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Anyone reluctant to have booster?

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Tallulahss · 19/12/2021 07:59

I have had first 2 vaccinations and followed the rules since this all begin but all this mad panic about getting the booster NOW is not sitting easy with me, it's gone from u must wait 6 mths to everyone has to get it quick and I'm just not sure, any one else feel the same?

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JustJustWhy · 19/12/2021 08:34

No. Had mine at a walk in last Sunday and won't be complying with any more shit, especially if he tries to fuck up Christmas.

nofanks · 19/12/2021 08:34

No.

It's not a mad panic. It's further strengthening our immune systems. Each booster is a reeducation to our immune system to fight the virus.

Do people not understand that the better immunity we as a population have, the better chance we have of beating covid and getting us out of this mess? The more unvaccinated/weak immune response out there the more opportunities the virus has to mutate further and get us back to square one. So yes there is a very good reason to get the booster.

SaltedCaramelHC · 19/12/2021 08:35

@Allsorts1

I’m reluctant to get the booster only because what’s the bloody point- watching Europe lock down again whilst everyone has done all they can with getting vaccinated. I’m getting fed up. However not reluctant in a health sense and will definitely get it soon.
Most people in Europe have not had the booster. It's something like 7% in Netherlands.

UK is doing very well on percentage of boosters (over 50% of adults), and they think that boosters start to have an effect in 2-3 days on your immunity, so this will help.

Some places in London are doing a 24-hour jab-a-thon yesterday and there are lots more walk-in places today, for anyone in reach of there.

Whoknowsweknows · 19/12/2021 08:35

Yes, I’m not having it.

Woodpigeonsnest · 19/12/2021 08:36

To be honest, I am a bit reluctant. I know, I know - everyone is going to jump down my throat - but I don’t want to be having to constantly get a vaccine every six months or so.

Parker231 · 19/12/2021 08:37

Booked the booster and had it as soon as I could as has everyone I know. Why on earth wouldn’t you?

PiddleOfPuppies · 19/12/2021 08:38

I'm having it, reluctantly. No more after this one, while the threat of lockdown is still hanging over us. No point.

Busybee5000 · 19/12/2021 08:39

@BunsyGirl

Yes, because I was really ill after my first AZ dose and my GP ended up sending me to A & E. It took me 9-10 weeks to recover. I have had Covid twice, in both cases I wasn’t ill for the same length of time as I was when I had my first AZ. I was ok after my second AZ but I’m worried about bringing a different vaccine into the mix.
I was really I'll too after AZ but have had my booster (pfzier) and all fine. A low level tiredness for a week and nothing more.
bizboz · 19/12/2021 08:39

What? I don’t get this, when this vaccine came out it wasn’t part of a 3 shot package with the third shot somehow sealing the deal.

It's a novel virus with a completely new vaccine. Of course nobody knew whether a single course of vaccination would provide long-term protection. There was plenty of discussion from the beginning about whether boosters would be needed and if vaccination would become cyclical like the flu vaccine.

bizboz · 19/12/2021 08:40

We are extremely privileged to have the option of vaccination.

MarshaBradyo · 19/12/2021 08:40

Out of all it the booster - which actually does increase protection - is a no brainer against the litany of lockdown etc and misery if it wasn’t there.

I’m also glad I had it a couple of weeks ago now

Remmy123 · 19/12/2021 08:41

I've had two jabs - im young and healthy, I don't think I need it tbh

Tumbleweed101 · 19/12/2021 08:41

I had mine booked before the Omicron scare so mine has been done at the time it was due anyway.
Agree that it all does feel a bit what’s the point when we are hearing about potential lockdowns again.

Anyway, had mine yesterday. Haven’t had any side effects yet except a bit tired and sore arm.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 19/12/2021 08:42

@Lindy2

No.

There's a BBC article that explains it very well. Google it. But in basic terms jab 1 and 2 were the equivalent of Primary school education for your immune system. The booster takes their education through to Secondary school.

If you want to protect you and your family from Omicron go and get your booster.

I’ve got my booster but as analogies go that’s pretty rubbish.

No doubt we’ll soon be staying on at sixth form, the going to uni, then doing a masters and maybe even a PhD

Onegingerhead · 19/12/2021 08:43

I had my second dose 8 weeks ago so the booster off the table now.
But a) I had horrible, horrendous side effects from the second jab b)actually had covid in August, unvaxxed and it was very mild and c) took the antibody test this week and my count is >2500 AU (1-2500 AU) is detection range.
Because of the above I don’t think I ll have a booster

ihearttc · 19/12/2021 08:44

Yes I’m very reluctant. Not booked it yet and very undecided about whether to or not.

I’ve had Covid and wasn’t too ill, it was like a mild cold. Then I had my vaccines and was incredibly ill for both of them, far sicker than I was with Covid. Genuinely don’t want to make myself sick again intentionally. I also have an auto immune disease although am not vulnerable so my body tends to do random things and I’m really concerned what constantly giving vaccines is doing to my already messed up immune system.

We were assured last year that 2 vaccines were the way forward and everyone duly got vaccinated now the goalposts have changed yet again due to Omnicron. What next? Another vaccine due to another variant? And then another?? When is it going to stop?

CeeceeBloomingdale · 19/12/2021 08:44

No I'm very grateful to have had it, especially as DD now has covid.

Wonnle · 19/12/2021 08:47

@sheeplikessleep

No. Had mine Friday and feel now I have a chance to reduce the chance of catching it for a while (I’ve not had covid yet). I find the case numbers at the moment terrifying for the NHS.
It won't reduce your chance of catching it at all , just minimise your symptoms if you do . The jabs do not make you immune to covid
Aozora13 · 19/12/2021 08:47

Nope I was happy to have mine. Had long covid for most of 2020 and still not 100% recovered - fuck doing that again. DH tested positive the day before his booster so our Christmas is ruined. I had a slight headache and sore arm (Moderna after 2 x Pfizer).

PhilCornwall1 · 19/12/2021 08:47

Judging by the number of text messages per day from my surgery, they are pretty keen for me to have it.

GreenWhiteViolet · 19/12/2021 08:50

Yes. I'm not having it any time soon. I'll consider it if they approve a booster vaccine that doesn't use mRNA technology.

I respect everyone else's right to decide whether they want it or not. The 'do it NOW!' messaging just gets on my nerves.

SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 19/12/2021 08:52

Earlier this year I had my flu jab. It offered protection against the three most common strains of flu. Flu jabs have been created and adapted over the years.
They are still just learning about new strains of COVID so at present we may not be protected against these. I fully expect to be offered a new booster each time a new strain takes over until we get to the point where we have an annual jab that protects us from the top 3 strains.
It will take time and if we want any sense of normality back then we will happily take the vaccines. It may not offer 100% protection against covid but it does reduce the spread, reduces the severity of the virus on you and helps protect those around you too.

gannett · 19/12/2021 08:57

What? I don’t get this, when this vaccine came out it wasn’t part of a 3 shot package with the third shot somehow sealing the deal.

The likelihood of repeated booster shots being needed was in pretty much everything I read when the vaccines first came out, as well as it being established vaccine science (eg, flu jabs every year). Waning immunity to illness is not a surprise.

BunsyGirl · 19/12/2021 08:59

@Busybee5000 Most people I know local to me have been given Moderna as a booster and have had a strong reaction to it.

Gertie75 · 19/12/2021 09:00

It had the opposite effect on me, I was thinking about waiting for my booster in case they bought out a tweaked version for omicron but when it was explained that the booster would give me 75% protection I went and had it the next day.

I'm not sure though after this one how many boosters I'd be willing to take, I can't imagine being happy to have them every 6 months for the foreseeable future.