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Anyone else considering not having this booster?

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DarkNecessities · 31/10/2022 07:17

So 4th? one.

Just wondering really as I’m not sure how I feel about it. It seems like a lot to be pumping into my body in a short space of time.
I had Covid booster plus flu jab last year. DH didn’t have flu jab or a booster last time.
DS has never had any

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adriftabroad · 18/12/2022 17:41

What? I am so sorry, I really am missing your logic.

My decision to not let my DD (12 at the time) is my decision from my own research and my DD already having had COVID.

Since that, 5 of her best friends periods have stoppedsince their final booster. I am so glad I did not interfere so early in her puberty, with her reproductive system.

You seem rather hostile.

7eleven · 18/12/2022 23:47

The growing concern I have is how long the immunity lasts for, with the jab. Can we keep having jabs, every six months? Maybe we can.

A family member who works for the NHS is taking part in the Siren Study, where she regularly has her immunity to Covid checked. She says it’s astonishing how it decreases over the 6 months after each vaccination. However, after having Covid, her immunity has stayed very high for almost a year. I suppose what I’m saying is that, for most people, ie those not at most risk, I wonder if it’s just better to have covid?

Anecdotally several people have said to me that they felt worse after the vaccination than they did with the virus itself.

It's a tough one. I’m 58 and haven’t had the booster yet. I may, I haven’t decided. Certainly I’m not being encouraged anywhere near as much by the surgery etc. Last time they sent me a link to sign up for it etc. This time I’ve heard nothing.

I noticed that staff weren’t even wearing masks in my local hospital the other day. (I was). It’s harder to take it as seriously when the medical profession don’t.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 18/12/2022 23:51

7eleven · 18/12/2022 23:47

The growing concern I have is how long the immunity lasts for, with the jab. Can we keep having jabs, every six months? Maybe we can.

A family member who works for the NHS is taking part in the Siren Study, where she regularly has her immunity to Covid checked. She says it’s astonishing how it decreases over the 6 months after each vaccination. However, after having Covid, her immunity has stayed very high for almost a year. I suppose what I’m saying is that, for most people, ie those not at most risk, I wonder if it’s just better to have covid?

Anecdotally several people have said to me that they felt worse after the vaccination than they did with the virus itself.

It's a tough one. I’m 58 and haven’t had the booster yet. I may, I haven’t decided. Certainly I’m not being encouraged anywhere near as much by the surgery etc. Last time they sent me a link to sign up for it etc. This time I’ve heard nothing.

I noticed that staff weren’t even wearing masks in my local hospital the other day. (I was). It’s harder to take it as seriously when the medical profession don’t.

I'm part of a trial too and so is dh, we both have high levels of immunity so it works for some people.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 18/12/2022 23:51

**neither of us have and Covid.

7eleven · 18/12/2022 23:55

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 18/12/2022 23:51

I'm part of a trial too and so is dh, we both have high levels of immunity so it works for some people.

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She found that the vaccine definitely offered great protection, but it was just short lived, compared to natural immunity.

I’m pro vaccine, and incredibly grateful for the three I’ve had. Just not sure why I’d have another if hospitals aren’t requiring masks, ie the risk can’t be that high?

shinynewapple22 · 19/12/2022 09:01

CrappyJob · 18/12/2022 17:38

I've not long had my fourth vaccination.

I'm in my fifties.

I'm losing patience waiting for mine to stop...

Waiting for your what to stop what?

SmartWatch · 19/12/2022 09:47

I had my 4th in September. Had COVID last week (third time positive, all in 2022). All I would say is I'm glad that I'm having all the boosters, even though they clearly don't last that long, as I really would not want to be any iller than I was. I lost a week of my life just in bed getting through it. That's 2 weeks out of my life this year that I can't really afford, especially just before Xmas. I also got symptoms for a day or two after each vaccine but there's absolutely no way it's as bad as actual COVID.

2022again · 19/12/2022 10:18

2022again · 14/12/2022 13:22

this is from Sir John Bell, (who was on the vaccine taskforce)... Sir John was speaking to MPs on the Science and Technology Committee and Health and Social Care Committee as part of the inquiry into lessons learnt from the Covid pandemic. Asked what the latest evidence showed on the effectiveness of boosters, Sir John said: 'All three of the original vaccines — the AstraZeneca vaccine and the two mRNA vaccines — have been unbelievably effective at eliminating that really dreadful disease that caused so many deaths early on.' And the durability of those vaccines in preventing those problems has been impressive. 'I'm not entirely sure that we even needed boosters. We don't have any clear data on that.' Sir John noted that boosters are 'probably a safe bet for the elderly'. But he suggested that others don't need the jab.
Latest data suggests the top-up doses offer 67 per cent protection against catching Covid — but this only really lasts for 70 days, he said.
Sir John added: 'So, the boosters are not really providing any prolonged protection against transmission — you could have one now and by mid-January you would be getting very little protection against transmission.'
However, natural immunity — protection from a Covid infection rather than vaccine — lowers the risk of catching the virus for around six months, which is a 'material amount', he said. And some people have protection for up to 10 months. He told MPs: 'I think we do need to think quite hard about our vaccination strategy with boosters now — because it may well be allowing the virus to circulate and transmit in populations not at risk of death is probably the best way to protect the population.' Sir John said there is some evidence that Covid is becoming a seasonal disease like flu and that some groups will need a booster every year. He said: 'I think we will need to have annual injections, particularly for the elderly where their immune systems don't work that well anyway.

@7eleven i agree,this is what i posted previously as I do think its really relevant to the majority of us who aren't in vulnerable categories

7eleven · 19/12/2022 10:55

As I say, I am incredibly grateful for the vaccine and couldn’t wait to have my first. I also happily had the second and the third.

I just don’t think, given my lifestyle and health, that I want a vaccination every 6 months, given the current Covid climate.

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Biochemist · 31/12/2022 17:41

Nope, no regrets on being vaccinated in the slightest.

Work in a science industry and thus have more scienc-y friends/collegues/family members than most- do not know anyone who thinks that offering vaccination to the general population was anything other than beneficial.

Worth pointing out that even if I had experienced vaccine side effects and regretted it for myself personally, that wouldn't change my opinion that the vaccine programme was a resounding success on a population level given all the data we now have.

sunglassesonthetable · 01/01/2023 11:51

*My decision to not let my DD (12 at the time) is my decision from my own research and my DD already having had COVID.

Since that, 5 of her best friends periods have stoppedsince their final booster. I am so glad I did not interfere so early in her puberty, with her reproductive system.*

Blimey with all due respect I'd call this a cluster that that needs scientific investigation. Especially as they all know each other.

sunglassesonthetable · 01/01/2023 11:52

*My decision to not let my DD (12 at the time) is my decision from my own research and my DD already having had COVID.

Since that, 5 of her best friends periods have stoppedsince their final booster. I am so glad I did not interfere so early in her puberty, with her reproductive system.*

Blimey with all due respect I'd call this a cluster that that needs scientific investigation. Especially as they all know each other.

Sorry Previous bold fail.

adriftabroad · 01/01/2023 13:51

Yes, it is only 5 girls and they are only13/14 so... but I find it odd.

sunglassesonthetable · 01/01/2023 19:46

Yes, it is only 5 girls and they are only13/14 so... but I find it odd.

Extremely odd that the periods of this whole group of girls stopped after having the booster. Like extraordinary.

MeetPi · 01/01/2023 23:23

adriftabroad · 01/01/2023 13:51

Yes, it is only 5 girls and they are only13/14 so... but I find it odd.

Aren't girls' periods at this age notoriously unpredictable? Mine were, my friends' were, my child's were - they sometimes take years to settle into a pattern. (Of course, some will be on time from the start.)

Pelo22 · 01/01/2023 23:44

Covid messes with your periods as well. I have it at the minute and my period has randomly started with flooding. I'm regular to within a day or so and this is mid cycle

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