Where is VickiSoCalJr based again? Brentford Fountain Leisure centre is still doing walk-ins from 16.30 Mon-Thu and it's just a stone's throw from Kew Bridge station on the Waterloo-Weybridge line of SWR.

I got my second jab yesterday at the Science Museum in London. Arrived and when they identified I was in for a second dose, they gave me a red sticker to wear on my jacket. Once upstairs, there were two queues - one for the 1st doses and one for people on the 2nd dose. I soon found out why - everyone in for a first dose was getting Pfizer, whereas all the 2nd doses were AstraZeneca. The queue for 1st doses was very long - much longer than when I got my first dose back in March. Good to see so many people there, but a few people were frustrated that they had an appointment and yet still had to wait 20 or 30 minutes to get in.

2nd dose queue was shorter, but moving slower, however it was still overall quicker than the 1st jabs - still took about 20 minutes from joining the queue to walking out (past all the folks having to wait their 15 minutes after having the Pfizer dose). Registration and jab itself was much quicker than the first jab as they didn't run through the full set of questions and information.

Feeling fine today - a bit of a headache but a paracetamol has seemed to put that to bed. A bit tired, but that's not atypical so don't know if that's a side effect or just my general being an adult. Slightly tender near the injection site. Overall, much milder side effects than the 1st one.

NHS app was updated by the time I checked at 9AM this morning (and didn't even have to walk the dog like SilverFox to get it to do so). When I got the shot yesterday, the man who gave me the vaccine had said (without me asking) that the NHS app would update within 24 hours.

You UK residents don't know how good you have it. My partner was in and out (they didn't even tell him to wait 15 mins after, for some reason) in 10 minutes. St Thomas' Hospital. AZ.

Here in Switzerland I turned up 10 mins before my appointment time expecting Swiss efficiency. Instead, one queued to get into the registration area, queued to register, queued to be allocated a vaccination booth. It took just over an hour, including the 15 minutes "sit here" bit at the end. Pfizer.

I can beat that... Walked into the Louisa Jordan (biggest vaccination facility in Scotland I believe) at 0959, and was sat on the �15 minute rest� chairs by 1004!

Over here in the SE it seems that the NHS system is defaulting to 11 weeks minimum to book your second jab. I've been jabbed on the 11th of May and the first day of availability is exactly 77 days later. Same for my OH and for other friends we've asked.

When I had my first jab in March, the system would not let me book before 12 weeks, which meant June 1st. I cancelled the second last week as I will be away. I was able to rebook last Monday which was 69 days. There was plenty of availability.

I tried to cancel & rebook a couple of times but it's still 77 or more days, even enlarging the search to the whole of London and (shudder) Woking! Not in a rush, if it takes 77 days it takes 77 days.

Similar experience at the smaller centre in Bearsden. Five mins max from walking in to sitting in the supervision chair - fantastic.

I believe the eight week gap has only been recommended for at-risk groups and over 50s. I assume it will trickle down to lower age groups but they should only have received their first jabs in the last five weeks or so. Therefore there is no need to make a general policy change for under fifties just yet.

I was wondering. I did the first jab after being invited by old GP office after i got a text. After the vaccin they said: after approx 11 weeks you will get invite for second. But 'approx'. Should i now keeps 3 weeks free around the 11 week mark without going abroad just to wait and see when i get the invite? I rather want a real date already so i can plan things around it. People who booked directly on NHS site already get a second jab date set right? So why can't those who got first jab through gp's already set a date instead of 'approx 11 weeks'.?

2nd Pfizer jab done today, 3 hours on there are no side effects or sore arm, other than my other arm which feels a bit sore but didn't have the jab! Sympathy perhaps. I'm hoping things stay that way. Works well for me and just in time for my first time out of the country this year. That's myself and my wife both done and dusted now, happy days.

As discussed a week ago, it was at a pharmacy - so yes pharmacies are definitely doing Pfizer.

She is normally at St Andrews but from last July to this July is on a work placement near Bracknell. The Berkshire mass vax center says no walkins.
It is unclear if Brentford is allowing people from outside their local area to utilize the walkin.

Oh, Bracknell to Kew is less than an hour by train, with change at Staines. If I were her and didn't mind the schlep I'd give it a go; I have friends residing in Ealing who have been jabbed, no questions asked. This is what the Hounslow council website says, bolding mine:

Vaccination centres in Hounslow | London Borough of Hounslow

Regarding proof of address; the only photo IDs in the UK that show address are driving licences and you might not have one.

The council says they're running the drop-ins from 5.30 onwards but based on what I've seen I'd go there earlier, maybe 4.30/5.00ish...

The open return train ticket is �14.80 for off-peak returns or �22.60 for anytime returns. Sure, it mightn't be the funniest evening out (but hey, Bracknell's hardly better, no disrespect to the people of Berks) but maybe she can visit Chiswick afterwards. There's a Five Guys and a Chipotle is coming if she's feeling homesick. Otherwise there's plenty of decent restaurants and pubs.

Daily data:

Cases 2,874 (2,657 last Thursday)
Deaths 7 (11)
Patients admitted 77 (99 on the 9th)
Patients in hospital 894 (1,098 on the 11th)
Patients on ventilator 122 (136 on the 12th)
People vaccinated up to and including 19 May 2021:
First dose: 37,250,363
Second dose: 21,239,471

The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now up 0.2% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is down 26.5%. The rolling 7 day daily average for deaths is now down to 7.1. Though the number of cases is not dropping overall, that appears to be driven by the well reported outbreaks in a few areas. Most of the UK is still seing significant drops. The healthcare data is also looking good. The last time admissions were at this level was in August.

According the ONS, in April out of the top 10 causes of death, COVID is at number 9 for England (18 in Wales). The leading causes of death are heart disease followed by dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Thank you. I am going to encourage her to do that. She has some leave days due to her, so a day/evening out in Richmond is feasible.