I'm due to have the vaccine in an hour. Would you?

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Just that. Am curious to see what MNers would do if offered.

YANBU - I WOULD have the vaccine.

YABU - I WOULD NOT have the vaccine.

Am 40. NHS worker. Healthy and low risk.

@butterpuffed

As soon as possible for me.

Interested in why some posters who are saying only the Oxford vaccine..why ?

I’m not one that said Oxford only but anything other than Pfizer. Pfizer has caused people in America to develop symptoms of a condition I’ve had twice - therefore making me a hell of a lot more vulnerable to this. I’d prefer not to do anything - no matter how small the risk might be, that could result in me having it again.

Where are the links to it causing infertility please? I have only seen dodgy facebook posts on this, and nothing from a source I would trust...

I cannot wait.

No need for me as am going to have it but might pass on your tactical suggestion to my colleague

But why would you do that? She can just say no?

Lucky you. I wish I could have the vaccine this soon. But I’m glad for you that you’re being offered it! What a great early Xmas present!

@PLAYJAJADINGDONG

No, I wouldn't have it

There's a definite feeling of pressure from colleagues. It's automatically assumed we're all having it and no-one wants to be the one who dissents

Nobody should be pressured into having medical treatment or a vaccine

Yes

My s-i-l's 99 year old father has just had his. It's his passport to going out in the world again. I can't wait to get mine.

No, but only because I’m planning to start trying to conceive, and the advice is not to try to conceive for three months after having it.

@StatisticalSense, I'm not trying to pick fault but I'm not sure I follow:

"As the vaccine was far from 100% effective in preventing symptomatic cases it is probably more likely that the vaccine merely reduces symptoms and does not reduce onwards transmission meaning vaccinating those who come into contact with vulnerable people before the vulnerable people they come into contact with is likely to lead to an increase in preventable deaths from the virus."

Why would a vaccine that appears 90-95% effective in reducing symptomatic cases be more likely to merely reduce symptoms and not reduce onward transmission? I'm not trying to disagree and expect I'm probably missing something?

@FourTeaFallOut, I suppose some people don't like workplace conflict and some workplaces don't tolerate incorporate behaviour or play nicely.

Yes, I’ll have mine the minute I am told that it has become available for me.

Yet another vaccine bragging thread. Yawn.

@GabsAlot, I know @Cattenberg has clarified their post but AFAIK, it is more than advice, in the UK pregnant women are not allowed the vaccine. I expect it's not much of an issue in the over-80s in care homes but more for HCP workforce and later tiers.

I'd have it tomorrow but am young (35) with no health issues and I don't work in health care so it'll be a while yet for me. Do it!

My dad aged 97 had his yesterday

Nope.

@Zilla1
The fact that some symptomatic cases still occurred in those who recieved the vaccine show that it isn't a (complete) barrier to transmission. If Pfizer thought that this vaccine would heavily reduce asymptomatic cases of the virus there is no doubt that they would have routinely routinely tested all participants whether or not they had symptoms (as Oxford have done). The fact that they chose not to do this suggests that they have little confidence in the ability of this vaccine to reduce transmission.

Of course. In fact I participated in a trial so possibly already have it (50% got the placebo).

I would have it as soon as possible

My son had it on Tuesday, 35 and very fit,

Personally no i wont be having it!

My wife on the other hand is a nhs nurse and will be having it next week

@FourTeaFallOut

The trial participants really are utter legends

^ This

No.

To protect everyone else. In a heartbeat.

I'm not sure, but only because I caught Covid back in the Spring, and I've still not completely recovered from it. I'm currently in the process of trying to get a referral to one of the Long Covid clinics, and one of the things I need to find out is whether my on-going symptoms are a result of my immune system going a bit haywire, and whether introducing the vaccine is likely to exacerbate that. Otherwise I'm all for it.