Covid-19 lockdown check-in

[Barrister]

I dreamed I got the vaccine last night.  AstraZeneca to be specific.

It was a smaller part of a larger dream, but I still remember I felt quite relieved in the dream.

[mongers]

I could really, really do with some shoe and outdoors kit shops being open now. 

I desperately need new:

walking boots
interview shoes
activity shoes/ lt.boots
Outdoor waterproof waxed coat.
waterproof cycling jacket.
and slippers :pipe:

[Eddie Teach]

You do not need 4 new pairs of shoes. 

[mongers]

You do not need 4 new pairs of shoes. 

By now, a year without such shopping, I certainly do.

[The Larch]

You do not need 4 new pairs of shoes. 

By now, a year without such shopping, I certainly do.

How many pairs of shoes do you go through in a year?

[Grey Fox]

Further North you live, more shoes you need.

[mongers]

You do not need 4 new pairs of shoes. 

By now, a year without such shopping, I certainly do.

How many pairs of shoes do you go through in a year?

Not that many, but as I want to take up longer distance walking I need a new pair for that, indoor shoes/slippers last less than a year, activity shoes/boots for cycling only last a year max due to the amount I do.

So being reasonably active means it adds up.

[Josquius]

I was meant to be going to Jersey a few days after all flights were stopped here.
Though my gf did manage a trip home last August in the brief window of "it's over right?"

[Tamas]

My 99 years old grandma will receive her first Moderna shot on Friday. I am both happy and really nervous. I am worried if her body can take the (however minor) shock, but on the other hand, risking this is surely better than living the rest of her life in fear of catching the virus.

[Sheilbh]

Agreed I think that's very good news.

I was incredibly relieved when my 90 something uncle got his (we don't get on with grandparents in my family ). He needs a visit every few days from a nurse and some support from a daily visit by a carer to support him living alone. It has felt like he's just been super at risk for the last year, especially given the problems in the care sector - so whatever the risks of a vaccine it felt lower than that.

[Syt]

He made the comments during a meeting with Babis (Czech Rep), Jansa (Slovenia) and Borisov (Bulgaria), so he can happily pretend to be speaking for the disadvantaged. I'm actually quite disgusted with his behavior these last weeks (from attacking state prosecutors who investigate his government's members for corruption to the vaccine debacle).

[Tamas]

Agreed I think that's very good news.

I was incredibly relieved when my 90 something uncle got his (we don't get on with grandparents in my family ). He needs a visit every few days from a nurse and some support from a daily visit by a carer to support him living alone. It has felt like he's just been super at risk for the last year, especially given the problems in the care sector - so whatever the risks of a vaccine it felt lower than that.

Which one did he get?

[Sheilbh]

I don't know.

[Tamas]

After he refused the Chinese water vaccine a few weeks ago, my Dad was contacted again by the GP to get a Russian shot, but he said no again.

I am not happy, it is probably worst of the legit bunch but still should be fine. To be fair, I think there's a long list of "not recommended when" list coming with it, a number of which he'd tick. Still, I am not happy.

[The Larch]

Can't say about the Chinese as I don't know enough about it (or better them, as there's more than one Chinese vaccine around at this point), but the Russian vaccine is indeed acceptable and better than not getting anything, so unless your dad would fall into the groups for which this vaccine is not recommended he should have received it, unless he can get an alternative one relatively soon.