Will you take the vaccine?

[Doddlebug2000]

Will you take the vaccine and why?
Just curious to different opinions on this really!

Of course I will!

Not just for myself but for society, to protect those who can not have it.

Also, I hope to travel when it’s possible and I suspect lots of places would (perfectly reasonably) prefer me to have had it if possible.

@Queenofthemadouse

No. Not just yet. I'm way down the list too however there hasn't been enough research on the longer term effects for me. Hopefully there aren't any. Or very minor if there are. I'm not anti vax at all. But I do believe in looking at the full picture. If I were 80 then I would have it. The likelihood of a serious long term effect would be minimal at that age. But I'm mid 30s.

So are you planning on waiting 5-10 years then?

No. Ive already had COVID, so am not fussed about having the vaccine.

I want to look at the post market surveillance for a couple of years before I get it - in particular I want to see how people with autoimmune issues fare.

Eventually I will have to get a vaccine because I’m an Australian (living in the UK) and Australia will require vaccination for re-entry. Nothing I can do about that but I refuse to be rushed.

Yes definitely when it's offered.

Is there a reason you don’t have any vaccinations @Mrgrinch, do you react to them?

Yes of course I will! cannot understand anti-vaxxers whether it's for this vaccine or any others.

mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) definitely not
Oxford vaccine - probably not yet

If a traditional whole inactivated virus vaccine (preferably with no adjuvants) is approved I will consider it

How long would you like to see the vaccine in the community for before you would take that as evidence of it having no long term effects @Queenofthemadouse?

I'm not trying to provoke you in to debate, I'm just interested when people see this. Is it 5 years, 10 years - 30 years? What's the reference point for long term?

@Mrgrinch

I'm confused as to why someone who has had all their vaccines would single out this one in particular as not being safe though.

Because the vaccines being approved currently are based on new technology and have not been on the market long enough to know whether they are safe long term or not

Yes I’m a care worker so I’m first in line. I’ve had Covid and I’ve seen the absolute devastation it’s caused in our home and its not something I want to experience again. I wish others could see the carnage of it all first hand, like us in care homes have had to, just so they would take it more seriously and they wouldn’t be refusing the vaccine.

Yes, as soon as I can. I am a healthy under 50 so it won’t be for a while but I will take it as soon as I am offered it.

@FourTeaFallOut

How long would you like to see the vaccine in the community for before you would take that as evidence of it having no long term effects

Ideally 5+ years

I would have the vaccine but as someone in their early 40s, bmi 21, no underlying health problems, I know it wont be any time soon.
However if my elderly relatives have it , it would be great to think we could visit them without fear of endangering them.

There has been many threads about this. Maybe you can search or have a look before posting this type of questions?

The answer is yes. So will my children if offered eventually.

No, not yet but in fairness I am relatively young, fit, not overweight with no underlying health conditions so I am exceedingly low risk.

I would like to see the long term reviews first. Given vaccines normally take about 10 years to come to market I don’t know how they can say they have trialled 43,000 people and there are no side effects. There hasn’t been time to see properly yet.

That said, I am delighted that so many people are happy to have it though and for me it’s a moot point as I won’t be offered it for about 5 years anyway so that’s all good in my book.

@QueenBlueberries

There has been many threads about this. Maybe you can search or have a look before posting this type of questions?

The answer is yes. So will my children if offered eventually.

People change their minds, available information changes. I personally think it’s worth having new threads to see how the temperature of people’s attitude to the vaccine fluctuates from day to day.

No. As Queenofthemadouse said, I'm not in a high risk group, it's unlikely I would be seriously ill or die if I caught the virus and the vaccination hasn't had the opportunity to be tested to a level I would be comfortable with.

[quote trulydelicious]@Mrgrinch

I'm confused as to why someone who has had all their vaccines would single out this one in particular as not being safe though.

Because the vaccines being approved currently are based on new technology and have not been on the market long enough to know whether they are safe long term or not[/quote]
They're based on a tiny sequence of spike protein mRNA rather than a whole particle (including full mRNA sequence) of the virus, which is what traditional vaccines rely on.

I'm interested as to how you think a vaccine that incorporates just a tiny fraction of the pathogen rather than the whole pathogen traditionally used would be more problematic?

Yes but think I'll be low down the list (under 50 but a carer). Will be delighted when my in-laws and Dad can be vaccinated.

Yes!

Yes!

@TheCountessofFitzdotterel Really? do you really think the purpose of having many threads on this exact same subject is to monitor the 'daily mood' with regards to vaccines?

@ineedaholidaynow

Is there a reason you don’t have any vaccinations *@Mrgrinch*, do you react to them?

There is a reason yes, although I'd rather not say.

@trulydelicious that's interesting, there seems to be a lot of people who want to have it, but they want to wait a while and see how it affects people first. But then, how long do you wait?

Yes.

I am over 50 and asthmatic, so I have been ultra-cautious since March, and I want my life back. I have the flu jab every year with no ill-effects so I have no concerns about the vaccine. My sleeve is rolled up and waiting.

When it gets down to my turn, then yes.

My parents are elderly and mum clinically vulnerable and they’re really excited about it.