Anybody been invited and declined the jab?

[Devlesko]

Beginning to think I did the right thing now.
Anybody else?

Well said Terracotta. People tend to be a bit black and white on these threads.

@Frequentflier

The news coming in from India is that slim, young, fit people with "great immunity" and the best access to medical facilities are dying in droves of this disease that no one under the age of 65 dies from.

And in Brazil babies are dying from it.

@Schulte

Well said Terracotta. People tend to be a bit black and white on these threads.

What is your preferred outcome?

Take up lower?

or higher and how would you get there?

If lower what would you do, lockdown longer or something else

Vaccine take-up is very good in the UK @MarshaBradyo

A few posters asking questions on mumsnet isn’t going to change that.

Smallpox and Tuberculosis didn't disappear by chance or by people eating organic food...it was because of mass Vaccination. Polio? It was still a scourge when I was young (Ian Duty). I think there's a whole generation now who don't remember how truly awful these things can be.

@Terracotta9

Vaccine take-up is very good in the UK *@MarshaBradyo*

A few posters asking questions on mumsnet isn’t going to change that.

Tg it’s high

Luckily enough most don’t get overly anxious about risks and yes these threads feed into that.

What do you want instead of mass use of AZ?

No solutions from the decliners as ever

@MarshaBradyo, I’m all for people getting vaccinated as quickly as possible. But I also understand that some have serious concerns. I did. You can’t just brush those aside. Like I’ve said before, finding a way of convincing those people by giving them at least a chance to access to a vaccine they trust would be a start.

@MarshaBradyo

Who cares what I think is the right solution for solving the pandemic?

The consensus is that vaccines are the solution, which is fine. If that’s what people want, then that’s what we’ll get.

But I absolutely will question the safety implications of these new vaccines generally, and I will also question the need for me personally to get the vaccine when I’ve already had covid (twice!), which is what this thread is about.

Why is that an issue?

[quote Terracotta9]@MarshaBradyo

Who cares what I think is the right solution for solving the pandemic?

The consensus is that vaccines are the solution, which is fine. If that’s what people want, then that’s what we’ll get.

But I absolutely will question the safety implications of these new vaccines generally, and I will also question the need for me personally to get the vaccine when I’ve already had covid (twice!), which is what this thread is about.

Why is that an issue?[/quote]
Again you jumped in to a question I asked another poster.

I’ll stop replying when you do as you’re right what you think is getting less relevant.

[quote Schulte]@MarshaBradyo, I’m all for people getting vaccinated as quickly as possible. But I also understand that some have serious concerns. I did. You can’t just brush those aside. Like I’ve said before, finding a way of convincing those people by giving them at least a chance to access to a vaccine they trust would be a start.[/quote]
How would you do it with numbers? Wouldn't there be too many choosing others and slowing us down?

If you only want responses from certain posters, then you should PM them instead of posting on this public thread.

@Terracotta9

If you only want responses from certain posters, then you should PM them instead of posting on this public thread.

If you keep saying I shouldn’t care about your solutions. Then I don’t.

And yes I can tag a poster to ask a question. Tough if you don’t like it. Don’t read it and scroll on by.

Lol, I’ll respond to whoever I want @MarshaBradyo

Ha keep going if you need to

Idk I’m interested in talking to other posters but you do you,

Me. I’m pregnant so I am actually concerned about it affecting baby. I don’t know how to go about requesting a version vaccine (ie not AZ which I know isn’t be offered to pregnant women£ but I don’t know if I book online does it know I am
Pregnant so won’t offer me anywhere that only is doing AZ? Do centra store multiple vaccine brands?
The fact that the guidance keeps changing doesn’t fill me with confidence. As soon as the baby is out I’d have it though.

@Terracotta9 so you don't think you need the vaccine because you've already had covid? but you then say, you've had covid twice ....erm...why did you get it a second time, if your immunity is so good??

@LastChanceToChange

I had covid once, and it was just a cold. The second time around I didn’t even get properly ill, just felt a bit rubbish for a day and only discovered it was covid because I tested. After a good night’s sleep I felt fine the next day.

The first time, covid was a trivial infection, and the second time around my immune system booted it out before it even took hold.

an unprecedented recommendation that the entire adult population take new medical technologies which have never been rolled out on a mass scale

Indeed. And they want to vaccinate young people and children too. Historically unprecedented that children who are at no risk of a disease should be vaccinated against it. Medically unethical too.

Damn right we should be asking questions.

@Wildswim

an unprecedented recommendation that the entire adult population take new medical technologies which have never been rolled out on a mass scale

Indeed. And they want to vaccinate young people and children too. Historically unprecedented that children who are at no risk of a disease should be vaccinated against it. Medically unethical too.

Damn right we should be asking questions.

What’s your way out of this?

[quote Terracotta9]@LastChanceToChange

I had covid once, and it was just a cold. The second time around I didn’t even get properly ill, just felt a bit rubbish for a day and only discovered it was covid because I tested. After a good night’s sleep I felt fine the next day.

The first time, covid was a trivial infection, and the second time around my immune system booted it out before it even took hold.[/quote]
@Terracotta9 You had covid (a trivial infection...your words) but it was a cold? May I suggest it was a cold, but then you got it again. You clearly don't understand the science.

What’s your way out of this?

Are you implying that the end justifies the means??

That's a very dangerous place to go.

@Wildswim

What’s your way out of this?

Are you implying that the end justifies the means??

That's a very dangerous place to go.

It’s a direct question

What would you do?

What do you want to happen next

@LastChanceToChange

Lol! Please don’t presume that you know my health history better than I do.

I was tested. It was covid.

And the first time was classic covid, even, complete with the cough and the lost sense of taste and smell.

[quote Terracotta9]@LastChanceToChange

Lol! Please don’t presume that you know my health history better than I do.

I was tested. It was covid.

And the first time was classic covid, even, complete with the cough and the lost sense of taste and smell.[/quote]
@Terracotta9 My point is you are saying you've had covid twice. therefore having covid does not prevent you from having covid again. Next time you get it, it may be worse.
Vaccines prevent re-infections and dramatically reduce hospitalizations. Simple.

That’s surely exactly it

We know a very small number of people will suffer serious side effects to the vaccines and it very much is a case of “collateral damage”.

It’s all very well saying the risk is whatever, but that is meaningless if it’s you and you can’t work again etc