Would you vaccinate yourself against CV

[LaPerla]

Would you be the first to vaccinate yourself/children against CV when the vaccine is available?

I hate injections. Just reading this is making my arms feel sore and reminding me of school jabs. I've blacked out three times after injections in the past.

So I think I certainly wouldn't be first in the queue for a CV-19 vaccine. Unless it's advised that everyone gets it, I quite possibly wouldn't.

I know it's stupid. I know in my head that the disease could be far worse than the vaccine ever is. But I'm still scared of needles.

The people who would like to be front of the queue, if you live in the Thames Valley you can be. Oxford University are currently looking for volunteers for their vaccine trial.

I can't imagine I'll be particularly high up the list to receive the vaccine so chances are I'll have had the virus before I'm offered. If I am offered the vaccine then yes. But there will be hoards to do before me - the vulnerable, the old, the people in the NHS, people in customer facing roles etc. Given it'll be 18 months away or more before that happens
then chances are I'll have had the virus by then

@HuloBeraal do you work in the industry? Thanks for your informative posts.

As for the rest of this thread, it’s terrifying.

Also, I know two young children in my local hospital with CV who are currently in serious conditions. They haven’t had any previous illnesses. It’s all very well and good saying it won’t affect you but this illness is indiscriminate. And also, how about just doing your bloody bit for all those parents of disabled or poorly kids whose children will die if they catch it?

Hell yes.

@iVampire I thought the flu vaccine was a live vaccine. Not all of them, but a few years ago my DD has to have a specific injection that wasn't a live vaccine, rather than the nasal spray which is live, due to repeated lung infections following cold/flu because they didn't want to expose her to the live virus at that time.

allthesharks

The flu sniff is a live attenuated vaccine.

The flu jab is a killed strain.

Both I and the DC have to have the jab, because live attenuated anything is too risky for me. And even though the risk actually catching flu from shedding after the sniff is minute, my immune system is so wonky that my cohabitants shouldn’t have it.

@iVampire Ah ok. That makes sense. Thank you for clarifying.

@MrsSnitchnose @Pulpfiction1 ok well I hope that works out for you.

We have all our hopes resting on this vaccine. And that also means people having it to help those who for medical reasons can't have it. I really hope people will take up the opportunity. I'm not sure how life will get back to real normal if we don't

Yes absolutely I would.

Really surprised at how many people on this thread are anti-vax, given that Mumsnet is usually pretty pragmatic about it!

Yes, it's being developed faster than normal, but it's still going to take 18 - 24 months precisely because they're testing it's safe. It's in nobody's interests to just replace one health crisis with another.

The best of luck to those of you who'd rather take your chances with COVID-19. Most of you will be fine, but not all of you. The thought of leaving my 3 small children to grow up without one of their parents is one of my worst nightmares - trumped only by the same situation, but with my children knowing that I'd still be there for them if only I'd chosen to have the vaccine.

I'd be at the back of the line and so would my kids.

I'd be at the back of the line and so would my kids.

I hope it's compulsory and children aren't let back in school without one.

@RU562341

Perhaps we won't have a choice in the matter
Of course you'll have a choice.
People can choose not to vaccinate their children against far worse diseases, so unless they want to make all vaccinations compulsory, why would they this one?

Yeah because everything about this situation is comparable so far.

I'm staggered by the reactions on this thread

The world is gripped by the worst pandemic ever known, experts are working tirelessly to launch a vaccine and when it's here people are going to fold their arms and say;

Ooh no, I don't trust it, I read on Facebook that it's rushed.

What the actual fuck?

Yes, because I'm not a selfish human being. All those saying they would but would wait to see how it goes are selfish. Imagine if everyone thought like that? No one would have a vaccine that could save thousands of lives.

The big question is what happens post clinical trials someone will need to make this in bulk and quickly and very few of these small biotechs doing the work have the resources to do this, and to ship it worldwide in a stable condition.

But that's true for all new drugs developed by small biotech. Manufacturing sites are expensive and complicated to run, the small biotechs don't do their own manufacture. What will happen is whichever vaccine shows success in animal trials and passes Ph1 clinical trials will be taken up by governments who have contracts in place with CMOs to ramp up vaccine production if there is a pandemic. Just like they are currently requisitioning every QPCR machine in the country for the Antigen tests.

That's why I hope the BCG trials come to something. It's safe, has been used for decades, so there won't be any rushed comments.

Only thing is it's tricky to put in, so there will have to be more trained staff.

Yes soon as it's available I would get the jab, so would my DP and DD

I wouldn't be the very first in the queue, no. And I don't think that's selfish of me, just human nature.

I would be an early adopter though.

Of course. I think it will be added to the normal winter vaccine, just like they add the most current flu viruses.

Yes

yes, for me and my kids. My daughter has cystic fibrosis and is in the shielding group.

Yes, of course.

Normally I'd probably say no, but DP is on biological medication (so can't have vaccines) so yep I'll have it when it's out. I'll probably get my flu jab this year too.