Have you all had a booster jab?

[NinaDefoe]

I’ve had two vaccines but no booster.
Are there a lot of us around?
Are more boosters expected to be rolled out? Or is that it now?

@flipflop76 sorry you still don't feel well. I get so fed up of people slating others over the vaccine..a lot of people are getting poorly from it. It's a very different virus to the one in 2020 so it's hard to know if the vaccine has worked or not but the majority of people who got boosted before Xmas got covid and some were pretty rough.
I'm glad I didn't have my booster ..I won't have anymore

@WineGetsMeThroughIt

*@MissConductUS*

I found that study incredibly insulting. A slap in the face to many women including one of my friends (late 30's and not peri-menopausal btw) who's not had a period since her first jab. That's yet another article that medically gaslights Women's symptoms and dismisses any concerns they have. And what about the post menopausal women who suddenly started bleeding again years after last having a period?

If what you posted is based on the study I have read about (m.uk.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/eu-investigates-reports-of-menstrual-disorders-after-mrna-covid-shots-2583714) the sample was relatively small and based on Women's smart phone apps (quote is below). How can you track a missed period for 3 months on an app? Mine doesn't. It would just look as if you stopped using the app or perhaps got pregnant. FYI - it's also highly unlikely that menopausal women would be using a period tracking app, so the research wouldn't include them.

"Vaccination against COVID-19 was linked with a small, temporary change in menstrual cycle length, according to a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health, which collected data from nearly 4,000 users of a smartphone app that tracks menstrual cycles."

I don't think you've read the study properly @WineGetsMeThroughIt

Individuals were tracked prospectively for 6 months - evaluating 23,754 menstrual cycles from ~4,000 women.

What issues do you have with an app based method of data collection? I'd consider that ideal - far better than retrospective reporting which induces things like measurement error and recall bias.

Sample size of 4,000 - could be larger but also not tiny considering the prevalence of the event (menstrual disruption) being examined.

It is not the be all and end all (and the authors describe the limitations and what further needs to be conducted), but this is a well powered, well designed piece of research by a team of experts where the limitations are clearly outlined - I'm not sure how it could be considered a "slap in the face".

Personally I welcome this & other pieces of well conducted research into women's health in relation to coronavirus & the vaccines.

I found that study incredibly insulting. A slap in the face to many women including one of my friends (late 30's and not peri-menopausal btw) who's not had a period since her first jab. That's yet another article that medically gaslights Women's symptoms and dismisses any concerns they have

I agree. I've used an app for years. I can see that a variation of 1-4 days is completely un-noteworthy for me.
In my friends that have mentioned changes to their cycle, it's been well outside these bounds. A change of +- 1 day is very unlikely to be what raised the alarm in the first place.
It's the outliers that are concerning.

A change of +- 1 day is very unlikely to be what raised the alarm in the first place. It's the outliers that are concerning.

This is the point of research though @Buzzinwithbez

To understand how common more disruptive events are & are they likely to be causal.

We can then contrast that against the profile of side effects of infection, and provide all evidence to women to help them make an informed decision.

If what you posted is based on the study I have read about

Had you bothered to open the link I provided you would have found the link to the study in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Association Between Menstrual Cycle Length and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination

If you have other research showing that this is wrong, please cite it.

[quote Louisa111]@flipflop76 sorry you still don't feel well. I get so fed up of people slating others over the vaccine..a lot of people are getting poorly from it. It's a very different virus to the one in 2020 so it's hard to know if the vaccine has worked or not but the majority of people who got boosted before Xmas got covid and some were pretty rough.
I'm glad I didn't have my booster ..I won't have anymore [/quote]

Thank you, me too x

I’m boosted, I’ve had 3 Pfizer’s. Slightly concerned that I had no side effects to all 3 apart from a tender arm for a couple of hours.

I had no side effects with any of my vaccinations. Apart from a couple of people who were ill after the first AZ vaccine I don't know anyone who has. There seems to be a high number on here though.

No raa we am side effects for me, Dh or Dd either. Pfizer and Moderna.

Sore arm for a bit and a bit of headache but nothing more. Flu jab side effects was worse.

Def had way more side effects with covid itself than the vaccines.

@Newyearnewme2022 I had three doses of Pfizer too, with only a sore arm after each jab. I had Covid last week and I have honestly had worse colds. So, if anecdotal evidence is any use at all, I had good immunity provided by the vaccine, despite a lack of reaction to it at the time it was administered. Of course, Omicron appears to be a less severe strain of Covid, so there is that to consider too.

Double vaccinated but not boosted. Had Covid twice since being vaccinated and both mild. Evidence seems to sugggest that post jab infection creates good immunity so I think I'm fine for a while!

Yes, had mine one day early as it turned out, all very simple at a local pharmacy.

Can't be arsed with the booster, I will get it only if I need it for access to something, a bit like mask wearing 😂

@SpongebobsPants thanks, that’s really reassuring, I was starting to worry that my immune system is out of whack because all I seem to hear is how badly people have suffered after having their booster. Pleased you got through covid with minor symptoms!

Boosted

Currently have Covid quite badly (well worse than I thought it would be )

Was really anti having any of them for ages but now I will be taking everything they want to give me !

Yes

[quote SpongebobsPants]@Newyearnewme2022 I had three doses of Pfizer too, with only a sore arm after each jab. I had Covid last week and I have honestly had worse colds. So, if anecdotal evidence is any use at all, I had good immunity provided by the vaccine, despite a lack of reaction to it at the time it was administered. Of course, Omicron appears to be a less severe strain of Covid, so there is that to consider too.[/quote]
Same jabs as you but I’ve found it horrible symptoms

49, really fit, slim , no health anything !

I think I got a big viral load from my son who had it quite badly and I was in his room a lot while he was ill in bed (

@RuthW

Those not boosted, why haven't you been? I arrange covid jabs and just wondered

I am double jabbed and still got covid as did my family (some of whom are not vaxxed) and we all had it either mildly or asymptomatically. I don't want an MRNA vaccine and the only boosters available are MRNA so I won't be having one.

I see there's still no plans for it to be added to the vaccine passport for most countries, maybe all, so all the more reason not to bother.

@southeastdweller is that true so you can travel on two jobs no booster needed ?

From what I've seen about North America, Australia and Turkey. For some other places you need a booster if it's been a long time since your 2nd:

inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/booster-jab-travel-do-need-entry-requirements-spain-france-portugal-explained-1455976

I went to St Lucia just after Xmas and we only would have needed 2 jabs

Posters saying they got mild Covid so won’t be boosting…you got it mild because you’re double jabbed!!!

@ForcedOut123

Posters saying they got mild Covid so won’t be boosting…you got it mild because you’re double jabbed!!!

Not necessarily. Plenty of people had very mild symptoms (if any at all) before they were vaccinated.

@ForcedOut123

Posters saying they got mild Covid so won’t be boosting…you got it mild because you’re double jabbed!!!

I had virtually symptom free covid unvaccinated yet two triple jabbed friends of the same age and fitness were horribly ill for a week so I really don't think this is necessarily the case!