Just wondering if those that have refused to have the vaccine are now wishing they had?

[Lovemusic33]

There’s a lot of talk about vaccinated people not having to quarantine in the future making travel easier, the possibility of a vaccine passport to be able to go to events and travel.

I have several friends that have refused to have the vaccine due to conspiracy theories and ‘not knowing the risks’, if they had taken the first vaccine they would have had their 2nd by now and potentially be ok to travel in the coming weeks or attend events, there even talk of some jobs needing vaccination (care workers).

I’m just wondering if anyone regrets their choice not to vaccinate?

BTW, I am vaccinated but I’m not judging those who decided against it, just wondering if they have changed their minds?

I've had it and wish I hadn't! My anxiety has been through the roof since

No. I just don't want it for a vast raft of reasons. Foreign travel does not affect it and quarantine is fine as I work from home and live in a very large house with huge garden etc

I do shifts at a vaccine centre, and as well as the young adults coming to get the jab asap, there are quite a few older adults who've decided to come and be vaccinated recently. Surprisingly, many of them seem more scared of needles than the impact of the vaccine - I suspect because (like me) they remember when injections were massive needles, as opposed to the fine, pretty painless ones that are used now.

@Lovemusic33

There’s a lot of talk about vaccinated people not having to quarantine in the future making travel easier, the possibility of a vaccine passport to be able to go to events and travel.

I have several friends that have refused to have the vaccine due to conspiracy theories and ‘not knowing the risks’, if they had taken the first vaccine they would have had their 2nd by now and potentially be ok to travel in the coming weeks or attend events, there even talk of some jobs needing vaccination (care workers).

I’m just wondering if anyone regrets their choice not to vaccinate?

BTW, I am vaccinated but I’m not judging those who decided against it, just wondering if they have changed their minds?

That’s the only reason I got my jab. I felt coerced into it (because otherwise I can’t go see and my parents in europe) and I hated it.

Am I ok now? Yes. I am happy I made that choice? No I still hate it. I still think we have a lot of unknowns.
Eg A good friend qualified for an early vaccine and was given the AZ when she should have been offered Pfizer now. Because of the risks…..

As someone else asked if you are someone who doesn’t think we should be having the job, what do you think would be happening if we all had the same idea?

I’ve had the vaccine and regret having it, I have a history of blood clotting issues, I am under 40 and I was given the AZ vaccine before all the clotting issues came out. At the time I was unsure about taking it but took it because I was told any adverse impacts would happen quickly. I felt quite forced into getting the second one, felt like any time I questioned it I was labelled as an anti vaxxer. I took it because I didn’t know what to do and have spent the two weeks since feeling anxious and on edge

I have chosen not to have the vaccine and accept it 'could' effect my travel and other leisure activities in the future. However, I don't think the government should introduce vaccine passports as it would be discriminatory and could lead to a slippery slope whereby future things ( not necessarily vaccines but including those) are restricted to only certain people who are obeying mandates that any governments decide to enforce.

Are you all willing to be chipped in the future and pay for goods with your finger tips and have all your movements etc. monitored by AI? Maybe you are but that's a future I don't want to see for me or the human race.

@bumbleymummy that’s the problem! You’ve assessed it purely on your own personal risk. You’re not thinking about controlling the spread of infection for society as a whole. It’s individualism v’s altruism - and you’ve taken a very individualistic stance. Society needs altruism to get Covid under control.

*I’m sure there are people that refused the vaccine that have now contracted the virus and been pretty unwell, most of the people now in hospital are those people, I wonder if they feel different about the vaccine now?

Let’s get things right first.
Geting covid doesn’t automatically mean being very unwell and in hospital
Having the vaccine doens’t mean you will never end up in hospital.

People evaluate the risk in their own ways. As I said I decide to go for the vaccine and take that (for me) non negligible risk.
If I hadn’t, I don’t think I would have regretted it.

Thé issue here is to make an informed decision and to really weight the pros and cons so that you are at peace with the potential consequences.

No regrets at all. Why would I? I am largely in the not yet rather than no category. I am also interested to see how those who are fully vaccinated are once lockdown is over and they catch covid.

I read this post - I assume the poster is a teacher. Not an ‘oldie’ @bumbleymummy

I hope I can help in some ways as I recovered from the awful virus. I had it for three weeks and believe I caught it from colleagues/students at school who presented mild symptoms. The virus attacked me very slowly (headaches and fatigue very normal with teachers) and the aggressively- coughing and flu like symptoms. I was in bed for weeks after.

It was so bad at one point I gave my DS (single parent) the “if Mummy dies” talk. Breaks my heart that he had to hear those words.

So I just want to share what helped me in case anything can alleviate your pain:

1. Plenty of fluids despite making me vomit. The emptying of my stomachs helped clear mucus in my lungs/throat and helped me breathe. The only food I could graze on was flat breads or fruit.

1. Antibiotics- the GP said this was to treat a secondary bacterial infection on my lungs in the second week which helped me breath. It did.

1. Paracetamol x2 every four hours. Some days I was so weak it would take me two hours at 4am to take these. During the day DS was trying to nurse me the best he could.

1. Lucozade. I could not eat and my sugar levels were desperately low. Some days/hours I had no idea where DS was (big garden) as I was so lethargic and fatigued. The lucozade gave me the sugar rush I needed to gradually get up and try and be a parent to him. He is 9.

1. Steaming. My friend recommended doing this with whole cloves as this is used for colds in her culture. Again helped massively when I had the energy to boil the water and place in a bowl.

1. Turn of sky news if you have it! The sight of the giant red virus cell as their background was nauseating! Turn off the news in general. It doesn’t help morale hearing about death rates.

1. Have a heated pad or hot water bottle on stand by if you do get the chills. I had a microwaveable heat pad used for pets.

1. Don’t be afraid to call nhs for advice if you think you are getting worse. At one point, my son called 999 and said “my mum can’t breath”. He was told “unless her lips are blue and her head has gone floppy we won’t be coming out we are too busy”. My poor love having to listen to that.

However, It helped me focus on getting better massively as I understood the nhs was on its knees and my recovery was going to be better at home even though I was gasping for breath.

1. As my course of antibiotics finished and the steaming was helping, I started to do things like clean up and wash clothes. Don’t. Stop. They will exhaust you. Baby steps for at least a week as you will get a false sense of confidence thinking you are better and then relapse. This happened to me 3 times.

Hope this helps someone who needed hope that the chances of you getting better are higher than if you don’t.

Feel free to ask me any questions.

@Hornbill123456789

What’s the point of posting that?

Yes a rare minority of younger people can get very sick with Covid. Most don’t. Also, I’d severely question the judgment of someone who does this without even being in hospital:

It was so bad at one point I gave my DS (single parent) the “if Mummy dies” talk. Breaks my heart that he had to hear those words.

I haven’t had it and won’t be changing my mind.

And the talk of an altruistic society, anyone that believes most people have had the vaccine for the greater good is very naive. People are selfish, generally. If this pandemic has shown us anything, it is that.

I’m very scared of taking this vaccine but the pressure is getting to me…my husband is convinced I’m going to die when I get Covid, which is always there in the back of my mind. I’m scared of Covid and realise the vaccine is the lesser risk..but there are so many things which is unknown- the clots were ‘nothing’ at first and now ‘yes probably something’ then there is the menstrual issues, what else? But I feel I might give in at some point and forever regret it..

@Funfortheroad

Because we need to show more care and concern for others. It shocks me the horrifically snide, superior and ‘so long as I’m ok’ attitude of some. And I would say EXACTLY the same to them. What is the point of posting THAT when people are suffering?

For those who have said they are vaccine hesitant because they don’t want to be ‘guinea pigs’ I’m curious when and if you’ll change your mind. What timeline or scientific evidence will make you think ‘yep it’s ok now’. For example would it be a year after the first vaccine was trialled in 2020, would it be 5 years, or after vaccinated women have gone in to have problem free pregnancies etc? Are you waiting for a particular scientific journal to post certain conclusions?

To not want to be a ‘guinea pig’ implies you’re waiting for something, but I’ve yet to hear anyone who is vaccine hesitant say exactly what!

I don’t understand the premise of this thread - it’s not like you only get the one chance. If people change their minds they can still get it.

@Funfortheroad - and actually I don’t doubt her at all. My Mum has had to wait months for cancer treatment, and my niece had an extremely highly/unknown origin temp during the second lockdown, and had to wait several days before being admitted to hospital.

@Hornbill123456789
So sorry to hear what you and your son went through, must have been absolutely terrible
But this thread is about people who have not vaccinated and whether or not they regret their decision.

@Hornbill123456789 Your post is just scaremongering though. You don’t even know if it’s true. With statements like:

At one point, my son called 999 and said “my mum can’t breath”. He was told “unless her lips are blue and her head has gone floppy we won’t be coming out we are too busy”. My poor love having to listen to that.

I really doubt it. An emergency call handler tells a 9 year old child alone with a single parent that they’re too busy unless her lips are blue and her head floppy.

But even if it’s true, sounds like the OP recovered without hospital treatment anyway. Unpleasant experience for sure (I felt like death when I had flu) but not nice as a way to scare and guilt people into medical procedures they don’t want.

Doesn’t mAtter if they regret it, they can just go online and book. No biggie.

I think the only people I’ve seen who have regretted it are those who got very sick from catching Covid.