Are you really prepared to take every single vaccine

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It worries me that we may have to keep having vaccines going forward. I’m due my booster which I will take but I’m hearing that AZ are in the process of tweaking the current vaccine to combat the new strain. So we are then required to take another booster. Many variants can crop up, suppose another one does very soon. I’m concerned about the number of vaccines we could be taking. Is anyone else? And no I’m not an anti vaxer.

I lost a cousin who was too young to have received all her vaccinations. Two other family members are also disabled due to the after effects of (two different) illnesses that are now routinely vaccinated for, they were both very fortunate to survive. So yes, I’m very pro vaccine.

Yes, I'll take any booster they come up with.

I never used to have the flu jab, but I had it this year & last in response to our surgery asking people to have it to help the NHS not be overwhelmed with flu patients & I'd be happy to do the same with Covid vaccinations, even if I didn't feel I personally needed them.

Unfortunately I do feel I need them
Personally I'm 52, and have a few underlying issues which put me in the shielding group.

Whatever help they can offer through vaccination I'll be taking. Don't care how often it's required! But I imagine it won't be more than twice a year anyway.

Vulnerable people with weak immune systems have the flu jab every year… but not the vast majority of healthy adults. Most people shouldn’t need a “booster” every few months. I’ve had flu once and I was so so ill, but I’ve not had it in over a decade. Covid was like a cold. Haven’t had the flu jab. I’ve had many jabs though and many don’t require “boosters”!

I just see it like going to the dentist. I go for a check up every six months and the hygienist every three months. That all takes way longer than getting a quick jab in my arm and it's all to protect me - no problem.

I get where you're coming from, OP, and it's interesting that "having the flu jab once a year" keeps getting mentioned. In contrast this isn't once a year - it's three so far, probably a tweaked one to come and an extra booster too for the CEV

FWIW I've had my first two and may get a booster (still undecided), but I can empathise with those who perhaps feel there's a limit to what they'll keep having put in their bodies - I can even manage not to "assume they're c*nts"

Yes, I am.

We’re lucky to bloody HAVE vaccines.

Yes i am happy to get boosters whenever offered. This whole pandemic has been a nightmare and I am fed up of it. I am not frightened of vaccines. It might not be full protection but it still makes a huge difference

I haven't had the original covid vaccines either so obviously no boosters.
I've never had a flu vaccine either, had one tetanus years ago and that's it as an adult.

I have a flu jab every year. It's no different.

I feel very fortunate to live in a time and place where I have access to this kind of preventative medicine. I will absolutely continue, as I have all my life, to take any and all vaccinations that are offered to me and recommended by scientists and health professionals.

No. Having had such a horrific reaction to my booster I'm never taking anything again. I'm CEV and never take my flu jag either although to be fair I did take it this year but that was more for my elderly mum than me. I'm not putting anything else in my body, i'll take my chances with Covid.

Viviennemary I had Covid, and had a crushing headache and fatigue for three months. I'd much rather have 24 hours of discomfort every few months than go through that again.

@bizboz

Yes and I feel very thankful that I am lucky enough to live in a country where the vaccine is easily accessible.

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I don’t mind. I vaccinate for myself and those around me. A sore arm for a few days isn’t the be all and end all until the virus is under control.

Oh, shite that was meant to be a pointy agreeing sort of finger!

Of course.

All the wide eyed 'why wouldn't you' is a bit annoying. If it makes you really poorly to have the jab and you're not high risk for Covid, then the cost/benefit might not stack up for you. If you feel ok after the jab or just a bit tired, that's different.

Yes there's a wider society implication, but most people don't donate blood either or do similar altruistic things, so you can't expect they will have a vaccine that makes them ill for the benefit of others either.

And a bad reaction to the jab doesn't mean you'd have had a bad case of Covid - plenty of people have had Covid and been less poorly than they were with the jab.

Sorry @bizboz I totally agree with you and did not mean to give you the finger.

This is not any different to the other vaccines offered and needing boosters

Not quite, Nietzschethehiker (love the username BTW ) Unlike most - including the various jabs given routinely to children - they've been okayed for emergency use, with the full reviews still to come

To be clear, that in no way means there's anything wrong with them, only that in many ways we're the experiment

I’ve been vaccinated for everything offered my entire life.
MMR
Flu
Childhood immunisations
HPV
Hepatitis
TB etc.

Why should Covid be any different?

A doctor and medical institutions know far more about medications and immunisations than I do.

There’s no tracking chips, nothing causes autism, there’s no ulterior motives etc. Vaccines are there to boost immunities and keep us safe. Why wouldn’t you want to essentially take a medication to keep you safe?

Yep I'll take another vaccine if needed to work against the latest variant.
I've had both doses of AZ and my booster of Moderna.
I get the flu vaccine every year plus vaccines for travel. Whatever is needed to keep me and others that can't be vaccinated safe

Yes happy to be as protected as possible.

Absolutely- no sensible reason not to.

Sorry @bizboz I totally agree with you and did not mean to give you the finger.

No problem @Claudethecat

@derxa

There is no way I'm having the booster. The two Covid jabs I had triggered a very serious case of psoriasis. I'm covered in plaques and look like a burns victim. I've' never had psoriasis in my life before. My life is an absolute misery at the moment.

Sorry to hear that. I'm not getting the booster either, two jabs is enough.

I had full body psoriasis once, caused by immense stress and it took about 6 months to clear up. However, I would recommend reading "Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative" by Dr Pagano. It's an old but really good book.

Hope it clears up soon!