To be somewhat proud of being vaccinated?

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With all the anti vax bollocks going about at the moment I’m somewhat proud of myself for actually going and getting vaccinated. I just think it’s mad that people won’t!

The vast majority of vaccines that I've had, I got when I was a child. It would be weird to be proud of something I didn't choose.

That sounds horrendous, I hope you have recovered as much as is possible after that.

Could I ask which brand that was, was it AZ or Pfizer or Moderna? Thanks, I am currently weighing up whether to get the autumn vaccine or not (immune suppression).

Proud of you, how are you going to celebrate your huge achievement?

It was their professional opinion, presumably based on their extensive knowledge and years of experience.

Not compulsory, but necessary if you wanted to work in healthcare, go to a show, be in other public places which escape me now but I remember queueing to see a show in London and having to get our proof of vaccine thingy scanned to go in.

How does it keep everyone safe?

Do you really believe that every person who had the jab and got covid were 'less poorly'? This is not actually true and it is not the purpose of the vaccination. Many millions of people had covid with no issues at all pre-vaccination - the vaccine would have made no difference to how poorly they were. Others may have been less poorly after vaccination but that wasn't the focus.The covid vaccine is a population measure, the point isn't how it affects individuals (most people technically don't need it at all on an individual level), it's about reducing overall infection.

That's why the vaccination was still recommended even after it killed individuals.

Herd immunity.

No, the vaccine did not make you immune.

I’m fully vaccinated but I’m not proud of it per se. That’s like being proud of taking paracetamol or something ie a very basic task that doesn’t really impact my day to day.

I've had mine as I work with vulnerable people. However it may only be £15 to you but to some people that's a lot of money and the choice between heating their homes or eating.

It doesn't make you immune, it also doesn't necessarily make you 'less poorly,' as you stated.

The flu jab doesn't stop you getting the flu and you can still pass it on.

That was the entire point of the vaccine. As is the same with the flu jab.

My friends husband had the covid jab. Definitely didn't stop him getting seriously ill.

I’m having my flu job tomorrow, not so I can feel PROUD and puff out my chest. I have to or my medication gets withdrawn.

It does though because it means she is more concerned about eliminating preventable diseases than an anti vaxer.
If anti vaxers had their way hundreds of people would still be dying from poiio, smallpox, diphtheria, TB. etc Sadly because of people refusing to vaccinated their children measles and whooping cough are making a comeback.

No, it wasn't. I don't know where this idea came from.

Many millions of people have no symptoms at all when they have covid, or have such mild symptoms they don't notice them. It's not possible for them to be 'less poorly' as a result of the vaccine as they are already barely sick at all. That's not the point of the vaccine. The point of the vaccine is slow the spread within a population, regardless of how sick individuals are.

You do understand that thousands of people had the vaccine and still caught covid and died?

You only have to look at threads like this and realise how many people are against it though

Sheep is a very odd description to use, if that’s true.

I’m pro vax but not particularly proud of it. It’s such an emotive and polarizing subject that it’s not something I really want to discuss with friends and colleagues, many of whom I know are anti-vax. A very sorry state of affairs

Not sure that’s true. The many millions who aren’t just get on with it and don’t think it worth commenting on.
Hopefully, after the recent tragic deaths from measles, uptake will pick up.

I don't think it's reasonable to be proud of having basic common sense.

Buy yanbu to be horrified by the stupidity of your colleagues.

I'm not anti vax, i just have zero interest in seasonal vaccinations

@Checkcheckout flu vaccination also triggered RA in my DM. NHS are aware that flu vaccination can lead to development of autoimmune conditions but research on risk factors is poor. Women aged 40-60 seem to be at higher risk of developing an autoimmune condition but at low risk of severe complication from flu, even if they catch it. So paying for a flu vaccination when not at risk from flu, given it does not benefit others, and may be of no or limited benefit to you as an individual, is more risky than not having the vaccination. There is a logical reason why the NHS only provides the flu vaccine to certain groups. Risk can outweigh benefit.

Be very wary of steroid treatment as long term use leads to osteoporosis. DM was not put methotrexate (also horrible) and then biologics until she had suffered several fractures by which time she was also on treatment for osteoporosis and treatment for side effects of the medication she had to take.

She went from fit and healthy to suffering a debilitating life long condition. Flu would have been a better alternative for her.