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4th Jab: when will enough be enough?

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Idontgiveaf324 · 23/12/2021 09:28

I just read in the paper that scientists are considering introducing a second booster, ie the fourth vaccine in less than a year. Obviously everyone is rushing to get their third booster at the moment but I was interested in finding out whether any of you have a ‘tipping point’ beyond which you will say no more? Or are people happy to just continue being vaccinated whenever the story changes as to what is actually needed to combat the virus? FYI I have had my first two jabs (which I was assured would protect me until I am now told that I am soon to be classed as ‘unvaccinated’). I wouldn’t describe myself as anti-vax but I feel there is a limit. So what is your tipping point? 4 jabs? 5? 6? Or unlimited?

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heldinadream · 23/12/2021 10:15

Threads that don't understand vaccines: when will enough be enough? 🤔

DSGR · 23/12/2021 10:16

@Surmeslevres which European doctor was that? No scientist in the UK (and we have some of the world’s best) thinks that will be the case.
As to the original question, il take unlimited until we are out of the pandemic and until the virus settles down (which it will). Then I’ll happily have my annual vaccine

Porfre · 23/12/2021 10:16

They need to change it.

As long as people have had two jabs.

Then they need to change it to something like a jab in the last 6 months.

I mean 2 years down the line- unless you've had 8 jabs you're not allowed on holiday? And you wont be able to get jabbed 6 times in a couple of months.

gannett · 23/12/2021 10:17

@AntennaReborn

I will have every booster I am eligible for, for as long as I live

Viruses mutate, vaccines improve. It's exactly like the anti-virus software on your computer, you need an up-to-date version!

I honestly thought this was already common knowledge. Vaccination science has been around for centuries. Apparently not.
RedQueen81 · 23/12/2021 10:19

I had 3 jabs this year, didn't stop me catching covid. I am not too poorly so I guess vaccinations helped but given my age, weight and general health I would have probably been fine regardless.

I am annoyed they are talking about 4th jab now, predictable as it is. I won't be keen next year, especially if it's confirmed Omicron is mild and becomes a dominant strain.

Topseyt · 23/12/2021 10:32

I will have as many boosters as I am advised to have as soon as I become eligible to book them. Why would I not, as for me side effects have been minimal/absent (fortunately).

I think that initially it seems likely to be every few months, but maybe it will settle down to annual vaccines, tweaked for the new variants in a similar way to the flu one (which I am given each year).

Maverickess · 23/12/2021 10:34

I probably won't have much of a choice as I work in social care, I'll have to get as many as is deemed to be 'fully vaccinated' to comply with the mandate.
As far as I'm aware it's still only the two to comply with the mandate but I have had the booster too so I'm covered if that comes into effect.
I'm grateful for any protection it may offer me from being seriously ill, but not keen on losing income regularly because of the side effects, I wasn't very well at all after the second one, I had a couple of days off after the 3rd so could rest.
Having to have them regularly it's going to get tough to arrange around work, rather than once a year, and we tend to get told to turn up at work and all get done at the same time anyway, so you've got people feeling rough caring for people feeling rough and covering for those feeling worse. Not ideal practically.
And I also can't help thinking that this is all a bit of a smoke screen where social care is concerned, to avoid awkward questions about the state of social care and the role of the government in that. But that's probably for another thread.

User762980 · 23/12/2021 10:40

OK if its like the flu jab which is aimed at certain people and you can either take or leave it. I don't have the flu jab as I am not yet 65, even though its now over 50, the only reason they changed the age was to save the NHS.

Lolamento · 23/12/2021 10:45

Pharma companies must be delighted to hear from people in the U.K. WHO director have repeatedly said that until the same stop hoarding vaccines and sharing with less rich countries the pandemic will not end.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/who-director-general-pandemic-wont-end-until-rich-countries-stop-hoarding-vaccines/ar-AAS3SEM

AlaskaThunderfuckHiiiiiiiii · 23/12/2021 10:52

There is no way they can continue vaccinating people every so many months otherwise they will need to create whole new vaccine action teams, housebound are currently being done by the DN service and it is crippling us as we have to do these on top of our usual visits and take in to account staff sickness.

I personally hope it will become more like the flu vaccine eventually, given yearly to those who need it most and available for purchase by the rest of the population, I can’t see how we can afford to keep vaccinating everyone indefinitely!

Notlabeled · 23/12/2021 10:53

These CoVid vaccines are NOT about people's health. Most healthy people do not require medical intervention for CoVid.
The trouble is, because it's very infectious, health care services can become overwhelmed.
You are not being injected for your benefit, your being injected for the NHS's benefit. Combine that with restrictions non your rights. It's frankly disgusting. With have become a Health Service 1st and a nation 2nd

Flapjacker48 · 23/12/2021 10:53

When air-head anti-vaxers stop going on about "concerns".

YungWaffle · 23/12/2021 10:57

I'd stop at the booster unless the government severely restricts my freedom. I see it similarly to flu and I wouldn't take the flu vaccine unless I was in a vulnerable demographic.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 23/12/2021 10:59

I feel quite torn on this. I am severely needle phobic, so having three jabs was really a lot - but I understand it was “the right thing”. I was pretty lucky in the timing of my second jab and booster, otherwise I would have needed a day off sick the following day for each. My work are currently being very accommodating with covid absence, but I am not sure how long that will last.

So no answer really. Wait and see.

Villanelle17 · 23/12/2021 11:00

Don't want another after ending up in hospital after second pfizer and still not the same. So I'm obviously scared of having a booster. Otherwise I'd say once a year.

Lifeisnteasy · 23/12/2021 11:00

If a regular booster jab is needed to prevent serious illness why wouldn't you get it?

^Because for the overwhelming majority of people, covid does not cause serious illness.*

Hth.

ToykotoLosAngeles · 23/12/2021 11:05

As many times as I'm asked to. My mum is clinically vulnerable and my FiL, SiL, husband and son have asthma. I think it'd make me a bit of a selfish bitch if I didn't.

Lolamento · 23/12/2021 11:06

May be once they need to be done privately as this is obviously unsustainable by NHS people would think is enough.

ElftonWednesday · 23/12/2021 11:07

I'm imagining in future that only people who might be very ill if they got Covid would have a booster, same people who get an annual flu jab. I'm 46 and have never been invited to have a flu vaccination either, why would I? I've never knowlingly had flu.

motheroflions · 23/12/2021 11:09

Third thread going on this subject !

But no I won't be going for boosters.

The WHO has asked to stop the boosters and send the vaccines to parts of the world that have not even had one dose yet.

Its also stopping people from having their primary vaccines.

babybrainandbabynames · 23/12/2021 11:11

@picklespark My husband had Flu and still doesn't get the flu jab, he did it once the year after he had the flu but the woman put the needle in to far and he had pain in his arm for months

So he said he doesn't want it, and if you think you had it bad he passed out smashing his head of a toilet Blush

tillyandmilly · 23/12/2021 11:11

As poster said above no problem with getting one every year just like our flu jab

trumpisagit · 23/12/2021 11:12

I am worried about how many jabs we are suggesting healthy young people and children have. Already boosters for 16 and 17 year olds, second jabs for 12-15.
Personally as an adult who could potentially get quite ill I will have everything going, but it's not the same for my children.

Srirachachacha · 23/12/2021 11:19

I'm fairly high risk - I'll keep having them as long as I'm advised to. I've got a fourth jab (technically this will be me getting the booster) in Jan.

Someone upthread said we're prioritising the NHS over people. If the NHS didn't exist I'd be absolutely fucked along with a lot of other people. An unexpected cancer diagnosis at 21 means private health insurance won't touch me. I couldn't afford to pay for the treatment I get across 4 different specialities. The NHS is important.

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Idontgiveaf324 · 23/12/2021 11:25

@heldinadream

Threads that don't understand vaccines: when will enough be enough? 🤔
I’d say nobody fully understands them. The information seems to change very frequently as to what the vaccines actually do and how many are needed. I just have a limit as to how far I am willing to be a human Guinea pig for this. I’m not anti-vax as I have had two jabs but I am not prepared to continue to subject myself to this, especially since I had some quite bad side effects from most jabs.
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