Louis
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I got my booster today. For doses 1 and 2, I was in and out of the vaccine center in < 10 minutes. For the booster, the queue for booked appointments was 45 minutes long. Many people were turning up without appointments and getting miffed at being turned away. (Walk-ins are allowed, capacity permitting, but I guess people missed the caveat.) The volunteers running the vaccination center said yesterday was the first day of really long lines - probably because the booking system opened up to all over 40s (not just those especially vulnerable) on Wednesday. I continue to 
at people smoking in the line. I was going to say something, but the freaking volunteers were smoking, too. Anyway, I think the crowds are a really good sign that people are jumping on the booster bandwagon.
I could choose my booster, which surprised me. I had done no research at all because I didn't think the NHS was allowing people to choose. A quick Google search yielded one study where Pfizer was 32x more effective and Moderna 25x more effective, so I chose Pfizer. It seemed like 90% of people were choosing Pfizer. Maybe they were googling, too.
I had to wait for 15 minutes after getting my vaccine, which I did not have to do for either of the first two doses. No one was really monitoring, though. No social distancing anywhere, indoors or out. No masks outdoors - though most (including me) were wearing them (there's a testing center in the same facility, so I figure I'm in close proximity to people who think they have C19); masks required indoors, but many people not wearing properly including the volunteers.
I am weirdly - for the second time (also happened with the first dose) - having pain in the arm that was not injected
. Maybe my right arm is where my modicum of sympathy lives.
at people smoking in the line. I was going to say something, but the freaking volunteers were smoking, too. Anyway, I think the crowds are a really good sign that people are jumping on the booster bandwagon.I could choose my booster, which surprised me. I had done no research at all because I didn't think the NHS was allowing people to choose. A quick Google search yielded one study where Pfizer was 32x more effective and Moderna 25x more effective, so I chose Pfizer. It seemed like 90% of people were choosing Pfizer. Maybe they were googling, too.
I had to wait for 15 minutes after getting my vaccine, which I did not have to do for either of the first two doses. No one was really monitoring, though. No social distancing anywhere, indoors or out. No masks outdoors - though most (including me) were wearing them (there's a testing center in the same facility, so I figure I'm in close proximity to people who think they have C19); masks required indoors, but many people not wearing properly including the volunteers.
I am weirdly - for the second time (also happened with the first dose) - having pain in the arm that was not injected
. Maybe my right arm is where my modicum of sympathy lives.
