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Who will be agreeing to vaccine ?

64 replies

lozjay · 03/12/2020 22:09

Just curious on how many actually want to have the vaccine as heard not many are willing as we don't know the true risks yet

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DobbyTheHouseElk · 03/12/2020 22:13

I will. Although I’m not on the list.

SheepandCow · 03/12/2020 22:14

Unfortunately many more are willing than able.

We're getting an initial delivery of 800,000. The government don't know when the next delivery will come.

That's only enough for 400,000 people.

We are a population of 67 million - with around 20 million vulnerable (not including Long Covid risks).

Trust me, if somebody doesn't want it, there'll be a long queue of others eager to take their place.

Hugosmugo · 03/12/2020 22:15

I will be!
There are loads of threads asking the same thing, just scroll on this section and you will see that there are loads ready and wanting to have the vaccine!
We just need the doses.

SheepandCow · 03/12/2020 22:16

@DobbyTheHouseElk

I will. Although I’m not on the list.
Write to Matt Hancock. He's under 40 and healthy but has suggested he'll queue jump by 'volunteering to prove it's safe'. Perhaps you could offer to take his place (as a good deed, of course...).
GwendolineMarysLaces · 03/12/2020 22:17

I'd love to have it but not in any of the groups who will be offered it imminently

You do realise OP though that the responses on here won't be representative of the population as a whole? You'll just get people who feel strongly either way who are motivated to reply. I expect most people who are called in will go without giving it a second thought. The antivaxxers are a vocal minority.

LastTrainEast · 03/12/2020 22:20

There's no reason to suppose it isn't safe. It has been tested. The universe being what it is that hand cream you bought might turn out in 20 years to be the cause of some dreadful condition, but you don't worry about it too much.

In this case the alternative is a disease that can kill you so yeah let's get vaccinated as fast as we can.

LemonTT · 03/12/2020 22:21

Pfizer must want to move a lot to the uk. I mean the rest of Europe isn’t going to be ready till January. Our clinics are going to be up and running in days. Plus it looks like we have pushed through the issues of distribution beyond hospitals. Showing GPs vaccinating before Christmas will be pr heaven for them. I think they will supply us with more than 800k.

ilovesooty · 03/12/2020 22:23

@SheepandCow Matt Hancock is 42.

maddy68 · 03/12/2020 22:24

I definitely will

QueenBlueberries · 03/12/2020 22:28

Question already answered here with a resounding yes. People will get the vaccine, however hard you try to plant some doubts in their minds and however many time you ask the question and state that ‘not that many people will’. See thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4095703-Will-you-take-the-vaccine

ChloeCrocodile · 03/12/2020 22:28

Me! And almost every person I know - we are all desperate to get back to normal and understand that herd immunity via a vaccine is the only way. Few of us are on the list though, all too young and healthy.

QueenBlueberries · 03/12/2020 22:29

Just curious my backside.

SheepandCow · 03/12/2020 22:33

[quote ilovesooty]@SheepandCow Matt Hancock is 42.[/quote]
Oh sorry! Blush I expect he'll be pleased. I think. Generally people prefer to age down rather than up?

The risk increases more from 45, so he's still queue jumping by 'volunteering'.

Isolatedizzy · 03/12/2020 22:38

Me! I can't bloody wait!

Sorryusernamealreadyexists · 03/12/2020 22:44

Having had vaccine reactions before (3 times) that weren’t taken seriously until I nearly died I feel nervous about taking it. I’m grateful I have the choice when it comes to that time though

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 03/12/2020 22:47

The last survey I heard about it was only about a fifth that had doubts, which assuming they didn’t include under 18s suggests over 40 million adults would have it. I don’t call that not that many people. Given that would take us till after Easter even at the ambitious speed they are planning that gives them a good few months to try and convince some of the remaining few.

Dawnlassie · 03/12/2020 23:01

Happy to take it after a year or so has passed. See how the first lot get on.

unicornparty · 03/12/2020 23:03

I'm not having it and most people I've asked in rl are saying the same.

PuzzledObserver · 03/12/2020 23:08

God, yes! Everyone I know IRL is desperate for it.

earsup · 03/12/2020 23:16

I did a rough survey with friends...only 2 / 20 will go for it...my sister said she will only cos she thinks not having it may affect travel plans....we all think that something with a 99.9 % recovery rate doesnt really warrant a vaccine and all the death stats are very dodgey...we all seem to know an elderly person...e.g. 87 years old, etc, diabetic, heart issues, asthmatic, obese, history of strokes etc...passed away at home or hospital and covid was on the certs....attempts to question the death cert was made hard for relatives .one person had heart attack at home....and again covid was put on the cert..mmmm....

SheepandCow · 03/12/2020 23:20

@unicornparty

I'm not having it and most people I've asked in rl are saying the same.
Good good. All the more for others. Thank you for freeing up space in the queue.
bert3400 · 03/12/2020 23:23

Yes yes yes . I have complete faith in the science and highly trained doctors who have created the vaccine.
After watching 'Surviving Covid' on Ch4 - I was so shocked and moved by what those families had & are still going through. So YES to the vaccine

elliejjtiny · 03/12/2020 23:28

Yes please. I'm in category 6 so hoping there are still some left by the time it's my turn.

SheepandCow · 03/12/2020 23:30

@earsup

I did a rough survey with friends...only 2 / 20 will go for it...my sister said she will only cos she thinks not having it may affect travel plans....we all think that something with a 99.9 % recovery rate doesnt really warrant a vaccine and all the death stats are very dodgey...we all seem to know an elderly person...e.g. 87 years old, etc, diabetic, heart issues, asthmatic, obese, history of strokes etc...passed away at home or hospital and covid was on the certs....attempts to question the death cert was made hard for relatives .one person had heart attack at home....and again covid was put on the cert..mmmm....
Whilst freeing up a space in the queue for the vaccine is very welcome, it's concerning if your decision is based on false facts.

You're way off. 20% of people with Covid become seriously ill or die. Those that live do so only because they got a hospital bed and staff to care for them.

Very few, if any, doctors and nurses and other healthcare staff are 87! However, quite a few doctors and nurses and other HCP have died from Covid.

About a month ago reports noted many Covid patients in hospital were women in their 30s and 40s (over 80s are less likely to be treated, especially ICU, because it's too much for them).

Around 20 million people in the UK have conditions that make them vulnerable to Covid. I can assure you that most are of working age.

And, people can ignore or downplay all they like. It won't change reality. Long Covid is a real issue. Heart, lung, kidney damage, blood clots, triggering type 1 diabetes, male infertility, neurological and psychiatric issues. Potentially we're going to see a sizeable proportion of the working age population long-term sick.

DoreensEatingHerSoreen · 03/12/2020 23:34

if my Oncologist says so (I've become very passive, he now makes all medical decisions for me 😂)