I just don't know how I feel about all of this anymore!

[Wednesdayafternoon]

So I've been super compliant the whole time. I've had 3 jabs and will accept any more that are offered but I'm just started to feel really unsure about everything.

My best friend caught Covid 5/6 weeks ago, his husband didn't. He then went on to have his booster (after 28 days) and a few days later his husband caught Covid. Husband completed isolation but on the day of freedom my friend tested positive again. He's assuming he had feta and now omicron (or however it is spelt).... but isolating..... again.

Luckily both have not been too bad an both said if it was normal times they would've gone to work with the cold.

I'm just thinking though, if the boosters and our own antibodies aren't stopping us from getting the new variants then what is even the point in any restrictions. We're just going to find our selves repeatedly isolating over and over again.

My friend is really fed up as he's well and wasn't too bad before but they've basically spent the best part of December isolating and now jan!

Also these jabs are really messing with my periods and the thought of having a booster every ten weeks (which is basically just under/around 2 cycles for me - I have pcos) is stressing me out.

I'll continue to be compliant, maybe I'm just upset as not seen my friend on such a long time as was so busy when he was "free".... but I just feel like it's all a mess!

I'm rambling I know, needed to get it off my chest!

I know how you feel. No more boosters for me either because I just cannot work with the way they make my periods go.

There is little point in any restrictions now with such a contagious variant. We’re only doing it because the NHS is on its last legs and each person kept out is a bonus. I don’t think we’ll be testing and isolating by the spring.

After this third and possibly a fourth dose I don't think younger non vulnerable people will carry on getting boosters indefinitely. Getting the virus every now and then will act as the booster for the majority.

I was saying to my sister that there's no way that we won't have caught it by the end of January despite the fact that we've been really trying to restrict mixing because our kids are at school and we work... so what even is the point. I feel like I'm punishing myself by being so lonely (single mum) when I'm gonna end up with it anyway 🙈

Depressing and negative I know! I'm not normally like this, just feeling fed up!

Well any issue with periods will be silenced because the Menz in charge don't see an issue with it. I have barely any periods at all, just light spotting. The day after my booster I came on with a shockingly heavy and painful period which lasted 12 days. There could well be lasting effects on the reproductive system. I've finished having children so it doesn't really bother me but it makes me think about my 11 year old who will be eligible for her first jab soon.

I'm not antivax. I was champing at the bit to get my first jab as an infant school teacher in the thick of it.

I am very annoyed that I am positive despite being boosted 5 weeks ago.

I am also annoyed that I actually feel somewhat grim with it, but that's mainly because I hate being ill, however mild. I had hoped I would be one of those for whom the booster worked to give full protection.

That said, I do have underlying lung issues and if my jabs keep me alive and out of hospital then I am happy I had them and I would have more. Looking at the graphs, it seems fairly clear to me that jabs have broken the lockstep between infections and hospitalisations/deaths. I think it is the jabs that are getting us out of this mess and if people lose faith in them now then we could end up going backwards.

I agree the point of restrictions is less compelling than at any time before, particularly requiring those who have no symptoms to isolate. I am quite happy to isolate as I am feeling rough enough I would do so anyway.

I just had my booster after a 8 month gap. I wont be getting another one unless its yearly. I just dont want to.

People dont seem to be getting seriously ill at such a high rate as last year. Plus I have already it so not to worried about catching it again.

The numbers are so high right now its practically unavoidable and I heard on the news today that the time for restrictions was boxing day. So with school starting Tuesday I'm expecting us to have it by the end of the month.

The world cases on worldometres is alarming. We will have a lot of new variants very soon I guess

Oh no I'm so sorry you're poorly @CovidCurious I hope you feel better soon.

It makes me feeling better hearing others understand. My family are very much pro lockdown and it's just overwhelming me.

The period things really bothers me. It seems to pro long tk even longer cycles and my weight really fluctuates during my cycle so knowing where I'm at with my ovulation etc really helps my mental health because I can get obsessive about weight gain etc, but after every jab I've had a an absolute huge cycle, hormones and weight all over the shop! I just feel like everything is making me miserable!

Omg that was very dramatic wasn't it 😂

@IncessantNameChanger exactly and if we can't avoid catching the new variants then what even is the point. I'd rather not even know if I had it!!!

My period has disappeared since my booster but, tbf COVID had the same effect so it seems my reproductive system will be affected regardless so I may as well swerve the other symptoms if I can.

I think going forward people will start accepting/rejecting boosters now accordingly to their own risk assessment, history with covid itself and the nastiness of whatever variant is around at the time.

@IncessantNameChanger - yes, people are not getting as seriously ill as last year because they’ve had vaccines & been boosted

The catching it & isolating thing is shit OP & I think eventually, something will have to give with it. We can’t be catching it & isolating multiple times a year. BUT be thankfully the vaccines have worked for your friends & you and prevented your possibly needing hospital. Vaccines stop a huge percentage of serious illness & death. I’ll take whatever boosters they say I need to keep myself from not being a hospital bed. I’m young, healthy & probably wouldn’t be anyway but it is a very unpredictable virus and you could always be the unlucky one! So better to be safe than sorry in my opinion!

@AnxiousHeffalump

I know how you feel. No more boosters for me either because I just cannot work with the way they make my periods go.

Not dismissing your problem at all, but if you were to get I'll with covid, that could mess with your periods, or much worse, too.

Has everyone reported their period disruption as a possible side effect ? Anyone?

@Wednesdayafternoon the period issue is a big one for me too. For months after my second AZ jag I spent 3/4 of each month feeling like I was pregnant and my periods were all over the place. I’m not looking forward to the booster, tbh.

The boosters will keep you out of hospital. I'll take as many as I'm advised to have.

@Popfan

The boosters will keep you out of hospital. I'll take as many as I'm advised to have.

@Popfan I am honestly tremendously grateful that the vaccines and boosters exist but I do wish we weren’t in a situation that required me to need anymore. The effects of my second AZ vaccine were far more unpleasant and longer lasting than when I actually had Covid. I made a very quick recovery and was well enough to keep running about after my three year old. I know I was very lucky in that respect.

@bordermidgebite yes I have, and I have encouraged other too as well.

@MerryChristmas21 I have had Covid, and that didn’t muck my periods up. I have no way to know if contracting it a second time would affect it or not. However, both vaccines did, and the booster did.