Would you take the vaccine for COVID if it became available?

[weltonn]

I'm undecided. Would you?

Definitely, we cannot carry on like we are at the moment. I don’t think the vaccine will end it, but if it helps curb the admissions into hospital and people getting it bad, we may stand a chance of getting back to normality.

If it meant some return to normality., and was properly researched as being safe and effective....yes

It’s not forced. Do you think the mmr programme is forced?

It’s has to be a managed public health rollout. There is no other way.

I don't like rush jobs on anything. I also worry about something that "needs" to work. With the best will in the world, the people running these clinical trials are humans and are going to be rather biased right now. However, I do trust a very long standing method and if the evidence is strong enough that it is safe and it works, then I would have the vaccine.

Why should taxes and seatbelts and be forced and vaccines not?

They are all about self sacrifice to help society function (and, on average (with the exception of tax) help the individual too).

No. Which I suspect will mean no foreign travel for me ever. Which is effectively a force.

Why do I need a vaccine for something that will give me a mild cold? I don’t receive the flu vaccine to protect others. Why this one?

Vallance must be rubbing his grubby hands with glee as he advises a quivering Boris

No

@larrygrylls

Why should taxes and seatbelts and be forced and vaccines not?

They are all about self sacrifice to help society function (and, on average (with the exception of tax) help the individual too).

Medical autonomy is just different ethically. A vaccine can not be undone.

Also taxes and seatbelts are not forced, there are penalties.

Why should taxes and seatbelts and be forced and vaccines not?

You can't compare these as a vaccine is something introduced into your body, taxes and seatbelts are not. As far as I'm concerned, if it's going into my body I want to have as much information about it as possible before making a decision. It can't be undone once given.

No !!

Yes

Yassss

Yes to the Oxford or similar mRNA based vaccines that have gone through an appropriate regulatory process. With the mRNA vaccine the biggest risk is that it just might not actually work. I’m not in a demographic that is likely to be offered it initially though, so realistically there will be quite a bit of knowledge by the time I get a chance to have it.

@Hyperfish101

To those who won’t take the vaccine.,,,assume this means you’re happy to continue to live like this then? If we want to get back to any semblance of normal, a large proportion of the population will have to be vaccinated.

Looking at this - a large percentage will so that’s all good. There is not a chance I would take it. Frankly I doubt it will be offered to me or my family - why would you give a vaccine to someone who is likely to have very mild symptoms? It would make sense to roll it out to the elderly and vulnerable not just everyone in society.

Absolutely yes

No.

No - not unless I’m forced to for work or travel reasons. And I wouldn’t have my kids vaccinated unless they chose to themselves. I’m not an anti-vax nutjob and we’ve had all the others but this one will have been rushed out with serious political pressure to get something over the line. - doesn’t fill anyone with confidence.

Absolutely. Have also signed up to be a volunteer but not yet been asked.

I’m not sure, something about it’s rushed nature doesn’t fill me with confidence. My gut instinct is that the Oxford one isn’t going to work well, and I can’t find any information about how long the protective effects of it will last, I’m guessing that it will become an annual jab, who knows?

Yes, I would, in a heart beat. (I get the free flu jab every year but not ECV so not sure whether I would be offered it).

I'm not 100% DH would (he still hasn't gone and got his flu vaccine yet, like he said he would).

DD1 probably would.

Dd2 would have it.

However, dds and DH wpuld likely never be offered it as they are not vulnerable etc.

if its been properly tested ,i would wait a month or two to see what others have said about before having it myself.If its typical flu like after effects fair enough that's typical of a vaccine

Yes as soon as it’s approved.
The people who want more people to have it before them first - unlikely to be a problem given how long it will take to get it out to everyone!

Yes.
In fact I'm in a vaccine trial and already had my first injection. Not sure what I had - 50% given vaccine and 50% given placebo. Second one due in a couple of weeks.

The vaccines are not being rushed. They are following the normal regulatory process, without all the hanging around waiting for funding between the stages. Batches have already been made “at risk”, which will significantly speed up availability.

I really can’t understand the mindset that is happy to risk the possible long term serious effects of the disease but not the very small risk of vaccine side effects. It’s completely illogical.

Your body, your choice and all that, but I don’t want to be around unvaccinated people. They’ll prevent us from achieving herd immunity.

No