Would you chose the pfizer or oxford vaccine?

[candle18]

I had mine yesterday as I’m a health care worker. I had a choice of 2 locations and the one I went to did the pfizer vaccine as it was in a hospital and had freezer storage. If I had picked the other location I would have got the Oxford one.

Didn’t know this before I booked which is just as well as I would have ended up researching it for ages, but just out of curiosity would you have chosen one over the other?

Pfizer cause I'm still not convinced how effective the aztra zenaca one is. I'm way down the line though, so it'll be ages and will happily take whichever is offered.

Oxford, because I 'cannot' have the Pfizer one due to previous anaphylaxis.

I wanted the Pfizer one and did end up getting it.

I have had covid, it was very mild and I didn't have any long term effects, so I suppose I would take the Oxford one and leave a Pfizer jab for someone more vulnerable.

Oxford given the choice, because I'm proud it was made in Britain.

I'm genuinely not fussed either way. I don't ask questions when I go for the flu jab, and this will be the same - I'll just take what I'm offered.

I am a trained vaccinator and the trials showed the pfizer one to be more effective so if I’d had a choice I’d have chosen that one. I got it anyway.

Pfizer due to efficacy.

I would have preferred Pfizer. But the 12 week delay of second dose has not been tested. Whereas with astra Zeneca you do get some protection for a while after the first dose. If they weren't delaying doses I would have had Pfizer. Interesting article here from british medical journal www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n18

Whichever one I’m offered.

Oxford as I am TTC and it holds the higher evidence base for use in pregnancy (to my understanding)

Pfizer as it's shown to have higher efficacy. IRL I'll take whatever I'm given.

Pfizer but I’m well down the list. But will have whatever I’m given when the time comes

Pfizer if I could choose

I’m going for mine this morning and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be the Pfizer one. I think that’s my slight preference. Very pleased anyway.

The Oxford one is being made in India, according to R4 earlier, @Mrgrinch

My second dose is booked for 10 weeks time, so that’s the only thing with the Pfizer one I guess, that the trial results were based on 3-4 weeks spacing. Thanks for the article Cattoes, gives a good explanation of the situation.

Happy to have either. I honestly don't care which.

Pfizer.

I was for both until I read about the 23 people in Norway but only concern for my parents not for me ... I don't care what one

I would choose the Pfizer vaccine.

The Oxford one is not as effective and its trial data is not up to a high standard.

I'm not sure. I think I'd prefer Oxford as I feel a bit wary of the new MRNA science to be fair though, I haven't properly looked into it. And I'll be having the Pfizer if they offer it to me despite my nerves.

The Oxford one is being made in India, according to R4 earlier, @Mrgrinch

That's something to be really pleased about - Oxford/AZ partnering with the Serum Institute, the worlds biggest vaccine manufacturer, to make it at scale and low cost particularly for the benefit of developing nations for whom the Pfizer vaccine is impractical and too expensive.

I don't want any of them, so I don't care.

Any one! Am desperate to have it.

If I had to choose it would be Pfizer but really just want a vaccine whatever it is.

However, it's appalling that you have people refusing the Pfizer one because they want 'the english one'.
Let those people go to the back of the queue