Lockdown 3

[NickDavies]

Really? I'm in my early 50s, live in very central/west London and haven't heard a dicky. Here's the Vaccine Calculator - when applied to me it gives a date between 28.3 and 8.4.

Have you tried booking anyway - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/corona...s-vaccination/

If they've got capacity for those younger than the official age group you'll get a date.

I'd take the vaccine calculator with a pinch of salt. It gives me (62) first dose next week (I had it last week), second dose w/c 6 June, I'm booked in 25 May.

[rpadam]

Got my first jab today - 4 to 11 days ahead of the Vaccine Calculator suggestion...

[trainman]

Really? I'm in my early 50s, live in very central/west London and haven't heard a dicky.

I was talking slightly tongue in cheek with the word 'younger', I'm just hanging on to my 50s by a few months...

[sheffield hatter]

I'm just hanging on to my 50s by a few months...

Well done, Jim. Keep on hanging on for as long as you can. The 60s are not good...

[Mobyduck]

The 60s are not good...

S*^t!
Mind you 8 months in and they haven't been great so far.

[Tris39]

Do you have a reliable source for this (because I can't find any supporting evidence from a quick Google search)?

Nope. Me neither.

There are always clinical trials going on involving all kinds of stuff, even aspirin:

True.

I personally wouldn't put anything past the insurance industry, and invalidating 80% of claims would be water off the duck's back, I reckon.

Yes. They'll wriggle out of their liability wherever possible.

The source will be your insurance document and whether it refers to a Clinical Trial.

Just tried booking 'dummy' travel insurance with the Post Office, which I usually use and I can't see any mention of 'clinical trials'.

[Tris39]

Have you tried booking anyway - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/corona...s-vaccination/

If they've got capacity for those younger than the official age group you'll get a date.

I'd take the vaccine calculator with a pinch of salt. It gives me (62) first dose next week (I had it last week), second dose w/c 6 June, I'm booked in 25 May.

The original instructions were that I'd be contacted. A friend who lives over the road from me (and is six months younger) has had her first jab. I live in a different borough from my GP and clinic, so I don't know if this makes a difference. The Vaccine Calculator does vary from week to week, depending on how the rollout programme proceeds. So obviously if the programme slips, the time to vaccination will increase.

[NickDavies]

Just tried booking 'dummy' travel insurance with the Post Office, which I usually use and I can't see any mention of 'clinical trials'.

I'm surprised you bothered looking, it's a load of blx, as he well knows or he would have evidence.

If the insurance industry pulled such a stunt you'd be sure the media would be across them at warp speed, and the regulators not far behind. In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if some companies started offering discounts on premiums for the vaccinated, presenting, as they do, a lower risk of claims.

[Tris39]

Have you tried booking anyway - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/corona...s-vaccination/

Ahhh...thanks for that. I'm just outside the current cut-off of 56, but I'll get on the blower as soon as the threshold drops to 52/3.

[Delboy20]

Got a call from my doctor today and I am booked for my jab tomorrow. Still just about clinging on to my 40's so my "underlying health condition" has bumped me up the queue!