Are you NHS staff? Will you or won't you be getting the vaccination?

[CovidStoleTheRainbow]

My apologies if there's already a thread. I did have a look and couldn't see one.

If you're NHS staff in a hospital will you get the covid vaccine?

If you will, what reassures you that it's safe?

If you won't get it, why not?

I work in a hospital but come Jan, I will be a community nurse so I'm not sure whether I will be very high up on the list (compared to A&E or HDU staff).

@LabiaMinoraPissusFlapus

I am in private healthcare but no way will I be having it. I am not at high risk of complications from the virus, so will not be putting myself at risk from a vaccine.

That’s nice of you. As long as you’re ok

I don't think frontline NHS workers will have a choice...it will be a condition of your job to be vaccinated.

The vaccine should not be rushed though.

But will this vaccine be compulsory ? Is that a scenario that can actually happen until emergency public health legislation?

Nfw would I have it if pregnant

There is no way that NHS workers are going to be forced to have a vaccine. That's just silly.

Under, not until !

Normally, I would absolutely have it. I’m patient facing and see the most vulnerable. However, I’m pregnant, and will not be having the vaccine.
And I’m usually a massive advocate for vaccination, it’s just I can’t risk harming the baby. I will be pulled off patient facing by the time it is being used widely as will be over 28 weeks so will not be putting my patients at risk by not having it.

And noone in their right mind would have it if pregnant.

I'm frontline NHS and I'll be having the vaccine.
I'm pretty shocked at those NHS who will refuse.

I think it is probably people who aren't frontline or are in community generals who have not witnessed or worked through what my colleagues and I have.

Of course you shouldn't be under any pressure whatsoever to have it if pregnant!!!

Obviously I'm not including pregnant staff in that opinion

I wouldn't have it if I was pregnant.

Yes.

You know some specialties won’t let doctors work without a certain set of vaccinations and yearly tests?

I would hope that care homes/medical wards and A&E/ITU would make it mandatory for staff. If staff don’t want to have it then they can find another job.

Also would be crazy to have it if breastfeeding or actively TTC (unless able to take a few months out of TTC of course)

@SunShinesStill

Yes.

You know some specialties won’t let doctors work without a certain set of vaccinations and yearly tests?

I would hope that care homes/medical wards and A&E/ITU would make it mandatory for staff. If staff don’t want to have it then they can find another job.

Not just drs.

I can't do my job without having had certain vaccinations as I get bitten by children. Tetanus and Hep B are mandatory in places I've worked.

This is quite interesting. I was concerned about the safety aspect of a vaccine that seemed to be being rushed out. There have in by the past been tragic events where rushed out vaccines have caused significant health problems in children. Normally it takes about a decade to go through all the testing phases and this will obviously be significantly quicker. However this article suggests this is purely because of funding issues not because of any lowering of safety:

medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-vaccine-clinical-trial-phases.html

However even if the main reason is funding surely having the trials etc take place over a longer period allows for any long term health issues to become apparent? Whereas trials over shorter time periods obviously don't allow for this type if data/information to be seen and collated.

Perhaps some scientists could comment to explain more about the safety of a vaccine trialled over such a short time period. I would like to understand this better. I have multiple chronic health conditions that have a significant impact on my quality of life. I don't want covid and that risk of long covid scares me the most tbh. It also mss as led me nervous about a vaccine that has been rushed through testing. Also how much testing are they going to be doing on people with underlying health issues?

@OpheliasCrayon

Well I'm a teacher and I would definitely not want it. No chance !!

Why do you say that? What's your thinking?

@MiniMum97 read on a bit from where I wrote that - I've explained my reasons.

I regretting saying it without giving a reason initially because it wasn't just because I didn't fancy it. There's two (poss 3!) Posts where I've explained.

[quote OpheliasCrayon]@MiniMum97 read on a bit from where I wrote that - I've explained my reasons.

I regretting saying it without giving a reason initially because it wasn't just because I didn't fancy it. There's two (poss 3!) Posts where I've explained.[/quote]
OK thanks. Am working my way down the thread so will come across your further comments soon I’m sure.

@MiniMum97 ^ now I'm worried that post sounded arsey! I wasn't meaning to be. I'm just saying it's a fairly lengthy explanation which is a few posts on from my first!! Sorry. I'm fucking this up here!

I'm NHS but non frontline and work from home. I won't be having the vaccine because I'm 2 months pregnant and plan to breastfeed for the baby's first year; definitely not taking any risks with my baby's health when the chance of directly transmitting it to any patients is 0! If I wasn't pregnant then I would probably have it as although I'm fit and well, my dad is not and it's a constant worry that I'll get it and pass it on to him without realising.

I’m a teacher too and won’t be having it

Same reason I don’t have the flu jab

Because I’m low risk and unlikely to become ill

Flu jabs aren’t offered free to all so I expect this wont either

Yes I know by having it I protect others but people aren’t made to have flu jabs and thousands die each year so I expect uptake will be the same at risk groups only

@gypsywater There is no way that NHS workers are going to be forced to have a vaccine. That's just silly.

It's already mandatory for NHS workers in certain roles to have vaccines. For me that's Hep B vaccine, and proof of HIV and Hep C status. I had to be up to date on the standard childhood jabs before I could start training, too. Unless you have the relevant vaccines, you simply don't get occupational health clearance.

I don't see why this is significantly different. Pregnant clinicians who (very understandably!) decline might be asked to move to different clinical areas for their pregnancy, as would those who have posted the very understandable medical reasons why the vaccine is not appropriate for them.

What's even worse is im ECV and I do have the flu jab for free. I would love to just throw caution to the wind and say I'd have the covid vaccine because I teach vulnerable children. But I can't teach them if I'm in hospital or dead if I've yet again reacted horribly to something :(

NHS acute staff here. I won’t be getting it. I’d rather take my chances.
Under 40, working acute through first wave. I’ve probably already had it.

@Motorina They are well established vaccines though