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Vaccine jabs every 6 months?

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Susan333 · 03/04/2021 15:30

Matt Hancock along with other government advisors have suggested that the vaccine may need to be administered every 6 months with Autumn boosters already being prepared for this year. I just wondered if everyone will be keen on taking them every few months if required and whether we will get the same enthusiasm as we have had for this current takeup of the vaccine?

I suppose it will become a routine where we pop down to get the vaccine every few months and become a norm of modern day life

www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n664

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user1497207191 · 03/04/2021 19:19

@Theunamedcat

So the entire population is going to go through this every single year?

Go through what?

When it becomes "normal", GP surgeries, pharmacies etc will be doing it as part of their normal day, just like they do with the flu jab. It won't be a hassle. I get my flu jabs by just popping into our local chemist - don't even need to make an appointment, just turn up and jab.

HolmeH · 03/04/2021 19:20

I’ll be jabbed every week if it meant I could get on with life normally. Stop bloody whinging. Last year, we all though vaccines were completely impossible & would have killed to get back to normal via one. & here we are, several very effective ones. It’s doing the job. And yet we still complain about the order of who gets vaccinated, the fact ‘I’m 49 and will have to wait until the next group’, the crazy idea we might need a booster.. AHHH.

user1497207191 · 03/04/2021 19:21

@PinkSparklyPussyCat

Treatments are available for needle phobia. No one has any need to suffer from it.

It's worth your sister getting sorted because you simply can't go through life avoiding needles. At any time, anyone might need treatment in hospital, which may involve a needle.

You do realise to someone with a phobia it's really not just a case of getting help, even the thought of having to face my fears makes me feel ill. I mentioned it to my GP and they laughed and called me a baby so I've never followed it up. I can't afford to have private treatment so I just hope I'm unconscious if I need treatment involving needles!

Let's hope you never get an illness where your life depends on regular injections.

Newnamefor2021 · 03/04/2021 19:24

If have no issue doing it for the next couple of years, but once it becomes more contained I imagine a lot of people will drop off, like the flu vaccine.

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Susan333 · 03/04/2021 19:27

@HolmeH

Good for you getting jabbed every week, dont project that mindset on others though. As for the rest of your post talking about using vaccines to " get back to normal " , vaccines are a medical treatment that should be used for each specific persons risk to a disease and not for opening an economy up because of ridiculous decisions taken by the government

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loulouljh · 03/04/2021 19:28

well the drug companies of course have a massive vested interest in this don't they...it is all corrupt.

Ugzbugz · 03/04/2021 19:36

Its taken 4 months to do half the population, how would this work going forward? By autumn some peoples vaccines would be 9 months old some only 3?

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 03/04/2021 21:54

Let's hope you never get an illness where your life depends on regular injections.

No shit, I hope so too! Jesus, some people really don't understand phobias.

XenoBitch · 03/04/2021 22:03

Let's hope you never get an illness where your life depends on regular injections

Well, thanks. You have just cured my severe needle phobia.

XenoBitch · 03/04/2021 22:05

@Ugzbugz

Its taken 4 months to do half the population, how would this work going forward? By autumn some peoples vaccines would be 9 months old some only 3?

That is my thought too. It would be a logistical nightmare once all the big vaccination centres are shut.. which are places like museums etc. They will want to return to their original use.

Theunamedcat · 03/04/2021 22:34

Let's hope you never get an illness where your life depends on regular injections

You have no idea how phobias work do you they are debilitating some people genuinely die because of fear there should be actual real help out there but no just a lot of people telling other people to get a grip

Womencanlift · 03/04/2021 23:10

I would have absolutely no issue with this. As others have said if it does become the case that you have to get regular boosters then they will become available in more standard places like offices, chemists, even supermarkets. Generally just places where people tend to be. The museums and leisure centres can then get back to their usual set up

Also if a covid passport is needed then so be it. Again this wouldn’t bother me in the slightest.

Frequentflier · 03/04/2021 23:25

I think its too early to say if this will be the case but I don't see it as a big deal. I get my flu jab yearly. I would just get this too, as other posters have said. Six months ago scientists were talking about there never being a vaccine. We now have 5 or 6. I, for one, am grateful.

user1497207191 · 04/04/2021 07:38

@Ugzbugz

Its taken 4 months to do half the population, how would this work going forward? By autumn some peoples vaccines would be 9 months old some only 3?

In our area, it didn't start until mid January, and they've already done the over 50s, so that's only 2.5 months, not 4. Vaccination numbers were very low in Dec and Jan. The high daily numbers started in Feb.

We seem to have capacity to do 750k a day (if vaccine supply allows), so that's 50 million (adult population) every 2-3 months if necessary.

user1497207191 · 04/04/2021 07:44

@XenoBitch That is my thought too. It would be a logistical nightmare once all the big vaccination centres are shut.. which are places like museums etc. They will want to return to their original use.

Not really, GP surgeries and pharmacies could do it as part of their normal operation, like they do with flu jabs. I go into our local chemist for the flu jab, no appointment needed. Once or twice, my GP has done it during an appt for something else (in the days when they weren't in hiding). Once the nurse who took a blood test offered me the flu jab. Take away social distancing and GPs/chemists etc will be back to "normal" operation and could get through a lot more people - the big venues are only being used because of social distancing.

PuzzledObserver · 04/04/2021 10:04

Let’s see.... I go to the dentist every 6-12 months, have an eye test every 1 or 2 years, a retinopathy screen every year, a diabetes check every year with a monitoring blood test at the 6 month point, give blood three times a year, have an annual flu jab.... and hairdressers every 5 weeks (normally)

The capacity exists to do all these things, because it is needed.

If 6 monthly boosters are needed (unlikely), the capacity will be created.

Evidence seems to be pointing towards mutations converging on a common pattern, and once we’ve nobbled that, we are basically done, unless boosters are needed every 1/2/3/more years for waning immunity, plus vaccinating the new people who keep on joining the human race.

Whatever capacity we need, will be created. There may be bumps on the way and times when it’s less than ideal, but we will get there.

lightand · 04/04/2021 10:07

I guessed it might have to be every 6 months.
Hard enough to get some men, especially, to the doctors at the best of times. Cant see them all rolling up their sleeves every 6 months. Time they put off going, they may only go once a year, if that.

All speculation at this point in time though.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 04/04/2021 10:12

Those same men would probably be offered it in the workplace. Just as they are being offered/told to take various tests at the moment.

lockdownalli · 04/04/2021 11:16

Of course. Whether it's every six months or every 12 months, if that is what keeps me and my family safe and allows me certain freedoms then why wouldn't I?

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Susan333 · 04/04/2021 11:20

@lockdownalli

Of course. Whether it's every six months or every 12 months, if that is what keeps me and my family safe and allows me certain freedoms then why wouldn't I?

You don't take medical injections for " freedom", you take it for your health .. the mindset of some people is actually quite terrifying when they think it is acceptable to have to take a vaccine every few months to function in society for " freedom".

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uglyallday · 04/04/2021 11:22

I have a B12 jab every 6 weeks for the past 15 years. Whats another one?

Suzi888 · 04/04/2021 11:23

Yeah, won’t be doing that. The level of hysteria over covid is ridiculous.

TroubleUsedToBeMyBusiness · 04/04/2021 11:26

No - I won't be getting annual jabs (or more frequently) until
(a) there is more data about protection given by each vaccine and long term effects
(b) I am of an age where the flu jab is recommended (i.e. over 65) and they combine the jabs

I am getting the Covid vaccine now as I think this is the right thing to do but I prefer to take responsibility for my health by losing some weight now and getting fitter so that I boost my immune system. I already eat well

EffOrf · 04/04/2021 11:26

I probably wouldn't bother to have it every 6 months but then I didn't have the flu jab this past year either, haven't really got much family to keep 'safe'

lockdownalli · 04/04/2021 11:28

@Susan333 In this case they are interlinked. I guess you deliberately missed out the first part of my sentence where I talked about keeping myself and my family safe?
Also, it's not just about my health is it? There is a wider public health issue at stake.

If you don't want a vaccine don't have one. It's not mandatory.

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