Whether certain cyclists actually suffer from it is another question however.

Lurks, there is a recognised syndrome called Exercise Induuded Athma [Link]

Lurk - that’s interesting to hear; I know that some GP surgeries decided to prioritise their asthma patients once the 9 priority groups were done, but others didn’t....

RS are you sure you're not looking at the stats for sports people who develop asthma while professional competitors then amazingly confound medical science and completely grow out of it as post competition adults?

If you’ve been repeatedly hospitalised due to respiratory issues and you are a chronic asthmatic aged 31 who doesn’t communicate with your surgery to prioritise your covid vaccination, give your head a proper wobble.

A4e yes it was based on recent times because that's when the risk exists - something like last 5 years. Speaking as someone with asthma for 30+ years I did some research on it. The risk isn't perceived to be that high despite being respiratory based. There's also a lot of asthmatics who have been vaccinated because they have other conditions as well. It's not a simple yes or no based on asthma alone answer. (Asthma society weren't impressed with it but equally there's a point where you have to draw a line. There's people with other things who were borderline as well. One of my in laws wasn't supposed to be shielding despite numerous issues. During lockdown they had a problem with heart bypass from years back and that bumped them into shielding).

RS - that’s a bit of a myth, what really happens is that people become better at managing it with their inhalers and more aware of the triggers, but when they get any sort of flu bug or bad cold/cough, the result can still be steroids and nebuliser treatment - as Covid is a respiratory disease it’s pretty dangerous for anyone susceptible.

Lurker, get the feeling MR will trust youth a little more as they know his DNA inside out. I would expect him then to bolt in several quality players on very decent money (balanced with our youngsters costing less and sensible use of the loan market). We now have a venue and seem to be heading toward a brand of football that we won’t be able to compete with Charlton for players but a player won’t turn his back on us to join Gillingham, Oxford, Wycombe....look at the league for next season. Not a lot of local competition for players from mid table down

Children with asthma frequently 'grow out of it' as they age. If your son no longer takes medication or hasn't gone to hospital for several years then he would be classed as low risk.

That's quite interesting, Prestons.

On the subject of vaccines, I was coming up to 12 weeks since my first, so contacted the surgery who gave me the number of the people who are arranging vaccines in my area (ProCare). I'm now booked in for Saturday. I don't know whether my details had somehow slipped through the net, but thought it best to be proactive.

Thanks Bob M ,will contact surgery

Looking at League 1 “churn”, of the teams that started 2016-17 season there, only ourselves, Fleetwood, Gillingham and Oxford haven’t been promoted/relegated. 2 sides from that 1st season are now in National League, 1 has disappeared, and 1 scaled the heights of Premier League.

Spit. If you have not heard by now would chase thrm up. My wife ended up going to our surgery and demanded to know why she was still waiting. Got an appointment the next day.

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Not true - so is 31, hospitalised quite a few times as a child due to serious asthma attacks, still no jab call-up 🤷🏻‍♂️ I think they changed it to cover those who had required hospital treatment within the pas t year or so, but those who know how bad an attack can be will understand how Covid presents a huge risk that your regular inhaler won’t help with.

I don't think there's much of a different financially and on pitch between League One and League Two, but Championship is a huge step up unless you're prepared to come straight back down again.

MAD considering Dobson and Oksanen will be gone, we don't know situation with Reilly and McLoughlin (including how well they will or won't play under MR), we really need to recruit some passing midfielders (and see how Hartigan fares under MR). Cos much as Woodyard has drastically improved, he still can't pass.

REPD- the “ostrich” journalist is post-CoVid a shadow of his former self.

Alan IoW Wycombe will have had promotion clauses in contracts that ate into their money. (Speculation on my part but there were probably very very healthy promotion clauses to attract the almost entire new team they hired). They'll probably come out of the championship with a great deal of fuck all.

A4e Asthma sufferers who have had a hospital admission from it, of any age, have been called for the jabs ages ago.

Will be slightly easier to attract mf ballers with MR style of football.

A4E, asthma patients were but only if they had 'chronic' asthma which had required hospital treatment in the past. If you have what they describe as 'well controlled asthma', ie you've never required direct intervention to assist your breathing either by hospital or other medic then you are classed as the same risk as others of your age.

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[Link] There you go A4E,