Page 15 | If you could go back in time, would you still get the jab?

Ineedcoffee2021 · 30/12/2022 14:39

MintJulia · 30/12/2022 08:11

Yes, and I've had two bad reactions out of four. But I also haven't had covid.

By all logic i should have had it but i havent been sick in so long
My work was just down the road from a testing center - you can bet people came and did shopping before their test
Also worked retail whole pandemic until feb 24th this year
Kid in high school
Lived in 2 states of aus
gone out as we pleased inc theme parks and tourist spots

Ineedcoffee2021 · 30/12/2022 14:40

AreYouVeryAnti · 30/12/2022 08:18

Sorry that you lost your job, still can't believe this happened x

Thank you
I never thought it would but here we are lol

life goes on

TheKitchenWitch · 30/12/2022 14:42

I only had it so that I could travel and go places (not in the UK and we had very strict rules here about whether you could do certain things or not depending on whether you were vaxxed). I suppose that if none of those regulations had been in place I wouldn't have had it.

TheKitchenWitch · 30/12/2022 14:43

@Pelo22 that is very interesting - I've had a Hashimoto's diagnosis in the last year and was also completely fine before 2019...

Pianofar · 30/12/2022 14:56

loulouljh · 30/12/2022 13:30

I am looking in amusement at a whatsapp group I am on. All vaxxed to the hilt. ALL ill. Without exception. Each family been wiped out over Christmas. Really quite poorly. STILL saying thank goodness for the 5 jabs I have had and the flu jab too! I don't understand it. Truly I do not.

I mean the jabs never claimed to cover every single illness ever? There is a virus that isn't flu or covid but lots of people have it currently- what is amusing about that? I truly do not get what you're trying to say.

Teacakexo · 30/12/2022 15:06

Nope, have never been vaccinated and don’t regret it for a second. Had Covid twice, both times very mild. I have friends in their early 20s who were very active and healthy suffer from myocarditis following revisiting theirs. No one knows the long term effects these vaccinations may have so no thank you!

fluffi · 30/12/2022 15:46

I'd definitely have the Covid jab again, yes felt like I had a hangover for a few days after them but its worth it.

Not currently eligible for any boosters on the NHS atm. I hope it will be made available privately to get an annual top-up a bit like the flu jab.

BeardyButton · 30/12/2022 16:09

loulouljh · 30/12/2022 13:30

I am looking in amusement at a whatsapp group I am on. All vaxxed to the hilt. ALL ill. Without exception. Each family been wiped out over Christmas. Really quite poorly. STILL saying thank goodness for the 5 jabs I have had and the flu jab too! I don't understand it. Truly I do not.

You don’t understand it because you don’t understand the point and function of the mRNA vaccine. It’s possible that these people are quite snide about your lack of understanding tool

BeardyButton · 30/12/2022 16:12

Teacakexo · 30/12/2022 15:06

Nope, have never been vaccinated and don’t regret it for a second. Had Covid twice, both times very mild. I have friends in their early 20s who were very active and healthy suffer from myocarditis following revisiting theirs. No one knows the long term effects these vaccinations may have so no thank you!

I find it hard to take threads like this. Not the back and forth with people in good faith that have different ideas. But the wilful ignorance or/and trolling. It’s depressing. Genuinely makes me question society.

Vitriolinsanity · 30/12/2022 16:37

Without question.

I had Covid when fully vaccinated, then again just before my appointment for this year's was booked.

The second experience was waaaaay nastier.

CoffeeWithCheese · 30/12/2022 16:47

No, not that I had much choice in having it. I'm one of the unlucky ones who have had a lot of difficulties with side effects after it (not vax-negativity, but just the statistical truth that some poor sod is going to have an negative reaction to absolutely anything out there really and this time it happened to be me who got hit with the statistical hammer). I still have massively red, inflamed, cracked open and scaly patches of incredibly sore and painful skin that bleeds, itches to the point it feels like it's on fire and then gets so damaged I can't even open a bloody bottle top myself as I have no ability to grasp things - and you can imagine the fun I have when the soles on my feet join in that particular party - it's kept partly at bay by daily antihistamines which I can never seem to stop as whenever I try it flares spectacularly within a day or so. I have joint pain which is so deep and radiates down all my limbs - it's all just a bit shit really.

Not tin-foil hat territory - everything has risks and this is the one that just happened to get me hit with side effects - but unfortunately the dialogue around this particular one is so loaded with judgement and anger on both sides that it feels very much like I can't even raise the fact I had these reactions in order to seek medical treatment without being assumed that I'm rocking a bacofoil helmet to hide my brain from the 5G mind rays.

I'd be fed up and fucked off if it was MMR, or flu jab or whatever else had caused the same reaction - it just happened to be AZ that got me.

Teacakexo · 30/12/2022 18:07

BeardyButton · 30/12/2022 16:12

I find it hard to take threads like this. Not the back and forth with people in good faith that have different ideas. But the wilful ignorance or/and trolling. It’s depressing. Genuinely makes me question society.

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Definitely not trolling, simply giving my opinion which this thread asked for. 2 close friends of mine had a horrible time following their vaccines, I witnessed it close hand. I made a choice not to have my vaccine, I don’t judge anyone who has made a different choice to me as it’s their choice and life. I’m not one of these people who have a million conspiracy’s either, simply someone who made a decision about MY health. If that makes me a troll or ignorant in your opinion then so be it

Delatron · 30/12/2022 18:12

I would have the first couple again. With a novel virus that we had no immunity to - nobody had any idea whether they would be the few that were very seriously affected or not.

It is a shame the vaccines are not more effective against transmission. But they have no doubt saved many lives.

I had Covid about 6 months after my second jab - omicron. Main symptom was fatigue for a few weeks. Then had my booster. Had a second bout in July which was even milder.

Have been offered a booster - I won’t get that. It’s not a novel virus to me anymore -
I don’t want to get vaccinated every year.

I think the vaccines were important to bridge that gap before we all built up a bit of immunity but going forward I’d only get boosted if I was elderly or at risk.

I believe there’s a genetic element to the severity of Covid (would love to see more research in to this). And none of my family have had it severely. My Dad appears not to have had it despite being very sociable. All vaccinated though. My brother got it pre vaccines and recovered quickly.

BeethovenNinth · 30/12/2022 20:21

Didn’t have any. Why not? I am quite sceptical generally and didn’t like the pushing. I’m in Scotland and was bombarded and coerced. I couldn’t attend large scale events and they nearly went further - they were considering stopping is going to pubs and restaurants. It has made me even more sceptical. I also didn’t like the way it was approved for children. I knew it didn’t make a different to transmission so why the force?

I know of several issues people have had after theirs. I don’t want to describe them here as there is no evidence of causality to the vaccine and it feels disrespectful. I also have two friends recently diagnosed with autoimmune issues and several more minor problems such as eye issues but I just don’t know if it’s related.

no one knows I’m unvaccinated other than my family. I have had covid at least once and it was the illest I have been in my adult life but I am never ill. I had three days on the sofa and a week of fatigue. Haven’t had it again though!

it was a horrible time. I cried many times.

AreYouVeryAnti · 30/12/2022 20:29

Ineedcoffee2021 · 30/12/2022 14:40

Thank you
I never thought it would but here we are lol

life goes on

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Pleased to hear it! Hope it has all worked out okay.

Pleater · 30/12/2022 21:01

"No. I feel like I was coerced into having the ones I did. I don't think as a healthy person in my 40s the benefits outweighed the risks. I acknowledge the risk from the jab was tiny, but so is my risk from COVID. It was an amazing achievement to produce it so quickly, and I am general very pro vax. It has undoubtedly save many lives, but has also cost lives and caused injuries."

This is how I feel and I bet how many others feel. We tend to be less shouty about it though. Less so than those that hate anyone that question and decide against it.

userxx · 30/12/2022 22:39

Terzani · 30/12/2022 14:11

Absolutely not. Pre vaccine (May 2021) I know for a fact that I was healthy. By Oct 2021 I found out about a brand new Hashimoto's disease, with lots of TPO antibodies, too many platelets, weight gain, arrhythmia, unexplained leg pains. Then I had Covid (Feb 2022) which felt like a common cold. Now I still have Hashimoto's, but with less TPO antibodies, normal TSH and I generally feel much better.

Yes to the leg pain! All these autoimmune problems clearly are not coincidence.

userxx · 30/12/2022 22:44

TheKitchenWitch · 30/12/2022 14:43

@Pelo22 that is very interesting - I've had a Hashimoto's diagnosis in the last year and was also completely fine before 2019...

How did you get the diagnosis?

Bonjovispyjamas · 31/12/2022 00:49

Absolutely I would still have them. I've had 4 jabs now with no side effects except for a slightly sore arm, would maybe feel differently if they'd made me ill, but I'm happy to have had them.

MeetPi · 31/12/2022 01:21

loulouljh · 30/12/2022 13:30

I am looking in amusement at a whatsapp group I am on. All vaxxed to the hilt. ALL ill. Without exception. Each family been wiped out over Christmas. Really quite poorly. STILL saying thank goodness for the 5 jabs I have had and the flu jab too! I don't understand it. Truly I do not.

So I'll go along with the idea that these families aren't entirely fictional (and I really doubt they actually exist), you're sitting there feeling all superior somehow? Your posts never fail to amuse me.

somethinsomethin · 31/12/2022 01:26

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Ineedcoffee2021 · 31/12/2022 06:30

AreYouVeryAnti · 30/12/2022 20:29

Pleased to hear it! Hope it has all worked out okay.

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Would love a new job BUT ive learnt my worth
I wont bend over backwards for ANY employer now, push comes to shove, im just a number to them and they will sack me anyway
No job is worth the risk of what ive seen family, friends and aquantinces go through after their jab

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 31/12/2022 09:13

@somethinsomethin ohhh my word that is such bollocks 😂

loulouljh · 31/12/2022 09:22

Feel very sorry for those who felt co-erced into having the jab (they didn't actually need) and now are still suffering the side effects. So utterly utterly wrong.

The truth about all of this is coming out....slowly but steadily. I have a feeling most people are going to be very very angry although there are some who no doubt will still defend the jabs to the hilt.

done4now · 31/12/2022 11:16

loulouljh · 31/12/2022 09:22

Feel very sorry for those who felt co-erced into having the jab (they didn't actually need) and now are still suffering the side effects. So utterly utterly wrong.

The truth about all of this is coming out....slowly but steadily. I have a feeling most people are going to be very very angry although there are some who no doubt will still defend the jabs to the hilt.

@loulouljh

So if 'the truth about all of this is coming out' how do you explain the fact that doctors, who are the ones not only reading the studies and research, who are trained to look for patterns, who are dealing with all the fallout on the front lines, face-to-face, seeing patients every day, are overwhelmingly taking the vaccine and boosters themselves and giving them to their families?