COVID: How many boosters are enough?

[PurpleRayne89]

If you’re vaccinated with all three jabs. When do you draw the line if we are expected to get a 4th or 5th booster?

When, If ever will you say it’s enough and refuse to be injected again until they develop something more long lasting.

What are you general thoughts on the vaccine?

No arguments, all opinions welcome and will be respected. Let’s discuss this in a mature fashion.

If it was once a year like flu jab fair enough but every couples of months is silly. I've not had my booster as the side effects from 1st and 2nd jab have put me off.

I'd be happy enough with yearly if needed (like the flu jab as has been mentioned previously). Ideally at the same time so it's only one trip!

Once a year is fine. Any more is a bit 🙄. It's not Ebola.

I’m done with Covid vaccines for now.
I’ve had 2 and a booster so far and the booster made me quite poorly for a number of days. I’m currently ill with Omicron which I probably caught from work where everyone is fully vaccinated. I just don’t think the risk of illness from future boosters and the risk of possible long term side effects is worth it compared to the potential risk to someone my age from Covid. It’s also fucked with my menstral cycle which is a very strange side effect IMO for a vaccine to have!

@fairylightsandwaxmelts

Twice a year or annually seems fine to me - it's hardly a big deal imo.

This is how I feel.

Once a year flu 'n' covid combi vax at the start of the winter, tailored to whatever strain is thought likely to be most prevalent that winter. Vit D year round, job's a good 'un.

A bit of a biased question! I'd be happy to take an annual booster unless the next variant of covid is even milder (currently omicron still kills more people than flu, if it truly becomes a mild cold for all then there'll be no need for any more jabs).

Hopefully it won’t be more frequent than biannual. There are 4 of us I’ll have to organise it for and take them. DS had his booster yesterday and is off sick from school, so there’s that aspect to consider. It’s not a drama in itself but combine it with every other bastard thing I have to organise it’s another chore on the list.

@SteakExpectations

I’m done with Covid vaccines for now. I’ve had 2 and a booster so far and the booster made me quite poorly for a number of days. I’m currently ill with Omicron which I probably caught from work where everyone is fully vaccinated. I just don’t think the risk of illness from future boosters and the risk of possible long term side effects is worth it compared to the potential risk to someone my age from Covid. It’s also fucked with my menstral cycle which is a very strange side effect IMO for a vaccine to have!

The change in your cycle is because your body is spending energy and resources on producing a strong immune response. The same thing often happens when one has an illness or is under stress, for the same reasons. Not because the vaccine itself is having any effect on your hormones.

I’ll have one each time we’re told it’s necessary to provide protection against a new variant, until a viable polyvalent vaccine is available (currently in development), which’s house reduce the necessity.

I trust that public health officials want to promote and protect public health, so am more than willing to be guided by them.

The bit i don't like is when thy cut your arm off, pour the half gallon of vaccine into it then sew your arm back on. The last time they sewed it on squint so every time i go to scratch my nose i poke myself in the eye instead

Oh wait - my mistake, it's a near painless little jag in the arm that greatly reduces my likelihood of becoming seriously ill or dying. Yeah i can put up with that once or twice a year. And if the work on alternative delivery methods (patches, tablets, nasal sprays etc) is a success then even better.

I don't qualify for NHS flu jabs.
I've felt more poorly from AZ1 and the booster than I actually did from Covid (which I got a fortnight after the booster) Maybe that was the booster doing it's job, but it's a PITA having to book in time to feel crap and play guessing games with a usually regular menstrual cycle.
I'm in no rush for regular boosters for the heck of it.
Having one to help get through this winter with fewer restrictions was one thing, but I should now have some natural immunity and if the virus is endemic, that will naturally be maintained to some extent. It's not novel to my body anymore.

I would like to see a more effective vaccine that lasts linger but, for now, I will take what is necessary .

However, it's not sustainable in the long run to offer it so frequently to everyone and it will probably only end up being available to the most vulnerable or privately

Longer

But the virus isn’t endemic. And being endemic isn’t even a good thing - do people know what endemic means?

I’ve had three primary vaccines and a booster but I likely didn’t develop antibodies so tomorrow I have to have a special
Treatment because I tested positive. It’s not even half as bad as the first time I got covid (pre being immunosuppressed) but it’s absolutely awful & still a huge risk for me. I’ll take as many boosters as necessary to give me a chance of keeping illness milder than my first time with covid.

@Iggly

But the virus isn’t endemic. And being endemic isn’t even a good thing - do people know what endemic means?

No. No they don’t. Which is why so much uninformed comment happens all the time.

4 a year is standard for Depo injection and no one bats an eyelid at that. Not sure why the frequency of this injection is such an issue when others are ignored.

The 4th vaccine so far is only for someone who is severely immune compromised like having cancer treatment, has had a transplant, or on certain heavy meds that essentially kill or remove the effects of the vaccine - they will get 3 vaccines and the. will be offered a booster (or a 4th).

I've had 3 dp has had 2. Both caught covid 2 weeks after my 3rd jab. I suffered worse than him. He will have his 3rd when he can but only because we're travelling this summer. Afterthat we will be holding off from boosters unless needed for travel. Hopefully we go back to normal life where we are not constantly having another as soon as they finish the last round.

I don’t want this booster - I was really ill after my second jab - so I’m leaving it as long as possible. I expect I will need it for travel. Lots of people have had negative side effects, whether it’s being ill immediately afterwards, messed up menstrual cycles etc, so it’s not fair to dismiss hesitancy about yet another jab with “don’t see why it’s a big deal”. For some it is.

I do not want any further boosters unless I become classed as elderly/vulnerable.

@Awalkintime

4 a year is standard for Depo injection and no one bats an eyelid at that. Not sure why the frequency of this injection is such an issue when others are ignored.

Those are two totally different medications given for entirely different reasons; depo is not a vaccine. Just because they’re delivered by injection doesn’t make them similar.

I’ve not had the booster yet and won’t be unless it has more benefit to me eg can’t travel without it
Pre Covid I had the flu jab once a few years ago and was so poorly I said never again
Each civic jab floored me for a few days so will leave any more for now

I'll keep getting them as recommended by our Drs and scientists because the research data coming out on the long term health effects, even after asymptomatic or 'mild' illness, is pretty concerning. I'd rather avoid that, thank you very much.
I am so frustrated that my DCs are at risk because as yet under 12s are ineligible for vaccine.

Genuine question and not trying to be goady but why does it matter?

People routinely get vaccinated against all sorts of diseases.

Why should having multiple COVID jabs be such a dealbreaker?

There's no logic to this at all: what makes you think that another COVID jab will be the straw that breaks the camel's back? Do you think a COVID jab is a fundamentally different beast from all other vaccines developed?