If the vaccine was immediately available for everyone - would you have it?

[Dinosaur19]

Not after an argument I’m just genuinely wondering! I have spoken to two friends and one would have it and one wouldn’t. If the vaccine (still with 90% effectivity) was available for everyone in the UK, would you have it straight away?

Every thread of this type is the same. Loads of by people saying no who as far as I can tell they haven't really attempted any research into the issue they say is of significant concern to them.

On every thread people provide links to studies/podcasts/websites demonstrating why the concerns are unfounded. Another thread starts and round we go again.

I wonder with those that have said no, how long it will take for them change their minds if you need to have had it to travel or attended a concert or sporting event!

Yes.

Sunshinegirl82 you could just ignore the thread then

I'm not sure yet. I am very pro vaccination, but have some reservations about one that's gone through this quickly.

I wonder with those that have said no, how long it will take for them change their minds if you need to have had it to travel or attended a concert or sporting event!

Yes, life could continue to be rather restrictive for those that choose not to be vaccinated. Their choice I guess but it would be right that they keep their infection risk away from others.

As a 30 year old very fit and healthy person who was seriously ill for 4/5 months this year from covid and now has no discernable antibodies I will happily roll my sleeve up tomorrow to avoid that hell again. So much for I'm young and healthy it'll just be a mild illness. I too had no worries until it hit.

These vaccines are not being developed 'by Boris', they are going through the same safety tests as any licensed vaccine does before reaching the market.

It is also completely reasonable for countries to require proof of vaccination prior to entry similar to yellow fever, but similarly, it's reasonable for people to want to wait a bit. If they are young and not vulnerable its likely there will be a fair wait anyway.

Yes, no question

Yes. I've looked at the data as far as I can, and if it means I can happily plod on with my immunosupressants, and not have to worry about given it to others in a worse position than me, definitely. I'd hate to be tge cause of someone already ill contracting it when it is avoidable.

Yes

No
have extreme reactions to drugs, to the extent that they've had to be added onto the drug info, I've been hospitalized with some, psychosis from others, all sorts of very bad and more than once life threatening reactions. The upshot is, I'm not allowed to have new medications for the chronic illnesses I have due to the fact that I never react the way others do, and so I definitely wouldn't be having a new vaccine. I'm not anti vax or anything but for me personally I think the risk is too great for anything that's new. It does have a massive impact on my life though - because I'm now looking at multiple major surgeries simply because I can't use most drugs for my conditions.

If I was a normally functioning human then yes...

Yes definitely.

I don’t understand people who won’t have it because the long term effects are unknown. The long term effects of covid are also unknown. I’d rather take the risk of unknown effects from a vaccine, than unknown effects of a virus which might also kill me before I get a chance to find out what the long term effects are.

Absolutely yes. All of us will.

I would do more research myself, but in principle, yes I would. Unless we find out that having had it does confer immunity, then I won't need it.

Yes. I'm a fairly brittle asthmatic & sometimes a even just a minor cold can affect me for several weeks. Obviously the lack of extended testing is a worry, but TBH I am more frightened of catching coronavirus.

No. I think my chances of catching Covid are very low. And my chances of dying/getting seriously ill from Covid, should I catch it, are tiny. So I’d rather take my chances and go unvaccinated.

I’d only reconsider if a vaccination became a requirement for foreign travel.

Still, I think it’s brilliant news today that a vaccine might be coming soon.

No..Am pleased to see others will be Guinea Pigs though...have a fear min wage carers in care homes will be pressurised.

Yes

I trust our scientists so yes.

@TheSunIsStillShining

1. has it been peer reviewed?

1. has it been tested on XYZ medical conditions (incl. mine)?
2. Is the data and criteria system transparent and available?

If yes, then I'd read through and decide based on that.

Are you qualified to interpret those results though?

There are only so many medical conditions they can test any new drug on before release. They then recommend it for use based on those findings.

Yes I would. 90% effectiveness is extremely high!

Bottom line is the vaccine has already been through the safety trials - stage 3 is about efficacy.

I'm in the age group where the case fatality rate is over 1%. It's an absolute no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. Getting covid is hugely, enormously riskier for me than having a vaccine which has already been given to 43500 people without any serious adverse reactions.

Odds of 1 in a hundred, versus better than 1 in 43,500. Admittedly you'd also have to factor in my chances of catching it - behaving myself over social distancing, but with a child in secondary in a "bubble" of 200. But even so, it's still a no brained. Give me the vaccine!

(Wanders off shaking head ruefully at the fucking woeful state of science and maths education in this country.)

I think if you’ve had it you can go about your normal business with a certificate,. If you don’t and enough folks don’t and it’s still running through the community then you need to stay locked down.

Yes.

Yes in a heartbeat. I'm very low risk so unlikely to be offered it anytime soon, but I'll have it as soon as I can - it's the socially responsible thing to do. I feel strongly about vaccinations generally as a duty towards society.