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To consider paying for a private Covid immunisation?

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CherubEarrings · 27/06/2024 12:32

I am in my 60s but not clinically vulnerable but travel on public transport and everyone is coughing and sneezing. I have had it twice and was unwell both times.

Anyone else considering it? It is £100

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longapple · 01/07/2024 08:59

BeethovenNinth · 01/07/2024 08:11

I hear a lot “ l just had Covid, and felt terrible but luckily I was vaccinated a month before”

that’s enough for me, frankly

it’s a shame that Novovax wasn’t/isn’t offered as it seems like as a vaccine that it has a point.

You can get novavax privately at local pharmacies though pharmadoctor.

notanothernana · 01/07/2024 08:34

I have had to cancel my holiday as I have Covid currently. If I could have my time again, I would have the vaccine.

WhatTheFuk · 01/07/2024 08:14

beckybarefoot · 27/06/2024 12:57

what makes you think the private dose is any better than that of the NHS? surely if there was something out there better by now, it would be available to all not just those who can afford it.

everyone is coughing and sneezing this time of year.. its summer, the pollen count is up ontop of the years we all had hiding behind masks, so there are bugs and germs out there which our bodies are not immune too.

covid is here to stay, like the common cold and flu. yes you can have a flu jab, and most of the times it works and sometimes it doesn't.

if you are worried, rather than pay for snake oil.. wear a mask and practive hand washing

Amazing to pack so many cliches and misconceptions in one post. Well done!!

BeethovenNinth · 01/07/2024 08:11

I hear a lot “ l just had Covid, and felt terrible but luckily I was vaccinated a month before”

that’s enough for me, frankly

it’s a shame that Novovax wasn’t/isn’t offered as it seems like as a vaccine that it has a point.

itsasmallworldafterall · 01/07/2024 08:04

Thisismetooaswell · 01/07/2024 07:57

And gave me rheumatoid arthritis and an aortic aneurysm. Apart from that it's a fantastic idea, go for it

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Would love to hear you physiological theory on how it created an aortic aneurysm

Thisismetooaswell · 01/07/2024 07:57

longapple · 30/06/2024 21:59

The vaccine reduces viral load so you are less unwell, less likely to be hospitalised or die and have less virus to share with others. Not sure what's so hard to understand about that.

And gave me rheumatoid arthritis and an aortic aneurysm. Apart from that it's a fantastic idea, go for it

longapple · 30/06/2024 21:59

The vaccine reduces viral load so you are less unwell, less likely to be hospitalised or die and have less virus to share with others. Not sure what's so hard to understand about that.

RafaistheKingofClay · 30/06/2024 20:53

When did they admit is was false?

Singersong · 30/06/2024 20:38

notnowmarmaduke · 30/06/2024 17:45

But it also prevents some spread, so fewer people have it

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Wow. You still believe that crap? Even after they had to admit it was false.

notnowmarmaduke · 30/06/2024 20:19

Thisismetooaswell · 30/06/2024 19:32

Why wouldn't you??? Why the hell would you? A vaccine that was released way sooner than the usual protocols for any new vaccine release, with the manufacturers given immunity from prosecution about any side effects. If that doesn't ring any alarm bells, it doesn't give you immunity or prevent you spreading the disease. If you still think it's ok, look at the stats for all the people who have had extremely bad reactions to the vaccine. That poison is coming nowhere near me or mine

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whatever

Thisismetooaswell · 30/06/2024 19:32

notnowmarmaduke · 27/06/2024 12:44

By all means do it if you can afford it, why wouldn't you? It protects you, and everyone around you from catching it from you, so I'm grateful to anyone who immunises themselves

Why wouldn't you??? Why the hell would you? A vaccine that was released way sooner than the usual protocols for any new vaccine release, with the manufacturers given immunity from prosecution about any side effects. If that doesn't ring any alarm bells, it doesn't give you immunity or prevent you spreading the disease. If you still think it's ok, look at the stats for all the people who have had extremely bad reactions to the vaccine. That poison is coming nowhere near me or mine

notnowmarmaduke · 30/06/2024 17:45

PoopingAllTheWay · 30/06/2024 15:40

No it doesnt !

The point of the jab is so the person isnt so ill with it

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But it also prevents some spread, so fewer people have it

PoopingAllTheWay · 30/06/2024 15:40

notnowmarmaduke · 30/06/2024 05:36

It helps stop you catching it, and if fewer people are able to catch it, then obviously there is a lot less passing it on

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No it doesnt !

The point of the jab is so the person isnt so ill with it

KnittedCardi · 30/06/2024 12:11

Sondheimisademigod · 30/06/2024 05:44

Are you a doctor/epidemiologist?
You cannot arrogantly assert such crap
It is stull out there, there are vulnerable people stull

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No, but statistically more people have hay-fever than COVID. Lots of people have COVID, obviously by the experience of those on here, and for some it's pretty unpleasant. So, yes get the vaccine if you want, or can.

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CherubEarrings · 30/06/2024 12:00

I just wanted to minimise risk. I have had Covid twice. First time in March 2020 when vaccination was a dream. I was very unwell and terrified. Second time was 2 years ago but completely different experience unpleasant but not terrified as milder illness and I had had several vaccinations as was frontline NHS.

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rookiemere · 30/06/2024 06:58

I may pay for it as well, just recovering from latest bout a few weeks ago. Wiped me out for a good few days - thankfully still at existing job with generous sick leave and people who know I don't take the mickey - but the attitudes here worry me as I will be moving job soon,

Oh why are you testing, oh you're not really ill with covid, it must be hay fever.

I didn't believe in lockdown and I never washed my shopping or anything else like that. All I know is I now seem to be getting pretty poorly every few months with it, and the reason I test is I naturally worry about giving any communicable disease to my geriatric DPs who rely on me providing a certain amount of care.

Applepencilplant · 30/06/2024 05:52

I have covid and loads of people I work with have it. I feel bloody awful.
Pay the money and get the jab.

Forhecksake · 30/06/2024 05:45

I've had it last week and it's the most poorly I can remember being. No idea how long it's going to take to feel normal again. I still get sudden waves of nausea or high temperature after 8 days

Sondheimisademigod · 30/06/2024 05:44

KnittedCardi · 27/06/2024 12:37

It's likely hayfever, rather than Covid. I wouldn't worry about it tbh. I've just been on holiday, airports, airplanes, restaurants. My kids are in a London and at Uni. There doesn't seem to be much about.

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Are you a doctor/epidemiologist?
You cannot arrogantly assert such crap
It is stull out there, there are vulnerable people stull

notnowmarmaduke · 30/06/2024 05:36

PoopingAllTheWay · 30/06/2024 03:34

It doesnt stop you catching it and you are still contagious and will still pass it on

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It helps stop you catching it, and if fewer people are able to catch it, then obviously there is a lot less passing it on

PoopingAllTheWay · 30/06/2024 03:50

I have so many hospital appointments coming up and surgery, this makes me nervous

PoopingAllTheWay · 30/06/2024 03:34

notnowmarmaduke · 27/06/2024 12:44

By all means do it if you can afford it, why wouldn't you? It protects you, and everyone around you from catching it from you, so I'm grateful to anyone who immunises themselves

It doesnt stop you catching it and you are still contagious and will still pass it on

PoopingAllTheWay · 30/06/2024 03:32

KnittedCardi · 27/06/2024 12:37

It's likely hayfever, rather than Covid. I wouldn't worry about it tbh. I've just been on holiday, airports, airplanes, restaurants. My kids are in a London and at Uni. There doesn't seem to be much about.

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I know more people with it now than i ever have in this whole time

Its a nasty variant too!

oatflat22 · 30/06/2024 03:12

@KnittedCardi sadly its really really doing the rounds again, this variant has possible D&V also - i think covid unlike other respiratory illnesses seems impervious to the warmer months! Just had it for the third time and i will try get a private vaccination on the winter- I was so ill and loads of my hair fell out.

user3344556 · 30/06/2024 00:56

Thisismetooaswell · 29/06/2024 22:38

They won't. I find this whole thread very depressing. Naively I honestly thought most people had wised up now. Clearly not

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Wised up to what, exactly?

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