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Jabberwonked again

Posted by on January 23rd 2022 in COVID-19, Health, or lack thereof
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Last month we were utterly confused by my 3rd jab having been logged as the booster jab on my GP's SystmOnline record.

Yesterday my 4th jab went on that record as a booster jab.

Those two entries can't both be correct - the NHS website clearly states that "A 3rd dose and booster dose (4th dose) of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is being offered to people aged 12 and over who had a severely weakened immune system when they had their first 2 doses." Leaving aside the poor grammar ("is" should be "are") it's as plain as day that the NHS are saying that, for those who are at higher risk, only the 4th jab is a booster:

 

 

Yet my GP's SystmOnline record implies that I've been double-jabbed and then double-boosted, which is farcical.

Something is clearly wrong in somebody's head and/or somebody's system, but there seems to be no way to get it fixed.

I think I'll lose the will to live before Covid-19 gets me.

Ahead of the curve

Posted by on January 21st 2022 in COVID-19, Health, or lack thereof
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Got my 4th jab today, but so far it's not featuring on the GOV.UK Coronavirus website vaccinations page which doesn't yet cater for such things.

Maybe they'll catch up with reality before I'm sent for a 5th.

Observing Report 17th-18th January 2022 (Wolf Moon)

Posted by on January 20th 2022 in Astrostuff, Observing Reports, Pics
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The first observing session of the year, the first full moon of the year, the first coloured moon pic of the year:

Wolf Moon (17/01/2022)

At Higher Risk* but not entirely stupid

Posted by on January 17th 2022 in A bit of a rant
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10:20 this morning... another call from a withheld number, another recorded message telling me that a Covid-19 jab appointment at the Hinckley vaccination centre has been cancelled. No name or NHS number stated, no reason given for cancellation, and no advice regarding re-booking. It was the third such call to our land-line.

It's anti-vax bullshit, of course. All four people who have lived here at any time during the last 12 months have been triple-jabbed already. I've been invited to arrange my 4th jab but so far I've not accepted that invitation, pending a discussion with my haematologist on Thursday.

We're not stupid, we recognise anti-vax disinformation when we see it, but others may well be taken in by this dangerous scam and may well die as a consequence of their info-vulnerability to these deplorable calls.

I'm reporting the call, of course, but whether anything gets done about it is anyone's guess.

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* Apparently my pigeon-hole has been given a new name. It started off as Vulnerable, then went to Extremely Vulnerable, then to Clinically Extremely Vulnerable. I learned today that it's been called At Higher Risk since 24th December 2021. Seems to be an exercise in re-branding, it hasn't made one jot of difference here, I can still catch the pestilence at the drop of a hat.

Him-sheet

Posted by on January 8th 2022 in A bit of a rant, Health, or lack thereof, Lost in translation, Name and Shame

This gem is on my SystmOnline Patient Record:

"her"? Who the fuck is "her"?

I'm not confident that a "Post-CCT Foot and Ankle Fellow" is the right person for the job, especially as it's as clear as day that ALJABI, Yasser (Mr) did not read/understand either the referral letter or my medical records - if he had done so, he would have noticed the following:

That's the NHS-standard-format label which is stuck onto hundreds of my NHS forms... LRI staff said that the "M" indicates "Male"

 

Those two info-bits are fairly obvious

 

Those three info-bits are for those skilled in the ancient art of reading sentences

 

If that one's not sufficiently gender-diagnostic, I don't know what is!

If ALJABI, Yasser (Mr) can't tell a man from a woman, it's a fair bet that he can't tell an arse from an elbow, let alone a shoulder from an ankle.

I would tell him where he can stick his response, but I'm not sure that he'd be able to work it out.
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