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<blockquote data-quote="Nicole T" data-source="post: 2367329" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>Well it's increasingly looking like a postcode lottery for me, and one I'm not winning right now. I've watched 2 people who've confirmed they're groups 8 and 9 get vaccinated ahead of me, along with at least a dozen who are almost certainly in groups 7 to 9. All but one live in Merseyside (the other is down South somewhere.) I'm in Cheshire, and I still haven't had my invitation.</p><p></p><p>If they're prioritising in group order, then fair enough. Perhaps Cheshire is just considerably behind Merseyside in overall progress (though they're grouped together in the stats.) My concern is still whether they're working in priority order, or whether some authorities have just called open season on groups 1-9, now. Assuming 2.5m vaccinations per week (and apparently they've dipped from that right now) in the case of the former, I should be a maximum of 4 weeks away from receiving the vaccine, and 7 weeks from being able to consider myself to have developed significant immunity. In the latter, those figures become 8 weeks and 11 weeks, respectively.</p><p></p><p>I feel massively let down by the system, right now. I've had a few other worries on my mind lately, and I think this may be tipping the balance into a bona-fide depression. I posted a rant to Facebook, but was bombarded with "The NHS is wonderful. How dare you say a bad word against it!" I ended up hiding the thread.</p><p></p><p>Current figures for detected infections in my area are around the 200 per 100,000 mark, so my risk is still pretty low. I suppose I'll just have to continue to isolate as best I can, as group 6 is specifically advised to do, and continue to watch those in groups 7 to 9 get preferential treatment, based on where they live.</p><p></p><p>If I sound bitter, it's because I am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nicole T, post: 2367329, member: 527609"] Well it's increasingly looking like a postcode lottery for me, and one I'm not winning right now. I've watched 2 people who've confirmed they're groups 8 and 9 get vaccinated ahead of me, along with at least a dozen who are almost certainly in groups 7 to 9. All but one live in Merseyside (the other is down South somewhere.) I'm in Cheshire, and I still haven't had my invitation. If they're prioritising in group order, then fair enough. Perhaps Cheshire is just considerably behind Merseyside in overall progress (though they're grouped together in the stats.) My concern is still whether they're working in priority order, or whether some authorities have just called open season on groups 1-9, now. Assuming 2.5m vaccinations per week (and apparently they've dipped from that right now) in the case of the former, I should be a maximum of 4 weeks away from receiving the vaccine, and 7 weeks from being able to consider myself to have developed significant immunity. In the latter, those figures become 8 weeks and 11 weeks, respectively. I feel massively let down by the system, right now. I've had a few other worries on my mind lately, and I think this may be tipping the balance into a bona-fide depression. I posted a rant to Facebook, but was bombarded with "The NHS is wonderful. How dare you say a bad word against it!" I ended up hiding the thread. Current figures for detected infections in my area are around the 200 per 100,000 mark, so my risk is still pretty low. I suppose I'll just have to continue to isolate as best I can, as group 6 is specifically advised to do, and continue to watch those in groups 7 to 9 get preferential treatment, based on where they live. If I sound bitter, it's because I am. [/QUOTE]
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