What covid vaccine is currently being offered?

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I am in two minds about getting the latest vaccine. Does anyone know what vaccine is being offered most?
if you have/haven’t had it, what was the decider for you?

I had Moderna recently. At the vax centre they said they get a small amount Pfizer so only do them once a week.

Pfizer about 4 weeks ago. I was fine (70).

I had Moderna Spikevax and it’s the first time I’ve not felt horrendous for a day or two afterwards, and I’ve had all boosters offered as I was apparently CEV.

Also had a flu jab at the same time. Only issue was two sore arms.

I have just had a quick look at the top 5 or 6 studies that come up when you Google this. Not one of them says anything whatsoever like what you have suggested regarding repeated vaccination leading to cancer, fast growing or not. The only study that mentioned cancer was a study in patients who already had cancer before any vaccinations, and there was no negative effect from vaccination. Other studies have shown that t cell exhaustion does not occur as a result of repeated vaccinations or that repeated vaccinations have any link to cancer.
I'm not a scientist but I'm intelligent and educated enough to be able to read articles in journals. I suspect that you are not a scientist and less intelligent and part of the anti vax brigade.

Same!

My in laws just had Moderna, tb and flu - in one go - and are absolutely fine. Like anything it’s a personal decision which vaccine to take, but you would have to be a medical research specialist really to know which one is the best.

I would say go for what’s offered, better to have a sore arm and some flu like symptoms rather than covid - I have had it 5 times and each time has wiped me out for weeks. And I am 35 for and healthy

Thought they had dropped Pfizer this booster session in favour of Moderna. @MumChp didn't think it was available to pay for.

Left it too long before I could, edit, I meant pneumonia not TB 🤦‍♀️

We had Pfizer in October , I skipped the spring booster this year though

You can pay for Pfizer at Boots. It's about £90.

Paid for Pfizer 3 months ago, couldn't lift my arm the next day, but no other side effects.

Interesting , the nurse giving me the flu one (not eligible for free Covid this year) told me it was not available privately. Although none of the Boots branches are local.

She's misinformed. As well as being available at Boots, there are quite a lot of independent pharmacies and private GPs offering it. I don't live near any major city but can get it locally at 3 different pharmacies.

ETA it's been available to buy since Spring this year.

I had my booster a couple of weeks ago and was given Comirnaty jn1. I had never heard of it but understand it’s only recently been approved. No side effects which was good

I know what T cell Exhaustion is, and it's not a matter of significant concern whatsoever when it comes to covid vaccines. The clinical data doesn't show that this is occurring, and unless we start offering boosters to people every 2-3 months, then I don't think it will be of any statistical note whatsoever.

You mentioned cancer in your post, but trying to compare cancer and covid is like comparing apples and oranges. With cancer, the antigen is in the body long-term, hence the likelihood of T cell exhaustion. With a covid vaccine, the antigen is there for maybe 10-14 days. That's not long enough to trigger T cell exhaustion according to any of the covid studies that I've read.

Boots.

I had a hypertensive crisis and was hospitalized 48 hours after having the last jab we all got back in whatever year it was so I won't be seeking out any more. I had Covid earlier in the year and whilst it was grim it wasn't as awful as those side effects. Also I had full body spasms after the first blanket vaccination and was told point blank back then it wasnt a side effect and now apparently it can be. Oh and I have high blood pressure now which I never had before. I'm just scared to get any more vaccinations tbh, and I'm not rabidly anti vac, certainly never was...

First time I've declined it. I've had COVID in last 6 weeks. If I hadn't I may have been more inclined to have the jab. The boosters make me more ill than COVID which I don't understand.

There's enough research now to make your own decision either way.

You say that most research is funded by pharmaceutical companies but Prof Dalgleish, while obviously an eminent oncologist, is not at all unbiased in this matter. He was apparently a member of a pressure group wanting to use an untested covid vaccine by a company in which he himself held stock options. He also, as a member of that group, wanted electronic surveillance put on to a scientific journal because the group had accused the journal, without any foundation, of spreading misinformation because it was( alleged by the group) under the influence of China's political regime.
He also was a member of UKIP and an avid Brexiteer.

My two paragraphs about T cell exhaustion somehow equate, in your mind, to my saying that I know more than Prof Dalgleish on the subject. If that's how you extrapolate 'evidence', based on a whim, then good luck to you. I prefer facts, figures and science.