Vaccine would you??

[Christmasfairy2020]

Hi
So I was speaking with a relative (NHS professional) yesterday whom was discussing the anticipated vaccine. So we are in lockdown and things wont change really til we get a vaccine. Yet lots of people you talk to do not want the vaccine.

So would you have the vaccine tomorrow if it was available to everyone
Yea - ofcourse I would and my children as well.

No - I want more research first

No, I would want more research before making my decision.

I am also very confused as to how a vaccine can be created when antibodies don't seem to hanging around for very long. I am quite uneducated on this but isn't that how vaccines work?

You can still have immunity but the immunity is carried in the memory T cells, rather than having antibodies in your blood. What that means is the T cells have the 'memory' of your body having Covid, and have the information stored that is needed to make antibodies. On re-infection, they simply churn out masses of antibodies. This is an illustration of just how clever our bodies are, otherwise our bloodsteam would be cluttered with thousands of antibodies to every virus we've ever encountered. Memory T cells are like tiny libraries.

Yes I would.

A big thank you to all those volunteers who signed up for the trials. You are all bloody brilliant.

No

No, no matter how much more research is done.

Those saying no who aren't anti vaxxers, may I ask why? It wouldn't be launched if unsafe. I just genuinely don't understand why you would risk it.

There's unknown side effects quoted quite often as a reason, but long term effects of post covid are also unknown and we already know some of the damage it can do to young and healthy people.

Yes - if it's the Oxford one. I feel uneasy about the Chinese/Russian etc ones, but I don't (yet) know what happens here for them to be considered safe here?!

@Torvean32. No, I didn't volunteer for the trials. I don't usually have the flu jab, I don't react very well to lots of things. I had it this year & was wiped out for the week after.
I'm 52, diabetic with a couple of other issues & overweight due to those. So, with that in mind, I'm doing my very best to avoid Covid

So, all considered I wouldn't be a good candidate for the trial & admittedly I was too scared.

I am VERY grateful & admire those who have signed up for the trials (selected or not)

I watched a news segment the other day with the people who are doing the trials where they give them Covid to test if the vaccine has been effective or not. I was in tears at their selflessness 💕

I suggest people who think the Oxford one is being rushed & not thoroughly tested do some reading about how it has been done so much more quickly than us usual (hint, money (not having to wait & wait for funds for the next stage), people prioritising it when it arrives on their desk, far more people working in it)

NOT skipping steps of testing.

Yes and while I respect anyone's decision not to have the vaccine, if they want society to carry on with restrictions they can go whistle.

Yes I would.

Yes, it's the only way out of this. The more of us who are willing to have it, the sooner we'll get back to normal.

@Greyshaggyrug

No, no matter how much more research is done.

Out of interest - why?

No

Those saying no who aren't anti vaxxers, may I ask why?

I had a bad reaction to a medication and since then I struggle to tolerate things that were previously not an issue for me (antibiotics, OTC painkillers etc) and the reactions are horrific and take months to abate.
My immune system is fine though.

So I'll only have medication in life and death circumstances now. The risk to benefit ratio of a vaccine is hugely on the risk side for me.

Yes, I'd be part of the trial happily and would be first in the queue.

No - because I want to see what the side effects are first, (I would prefer it to have had 2-3 years to see it proven), how long it lasts and will it be like the flu jab - the best guess at which two strains will hit us this year.
The best guesstimate is 6 months immunity - given I struggle to get a medication review once a year, and this years flu jab has been indefinitely cancelled, I’m not hopeful of getting immunised twice a year.

No way