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Anyone else regretting their choice to get vaccinated?

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onthetracks · 03/04/2021 09:27

I had my first vaccine 4 weeks ago (AZ)
I was really put off my having it and didn’t feel 100% happy, but since I’m clinically vulnerable to Covid and I also look after my elderly grandmother who is Clinically extremely l vulnerable, i thought it was the right thing to do.

Since having the vaccine I read no end of negative reports, side effects, blood clots and now deaths.

I’m terrified that I’m going to develop a blood clot and die.

I know this may sound irrational, which is surprising for me as I’m usually able to rationalise things.
But I can’t help feeling that it’s all been a bit rushed.
We’re all so desperate for normal life that we’ve jumped at the chance to be injected with something that we don’t actually know is safe.

Only now that millions of people are having the vaccine are we being alerted to adverse effects.

I’m really starting to regret that I’ve had the vaccine and I honestly don’t think I will go for my 2nd jab. 😣

OP posts:
FourWordsImMuNiTy · 05/04/2021 09:37

I realise this government has pockets of staggering incompetence, but seriously, even they could not be capable of getting their SM bots to give themselves the username “government bot”.

I can’t believe I’m feeling the need to post something so blatantly obvious. In other news, spaghetti does not actually grow on trees.

pinkearedcow · 05/04/2021 09:47

In other news, spaghetti does not actually grow on trees
Grin

Keepyourdistance000 · 05/04/2021 09:59

MN is the font of all knowledge. Really glad I read this thread before my vaccine.

I didn't have any worries before, but now I have.

Boringlynormal · 05/04/2021 10:57

You’ve said that already @Keepyourdistance000 - are you trying to say that we shouldn’t be allowed to discuss this?

MNIsADumpsterFire · 05/04/2021 11:36

@Boringlynormal I think you are being rather disingenuous. You have been on here for days on end now posting about your anxieties. Some of your posts sound quite reasonable, some of them sound like you are really agitated. You sound an awful lot like the OP on this thread, but I'm sure that is just a coincidence. Of course you are free to post as you wish, but maybe consider the effect on others if you can?

I don't see the point of this thread, in fact I do think it is scaremongering shit. Those of us who have been vaccinated can't reverse it and what's the point dwelling on it?* If the guidance changes in the weeks to come, maybe we won't have a second dose or we'll get a different vaccine, but probably not: all the medical regulators are telling us that they are confident that AZ is very safe, and we should continue to take it.

There are some very good and sensible posts on this thread, but overall I think the effect is stirring up people's anxieties and negative feelings, and to what purpose?

@Keepyourdistance000 - I would suggest hiding this thread and forgetting about it, that's what I'm going to do as soon as I have posted this. There is a lot of bollocks on here - have your vaccination and be happy in the knowledge that you've reduced your chances of getting seriously ill and you are helping to protect those around you Smile

*I'm female, 45 years old and I had my first vaccination 10 days ago. If I'm dead next week, I'll pop back and let you know Hmm

pinkearedcow · 05/04/2021 11:47

I agree @MNIsADumpsterFire. Over the past few days some posters have started several threads about being worried about the issues around AZ, posted extensively on all those threads to keep them going. Then they have the gall to show faux concern when their tactics end up making others anxious.

They should be ashamed.

Baileysforchristmas · 05/04/2021 12:06

You should be glad you’re not being offered Sputnik V then I would be worried. I think we have very good vaccines in the UK, both Pfizer and AZ. The more data that becomes available the more i feel reassured. The numbers of people having really bad side effects are tiny out of millions of people.

RosesAndHellebores · 05/04/2021 13:15

The point where the public want to start chosimg their vaccine is the point where the door to private purchasing through private providers will open.

Boringlynormal · 05/04/2021 14:54

@Boringlynormal I think you are being rather disingenuous. You have been on here for days on end now posting about your anxieties. Some of your posts sound quite reasonable, some of them sound like you are really agitated. You sound an awful lot like the OP on this thread, but I'm sure that is just a coincidence. Of course you are free to post as you wish, but maybe consider the effect on others if you can?

If you think I’m the OP (because you can’t imagine that more than one person would be concerned about having recently received a vaccine now not allowed to be used on someone their age in several countries... Hmm ) then you should report to Mumsnet. It’s easy for them to see if this is the case.

Thanks for confirming I’m free to post as I wish Hmm though!

Boringlynormal · 05/04/2021 14:58

I agree @MNIsADumpsterFire. Over the past few days some posters have started several threads about being worried about the issues around AZ, posted extensively on all those threads to keep them going. Then they have the gall to show faux concern when their tactics end up making others anxious.

I’m not concerned that the threads have made anyone anxious. I’m concerned that faux anxiety about the vaccine may be used in an attempt to shut down important discussions.

They should be ashamed.

Sorry to disappoint but I think talking about this is very important. This is emerging global news about an issue that affects women in Mumsnet’s key demographic. I have absolutely no idea why you’re following these threads so closely and are so eager to shut down all discussion but it’s kind of weird. Literally no one is saying all vaccines are bad, just that maybe women are owed transparency and that a different vaccine may be better.

pinkearedcow · 05/04/2021 15:56

I have never once said that we shouldn't be talking about the vaccines and possible side effects @Boringlynormal or tried to shut down discussion (how would I have the ability to do that? I am not a mod on the site). As to why I am following the threads them - why wouldn't I? As you said, this is a very topical issue.

It is one thing to discuss side effects, it is quite another to blow them out of all proportion in post after post after post, to post anti--vax shit about Covid being "great" and to scare other people. All of which has happened on this thread.

pinkearedcow · 05/04/2021 15:59

As to why I am following the threads them

HedgeOwl · 05/04/2021 16:00

No

Parker231 · 05/04/2021 16:07

I’m a volunteer vaccinator. I did a session on Friday. The majority were the over 70’s having their second AZ vaccine. They were so keen to have the vaccine and left with big smiles on their faces. Made me feel very positive

Expectingsomethingwonderful · 05/04/2021 16:10

I just keep reminding myself of the scaremongering that went on when my DCs were small regarding the MMR vaccine. Then everyone was convinced it was the cause of autism. It has since been proven not to be the case and I think this is similar.

pinkearedcow · 05/04/2021 16:39

@Parker231 I would have hugged my vaccinator if it was allowed! I was so relieved and happy to be lessening my chances of passing the virus to my disabled DH, or of being too ill to care for him. I am so grateful tp people like youFlowers.

Parker231 · 05/04/2021 16:59

Thank you @pinkearedcow. The vaccination centres are such positive places. It’s good to look up and see a queue of people waiting to come in.

Boringlynormal · 05/04/2021 17:02

I was thrilled to get my vaccine too. Genuinely huge smile on my face and silly banter on the way home. It's the news out of other countries so soon after that kind of pissed on my bonfire a bit. I'm still of the mind that on the evidence we have so far, it looks like the jab is safe enough. But I want to know more. I think that's ok. I don't want to blindly take a second dose while unknown factors are at play or to have anyone put at risk when alternative vaccines ARE available.

For people like my (diabetic, hypertensive, 70+ year old) mum, I'm the first in line to be cheering on her vaccine with absolutely any brand going (she had AZ) and I bloody HOUNDED her to get booking it before she even got her blue envelope. I'm still totally confident it's the right thing for her and can't wait till she's had her second one.

Witchesbelazy · 06/04/2021 09:53

Still no period not pregnant. Really regret getting vaccinated now. It’s too coincidental for it to not be vaccine related

Frequentflier · 06/04/2021 11:02

Not regretting it at all. Grateful to have it and already feel a lot less stressed with CV DH and DS in secondary school. Perhaps alternative vaccines may be better. But personally I do not have the time to wait for those.

Lactuwoes · 06/04/2021 12:23

The Daily fail has breaking news, EU say there is clear a link, but they don’t know what is causing it.

MadreDios · 06/04/2021 12:28

Breaking:

A senior official from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has told an Italian daily it is “clear” that there is a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare form of blood clot but that the cause is still not known, Agence France-Presse is reporting from Rome.

“In my opinion, we can say it now, it is clear there is a link with the vaccine. But we still do not know what causes this reaction,” the EMA head of vaccines, Marco Cavaleri, told Italy’s Il Messaggero newspaper.

The official reportedly told the paper that Europe’s drug regulator would be making a statement on the issue “in the coming hours”.

The EMA said last week it expected to issue an “updated recommendation” on the shot during a meeting of its safety committee that starts today and continues until Friday.

Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands have all recently limited inoculation with the Anglo-Swedish company’s vaccine to older age groups pending an EMA investigation, while reports from the UK on Monday suggested Britain’s MHRA was considering a similar restriction and could make an announcement as early as Tuesday.

The MHRA’s chief executive, Dr June Raine, said no decision had been made and urged people to continue to get vaccinated.”No decision has yet been made on any regulatory action,” she said.

Prof Neil Ferguson of Imperial College London told the BBC that the clots raised questions over whether young people should get the jab. He said: “There is increasing evidence that there is a rare risk associated particularly with the AstraZeneca vaccine, but it may be associated at a lower level with other vaccines, of these unusual blood clots with low platelet counts.

“It appears that risk is age related, it may possibly be – but the data is weaker on this – related to sex.”

MadreDios · 06/04/2021 12:35

So the question from me (a natural born hypochondriac) to all you clever lot is...

  1. How long after the vaccine did these people discover or die from clots?
  2. Is there a time period after which you can go phew!
  3. Was this a short-term contra-indication or could it happen in the long term?
  4. If you were having new headaches of late, would you be at all worried, put it down to coincidinks/confirmation bias or try and get a GP to take you seriously?
  5. Would nay risks increase exponentially? i.e you may have had Covid, you reacted badly to first vacc, would 2nd vacc increase any risks or if you were susceptible/vulnerable you'd already be among the (miniscule in the grand scheme of things) 30 people affected? Where are they btw - am surprised nobody has spoken out?
MadreDios · 06/04/2021 12:41

any risks not nay

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56620646

30 out of 18 million
7 died

Anyone know anything about the 23 who survived or of the 7 who died (age, sex, time after vacc before symptoms occurred, what were the symptoms, were they diagnosed or discovered post-mortem, pre-existing health conditions etc)

Boringlynormal · 06/04/2021 13:47

@MadreDios No that information isn’t in the public domain yet.