Coronavirus Vaccination

[Teriijadee]

I will soon be offered the vaccination for COVID-19 soon as I'm a health care employee. I'm not patient facing and I'm not front line. I'm a technician within a department that produces devices to help patients walk.

I have already had a discussion with my manager but I've warned him I don't want the vaccination as I feel there hasn't been enough testing regarding side effects. I'm worried it could affect fertility or leave something which could then affect a child when I do get pregnant. I haven't got children at the moment but that may happen this year or next.

AIBU? Does anyone else feel like this? I don't want to take it and regret afterwards but no one can give me answers and even my manager said I may be lied to just so I have the vaccine

I've recently found out I'm pregnant, I worried about the same thing! I have no clue who to seek advice from :/

If you're pregnant they won't give you the vaccination or are you worried because you've already had the vaccination?

I don't know how to find the information too. I feel like if I question it to someone at work or a doctor etc they'll tell you what you want to hear without having the evidence if that makes sense

If you are pregnant you can have the vaccination if you choose too. This will be a discussion between your doctor and yourself to outline the risks and benefits. The message so far has been that these types of vaccine groups tend to be safe in pregnant women. However, as these vaccines are new within the group, they have no data for these vaccines and can't 100% say that that they are confident these are safe.

I would also say that the discussions would take place with the maternity team - midwifes and doctors.

I've not had the vaccine or been offered it, but I am concerned as we don't know what the side effects will be (if any). Of course will discuss with the GP but at present I'm very unsure

They are just offering you a vaccine. When offered you can refuse. They can record this to stop calling you. The queue for vaccines moves forward.

That’s it.

Terriijadee - definitely something to discuss with the midwife/GP if youre planning on starting a family.

It’s yours choice if you want to take it or not. I don’t think anyone will force you and if you’d rather wait then just say so. There’ll be other colleagues that will happily take your dose I would think.

Of course there has been testing. It’s been approved.
But if you don’t want it then don’t have it.
I can’t wait. So sick of bloody shielding.

Googling for 5 mins yesterday I found the PHE vaccination guidelines. You should be able to as well!

Personally I would get my arse to the front of the queue and stop being so paranoid!

Yup why don't you spend some time looking at credible sources who explain that it's the funding and waiting for approval stages of the vaccine that have been rushed through, NOT the safety testing.

OP around 43,000 people tested the Pfizer vaccine and about 500,000 people in the UK have had it since I believe. It has been well tested. The way in which it works means it is unlikely to have any impact on fertility. That being said it’s still your decision obviously. Hopefully if enough people get it, you will be protected by hird immunity.