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Covid 19 immunisations - would you have it?

153 replies

Toooldfornonsense · 04/04/2020 17:33

Just that really. If and when one becomes available, would you have it?

Taking into consideration the lack of testing time on side effects (I’m meaning years not weeks or months).

Also say if we are tested for immunity and had already had the virus. Would you still have an immunisation? Really interested to hear everyone’s view.

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Yugi · 04/04/2020 18:18

I have had the swine flu vaccine. It was part of the yearly flu jab

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Toooldfornonsense · 04/04/2020 18:19

@opticaldelusion my initial question was in fact that, a question. Not a throw away comment.

I’ve heard a lot of similar questions over the last few days and wanted to gauge the general ideas on this. Please don’t be rude

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tellmetocalmdown · 04/04/2020 18:20

No. I have a history of vaccine reactions that can be very serious and usually clinical trials take 10 years before a drug is released. This will be possibly less than a year. There's a reason why drugs take that long to be developed- to make damn sure they are safe. I suspect I have already had it anyway so no, I will not be having it.

MrsMonkeyBear · 04/04/2020 18:21

Yes, yes and yes again. I'd even be making my husband get it.

DontTouchTheMoustache · 04/04/2020 18:21

Yes, i want to live

recklessruby · 04/04/2020 18:22

Yes. I would like to know I m immune from it so I can safely say I wouldn't carry it to my parents in their late 70s and accidentally kill them (when we are allowed out to visit family again).

WeirdAndPissedOff · 04/04/2020 18:41

Don't get me wrong, I think mass-producing the vaccine as quickly as possible for public usage is absolutely the right thing to do, and I know it will be rigorously tested.

But for me - I'm not sure. If I could guarantee that my not having it wouldn't put anyone else at at increased risk, I don't think I would have it, actually.
Partly because the clinical trials will still be less than usual. Partly because of the swine flu vaccine produced under similar circumstances - I believe it caused narcolepsy in a very small percentage of those who had it? (Though I'll feel like an utter fool if this turns out to be wrong!). And partly because (shoot me now!) there's a known and fairly small chance of my dying, against an unknown chance of side effects. (Really not being flippant, I swear!)

Normally I have very strong feelings about anti-vaxxers, woo, anti-pharma etc etc. And I'm the first to use the by now tired "better with xxx than dead". And I've posted literally today saying people still aren't taking Covid-19 seriously enough.

But I think at the crux of it, is the fact that I think I probably won't die. If I don't, there don't seem to be any after-effects of Covid-19. I have a terrible fear of ending up struggling to function - I don't want to ever have to deal with a chronic illness, or a disability etc. (It's one of the things that stops me ever harming myself - I'd have to find a way that would limit the damage to my loved ones, and have a

Littlecaf · 04/04/2020 18:42

Yes I would

TheEmojiFormerlyKnownAsPrince · 04/04/2020 18:47

I thought COVID could leave you with permanent lung damage

MrsHardbroom · 04/04/2020 18:51

Yes. Wish more than anything for a vaccine to be produced quickly. 'Herd immunity' is the only way that life can get back to normal relatively quickly and achieving this by any other means than vaccination will lead to many many deaths.

IBoughtAllTheToiletRoll · 04/04/2020 18:59

Yes, as long as they’ve done enough trials to prove its safety.

tootiredtoconga · 04/04/2020 19:05

If the NHS tells me it's safe, then I'm having it. Because I'm not arrogant enough to think I know better than the top medical professionals in the UK, with medical degrees, doctorates and 50 odd years research experience.

Exactly this. So many people think they know better. Including the idiots planning to drive to the coast tomorrow to enjoy the sun instead of following the government guidelines, thereby ensuring we will all be subjected to more stringent measures for a longer period.

Ifartglitterybaubles · 04/04/2020 19:08

I think I've already have Covid but if I have the antibody test and that says otherwise then, yes I will have the vaccination.

june2007 · 04/04/2020 19:10

This has already been asked. I wouldn,t take an experimental drug without proper trials not.

ofwarren · 04/04/2020 19:13

If an antibody test says I'm not immune, then yes I would.

iolaus · 04/04/2020 19:13

Most early vaccines I would be wary of having (my daughters were in the first batch to have hpv vaccine and I declined for them as felt it was too early) but this one i would agree to (ideally antibody testing first and if immune then I wouldn't need to ) - I think I'd have to for work anyway

ilovesooty · 04/04/2020 19:14

Yes absolutely.

feelinguseless101 · 04/04/2020 19:19

No.

I'm usually really pro-vaccine. And have an annual flu vaccine. But the last rushed vaccine (swine flu nasal spray) has resulted in a number of children with narcolepsy (the government has paid compensation due to it). In some people it's so bad they can't drive, can't work, can't have normal lives.

I'm not anti-vaxx at all. In my line of work I work with people with vaccine injury AND with the disabilities they've been left with as a result of vaccine preventable illness so I have a balanced view of vaccines. My kids have had all their immunisations. But no, I wouldn't have the first batch of this one.

KittenVsBox · 04/04/2020 19:29

Depends on what it is.
If it's a modification on a flu vaccine, I'd consider it - but probably wouldn't be high priority, and wouldnt push to bump up the list.
If it's a novel RNA vaccine, I would decline initially and see what happens. I'm not confident an RNA vaccine would have been tested sufficiently in humans before being released as a global vaccine.
Yes, that makes me selfish. Yes, I'm pro-vax.

CharlieTangoBanana · 04/04/2020 19:31

Yes because I will probably never leave my home again without one.

gordongopherthe3rd · 04/04/2020 19:33

Yes, we'd all have it.

Cherrysoup · 04/04/2020 19:36

Not a rushed vaxx, no. It’s also highly likely to mutate, so could be infinite varieties, rendering a vaxx ineffective.

MrsSnitchnose · 04/04/2020 19:36

No I wouldn't

Whathewhatnow · 04/04/2020 19:38

I'm not sure. Certainly not if antibody positive.

My understanding is that some vaccines, in trials, for diseases that share some similar characteristics, have made recipients more, not less, likely to contract disease. So I'd want to be sure that proper clinical trials had been completed first and efficacy at reducing risk was proven.

And I am a fervent pro-vaxxer.

BoingBoingyBoing · 04/04/2020 19:39

Absolutely I would. Should be mandatory for anyone who has no health reason not to have it.