Why are we vaccinating everyone?

[preparetheships]

This is not a goady post and I am not anti vaccine. I am genuinely wondering why we are vaccinating everyone.
The vaccine does not prevent people catching the vaccine, just reduces the symptoms and risk of being seriously ill.
Is it financially worth while vaccinating people who, most likely, will have mild symptoms if any symptoms at all. Or should we just operate a vaccination system similar to the flu vaccination scheme?
I'd be grateful for any links for further information.

We do vaccinate the at risk groups for flu every year. With a different vaccine that is made to reflect the strains of flu circulating that year.

misses the point I thought mumps, measles and rubella were more serious if you got them as adults then as children?

I’ll like to know the answer to @HopelessBlue192 question as well. Yes we change the flu vaccine every year and vaccinate the vulnerable. You don’t see loads of under 50s with no health issues queuing up for a flu vaccine each winter? Flu can be deadly and cause chronic fatigue type long term illness in the minority. We keep being told covid is a mild illness for the majority so why the mass hysteria/panic for under 50s and healthy to be vaccinated? It seems people have lost all perspective.

@HercwasanEnemyofEducation

We do vaccinate the at risk groups for flu every year. With a different vaccine that is made to reflect the strains of flu circulating that year.

Yes, the at risk groups, not everyone. Even though the flu virus can and does mutate. More frequently than the coronavirus too iirc.

Isn't the difference that we have a lot of 'natural' immunity to flu due to picking up strains as colds etc through life. Whereas we don't have natural immunity to covid so the vaccine gives us all a level of immunity then each year we vaccinate the most vulnerable like we do with flu.

The common cold is a coronavirus and some scientists firmly believe that a percentage of the population will have had immunity from previous infections. The flu virus is a different type of virus.

Yes I know flu is a different virus to the cold. A lot of people use the two interchangebly. There are plenty of cases of flu type viruses per year that people refer to as a cold.

Without a test I’m not sure how you would know if you were suffering with a cold, the flu, or another type of virus and as with covid, all will have varying levels of severity.

Does anyone know why the PHE states for covid deaths as a notifiable disease is so much lower. Looking at week 11 there were sadly 26 deaths but this is vastly different from what is being reported .
And covid has to be reported as per the statements below

“ Background
All laboratories in England performing a primary diagnostic role must notify PHE of specified causative agents (organisms), in accordance the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010. SARS-COV-2 is the notifiable causative agent for COVID-19. All registered medical practitioners in England must notify the proper officer of the relevant local authority or the local PHE health protection team of specified infectious diseases, in accordance with the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010. All proper officers must disclose the entire notification to PHE. COVID-19 is a notifiable infectious disease”

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/972007/NOIDS-weekly-report-week11-2021.pdf

Can someone please explain the discrepancy

Thanks

Actually 23 deaths, 26 the week before

@Nerdygirl

Most COVID-19 cases are not getting reported through NOIDs. PHE have acknowledged this...

twitter.com/PHE_uk/status/1348584231220473859

But the quote above stats that those reported in lab should be reported . So are they just not doing that ?

I would rather they started vaccinating the Spanish and French now so I can go on holiday tbh!

If new variants are a big problem, and the only way to stop new variants is to get everyone jabbed, then Everyone in Every country has to be jabbed before we are "all safe".