Comments on: On Vaccination Day

By: Monika

Monika — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:33:31 +0000

Hi, happy to hear you had your vaccination, hope you are ok. Thanks for another lovely GA masterpiece.
Take care,
Monika

By: Linda Granfield

Linda Granfield — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 04:21:52 +0000

Dear GA, I am so glad to read you’ve received your first dose of vaccine.

Here in Toronto, we still don’t know when we will get our shots. Maybe May, perhaps June, July…it all depends on better organization and a dependable supply of the vaccine.
We have neither right now.

I look forward to the day when I can feel the relief you described. Until that day, it’s “lockdown” and double-masks, longing for our small grandchild and hoping to outrun the virus while we wait.

Please take care.

By: Mary Connolly

Mary Connolly — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 15:31:32 +0000

I loved reading about your vaccination day. Hope you keep well. Everything you write about is so interesting to read. Always feel like a letter to each one of us. Thank you for that. I have had my first vaccine with no really bad side effects. Think everyone should have the vaccine. For me like others its been a lonely time since Covid 19 started. Lovely to find the kindness given to people alone. Take good care of yourself. My very good wishes. Mary x

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 07:53:03 +0000

Glad to hear that you have been ‘done’! I was also impressed by the efficiency and kindness of the service, and felt very thankful for our wonderful NHS and the scientists who have worked so hard to develop the vaccine.

Onwards and outwards…

By: linda kincaid

linda kincaid — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:46:19 +0000

Lovely description of getting the vaccination and not dissimilar to my own experience. Like you, after having the virus a year ago I have felt safer than most people have but getting the vaccine still felt great. Best wishes to you as always.

By: Bethany Osborne

Bethany Osborne — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:31:54 +0000

So happy that you have received the vaccination!

I just received my first today, the second scheduled 04/01.

Sending best wishes from Michigan, USA,

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:01:51 +0000

Thank you for sharing your experience, and welcome to the club of the vaccinated!
I was, however, a little alarmed at your line about taking your mask off… I trust that was just ’cause you’d stepped outside… you should continue to exercise caution: it’s quite likely that the immunity gained from having had Covid a year ago has waned considerably, and the first dose of the vaccine takes three weeks to reach a high level of protection, so in your shoes I would continue to maintain a decent level of caution until the end of the month.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:36:10 +0000

Wonderful news! And thank you for the evocative post on the experience. So glad you are now protected from this horrible virus, GA.

By: Susanna

Susanna — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:24:00 +0000

Thank you for this detailed account. We have all been in this together, and so many here in the US have been concerned for the UK since the beginning. Here the process is a bit different- local drugstore chains are offering the vaccine according to state (Ohio) eligibility guidelines, mostly by age group, and it has been a goose chase and very frustrating to get an appointment. We are on our own to find and schedule a spot, which is very burdensome for many elderly people who are not computer literate and have no friends or family to assist. Citizens have stepped up to search for appts on behalf of these people, we are all sharing whatever information and tricks we know. Health systems and clinics have also been trying to schedule their registered patients and sometimes others, but you must register to be on a call list when vaccine is available. County health departments have limited vaccine supplies and are calling residents based on a lottery once they are eligible by age- must pre-register to “win” an appointment. Your NHS system seems more rigid but ultimately more fair- we have to scramble and use initiative, but that’s pretty much how we roll over here anyway… Best of luck and health to you all!

By: Di Corry

Di Corry — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 17:29:22 +0000

Serendipity!
I have just arrived home from a visit to Guys Hospital myself today and had walked on the pavement alongside the Georgian house where Keats had once lived. Having sat down with my cup of tea to read the GA ……there was Keats being kept company by a pigeon!
So pleased you have received your first vaccine and only you could write about the experience in such a touching, delightful way.