AIBU?
Anyone under 30 and had 2nd dose of Astra Zeneca.
Boo2997 · 04/05/2021 14:17
I’m nearly 30... had my first in Feb and due my second very soon.
Was absolutely fine after the first so likely it’ll be the same again.
Slightly anxious after the news that it wouldn’t be given to under 30’s.
Anyone had their second dose in this age group?
strawberrysalsa · 04/05/2021 14:58
My son is under 30 and has had 2 doses of the Astra Zeneca jab....He had his second just over a week ago.
He had a temperature both times and felt a bit under the weather but that was it. The major side effect was him being a smug git getting both his vaccines sorted so quickly.
The risk of a blood clot seems to be 1 in a million which seemed a more than acceptable risk to him. He has asthma so Covid could have been serious if he'd caught it.
StripyHorse · 04/05/2021 21:46
I think it is more to do with the balance of risk of the vaccine, vs becoming seriously ill from covid.
So the risk of thrombosis is slightly higher for under 30s (but still v v rare) while the risk from covid is lower.
In older age groups, the increased risk from covid more than balances out the risk from the vaccine itself.
Theshoepeople · 04/05/2021 21:56
Am mid thirties not under so a little different - however when I went for my second jab the nurse who did the screening gave me some additional advice about side effects (re the blood clot scare) and checked I was happy to have AZ again.
I think they're just being extremely cautious with the vaccines. Its far less risky than the contraceptive pill I take every day.
AndyYoureAStar · 04/05/2021 22:30
My husband has had both doses of AZ, he's 31 (front line health care worker). He got a fever after the first dose (he'd already had COVID, apparently that can make you react worse after the first jab) and felt a little rough after the second one but nothing some paracetamol didn't sort out.
I'm 34 and not in a high risk group so I haven't had my jabs yet - but I'm currently pregnant so my risk of blood clots is much higher than having the AZ vaccine!
MadeOfStarStuff · 17/06/2021 22:27
Same as theshoepeople, I’m mid 30s but recently had a second dose of AZ, they gave me extra info which said it wasn’t recommended as a first dose for under 40s, but I think the logic was if you don’t have serious issues after the first one you should be fine with the second one.
(And I was absolutely fine, not even the mild side effects that I had with the first dose)
Em8725 · 17/06/2021 22:37
I’m under 30. Had my second dose under 48 hours ago.
I’ve still got the banging headache, but only when I bend down/lean forwards. I felt really ill last night and conked out completely at 11pm, nothing could wake me until 9 this morning. I was hot/cold/shaky. Symptoms passed quickly. I don’t have such a sore arm this time either. I am ok though, I’m not ill today and am getting on with life as I normally would. The first dose incapacitated me for a couple of days.
First dose I had the headache for 3 days, and then the one when I bend down for a further 2 days afterwards, was hot and cold and shivery for 3 days and had pain in my arm so severe I couldn’t move it for a day.
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