Prioritise HGV and delivery drivers as key workers for the vaccine. Drivers are driving all over the country between different tiers and are a crucial workforce to the ensure essential goods are available to the nation.
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By not prioritising delivery and HGV drivers this is putting more risk to drivers who have very basic PPE. Drivers are already putting themselves at risk driving between different counties when the UK was in tiers.
By delaying drivers being vaccinated this puts more pressure on the driver workforce and ultimately puts more risk to essential goods including food and medication reaching the nation including the elderly and the vulnerable.
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There is an argument for HGV drivers to have the vaccine.
But seeing as the government recently said every adult will be offered the vaccine by the end of June…
I see no need for it.
Also, do you not know HGV drivers? We dont have comradeship here. In fact in an other thread we are taking bets who will kick the bucket first.
I got a phonecall from an old driver I knew at Nightfreight. He was seeing if I was still alive. He sounded geninuely disappointed when I answered the phone.
Interesting graph that, apart from carers who’s age group varies massively, i would suggest the ages usually found in the at most risk groups tend to be higher as well as poorer paid than other groups, maybe there’s a theme here.
Not as this matters to me personally, won’t be having the jab, and won’t be having a test that involves sticking a 6" long swab up me hooter to the base of me brain, nor up me arse, a test the founder of which himself said wasn’t a suitable test for diagnoses whether amplified enough times to come up with the desired result of the day or not.
By all means sign away if you really want to take part in these medical experiments, but we shouldn’t be trying to pull ahead in this rather sad current hysterical vaccine race, we as lorry drivers arn’t some special group of caped superhero saviours the country would shrivel without, arguably most of us spend more time properly isolated than almost all other groups who have worked normally through this period, as such we should be at the back of the queue…save for obvious sectors such as parcels etc who visit multiple sites all day long.
Grumpy_old_trucker:
Early contender for most pointless wind up of the year!
We’re is the wind up ? Its a petition you can either take part or dont
I choose “Don’t”, the fact that you’re spamming the forums with you’re pathetic petition says more about you than it does about me.
You are the very reason why truck drivers get treated like ■■■■ because its clear that you are amongst the ones that will not stand up for truck drivers and allow everyone to treat us like we are just drivers. So keyboard warrior sit down like you always do and let the big boys handle it.
adam277:
There is an argument for HGV drivers to have the vaccine.
But seeing as the government recently said every adult will be offered the vaccine by the end of June…
I see no need for it.
Also, do you not know HGV drivers? We dont have comradeship here. In fact in an other thread we are taking bets who will kick the bucket first.
I got a phonecall from an old driver I knew at Nightfreight. He was seeing if I was still alive. He sounded geninuely disappointed when I answered the phone.
In regards to saying I do not know HGV drivers. You’re right I do not know any real HGV drivers anymore because it seems like I’m the only one willing to stand up. It seems as though the HGV industry is riddled with semi retired truck drivers who believe they are a HGV drivers who only do 8 hour per day and go home evey single night and who are terrified of blindside.
Grumpy_old_trucker:
Early contender for most pointless wind up of the year!
We’re is the wind up ? Its a petition you can either take part or dont
I choose “Don’t”, the fact that you’re spamming the forums with you’re pathetic petition says more about you than it does about me.
You are the very reason why truck drivers get treated like [zb] because its clear that you are amongst the ones that will not stand up for truck drivers and allow everyone to treat us like we are just drivers. So keyboard warrior sit down like you always do and let the big boys handle it.
Attack the post not the poster!
You’ve been spamming the forums with you’re petition, please explain to us all why you think that a truck driver is more entitled to preferential treatment of this virus than NHS workers, Emergency service workers, pensioners, care workers,the list goes on?
Come on you important truck driver enlighten me!
Grumpy_old_trucker:
Early contender for most pointless wind up of the year!
We’re is the wind up ? Its a petition you can either take part or dont
I choose “Don’t”, the fact that you’re spamming the forums with you’re pathetic petition says more about you than it does about me.
You are the very reason why truck drivers get treated like [zb] because its clear that you are amongst the ones that will not stand up for truck drivers and allow everyone to treat us like we are just drivers. So keyboard warrior sit down like you always do and let the big boys handle it.
Sit down yourself mate. I dont even want the vaccine.
I have no great desire to live forever. In the UK alone Smoking, Alcholol and obesity dwarfs the deaths by Covid.
Why dont you go start a petition to ban them. Why you are at it why not lobby for a law to wrap everyone up in bubble wrap.
I smoke and I drink. I know I will die earlier than most. But I dont care. A life half lived full of regrets and what ifs is a life not worth having.
Also on the point of the vaccine. Where is the long term research on it? Now, I am sure the vaccine is safe. But we have no long term trials to prove it do we. The vaccine itself was developed in months and tested over a couple of months. There is a reason vaccine development takes a long time. Too see if there will be any long term side effects.
But nope, we dont get that. We just get told the mRNA vaccine method has been used before and is effective. Which is all well and good but it’s not the mRNA vaccine itself that is the issue. It is what is in it. It is not an exact science injecting biological material into a human body. Which is why most vaccines require studies to take years. To see long term effects.
We honestly have no idea if there will be long term effects. We are just winging it on some solid albeit not conclusive scientific advice.
Jayjay350z:
It seems as though the HGV industry is riddled with semi retired truck drivers who believe they are a HGV drivers who only do 8 hour per day and go home evey single night
Oh god you’re one of those mugs who think you can only be a good truck driver if you spend more of your life in your truck than you do away from it. If there’s any problem with the HGV industry it is that it’s full of mugs like you who’ve been brainwashed into thinking you’re only a real trucker if you spend 70% of your entire life sitting in one whilst someone else is banging your missus, playing with your kids and your mates have long since stopped asking if you want to do anything because you’re never around.
I do 9-10hrs a day which consists of only 8.25hrs actual work and I’m at home every night however I only do 4 days and rarely clock up 40hrs a week. But I bet I’m taking home just as much money as you if not more for the 60hrs a week you do so does that mean I’m not a proper truck driver or just someone who is a hell of a lot smarter than you?
Jayjay350z:
It seems as though the HGV industry is riddled with semi retired truck drivers who believe they are a HGV drivers who only do 8 hour per day and go home evey single night
Oh god you’re one of those mugs who think you can only be a good truck driver if you spend more of your life in your truck than you do away from it. If there’s any problem with the HGV industry it is that it’s full of mugs like you who’ve been brainwashed into thinking you’re only a real trucker if you spend 70% of your entire life sitting in one whilst someone else is banging your missus, playing with your kids and your mates have long since stopped asking if you want to do anything because you’re never around.
I do 9-10hrs a day which consists of only 8.25hrs actual work and I’m at home every night however I only do 4 days and rarely clock up 40hrs a week. But I bet I’m taking home just as much money as you if not more for the 60hrs a week you do so does that mean I’m not a proper truck driver or just someone who is a hell of a lot smarter than you?
Jayjay350z:
It seems as though the HGV industry is riddled with semi retired truck drivers who believe they are a HGV drivers who only do 8 hour per day and go home evey single night
Oh god you’re one of those mugs who think you can only be a good truck driver if you spend more of your life in your truck than you do away from it. If there’s any problem with the HGV industry it is that it’s full of mugs like you who’ve been brainwashed into thinking you’re only a real trucker if you spend 70% of your entire life sitting in one whilst someone else is banging your missus, playing with your kids and your mates have long since stopped asking if you want to do anything because you’re never around.
I do 9-10hrs a day which consists of only 8.25hrs actual work and I’m at home every night however I only do 4 days and rarely clock up 40hrs a week. But I bet I’m taking home just as much money as you if not more for the 60hrs a week you do so does that mean I’m not a proper truck driver or just someone who is a hell of a lot smarter than you?
Don’t get me wrong as I think the op is a knob but you’re probably just fortunate to have a job like that rather than smarter. As you probably know those jobs are not the norm so claiming you are smarter makes you a knob too [emoji6]
Jayjay350z:
It seems as though the HGV industry is riddled with semi retired truck drivers who believe they are a HGV drivers who only do 8 hour per day and go home evey single night
Oh god you’re one of those mugs who think you can only be a good truck driver if you spend more of your life in your truck than you do away from it. If there’s any problem with the HGV industry it is that it’s full of mugs like you who’ve been brainwashed into thinking you’re only a real trucker if you spend 70% of your entire life sitting in one whilst someone else is banging your missus, playing with your kids and your mates have long since stopped asking if you want to do anything because you’re never around.
I do 9-10hrs a day which consists of only 8.25hrs actual work and I’m at home every night however I only do 4 days and rarely clock up 40hrs a week. But I bet I’m taking home just as much money as you if not more for the 60hrs a week you do so does that mean I’m not a proper truck driver or just someone who is a hell of a lot smarter than you?
YEP your exactly the type I’m talking about
I see that you are agency again not only a part time trucker but a part time worker. Good luck this year when limited companies for truck driving ends and good luck when the tax man comes after you and takes your house. I’ll be there dont you worry ill buy your house cash and ill take care of your missus.
Well it seems the government has considered it already. It has been decided that stopping transmission through vaccination would require huge amounts of people to be vaccinated, so therefore, the vaccination priority is aimed at protecting the most vulnerable and the healthcare systems.
It seems that it won’t be too long before older drivers start being offered the vaccine and the rest will subsequently be offered after this. You either take it or you don’t, but from what I read and hear from drivers, quite a few won’t be taking up the offer. I personally wouldn’t make a decision until the time comes, but if I was extremely vulnerable I would most likely take my chances with getting the inoculation.
The only reason HGV drivers are in that category shown is because they are lumped in with Bus drivers and taxi drivers who do genuinely come into close contact with large numbers of people. The pre xmas and ongoing testing of drivers wanting to cross the channel backs up the low risk level specifically related to the job rather than the individual.
cav551:
The only reason HGV drivers are in that category shown is because they are lumped in with Bus drivers and taxi drivers who do genuinely come into close contact with large numbers of people. The pre xmas and ongoing testing of drivers wanting to cross the channel backs up the low risk level specifically related to the job rather than the individual.
Correct wasn’t there like 3 positive results from about 30000 tests?
Looking around in most cabs I’d guess most are in line for the vaccine soon anyway, that if they’ve not had it already, going by the age demographic.
On a personal level I can wait. My Mrs is a teacher, I’d prefer her to get it first on the grounds that they can’t keep a distance. Me I the other hand I can go all week without being in close contact with anyone out on the road so I just be sensible and keep it like that when I’m at a delivery point.
The scrabble to get to the front of the queue is getting bigger than the queue itself
