AIBU to not have the 4th covid jab ?

[clovid]

I've had all my covid vaccines up to date. I also had covid a few months ago.. I think I can get the next vaccine too if I want it. I was a bit surprised to be invited again..

Covid was just like a cold for me.

I'm 35, have MS ( not on any medication and I don't really have any symptoms apart from fatigue ). So no disability from it, no trouble walking or anything in my body- except fatigue.

I don't really want to have another vaccine. Is that unreasonable ?

Why have the antivaxxers suddenly come slithering onto Mumsnet again?

Slither is such a good word.

Absolutely.

Thread is in Aibu, of course a variety of people are going to post on it, these threads should really be kept in the Covid corner where people can fret together

Ah the hard of thinking are out in force I see.

This time 6 years ago I was on a ventilator having contracted the flu which attacked my heart. Perfectly healthy, had had flu before, no underlying conditions……

Or that’s what I thought.

Turns out I had a genetic heart condition which I’d had from birth, which happened to be affected by this type of flu virus. Now I’m heading for the transplant list.

All those people who say “It won’t happen to me. Only the elderly and the vulnerable are affected, and I’m not one of those. You don’t know that. Until you find out the hard way.

And how is it that people say “I’m so afraid of the effects of the vaccine which I’ve read about on instagram, but they’re perfectly happy to risk the effects of covid which are published in actual reputable medical journals?

Tbh honest what I don't understand is a grown ass person asking on MN how reasonable or unreasonable it is to have the vaccine.

If they really had doubts/ questions they would discuss with knowledgeable/qualified/informed people.

Why chuck it to a bunch of complete randoms on the internet. You have no idea what axes they have to grind.

OK OP @clovid my 2p.

Have it . It's the general advice. 56 billion doses worldwide the stats look good for you. And yep you bet I'll be having mine. And actually don't know anyone who isn't. .
Change anything?

I know.

That's what makes me doubt you @clovid

It's your personal choice of course. I had the 4th booster last week. I work in Social care but am self employed. If I get covid I can't work and I don't get paid. For me its a financial decision as well as helping protect the people I work with.

Then you need to report her. She is giving out dangerous advice and thinks she knows better than the RCOG.

My mate Jim had the same approach. Fit, healthy, 39 year old.

dead within a week of testing positive.

3 daughters, and a wife left behind.

It's up to you but I think that COVID itself is more likely to trigger an MS relapse than the vaccine so the vaccine seems to be the best option. If you are likely to go back on treatment soon it might be a good idea to have the vaccine before you do as it could work better while you are off treatment, depending on what medication you take.

If this really happened then it’s time for a formal complaint

The OP knows better than anyone with actual facts……

If you had antibody treatment then you haven't necessarily developed your own antibodies so you are more like someone who hasn't had covid yet.

I has my fourth one yesterday morning along with my flu jab. No side effects at all,

They don't work.

Sorry, but bollocks.

It’s been estimated that they saved 20 million lives globally during the first year (2021, basically). And presumably millions more since.

Just because they don’t provide 100% protection doesn’t mean they don’t work. They work much better than not having them.

Yes, there are side effects. Mostly mild, occasionally severe, rarely fatal. But the risk from COVID itself is far higher.

If you don’t want one, don’t have one. But don’t spout rubbish like they don’t work when there is overwhelming evidence that they do.

I won't be having mine i was horrendously ill after the 1st booster, the symptoms were much than actual covid. Which I still caught twice after having 3 vaccines!

YANBU for making whatever decision you think it is right for you, however, YABU for asking on MN about it, especially in AIBU. It is almost like you want to stir things up.

Have you ever thought that maybe it was so mild precisely because you had had 3 vaccines?

I had a very mild case of Covid, and I am not vaccinated at all. Maybe I if I was, I would have been just spreading it about due to the vaccine lessening my symptoms down to nothing.

PuzzledObserver "But don’t spout rubbish like they don’t work when there is overwhelming evidence that they do" and yet you said " It’s been estimated that they saved 20 million lives globally during the first year (2021, basically). And presumably millions more since." So is this the overwhelming evidence they work, an estimation? Because from where I'm standing, the excess deaths this year are off the charts high, particularly sudden deaths at home. Need a bit more than an estimate.

So is this the overwhelming evidence they work, an estimation? Because from where I'm standing, the excess deaths this year are off the charts high, particularly sudden deaths at home. Need a bit more than an estimate

Are you expecting the overwhelming evidence on here? Crack on. Don't have it.

I felt rough after my first jab. Just had my 4th and had no other side effect other than a sore arm. I was very keen to have it, and pleased that I was eligible whilst pregnant. I've had Covid twice and don't want to get ill from it again.I get the flu jab every year too.

I am genuinely torn on this one. As an ex-nurse I am not remotely 'anti-vacc' - I was so delighted to receive my first one. I've also had two more. But I can't deny (and my GP also says this) that I have had endless autoimmune issues since (alopecia, sinus problems, tinnitus, eye issues). While none of these is serious (although I could do without them all!), my concern is that my next reaction might be worse - I really do not want lupus, or arthritis, or some other autoimmune thing that my body kicks off.

It's not a live vaccine though so no reason that it would "kick off" autoimmune disease. The flu vaccine doesn't (it has been studied). Covid itself is more likely to stimulate autoimmune disease.

You probably just didn't get a very big dose of COVID and probably weren't very infectious either. I think studies have shown that people with only a mild infection are more likely to get reinfected compared with those who had more symptoms.

I only had the first 2 jabs and as far as I know, I've never had COVID, but then I also didn't test myself every time I had a cough or felt shite either.