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Are we meant to be getting COVID booster jabs?

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Blondiebeachbabe · 24/06/2024 13:35

Posting here for traffic. Have googled, but it's unclear.

Me & DH both have covid right now. I feel okayish, but DH feels awful. Are we meant to be getting booster jabs? I'm sure it's been over a year since we had one, but the NHS App doesn't work any more, so I can't check.

We are 54 & 51, with no health conditions.

Thanks

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TeamPineapple · 24/06/2024 14:24

@PinkTonic not nausea, but I had stomach ache (very rare for me) for 2-3 days last week and lost my appetite. Tested positive for covid. I'm not coughing much now but I'm still so tired, and still don't have my senses of taste and smell back (shame as I bought some cake to try and I can't tell if I like it or not 🙄😄)

PinkTonic · 24/06/2024 14:16

I know of two other cases which are unrelated to each other and mine. One will probably have tested because she’s potentially vulnerable herself and one because there is a vulnerable child in the family. Or perhaps people just want to know! I don’t see why anyone needs to justify testing themselves, not wanting to spread it around should be reason enough.

NeverEnoughPants · 24/06/2024 14:07

ClaudiaWankleman · 24/06/2024 14:05

Some of those people are still testing - fine. But how does Jenna know so many of them? That was a big part of my question. There certainly aren't a lot of people paying money to routinely test themselves for covid, as beneficial as that may be for some other people.

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It's quite easy to know a few people with COVID.

All it takes is one person to catch it and spread it around their friends/family/workplace

LittleLittleRex · 24/06/2024 14:05

The same people who get boosters also get boxes of tests in the post when they need them. It's so they can get the antiviral drugs straight away.

If anyone thought you needed a booster, they'd have told you. Hope you feel better soon.

ClaudiaWankleman · 24/06/2024 14:05

PinkTonic · 24/06/2024 14:02

Tests are readily available in Boots and local pharmacies. No they aren’t free. Some people test because they are still at high risk of serious illness from Covid and maybe others would still consider testing so they don’t spread it around unnecessarily.

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Some of those people are still testing - fine. But how does Jenna know so many of them? That was a big part of my question. There certainly aren't a lot of people paying money to routinely test themselves for covid, as beneficial as that may be for some other people.

Upinthenightagain · 24/06/2024 14:05

I tested dd because she was complaining of the light and had a whole range of symptoms and I was fretting about meningitis so I was actually relieved it was Covid

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Blondiebeachbabe · 24/06/2024 14:05

ClaudiaWankleman · 24/06/2024 13:58

How do you know so many people with Covid - why are they still testing? - Not a sarcastic question, I'm genuinely wondering which types of people are still regularly doing Covid tests.

I don't know anyone who still does Covid tests and without researching how I don't think I could even find a Covid test. They're not even free anymore are they?

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We aren't regularly testing at all. DH was feeling really ill and he got a text from a colleague to say he was positive. Cue us searching in the back of the cupboard for old testing kits, which had actually expired in April! He tested positive yesterday and I was negative. But tested again today and I'm positive. I honestly would have just written it off as a mild cold, had DH not tested positive.

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Bluemincat · 24/06/2024 14:02

If I have covid symptoms then I test as I don't want to pass it on to other people. I bought a pack of 25 tests on Amazon for about £15.

PinkTonic · 24/06/2024 14:02

ClaudiaWankleman · 24/06/2024 13:58

How do you know so many people with Covid - why are they still testing? - Not a sarcastic question, I'm genuinely wondering which types of people are still regularly doing Covid tests.

I don't know anyone who still does Covid tests and without researching how I don't think I could even find a Covid test. They're not even free anymore are they?

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Tests are readily available in Boots and local pharmacies. No they aren’t free. Some people test because they are still at high risk of serious illness from Covid and maybe others would still consider testing so they don’t spread it around unnecessarily.

NeverEnoughPants · 24/06/2024 14:01

ClaudiaWankleman · 24/06/2024 13:58

How do you know so many people with Covid - why are they still testing? - Not a sarcastic question, I'm genuinely wondering which types of people are still regularly doing Covid tests.

I don't know anyone who still does Covid tests and without researching how I don't think I could even find a Covid test. They're not even free anymore are they?

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My local supermarket sells them still, so I'm pretty sure you could find one if you wanted to.

Wakeywake · 24/06/2024 14:01

ClaudiaWankleman · 24/06/2024 13:58

How do you know so many people with Covid - why are they still testing? - Not a sarcastic question, I'm genuinely wondering which types of people are still regularly doing Covid tests.

I don't know anyone who still does Covid tests and without researching how I don't think I could even find a Covid test. They're not even free anymore are they?

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I don't test, but it was a dead giveaway when my sense of taste and smell disappeared completely.

ChocoChocoLatte · 24/06/2024 14:01

I just had mine but I'm 48 with stage 4 cancer.....

Sparkletastic · 24/06/2024 14:00

No it won't start killing (most) people again as the strain currently circulating is far milder.

ClaudiaWankleman · 24/06/2024 13:58

Jennalong · 24/06/2024 13:42

I currently know quite a few people with covid currently , and they are not known to each other so there must be quite a spike of people with it .
Unfortunately I have been in close contact with one of them so it's a waiting game for me.

How do you know so many people with Covid - why are they still testing? - Not a sarcastic question, I'm genuinely wondering which types of people are still regularly doing Covid tests.

I don't know anyone who still does Covid tests and without researching how I don't think I could even find a Covid test. They're not even free anymore are they?

Upinthenightagain · 24/06/2024 13:57

PinkTonic · 24/06/2024 13:52

I’ve got it at the moment and due to being immune suppressed I had a booster in May. Currently don’t feel as though it helped much, I feel dreadful and much worse than when I had it before. I’m waiting for a call about antivirals.

Does anyone else who has it now have really severe nausea?

Yes. I’ve had nausea. I’m
on mounjaro but don’t think it’s that as had no nausea previously on it and dd also has Covid and was nauseated and not eating

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Blondiebeachbabe · 24/06/2024 13:55

I don't feel sick, no. For me, it's like a mild cold. But DH is suffering with flu like symptoms : hot & cold, achy etc.

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Blondiebeachbabe · 24/06/2024 13:53

According to Google the vaccine only lasts for about 6 months, so why have they stopped giving boosters? Won't it start killing people again?

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PinkTonic · 24/06/2024 13:52

I’ve got it at the moment and due to being immune suppressed I had a booster in May. Currently don’t feel as though it helped much, I feel dreadful and much worse than when I had it before. I’m waiting for a call about antivirals.

Does anyone else who has it now have really severe nausea?

BibbleandSqwauk · 24/06/2024 13:49

@Mercurial123 yes I can see that, but I'm asking why, if the idea that all of us who have had jabs are now at least somewhat protected from the worst of the infection, is it not available to teens who were under 12 in 2021.

IAmAnAdultHumanFemale · 24/06/2024 13:47

Oh idk why my link didn't woek
sorry

longapple · 24/06/2024 13:47

some local pharmacies offer them privately too through pharmadoctor
pharmadoctor.co.uk/patient/service/covid-vaccination

Mercurial123 · 24/06/2024 13:46

The NHS are pretty clear

Are we meant to be getting COVID booster jabs?
BibbleandSqwauk · 24/06/2024 13:46

What's the situation for children who were too young when we all got them but are 12+ now? I can't get a straight answer from GP reception.

IAmAnAdultHumanFemale · 24/06/2024 13:45

Boots do them privately for £100 a pop

https://www.boots.com

CheshireCat1 · 24/06/2024 13:44

I’ve just had mine. I got an email and also an invite on the NHS app. I’m immunosuppressed. They’re only doing them until the end of June this time.