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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:
Shehasadiamondinthesky · 03/04/2021 12:16

No, you have a far higher chance of dying of covid or being left seriously disabled. There isn't a choice as far as I'm concerned.

Dustyboots · 03/04/2021 12:18

It’s been widely reported that these rare blood clots are affecting mostly women under 55.

And the UK has only just started vaccinating under 55s. Many areas are still not doing this. So numbers of those vaccinated under 55 will be small so far.

StealthPolarBear · 03/04/2021 12:20

If you don't want it I'll have yours

ThatsShitTryHarder · 03/04/2021 12:20

I can't believe you're suggesting such a dangerous course of action @ThatsShitTryHarder , very irresponsible

Sorry, I should have prefaced my post with IRONY ALERT.

FlattestWhite · 03/04/2021 12:21

I think there have been a lot of under 55s vaccinated as health care workers or vulnerable people, and there are also many areas that have been doing people in their 30s and 40s, so the numbers are relatively high, even for AZ, given that the vaccination rates here are so high already (60% of adults have had at least one dose). Also I'm not sure that all the data does say it's women under 55; some of the data doesn't specify.

LizziesTwin · 03/04/2021 12:21

My friend’s husband had a DVT two weeks before he had his vaccine. He’d been sitting around a lot and is overweight. DVTs occur in normal life.

I’ve had my first vaccination & I’m really happy I had it. My second is booked.

pinkearedcow · 03/04/2021 12:23

@Dustyboots

It’s been widely reported that these rare blood clots are affecting mostly women under 55.

And the UK has only just started vaccinating under 55s. Many areas are still not doing this. So numbers of those vaccinated under 55 will be small so far.

But we have vaccinated NHS staff, social care staff, unpaid carers, CEV and CV etc - there will be many under 55s in all of those cohorts, especially NHS staff and social care staff.
PinkSparklyPussyCat · 03/04/2021 12:27

Germany have also said first dose AZ people in this age group shouldn’t get their second dose.

Germany is hardly a shining example of how to run a vaccine roll out!

Whatisthisfuckery · 03/04/2021 12:27

I feel exactly how you feel OP, with the only exception being I’m not scared of getting a blood clot and dying. I think if that was going to happen it would have by now. I’m definitely reluctant to have the second jab though.

Yes it has been rushed, we don’t really know the long or even medium term effects of the vaccines and I very much doubt we are being told the truth about what is known. Like you I felt coerced into having the vaccine and even when I was sitting in the chair waiting for the needle to go in I wanted to walk away. The only reason I actually went through with it was because I felt forced to, and honestly, had I not felt so coerced I would have been happier to get it.

Think very carefully about having the second jab and if you don’t want it, don’t let anybody bully you into it. If you are young and healthy your chances of covid seriously harming or killing you are absolutely tiny anyway, and even with the vaccine you could still pass it on if your court it, so go with your gut when it comes to the second jab and don’t let anyone push you into it if you don’t want it.

WilsonMilson · 03/04/2021 12:28

@Sunshinegirl82 we only have an idea so far as to the potential short term impacts or risks from the vaccine and it’s short term safety profile, it is still in trial after all.

Therefore, we do not yet know what the longer term safety and efficacy outlook is. I’m very much hoping that the safety will remain high and risks low.

On that basis, I have weighed up my own risks and am choosing against the vaccine at present, which is entirely my choice, regardless of anyone else’s opinion. That view may change in future, and everyone who has capacity should be able to make their own choice.

99victoria · 03/04/2021 12:29

To be fair, I think most of the health workers who were vaccinated early on received the Pfizer vaccine rather than AZ

pinkearedcow · 03/04/2021 12:32

@Dustyboots

It’s been widely reported that these rare blood clots are affecting mostly women under 55.

And the UK has only just started vaccinating under 55s. Many areas are still not doing this. So numbers of those vaccinated under 55 will be small so far.

@Dustyboots OK, I have found a figure - you are very wrong. As of 14th March 6,169,566 people aged under 55 have been vaccinated with at least one dose in England alone.

The info is here in this PDF - sorry for long link, I don't know how to shorten it.

www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiumY_E--HvAhUegP0HHc-XCnwQFjAKegQIFhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2021%2F03%2FCOVID-19-weekly-announced-vaccinations-18-March-2021.pdf&usg=AOvVaw30e7j_YmWhzPZPs-N-vxoH

TimeQuest01 · 03/04/2021 12:33

Something that I would love to know and which I believe hasn’t been reported, is whether these women in Germany had had Covid, which could mean they were predisposed to have blood clots.

It is my understanding that they were mainly health care workers, which I guess increases the possibility of them having had Covid.

Or am I totally wrong?

Carycy · 03/04/2021 12:33

As someone who works for the dvt service I have seen a substantial increase this past year with patients getting dvts that have had covid. Many of these patients that have been vaccinated will have already had covid . I think the number of people that get dvts and pulmonary embolism normally annually is very similar anyway. Remember it is the older half of the population that has been vaccinated. We are leading more sedentary lives. Etc etc.
I honestly think it is an weak link and all this AstraZeneca bashing is political.

pinkearedcow · 03/04/2021 12:33

Although it doesn't specify AZ or Pfizer.

Tootsey11 · 03/04/2021 12:35

@LizziesTwin they didn't die of a standard dvt. Sitting around and being immobile will be a risk of a dvt in the leg.

These people died of a rare clot only found in the brain, not in any way the same type.

Why don't people get it.

Nat6999 · 03/04/2021 12:36

I had AZ 10 days ago, I originally didn't want to have it but got guilt tripped by ds & my mum in to having it. I suffer from ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia & my pain levels are through the roof since I had the jab, I'm seriously considering not having the second dose if they don't improve soon, I'm housebound so am fairly low risk as the only people I see are ds & my mum who have both been vaccinated.

Tootsey11 · 03/04/2021 12:38

@pinkearedcow most of those will be Pfizer.

pinkearedcow · 03/04/2021 12:40

[quote WilsonMilson]@Sunshinegirl82 we only have an idea so far as to the potential short term impacts or risks from the vaccine and it’s short term safety profile, it is still in trial after all.

Therefore, we do not yet know what the longer term safety and efficacy outlook is. I’m very much hoping that the safety will remain high and risks low.

On that basis, I have weighed up my own risks and am choosing against the vaccine at present, which is entirely my choice, regardless of anyone else’s opinion. That view may change in future, and everyone who has capacity should be able to make their own choice.[/quote]
it is still in trial after all

@WilsonMilson it is standard practice for safety monitoring to continue after a vaccine or drug has been approved for use. That is not the same as "still in trial".

IcedPurple · 03/04/2021 12:42

DH is a doctor (I know posters are going to accuse me of lying so believe what you will) but it's well known in medical circles that doctors do not want AZ for themselves or their close family members.

If your 'DH' is a GP rather than a specialist in an area such as immunology, he's unlikely to have any great expertise in the subject.

pinkearedcow · 03/04/2021 12:42

[quote Tootsey11]@pinkearedcow most of those will be Pfizer.[/quote]
How do you know this @Tootsey11? Do you have the data?

FenceSplinters · 03/04/2021 12:44

I’m regretting it too. I had the AZ jab, and since then I’ve been ill. I’m also extremely anxious about the blood clot situation. I wish I hadn’t got the jab, and I don’t think I’ll get the second one.

Theelderscrolls · 03/04/2021 12:46

No I'm relieved I've had it. The thought of ending up with long covid is much worse!

EffOrf · 03/04/2021 12:48

Possibly, haven't decided yet whether to have the 2nd one

MyGhastIsFlabbered · 03/04/2021 12:50

7 deaths out of I don't know how many thousands of vaccines is a very, very low risk. Nothing is 100% risk-free ever. But to regret having the vaccine seems a very strange thing to do - you can't change anything so worrying about it and reading scaremongering reports doesn't seem very helpful.

I too, felt a bit uneasy about how quickly the vaccines had been rolled out but when you weigh up my unfounded unease against getting out of lockdown and saving countless lives it's a no-brainer.