COVID-19 vaccine

[Chaosphere]

If anyone from dmw needs a jab I'm happy to do it. I'll use a 14 guage needle/ sharpened drain pipe and hurl it from across the room with a few bricks attached to give it weight.

Best jab you'll ever have. Possibly the last, too.

[albert]

If anyone from dmw needs a jab I'm happy to do it. I'll use a 14 guage needle/ sharpened drain pipe and hurl it from across the room with a few bricks attached to give it weight.

Best jab you'll ever have. Possibly the last, too.

Is this not the "Seriously Though..." forum? I'd expect more from a council member. After all, it's a pretty sensitive topic, some of us are not in the UK and are still waiting for news of vaccines.

[smilodon]

Perchance it's a little irony thrown into the mix?

Millions of people  have and continue to slowly suffocate to death from catching this  virus. While it's perfectly valid to talk about the relatively mild  effects of getting the actual jab, we should do so while remembering the  reality for so many other unfortunate people who never got the chance  to moan about a needle. This is not a dig at anyone who  has commented about getting their jab, it's a very valid conversation  which I've been part of as much as anyone. But we should always be  humble that, regardless of our political views, many of us live in a  country which has done a bang up job getting people vaccinated. That's  not the case is so many other parts of the world whether that is from  political incompetence or simple lack of funds.

We're fortunate we can discuss, and should discuss the sometimes trivial aspects of getting vaccinated

[albert]

I retract my comments and commend the good sense of Smilo's words. Life is just not straightforward at this moment in time. It's easy to be frustrated with the situation given the lack of foresight shown outside the UK where there has been finally some positive steps taken.

I had 2 hospital appointments in the last 7 days, and despite apparently throwing away excess unused doses of a few of the vaccine flavours every day for months, the health authorities still do not have the inclination to use these up on hospital out patients or even call in anyone who can attend to get a jab.

So. No offence Chaos, I know you were only trying to lighten the atmosphere. For the record, I had blood taken today and she hit my arm very much like the way you describe your offer above. No arm wresteling for a few weeks methinks.

[Chaosphere]

the pain from most injections is usually from how "well" the jab was done rather than the actual drug.

Sorry, I was just making a (clearly bad) joke in response to this comment, the suggestion being I'd intentionally butcher the admin of a jab to my fellow members of dMw... not specifically anything COVID-related.

Just a take on the old "you're all a bunch of muppets now get stuffed" sort of camaraderie, where we are actually conveying fondness, of course.

I've had a front line seat to the pandemic and have witnessed more than enough of the suffering it has wrought on individuals and families from day 1. I've lost count of the times I've received patients falling apart in A&E, knowing I will likely be seeing them pass away days later in the ICU. Often in my area of Medicine, the gallows humour is part of what keeps you going. Comes with the territory, and never has that been more true than over the last year. Perhaps sometimes this might make me step over a line without realising it.

I certainly didn't mean to offend or upset, I meant no harm, and apologise that the joke fell flat.

[Penfold]

All good.

I have no idea how relevant this is but I spent a fair bit of time with student  nurses and doctors over the years and I have yet to meet a more hedonistic, promiscuous and alcohol/soft drug abusing set of people in my life....... exactly my sort at the time. I certainly spent a lot of time with them tbh. It was explained to me that if you're around the ill, seriously ill and the dying daily then you need a macabre cathartic release and boy....... did they go for it. :worshippy:

So, as we all acknowledge, a little bit of dark humour or whatever in what has undoubtedly been a tough year for us but triply so for those friends (and Ben) working on the frontline in whatever capacity be it care homes or consultants probably deserve a bit of latitude.

Besides which Alby, you just know that over the next few years half the LAN for Ben will be us discussing our ailments with him and asking for free diagnoses :-)

[TeaLeaf]

I have no idea how relevant this is but I spent a fair bit of time with student  nurses and doctors over the years and I have yet to meet a more hedonistic, promiscuous and alcohol/soft drug abusing set of people in my life....... exactly my sort at the time. I certainly spent a lot of time with them tbh. It was explained to me that if you're around the ill, seriously ill and the dying daily then you need a macabre cathartic release and boy....... did they go for it. :worshippy:

+1

As a 'youth' I logged more than my fair share of time at the local hospital.  It had hundreds of staff living on site so it had its own on-site staff club which was predominantly occupied by the nurses it seemed.  So I recognise and socialised with the as described by Penfold debauched company and humour,  in that club called 'Stitches'.  The worse the day, the darker the humour and the more drunk everyone got.

[smite]

Sorry, I was just making a (clearly bad) joke in response to this comment, the suggestion being I'd intentionally butcher the admin of a jab to my fellow members of dMw... not specifically anything COVID-related.

Just a take on the old "you're all a bunch of muppets now get stuffed" sort of camaraderie, where we are actually conveying fondness, of course.

I've had a front line seat to the pandemic and have witnessed more than enough of the suffering it has wrought on individuals and families from day 1. I've lost count of the times I've received patients falling apart in A&E, knowing I will likely be seeing them pass away days later in the ICU. Often in my area of Medicine, the gallows humour is part of what keeps you going. Comes with the territory, and never has that been more true than over the last year. Perhaps sometimes this might make me step over a line without realising it.

I certainly didn't mean to offend or upset, I meant no harm, and apologise that the joke fell flat.

No offence taken, no harm felt or even thought of, taken as it was fully intended :thumbsup2:

[SithAfrikaan]

you just know that over the next few years half the LAN for Ben will be us discussing our ailments with him and asking for free diagnoses :-)

Honestly thought Ben was an attending physician, claiming OVERWATCH this, OVERWATCH that, I always thought he had a great grasp of keeping us all tip top in LANs we should invite him to try games sometime... :roflmao:

I know this is the seriously though section but I couldn't resist!

[sulky_uk]

Same for us military types, seen some bad sh+t, but at the end of the day if nobody was hurt the dark humour would kick in...if it didnt we would have gone mad.

2 SN ( saudi nationals) i work with have both had Covid about 6 months  (I haven't), and now everytime they cough or sneeze, i say corona, instead of bless you, they laugh

[smilodon]

It's not just the Covids we're fighting.

              Malaria vaccine

[DiseasedBunny]

Maybe should be in memes and dreams, but feels more appropriate here…

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