Regret having vaccine

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Had my vaccine last week, govt classes me as CEV, consultant however said no need to shield as moderate risk, thought I’d be put in group 6 for vaccine rollout.
Got put in with group 4 and was unsure whether to have it or not, but after persuasion from family I did, now I feel full of regret like I’ve made a terrible mistake
I’ll get shot down on here for saying this, but I’ve since read things on social media and the internet that’s making me really panic about how safe this vaccine is/ whether it’s part of a sinister plan etc and I feel so scared that I’ve voluntarily just got myself jabbed with it without thinking it through enough
I’m a mother to young children and these worries are keeping me awake at night since

What particularly are you concerned about?

If you have Netflix, please watch The Social Dilemma about how social media works from people who worked for the big social media companies.

It is a business, there to make money. It will not offer you an opposing view. If you were, say, a Trump supporter, it is not going to give you the alternative view point, it is the same as Fox News, there to reaffirm a standpoint. They want you on it not switching off.

As you have children I think it is a good way to make you aware for the future of not only social media but trusted sources for school project research.

@PensionsYes

Who here gets a thrill from being so patronising to someone who is obviously struggling? Do you like kicking people when they’re down? Pathetic.

OP it’s good to question things... But unless you have had an allergic reaction then there is a huge chance you’ll be absolutely fine. Ten millionish Brits have now had a vaccine, so if there had been a major issue - we would have heard about it.

If anxiety is a regular issue the doctor can refer you for a great anxiety programme. Hope you’re doing okay and aren’t taking the bullies on here to heart.

Because she could create panic amongst readers on here that’s why! No one on here is best placed to discuss the ins and outs.

So for someone that’s worried about it because of what she’s read on social media, you’d think she’d try but to create fear in others.

Again - no on on here can reassure!!! She needs to go to the doctors

not to create fear I mean

There is an organised plot.

To post this anti vaxx scaremongering nonsense and try to spread lies and fear.

Every single day without fail there is a blatantly false thread with a deliberately alarmist title.

You should be ashamed.

Thanks to everyone who’s posted some reassuring reassuring responses, it honestly makes me feel so much better to read positive points of view.
I’m definitely not trying to stir things up and put thoughts in others heads, I have always had slight health anxiety but this year has made it huge for me, I’ve been in a state of panic pretty much every day since This first started hitting the news in China, made even worse by constantly being bombarded with govt shielding letters telling me to not even go in my own garden etc

@SomersetHamlyn

There is an organised plot.

To post this anti vaxx scaremongering nonsense and try to spread lies and fear.

Every single day without fail there is a blatantly false thread with a deliberately alarmist title.

You should be ashamed.

Agreed

Yes there is a sinister plan to stop you and others from dying. Its new this happened with the MMR jab until it settled in and various studies were published. At the same time parents were perfectly happy for their children to have polio and whooping cough jabs as they had been around longer.
As others have said you should speak to your GP as your level of anxiety seems to be very high.

What about (young ) people who cannot have the jab due to serious health contradictions? At least you have a choice currently
Have you seen anyone on a ICU treatment plan for covid?
It is horrible You know medical treatment has its downsides as well

please ignore anything that's come from unqualified and not peer reviewed sources - there is so much QAnon nonsense around designed to scare people and draw them in to further conspiracy shite

I am constantly blocking the pages and accounts this stuff comes from, I highly recommend it

Could you imagine the damage this nonsense would have done if it was around during smallpox? It never would have been eradicated

I’m a lone parent of a young child OP, I’m also CEV.

I recently caught covid, annoying a week before my vaccine appointment.

I was quite unwell. I had a bad cough, high temperature, no smell/taste, bad stomach, no appetite, severe fatigue, breathlessness if I did anything, even just standing in the shower. I also really struggled with my blood sugars and I kept going into hypo, I was having to test constantly, including through the night. This continued so I was hospitalised for a short time as I couldn’t manage my diabetes without additional assistance.

It’s now three weeks since my positive test, I still can’t smell/taste which doesn’t really matter, I’m still very tired and sleeping a lot (I usually need melatonin to sleep), I’m very breathless doing normal tasks and my glucose levels are still all over the place.

I’m a semi professional rugby player so I am fit and active, I also have a very good diet. I would normally run 5k every other day, walking round the courtyard with my dog makes me breathless and tired.

Being ill is shit, being in hospital away from your five year old is shit. Your partner being worried that you may die or be left with kidney problems etc is horrible.

The vaccine is pro inflammatory. My understanding is that vaccines this way are in order to provoke an immune response. I have heard the response (eg inflamed arms post administration predominantly with AZ) is statistically higher than expected.

I imagine the reason as to why there is chatter in certain circles is because there are steps, which getting vaccines out have been missed to save as many lives as possible, which makes us mass guinea pigs. This cannot be denied. And getting a vaccine is a choice.

I understand there are pockets of people, who recently had the vaccination in care homes went on to die. This is also happening in the home. But that doesn’t mean causation. Infections throughout the population was incredibly high and is now dropping. These people or those around them after may have taken more risks after receiving the jab or even have picked up the virus whilst being vaccinated.

Bottom line, you’ve had the vaccination and you’re ok op. That’s good, isn’t it?

Being chronically ill myself, I am going through this dilemma. But I’m not yet vaccinated. In your situation you’ve had your first dose with no ill effects. I’d try to stop worrying.

My cousin is a frontline worker but nhs so not prioritised - she's 46 and in the MET police she'd have loved an opportunity to have the vaccine she'll be waiting months

Have a word with yourself and think about others when you post such disrespectful stuff and consider what they are doing every day to help keep the public safe

I'm sorry - rant over but consider yourself very lucky 🍀

@TableFlowerss There are doctors and scientists on MN who absolutely can reassure. I worked over 20 yrs as a molecular virologist and in immunotherapeutics - designing vaccines and therapeutic antibodies, finding out how HIV, HCV, and Flu worked from the genetic level - providing information to support diagnostics and drug development. I spent some time in John Bell's group at Oxford - a long time ago now.

The vaccines are as simple and straightforward as possible, for reasons of ease of manufacture and cost Vs effectiveness. All the ingredients are there to either stimulate your body to build an immunologic response against the major external part of the virus particle, to recognise and block the virus as it tries to establish infection, plus a bit to stabilise the formulation. That's it.

Vaccines are a modern miracle that save millions of lives every year. Designing & making safe and successful vaccines is more straightforward today than it ever has been.

Wow I expected some people to kick off but some people are just something else.

People are worried about all sorts of things and sometimes come on here to seek the thoughts and opinions of others outside of their immediate circle, especially while living in such isolated times

I assure you I am a very real person, not some fake account to stir things up. I assure you there is no guilt of ‘que jumping’ as I have a chronic illness and my medication stops my immune system functioning

So to anyone that took the time to be kind thank you so much, to the rest of you, I wish you a pleasant day, but if you have nothing helpful to say to people, why even waste your time commenting on their post?

Whilst I have doubts over these vaccines for my own use, OP, I do not for one minute think they are part of any sinister plan, have microchips in them or will make you infertile. Absolutely rubbish.

Relax. You've had your jab, your body is merrily raising antibodies to the spike protein and this will protect you against Covid.

@Mummyoflittledragon We are not guinea pigs and clinical trials will not have missed steps. Trials by their nature can only look at a restricted cohort over a certain period, to look at safety and efficacy. Any new drug, after it gains licence for clinical use, gains - and is closely monitored for - additional information from wider administration to a greater number of more diverse patients. You simply can't cover the numbers and range of population in a clinical trial.

Don't be silly. Don't believe stuff on social media and then post on social media for reassurance about stuff on social media.

Your post does not sound authentic. And it if it is, get off social media!

The sinister thing here is social media itself. Are you seriously unaware of how it works? If you haven't got the critical faculties to process what you're reading, you need to step away from it.

Excellent post from @DoubleTweenQueen

Interesting facts as well. I've had the vaccine over 3 weeks ago as I work in healthcare.. so glad to have got it, and hopefully lessen the risks to my family.

OP - people are having a go because they are frustrated and angry about coronavirus generally - and your post basically exacerbates that.

My MIL is currently telling as many people as she can not to get vaccinated 🙄 she's CEV and a couple of days after her vaccine she came down with a bad case of D&V.

She's automatically assumed that it's a side effect when it's likely she's caught norovirus or similar on the bus trip to the appointment.

Weigh up the positives/negatives and make an informed decision. These scientists are pretty clever people you know!

Try google scholar for pdf copies of science articles and also try the gov website for the details of the current vaccines if you want direct source material.

I can understand this.

Your anxiety is understandable but misplaced.
The vaccine is safer by far than getting Covid. No medicine is 100% safe for 100% of people, but statistically vaccines save lives and prevent life altering injury.
This Government could barely organise their way out of a wet paper bag let alone be part of a global conspiracy.
OP you are now at considerably less risk of death or long term health problems than you were before taking the vaccine. You have done the right thing.

What are your specific concerns exactly? If you are CEV it must cause anxiety that you could catch covid. I’d say the vaccine is the lesser of two evils! Presumably you haven’t suffered a bad reaction.
I’m not a scientist so I’m not going to say that the vaccine is 100% safe because we don’t know the long term effects yet and neither does anyone on this forum (if that’s what you are worried about). If you are worried there are chips in it etc I’d stop surfing the net as it’ll just make you more anxious.

Everyone will eventually have the vaccine I suspect, so you won’t be on your own! Take care OP.