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If you could choose which vaccine would you go for?

84 replies

Itllpass · 27/01/2021 19:10

Would you go for Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Oxford or Moderna? Not sure if there are more but these are the ones everyone talks about..
Is there a reason behind your choice?

OP posts:
ChoccyJules · 28/01/2021 10:44

I could have had either as the two sites I was offered were doing one type each. I went for the one with the quickest available slot which was the AZ.

I favoured the Pfizer and found it difficult to have been given a choice but due to the delay to the second dose for that one I was happy to go for the AZ.

davidsSchitt · 28/01/2021 11:34

@Floppywin

"we're all the dullards that can't research things ourselves and you're the genius ....ha ha ..you do everyone a disservice - research all you like, but people on the hard end of the virus know which they choose every time"

Wtf are you going on about? I'm not researching anything. Can you even read?

Nanalisa60 · 28/01/2021 11:37

I would choose the AZ one, but would take the first one that comes available.

davidsSchitt · 28/01/2021 11:39

And would you care to explain how I'm "doing this country a disservice" by telling someone they shouldn't be starting threads questioning vaccines when they clearly know nothing about them?

It should be left to the experts as it usually is with medications. Suddenly everyone feels the need to "research" and "question" when they never have before. Fucking paranoid hysteria if you ask me so back off. My argument appears to be exactly the same as yours Confused

AuntyClementine · 28/01/2021 11:39

Whichever one tastes best.

titchy · 28/01/2021 11:40

@davidsSchitt

Well, you clearly don't know anything about them so what is this thread for? Hmm
No of course we don't. Silly mummies getting ideas above their station! Shall we change the thread title to Pampers or Mamia nappies?
davidsSchitt · 28/01/2021 11:42

The OP thinks "Oxford" and "AZ" are two different vaccines

Who said anything about "silly mummies" Confused

bumblingbovine49 · 28/01/2021 11:53

I don't mind which I get but I am seriously impressed with A.Z. for investing so much money before they even knew if the vaccine would work at the same time as agreeing to make it for cost only. This meant that that they were sinking lots of money in early on with no anticipation of profit at all. I think their senior management team should get some sort of official recognition of that in time.

I know Oxford university made it clear at the beginning that they wanted the vaccine made without profit margins but they are a university so it easier for them to be altruistic than a company that after all is designed to make a profit.

Other pharmacist companies gambled on other vaccines which now are not working (e.g. Merck ) and they have lost a fortune I imagine but they were mostly gambling on making a profit down the line which is part and parcel of a lot of businesses - i.e high risk, high reward

AZ gambled a lot of money with no anticipation of immediate profit from the vaccine so for that alone I feel like I want their vaccine but that is purely a non logical , emotional reaction with no basis in rational thoughtGrin

Original poster
Itllpass · 28/01/2021 12:14

@davidsSchitt okay you seem to be some sort of a vaccine guru so apologies you have to put up with people like me, for what it’s worth I missed a ‘-‘ it should have been
“Would you go for Pfizer, Astra Zeneca - Oxford or Moderna? Not sure if there are more but these are the ones everyone talks about..
Is there a reason behind your choice?”

No I don’t know as much as you know about these vaccines but learning all the time- happy to make mistakes along the way as well

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TheSunIsStillShining · 28/01/2021 12:18

Pfizer def.

TheSunIsStillShining · 28/01/2021 12:19

"AZ gambled a lot of money with no anticipation of immediate profit from the vaccine so for that alone I feel like I want their vaccine but that is purely a non logical , emotional reaction with no basis in rational thoughtgrin"

They have already sold the licence .. so not sure how much of the no profit is true in the complex big picture.

AZ is a big pharma company which does nothing out of the kindness of it's heart.

AgeLikeWine · 28/01/2021 12:20

I will take whichever vaccine I am offered and, as an asthmatic whose life has been on hold for the last 11 months, I will be very grateful for it.

davidsSchitt · 28/01/2021 12:24

I'm in some kind of parallel universe on this thread it seems.

Can someone point me to the part I said anything about me knowing anything about vaccines?

I don't. That's why I don't start threads about it. I think it should be left to those with expertise.

My point is that every Tom, dick and Harry are chatting about COVID19 vaccines and claiming to research them. It's whipping paranoid people up into a frenzy and it's dangerous.

We take drugs all of the time, we take the ones we're given. This time it is vital that enough of the country get vaccinated but the hysteria being created means it's looking increasingly possible that they won't.

Ilikewinter · 28/01/2021 12:27

I've had the first dose of Pfzier and just had a very sore arm. My only concern is the gap between doses, for that reason I would have preferred the AZ one but am just happy to have had it.

WitchesBritchesPumpkinPants · 28/01/2021 12:38

@davidsSchitt what's your problem? People learn through these threads & some people might even be reassured about getting a vaccine if they're on the fence.

Anyway, it's not for you to tell others which threads they can & can't start. Don't click on threads you can't add anything to.

@Itllpass. AZ or P. I don't want to wait until moderna (or any other) is rolled out. I think P & AZ each have advantages, so I'll go for the one I can get first, if they're about the same time I'd probably go for P as anecdotally people seem to get fewer/less intense side effects. Convenience/type of vaccination site would come into it as well. My GP has a very good, well ventilated system, the nearest mass vaccination site not so much.

oneglassandpuzzled · 28/01/2021 12:42

@Haffdonga

Whichever is offered to me first, but Pfizer has higher efficacy rates and apparently less side effects.

So Pfizer please Smile

I do know of a number of people who were ill after having the second Pfizer dose (they had first jabs early on, before Christmas and had the second one as scheduled).

And I know of several young medics who felt poorly after the first dose: flu, tired, etc.

They'd all do it again... Worth it.

Blue565 · 28/01/2021 12:43

All of them, all at once, SUPER immunity (jest)

Erm, whatever one is available

turnitonagain · 28/01/2021 12:49

Unfortunately it’s not available in my country but I’m hearing good things about Moderna from American relatives. Fewer storage/handling issues compared to Pfizer and apparently it’s highly effective against the new strains.

Where I live I’ll be able to take Pfizer or AZ. No preference between either but perhaps by the time I’m called in a few months there will be more data.

atomt · 28/01/2021 12:53

I really don't mind - I have no idea who made any of the other vaccines I've had over the years or how effective any of them have been so this is no different.

davidsSchitt · 28/01/2021 12:57

"it's not for you to tell others which threads they can & can't start. Don't click on threads you can't add anything to."

Oh the irony 

Thanks for telling me which threads I can and can't click on 

I am adding to it. By reminding people they've never questioned and researched like this collectively before when it comes to vaccines so I believe it's wrong to whip people up into a frenzy now.

I know people who are terrified to get any vaccine thanks to threads like this.

@atomt has put it so much better than me but no, it's not to us to "research" each individual vaccine. By all means read the leaflet but leave research to the experts eh?

davidsSchitt · 28/01/2021 12:59

And my problem is that these people were only on the fence in the first place thanks to armchair experts at every turn.

"what's your problem? People learn through these threads & some people might even be reassured about getting a vaccine if they're on the fence"

QuantumQuality · 28/01/2021 12:59

I’d take any, but if the Johnson and Johnson one is approved soon it’s only one shot. So that would be more convenient! The amount of the Oxford/AZ one we have on order outweighs any of the others though, so most of us will be getting that. 100% protection against serious illness, so it sounds good to me!

AradiaGC · 28/01/2021 13:06

We take drugs all of the time, we take the ones we're given.

Maybe you do this. I read up on any medication I might have to take so that I can ask informed questions about it if necessary. I wouldn't be impressed by a doctor who refused to answer and just told me to take what I was given, as if I were a small child.

We all have to make choices about our own health. Lots of people would be happy with any of the vaccines - that's fine. Those of us who do have a strong preference can discuss that if we want to.

muddledmidget · 28/01/2021 13:11

I had AZ on Tuesday and had an immune response to it that made me ache from head to toe for 12 hours, a bit of a fever and a headache, but today I've woken up feeling absolutely fine, not even a sore arm and just v relieved to have been vaccinated at all

OhYouBadBadKitten · 28/01/2021 13:19

I had AZ with very few side effects. I was content to get either.