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If you could choose a vaccine

56 replies

Namechanged4thi5 · 20/06/2021 11:14

Which one would you have? I need to book my first after much deliberation and even now not 100% sure but I need to get it done.
Sine I’m not comfortable find really difficult and anxiety inducing to look at yellow card etc…so thought I’ll try here as a starting point

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nopatience00 · 20/06/2021 11:16

Pfizer

ShinyGreenElephant · 20/06/2021 11:17

I had Pfizer with no side effects just a bit of a dead arm. But tbh I would have had any of them

Louby08 · 20/06/2021 11:20

I’d I could choose. Pfizer.

I didn’t get a choice. I had AZ in March.

I’m under 40 and now don’t want my second dose so I will be left partially vaccinated.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 20/06/2021 11:21

Pfizer

wasn't eligible to have one, but got lucky as our kids' school sent an email last week that a nearby Uni got 4000 doses, so just turn up with NHS number before 7pm on Thu or Fri if over 18.
so both DH & I got our first dose on Friday

sore arms, bit tired, but we had a shitbag week anyway and always tired so can't attribute it to jabs.
no headaches - this was my biggest worry!
no other symptoms

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Namechanged4thi5 · 20/06/2021 11:30

I’m 40- just turned 40 so in a dilemma as to AZ or Pfizer
The reason (not only reason but don’t want to go into a long list) for my hesitation/fear

AZ - blood clots/period issues
Pfizer- new technology: what are the long term issues if any? Will I go into anaphylactic shock?

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Cheesecake53 · 20/06/2021 11:40

Phizer or Moderna
If you get an anaphylactic shock, you will so in the first minutes after the vaccine and still be at the vaccination centre where there are people that are trained to deal with that (that is why people have to wait 15 minutes after MRNA vaccines). I had Moderna.

Tatum1234 · 20/06/2021 12:00

Pfizer as I think it gives better results. I’m 40 and had the AZ. Very grateful to get any tbh.

DaisyWaldron · 20/06/2021 12:08

Pfizer. Do you have any reason to believe you might go into anaphylactic shock? I have loads of allergies so checked the guidelines, and it's only considered unsafe if you have unknown allergies. I had to wait for 15 minutes longer than everyone else afterwards just in case, but I felt much, much safer having the vaccine than I would eating a buffet meal. I had Moderna.

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Namechanged4thi5 · 20/06/2021 12:36

@DaisyWaldron I don’t have any known allergies but unknown ones well I don’t know..until they show up. Did you mean known or unknown?

It’s my anxiety playing havoc and has me convinced I will either die of a clot or shock. I know the risk is higher in Covid but anxiety doesn’t work like that…☹️

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Waxonwaxoff0 · 20/06/2021 12:37

I fancied Moderna but got Pfizer which I was happy with. I'm 30 so AZ wouldn't have been offered anyway.

AlexaShutUp · 20/06/2021 12:40

I'd have chosen Pfizer, as I believe it's slightly more effective. However, I didn't get a choice so I had two doses of AZ and I'm bloody grateful to have had them.

We are so lucky in this country to have the luxury of wondering which vaccine might be best. So many people around the world don't have access to any vaccines at all.

DaisyWaldron · 20/06/2021 12:48

By unknown allergies I mean have you had a serious allergic reaction to something which hasn't been identified? If you have no allergies at all, then it's staggeringly unlikely that you will have your first ever allergy to the vaccine. Just think, you've already survived nuts and cats and dogs and pollen and shellfish and eggs and milk and latex and strawberries and dust and mould and bee stings which are all much, much more likely to put you into anaphylactic shock.

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Namechanged4thi5 · 20/06/2021 16:12

@DaisyWaldron ahh got it. No haven’t had any of those yet

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Lindy2 · 20/06/2021 16:19

I'd probably choose AZ. It's been made using traditional methods. Pfizer uses a brand new technique. I think I prefer tried and tested but to be honest I'm grateful to have had anything and not to have had to choose as I'm not a scientist.

lightand · 20/06/2021 16:38

I was leaning towards Moderna, but a close relative has had a reaction to it, so that has put me off.

BiniorellaSun · 20/06/2021 16:44

Pfizer. Had AZ as did all my family. DS and I had Covid in May. AZ helped- my DH and Dad stayed negative and I was back at work the day after isolation finished and have no long term effects. It was no worse than a bad cold.

Cookerhood · 20/06/2021 16:48

AZ. It's a more tried & tested type of vaccine & doesn't have the cardio or anaphylaxis problems of the mRNA ones. Having said that I'd happily have any of them & may well have had a mixture (which might be best anyway) as I'm on a study.

Notthemessiah · 20/06/2021 16:56

@Lindy2

I'd probably choose AZ. It's been made using traditional methods. Pfizer uses a brand new technique. I think I prefer tried and tested but to be honest I'm grateful to have had anything and not to have had to choose as I'm not a scientist.
I'm not sure I'd say it's been made using "traditional methods" though (whatever they are).

Its vaccine technology has been in development since the 1970's, so a fair bit longer than the mrna tech used in Pfizer, but there have really only been two viral vector vaccines used in anything other than human trials, as I understand it - for SARS and more recently for Ebola - before the recent COVID ones like AZ and Sputnik.

I had no choice and was given AZ for the first dose (just before the blood clotting issue became widely known). If I had known I'm not sure I would have had it (but obviously nothing happened to me so, with the benefit of hindsight, I'm glad I did). I would have chosen Pfizer or Moderna if I had been offered the choice, even then before the blood clot issue, because it supposedly offered better levels of protection.

I've not had a second AZ yet and not sure if I will - I would have a second shot if I was able to choose Pfizer though, as they are able to do in several countries (Canada, Germany, Denmark etc).

WhatMattersMost · 20/06/2021 17:05

AstraZeneca, because of the two general kinds of vaccines, it is the one with the longer track record, comparatively.

MaBroon21 · 20/06/2021 17:08

I’m due to get Pfizer tomorrow but I have a catastrophic allergy to penicillin and I’m rather worried.

Meruem · 20/06/2021 17:36

I’m early 50s and had AZ (I’ve had both doses now) DD 30 had moderna and DS 32 had Pfizer. They’ve just had the 1 dose so far. All of us were fine, no side effects. DD had a sore arm for a day. Other than that nothing.

I honestly wouldn’t stress about it. I really don’t think any single one is better/worse than any other.

Beeboopbop · 20/06/2021 17:39

If I had a choice I would probably pick Pfizer as it gives better protection. However I didn't have a choice and I'm double vaccinated with AZ with no issues. Periods all normal etc. I'm under 40

Beeboopbop · 20/06/2021 17:41

@MaBroon21 in also allergic to penicillin. Didn't realise there was a link?

Beeboopbop · 20/06/2021 17:41

*I am

RedactedTaeFeck · 20/06/2021 17:44

Penicillin isn't one of the allergic reactors expected. I only found out in December that I'm allergic to penicillin as I've never had it before (I'm 55) and I had a severe but not catastrophic reaction. That said I got Astrazenica anyway. Had both doses, the 2nd after the blood clot issue was publicised. I asked about the penicillin issue and was told it wasn't an issue with any of the vaccines.

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