Final straw....can't take this anymore

[KayMarc]

I've been avoiding the news for so long but looked today hoping the latest AZ news would be reassuring and that the vaccine rollout would carry on. I simply can't take the stress of this anymore. Its the ups and downs all the time that are killing me. Just when you begin to think this may soon be over another headline just blows that out of the water. The news today is going to put people off (all ages) having the vaccine whether that's the first or second dose. This fucking pandemic is never going to end. I can't deal with this life anymore. There is no joy. Just endless bad news.

I’ll be hugely relieved when I receive my second dose of AZ in June. I’m 56, certainly hasn’t put me off.
Moderna, J&J and Novax (spelling) were always likely to be the most commonly used on the younger age groups anyway, weren’t they, simply because of supply logistics?

I’m having mine too. I’m in my 40s, with autoimmune disease. Felt crap for 36 hours after my first AZ but I’m in no doubt at all that I’d feel way more crap with COVID, if I even survived it at all.

So many pharmaceuticals have rare side effects listed that are actually quite terrifying, if you stopped to think about them. We don’t, though....we’re just pleased to take whatever it is in order to relieve or cure whatever the ailment is.
Life is a huge risk; pandemic or not. Healthcare is actually quite risky, if you stop to think about the potential ill effects of so many routine treatments and interventions.

The media over dramatise everything. They’ve been guilty of this throughout the crisis. True analysis of clinical data is complicated and at times, boring, unless it is your area of interest or expertise. TV viewers would switch off in droves if the AZ news were reported in that way. Far more likely to keep the nation gripped by a sensationalist story.

Hang in there. Better times are ahead.

I’ll be there for my 2nd dose.

A year ago, the scientists were saying “it will take a vaccine to end this pandemic”. Well we have vaccines and they are working.

The AZ risk is not yet proven, if it is, the % risk is so tiny compared to so many other things we do. And compared to the individual risk of COVID and long COVID : no contest!

I am sorry you are feeling down OP, but for me it’s the people who react like you are doing who bring me down .

We have the vaccines. They are making a substantial difference. Let’s look forwards.

Read the other threads....lots saying they won't

Who cares about some random on the Internet who may or may not be genuine.

They don't want it, I'll happily take their place

@KatherineJaneway

Read the other threads....lots saying they won't

Who cares about some random on the Internet who may or may not be genuine.

They don't want it, I'll happily take their place

Me too

Plus news like today always brings the anti out batting

Can’t wait to have my second dose!

Sorry to see you feeling this way OP. My advice is to live your life as safely and happily as you can. Make the most of a bad situation whenever possible. Our covid journey is only just beginning so don’t go expecting any miraculous over night changes and try to not be disheartened with the constant twists and turns.

I'll be getting my second dose any day now. Hasn't put me off in the slightest. I think that there are probably always bumps in the road with this sort of thing. The only problem here is that we're all highly focussed on it and the papers are busily reporting every little detail, which is making people much more scared than they need to be.

I do think that in general the media coverage of every aspect of this pandemic has been quite damaging.

MNers constantly say things that aren't widely reflected or echoed in wider society. This place voted solidly anti Tory & against Brexit. Meanwhile in real world...

19yo DD went for her 2nd AZ jab today. She thinks it's all kerfuffle over nothing.

@uncomfortablydumb53

The risks of the specific clot( which is in the sinus) are minute compared to the doses given.. and also the risks of contracting Covid are way higher There is a risk with every medication What about the Contraceptive Pill? There are known risks with them, higher than the vaccine There are Pros and cons in everything... even crossing the road In my opinion they are giving too much information, and the scaremongering is then caused by the media Perhaps you'd be reassured by the science, rather than listen to the hysteria?

This earlier post reminded me of the presentation below (I was in the audience when this was originally delivered, and made a note of the link to the video at the time) on the subject of Risk Literacy, which might help put a few well-publicised risks into context. The start times of the main topics are listed below, though the whole talk is fascinating:

03:30 The probability of it raining tomorrow - what does this actually mean?
06:25 Just how conclusive of guilt is a DNA match in a court case?
08:33 The consequences of the contraceptive pill scare
12:20 The relationship between colon cancer and eating processed meat
15:50 Why do we fear things that won't actually kill us?
17:37 The unanticipated consequences of people refusing to fly after 9/11
21:51 Swine Flu deaths over a decade - similar number to deaths from drinking lamp oil
25:40 The failure to anticipate the economic crash of 2008 - the "Turkey Illusion"
29:00 Basel III - accurate evaluation of risk, or no better than astrology?
30:20 How should risk illiteracy be addressed?
32:25 Mammography screening - how should it be promoted?
42:10 Risk literacy and the war against cancer
45:55 Digital risk literacy and the "iPhone generation" - are people now lonelier than ever before?
52:35 "Big Nudging": social credit scoring - no longer confined to science fiction
58:00 The future of democracy - has it got one?
1:00:00 Q&A

community.jmp.com/t5/Discovery-Summit-Europe-2018/Plenary-Gerd-Gigerenzer-Risk-Literacy-The-Cement-of-Society/ta-p/53192

I'm also going to have my second AZ vaccine, am 50 and don't want covid or long covid.

It may put off some but taking the new vaccines is also a bit of gamble as well. I'm not sure any vaccine isn't going to be associated with something, especially as some use a similar technology to AZ.

It's the least worst option for me right now.

Don't feel despairing, the news is (relatively) good and there are also more treatments for covid than before as well, so your chances of having anything bad happen are much less.

I’m hoping my 2nd dose may be brought forward if uptake drops. I have assessed my personal risk vs benefit and am happy with my decision.

KatherineJaneway

Read the other threads....lots saying they won't

Who cares about some random on the Internet who may or may not be genuine.

They don't want it, I'll happily take their place“

This. Some posters on other threads are still pushing 5G and Bill Gates worldwide conspiracy plots. It’s hilarious and alarming in equal measure.

Many on mn exist in a government is out to get me state of anxiety and post fears constantly but listening to radio / polls / spokespeople the drop isn’t much.

People have questions when they turn up but they still go and get it

I'm still gonna get my 2nd dose of AZ.
If people refuse the vaccine in significant numbers the gov will buy in supplies of the 'safer' vaccines and or introduce vaccine 'passports' that will move the masses back to the vaccine centres