you say, we just had to turn up....
 
Wizard said:
I got a text, went on a website and selected my slot and that was it. You have to be signed up to a GP so everything is recorded through your NHS number. Didn't need to sign anything, didn't need to show ID. When I arrived there were people on the door asking your address and if you have had Covid or symptoms recently. That was it.
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Ah that sounds great, not sure if we’re doing similar, I got it in work so was onsite vaccination. I think GP’s are ringing here their patients here.

To be fair and I’ve always said it the NHS are brilliant, I’m delighted they are getting their dues, did I hear they are getting a few Bob bonus for all the work they did on the frontline during this?

I couldn’t believe it when I lived in the U.K. with the NHS, even as a foreigner I just rocked up and got looked after if I needed it, the odd antibiotic prescription for the flu if I needed it, it’s a wonderful service for society. It’s different elsewhere - were we all pay health insurance, well here anyway, think mines about 140 a month at the mo and if you need to see a GP thats 50/60 a pop.

Always used to hear people give out about the NHS, could never believe it.

Open disclosure though I worked in it for a bit to.
 
Neiler said:
Ah that sounds great, not sure if we’re doing similar, I got it in work so was onsite vaccination. I think GP’s are ringing here their patients here.

To be fair and I’ve always said it the NHS are brilliant, I’m delighted they are getting their dues, did I hear they are getting a few Bob bonus for all the work they did on the frontline during this?

I couldn’t believe it when I lived in the U.K. with the NHS, even as a foreigner I just rocked up and got looked after if I needed it, the odd antibiotic prescription for the flu if I needed it, it’s a wonderful service for society. It’s different elsewhere - were we all pay health insurance, well here anyway, think mines about 140 a month at the mo and if you need to see a GP thats 50/60 a pop.

Always used to hear people give out about the NHS, could never believe it.

Open disclosure though I worked in it for a bit to.
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TBF, most people are staying away from the GP’s to let them get on with other stuff, stop any spread and stop any overload at hospitals. I had a problem with my toe, sent in a photo, phone call from the doc and filled prescription waiting for me the same day at the dispensary at the GP’s....again, this virus has forced people to do things differently but it’s becoming very efficient.....
 
peteblue said:
yeah, but I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else......
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The tragic thing is that you still haven't worked it out that the vaccines aren't the answer.

Still, it serves it's purpose for you: to hide the 126,000 Covid19 deaths Johnson has presided over.
 
peteblue said:
TBF, most people are staying away from the GP’s to let them get on with other stuff, stop any spread and stop any overload at hospitals. I had a problem with my toe, sent in a photo, phone call from the doc and filled prescription waiting for me the same day at the dispensary at the GP’s....again, this virus has forced people to do things differently but it’s becoming very efficient.....
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Crisis has been great learning and innovation, to be honest healthcare has become more modernised, adaptable, flexible and innovative in the last year then probably in all the years of my career combined.

Crisis can sometimes bring out the best in us all and force us to be better.
 
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davek said:
The tragic thing is that you still haven't worked it out that the vaccines aren't the answer.

Still, it serves it's purpose for you: to hide the 126,000 Covid19 deaths Johnson has presided over.
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The dead are dead mate. It’s a terrible thing to say but there’s nothing we can do. The living however can be spared that fate. The vaccines appear to be doing the job, they may not, I agree, but it looks like they are. I’ll be happy when we’ve all had our second dose....
 
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