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Very little privacy
I noticed that too. Similarly, I am boringly healthy so didn't bother me. But then I noticed a more secluded area with a number on the outside like one of the open desks so assumed you request your conversation in there instead of out in the open. But this wasn't sign posted.
There was also one male presenting and one female presenting tech(? not sure if nurse, doctor, practitioner or whatever) administering the vaccine. And a couple of people ahead of me asked to switch queues.
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For me the jab process included the following stages/screenings:-
Outside: Just checking booking reference/time (they typed the booking reference nos into a tablet) and asking questions about any symptoms
Just inside the door: Second check about symptoms, temperature check, provided with a new mask
Properly inside: Non-medical screening confirming name/address/DOB, also asked for details about ethnicity (voluntary to answer)
Properly inside: Confirm name/address/DOB again. Medical screening by a nurse (in scrubs with local hospital ID). Asked about medication being taken, any conditions, etc. There were doctors on hand to deal with trickier questions. Told which vaccine they were giving.
Actual jab: Confirm name/address/DOB again.
Very little privacy, I could hear all about the medication that the person next to me was on. (This idn't bother me as I'm boringly healthy.)
I'd guess you'd mention it to the nurse and they'd call over a doctor if they needed backup.
(The name/address/DOB confirmation is just standard practice, I have to do it about 5 times during the different stages of blood donation.)