The Queen gets the Covid-19 vaccine

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received Covid-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace has said.

A royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle.

The source added the Queen decided to let it be known she had the vaccination to prevent further speculation.

The Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are among around 1.5 million people in the UK to have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far.

People aged over 80 in the UK are among the high-priority groups who are being given the vaccine first.

The couple have been spending the lockdown in England at their Windsor Castle home after deciding to have a quiet Christmas at their Berkshire residence, instead of the traditional royal family gathering at Sandringham.

- The BBC

Good for them for letting it be known.
Odd though it may seem, the Queen has millions of subjects who will take note of what she does and be influenced by it.

The jab is not compulsory, so if more elderly people have it now because the queen has, what's not to like?

Syl wrote:Good for them for letting it be known.
Odd though it may seem, the Queen has millions of subjects who will take note of what she does and be influenced by it.

The jab is not compulsory, so if more elderly people have it now because the queen has, what's not to like?

I think there will be a lot of people who, for whatever reasons, won't believe they actually got it.

Ben Reilly wrote:

Syl wrote:Good for them for letting it be known.
Odd though it may seem, the Queen has millions of subjects who will take note of what she does and be influenced by it.

The jab is not compulsory, so if more elderly people have it now because the queen has, what's not to like?

I think there will be a lot of people who, for whatever reasons, won't believe they actually got it.

I don't doubt it, some people are idiots.

Did your members of parliament get vaccines like our congressmen based on them being "essential" or some nonsense.

Maddog wrote:Did your members of parliament get vaccines like our congressmen based on them being "essential" or some nonsense.  

If they dont fall into the higher age group, it hasn't been said (as far as I know) that MPs would be first in line. Public servants are way down on the list.

The priority list is as follows:

residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
all those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
all those 75 years of age and over
all those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals[footnote 1]
all those 65 years of age and over
all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
all those 60 years of age and over
all those 55 years of age and over
all those 50 years of age and over




Vaccination of those at increased risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 due to their occupation could also be a priority in the next phase. This could include:

first responders
the military
those involved in the justice system
teachers
transport workers
public servants essential to the pandemic response.

Syl wrote:

Maddog wrote:Did your members of parliament get vaccines like our congressmen based on them being "essential" or some nonsense.  

If they dont fall into the higher age group, it hasn't been said (as far as I know) that MPs would be first in line. Public servants are way down on the list.

The priority list is as follows:

residents in a care home for older adults and their carers
all those 80 years of age and over and frontline health and social care workers
all those 75 years of age and over
all those 70 years of age and over and clinically extremely vulnerable individuals[footnote 1]
all those 65 years of age and over
all individuals aged 16 years to 64 years with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of serious disease and mortality
all those 60 years of age and over
all those 55 years of age and over
all those 50 years of age and over




Vaccination of those at increased risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 due to their occupation could also be a priority in the next phase. This could include:

first responders
the military
those involved in the justice system
teachers
transport workers
public servants essential to the pandemic response.

Yeah, our congress people were considered "essential", although some balked because they thought it was unfair. They thought it was far more important to put people older than them in front of them.

On our list, it seems odd that first responders and teachers are so far down the list.

Syl wrote:On our list, it seems odd that first responders and teachers are so far down the list.

Well, we have 50 different lists, but in Texas, teachers will be after everyone 65 and up.

In some states they are after of everyone 75 and up, which is what the CDC guidelines are.

I think teachers should be up there near the top of the list.
Even though the schools are closed to the majority they are still open here for the kids of key workers.
I know some teachers who are still working are now very nervous of being in close contact with others.

Syl wrote:I think teachers should be up there near the top of the list.
Even though the schools are closed to the majority they are still open here for the kids of key workers.
I know some teachers who are still working are now very nervous of being in close contact with others.

The problem with that is young teachers are far less likely to need hospitalization than a 65 year old if they both catch it. Your system and my system is being overloaded with old people, while for most younger folks its just an inconvenience.

Maddog wrote:

Syl wrote:I think teachers should be up there near the top of the list.
Even though the schools are closed to the majority they are still open here for the kids of key workers.
I know some teachers who are still working are now very nervous of being in close contact with others.

The problem with that is young teachers are far less likely to need hospitalization than a 65 year old if they both catch it.  Your system and my system is being overloaded with old people, while for most younger folks its just an inconvenience.

Yes that's true.
Older people make up to a huge % of deaths so it's understandable.