To ask for your thoughts on having more covid vaccinatinns

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I have had covid twice now and had 2 moderna vax in the first round. I was super ill after my 2nd vaccination and didn’t have a booster as a result. I had covid in March 2020 and was really rough & then again in June 22 and was rough but only for a few days.

I don’t really want any more jabs to be honest- I feel like having had it twice plus being double vaxxed is enough but not sure and I wondered what the general view out there now was?

I’m happy to have another vaccine because immunity from both vaccines and natural infection wears off. You will always have an imprint but immunity wanes. So if I’m lucky enough to get a booster I’ll get one, no qualms at all.
it’s a personal choice, nobody will force you.
but i’m getting older and don’t really fancy Covid complications

I feel like having had it twice plus being double vaxxed is enough but not sure

You're not immune forever, if that's what you're implying. It wanes.

Of course I'd have more. In fact I'm surprised at how much boosters fell off the radar given covid certainly didn't disappear. I guess they couldn't compete with Ukraine and cost of living.

I feel like having had it twice plus being double vaxxed is enough but not sure

Are you an immunologist or relevant type of medic?

If not, maybe best take their advice on what is 'enough'.
I will be very pleased to get a booster this autumn.

I've had 3 jabs and covid twice, I think I've got it again but I suppose it could be flu. The second time I had it was terrible, I was really ill for 8 weeks, gradually improving for 8 weeks and then it sort of stopped improving so now I think I've got covid ontop of some of the symptoms from six months ago.

I'll have as many jabs as they can give me if it reduces the chances of me feeling like this.

@SleeplessInEngland i’m just not as convinced as I was. My friend who had the covid booster & then had covid the same time as me was much iller than I was- she was bedridden for 2 weeks. Maybe it’s luck too but it has made me question the effectiveness of the vaccines.

I won’t be having anymore vaccines

I'll have as many boosters as I'm offered

I'm having my 5th this weekend

Felt a bit crap after booster (Moderna) but this is an ever changing virus so I’ll be there with my sleeve rolled up when Autumn booster is offered. Side effects of vaccination were nothing compared to how I felt when I had Covid and I’d class it as a mild case (only two weeks out of action, a couple more to recover completely and not hospitalised).

Maybe you friend would have died without the vaccine. Who's to say?

I will follow the experts and have whatever they recommend.

@ErrolTheDragon i was incredibly ill after the 2nd moderna jab - it scared me a bit to be honest it was so nasty. I trust my own personal experience too.

People who “question the effectiveness of the vaccine” only have my sympathy. If only we were all world-leading scientists

I've had all the jabs I'm eligible for so far (4 as I'm immunosuppressed) which is more than the rest of the family and I'm the only one who has avoided getting it . Apart from feeling a little rough for 24hrs after the first one, I've been ok so I will continue to get them when asked.

I don't know. I was really ill for 48 hours after Moderna, then got covid, asymptomatic then had pfizer, no symptoms, got covid, slight cold.

Kids arent vaccinated, have had it twice.

I'll be having boosters when they're offered. I have a flu jag every winter without a 2nd thought I see this as the same. I had covid earlier this year & felt awful. I hate to think how much worse it might have been had I been unvaccinated

I've had my booster as I was pregnant and it was advised so 3 jabs in total. But I won't be getting annual jabs no. The same as I don't get a yearly flu jab.

I'm really pro vaccines generally and have the flu one each year but i am not sure about this one because my son has had 3 vaccines and covid 3 times - im not sure the immunity lasts long enough to make it worthwhile as the vaccines make him feel ill too - but then if it keeps his covid 'mild' maybe it is.

@DSGR I had chest pains & headaches, my periods stopped for 3 months, my vision went weird for a few days (ended up having a scan at the eye hospital) and I felt nauseous for days after the moderna Jab so I feel like I reserve the right to be a bit worried.

The one thing I would say to people is don't assume because you had covid mildly it will be like that if you get it again. I had no symptoms the first time, found out because of a random test. Second time I was very ill, 2 lots of ABs, broken ribs from coughing, basically 8 weeks lying doing nothing and then 8 weeks gradually doing a bit more. Here I am six months later still breathless, still exhausted at the slightest thing, horrendous joint pains, fevers that come and go. I'm starting to think I will never get back to how I was six months ago.

I really don’t want anymore. Had two. Had Covid. Had Covid in the house and didn’t get it.
Had big headaches for weeks after the 2nd Moderna.
Have quite a few friends and acquaintances who have had unpleasant side affects from
vaccination. A close friend is vaccine injured. She has been so sick. It’s been awful to see. Water in the lungs and around organs. There is little help from the government financially or medically. It’s not a fair bargain in my opinion.
we actively chose to holiday somewhere that had no Covid entry requirements.
Ill take my chances with Covid in the future

I've been lucky and had no side effects from any vaccine, had AZ and Moderna and haven't caught it despite DH having it. So for me i's a no brainer to get vaccinated again. Also DH who is immune suppressed and has had 4 vaccines whilst poorly with covid wasn't hospitalised so that for me was also a win.

Are you a medic? Are you a scientist? Do you know anything about vaccines?

Have the vaccine.

Quite a few people I know who live in my area have had covid recently so I'm assuming there's a high chance of us getting it again this year. Therefore I'd rather have an up-to-date booster than deal with the virus with little immunity (been there, done that and it was followed by 8 months of long covid 😖).

Immunity wanes

The biggest difference between the effects of omicron compared to earlier variants is not really because of the virus.

Unvaccinated, and the original strain had a hospitalisation rate of around 9% (NHS could not cope, just as health provision in many other countries could nit cope).

When there was a largely vaccinated population, that fell to about 2-3%

With a vaccinated population and omicron, it was 1-2%

No-one knows what the rate would be in a population with waning vaccination coverage and omicron. Just that it'll be higher.

Vaccinating so that the population has the risk factor of someone under 50 with no underlying health conditions is a highly sensible step. If you're over 50, or have a health condition that puts you more at risk, get the vax!!

@BIWI did you read my post about the side effects I experienced?