Will you vaccinate against Covid?

[DelilahfromDevon]

Let me start by saying I’ve never been an anti vaxxer and have vaccinated my family in the usual way. Also vaccinated them against chicken pox. They get vaccinated against the flu at school but I’ve never been vaccinated myself with the exception of the pregnancy years when it’s recommended.

But I am undecided vaccinating against Covid. Firstly due to unknown side effects of a vaccination that’s being rushed through. Secondly, only 370 people under 60 without medical conditions have died from Covid. No children. (Source Daily Telegraph). Most people who catch it don’t die and at worst have minor symptoms.

If I do decide to vaccinate it will purely be for the greater good of the elderly and those who are immunocompromised rather than because I think/am concerned I’m going to get it myself.
Curious as to what other people’s thoughts on it are?

Yes, sirfredfredgeorge Pandemrix is what’s at the forefront of my mind here. The narcolepsy issue only became apparent once there was a sufficient number of vaccinated people. I know one of the people who developed narcolepsy from Pandemrix and her life has been hugely negatively affected. She’s gone from being a well-paid professional with a rewarding and stimulating career to scratching a subsistence living making crafts, while never knowing when an attack will come. Nightmare.

Yes.

The trials and safety aspects of the vaccines won't have been rushed, it's only the manufacturing capacity that is being rushed through.

The figure you quote isn't very reassuring to me, as although I'm only in my early 40s I DO have an underlying condition. So I am not at all reassured by "only so many people have died without a health condition". I really want to know the actual death rate (ie, how many had it as well as how many died) for people WITH my health condition, but that's much more difficult data to produce because they weren't keeping track of how many people had it or their other health conditions for so long.

I'll take a vaccine as soon as it's offered. I've signed up to be contacted if they need volunteers for any vaccine trials. I'd rather take my chances with a new vaccine than this virus.

Yes and would vaccinate my DC too.

We don’t know the long term effects of Covid either.

@yahyahs22

Good point @SqidgeBum at least you know what you're getting with covid!

You really don’t.

You could be totally asymptomatic, have a mild illness you shake off in a week, be bedridden for several weeks, or hospitalised, ventilated, or dead.

Of those who report symptoms via the Covid tracker app, 12% have symptoms lasting more than a month, and 0.5% more than 3 months.

The older you are and the more risk factors you have, the more likely you are to have a severe case, or die. But the dead do include people who were young and healthy, and the long Covid seems to particularly affect the young and healthy.

Most people will recover fully. Something like 1% overall will not - they will either have a debilitating condition, which could be permanent (we don’t know yet), or they could be dead.

Absolutely not

Yes. I don't want this way of life forever.

Yes and my DH and DF. We are all risk groups

Of those who report symptoms via the Covid tracker app, 12% have symptoms lasting more than a month, and 0.5% more than 3 months.
I deleted the app after three days. I was imagining symptoms. I'd be fine but thinking 'well I do have a bit of a headache', the kind you don't even normally notice and is gone in half an hour!

Yes please.

Yes!

@DelilahfromDevon the young and healthy may not be at high risk of dying but the disease could still have long term consequences for them. Plenty of people left with the long lasting effects of Covid. Who knows what will be cropping up in a 1/3/5 years

I know. It’s the fear of the unknown. Unknown long term effects of Covid, unknown effects of a vaccine, not knowing when life will go back to normal, not knowing how deep the effects to the economy are. Fear of the unknown can’t be underestimated.

BillywilliamV

It’s not really being rushed through, the testing will be done a little faster, the redtape will be minimised and the bureaucracy will be done as fast as possible is all!

Sarah Gilbert is very clear about this. The Oxford vaccine has been through every inch of red tape. All normal procedures have been carried out and requirements met.

Fudgefeet

No, definitely not! Just to add I’m not anti-vax but this seems too desperate and rushed.

It has not been “rushed”. Holds head in hands.

Yes. They won’t just be whacking a phial of random shit into you. I want to get back to normal.

Yes, of course. I am signed up for trials too.

NHS clinician. Low risk. I would crawl over broken glass to get this vaccine.

Same @Motorina - hot coals, glass, fire.. please god let their be a vaccine so normal life can resume. 😫😭🙏🏼 I’m signed up for trails & I’ll be at the front of the queue with my kids.

Interesting re-different flu jabs.. I rarely get side effects but some years do hurt way more than others! I just assumed some people were better at giving it than others!

I don’t really understand why anyone is worried about who administers them.. I had to inject myself for a month after giving birth (with both babies). They taught me how to do it in 5 minutes. It wasn’t pleasant but if I can do it to myself, they can teach anyone to give a vaccine. It’s just straight into a muscle! Taking blood is another matter, they can really mess up your veins. But there’s very little damage a vaccine can do other than a big bruise & sore arm!

I’ll vaccinate as soon as possible, no vulnerabilities in our household but the toll of lockdowns on health, mental health and the economy is terrible and there isn’t another way out.
Granted we won’t have data on any long term effects but that’s not a reason to avoid it when we know the alternative - Covid infection - absolutely has horrible long term effects even for the young and healthy.
I’m also don’t want to rely on everyone else getting the vaccine and benefiting from herd immunity if I’m not willing to get vaccinated myself. A small number of people may not be able to have the jab for legitimate medical reasons and I feel a duty to have it to protect them.

It depends. If it's the Oxford one then most probably, but if the government suddenly announces they've done a deal with Russia or China then no.

Yes, I would get it in a heartbeat. I feel strongly that we desperately need the vaccine to get back to normal. Kids vaccinated too. I would go as far as saying any kid who does not get vaccinated should not be allowed in a state school. They do this in other countries.

Yes!!

Only if it was compulsory. I am pro-vaccine but I've never had a flu jab, only immunisations like Tetanus, hepatitis, routine stuff.

Nope.

@iVampire

Maybe

I have leukaemia, and it’s not clear yet whether it will be safe for me to have it

I can only have killed strain vaccines, and if the ‘carrier’ virus is live attenuated then it’s possible I mustn’t. Right now, there is no clear advice on this - blood cancer charities are saying it’s possible it will be OK but right now no-one can say with enough certainty

Even if the Oxford vaccine isn’t suitable the Moderna and imperial vaccines are both RNA vaccines and should be ok for you.