Covid spring booster

Too many people still wallowing in conspiracy theories and ideas that the COVID vaccination is somehow special or different from othr vaccinations.

All vacinations tragically kill a few people and damage others, but prevent far greater numbers from dying or being permanently disabled.

Given the possibility of the virus mutating and causing fresh problems I had no hesitation in taking the Spring booster. No after effects of any kind. I shall continue to get vaccinated as and when.

It’s not a question or being scared

Some friends went to Australia in January. Both caught Covid, probably on the long flight. After a week they seemed to be getting better and then one took worse and died whilst the other survived. It’s still out there and if you are vulnerable it’s worth having the spring booster. Dh will have his but I’m just below the age but if they will let me I’ll have it too. It a question of being scared but sensible.

Having my seventh next week, as I'm immunocompromised, with multiple comorbidities, it's a no-brainer for me and I will continue to have the vaccine, for as long as it is deemed necessary.

I've had none of them, best decision I've ever made. But if I had poor health I'd think differently

I’m so sorry, Fiorentina, what a dreadful thing to experience.

My Dh had his booster a month ago. No side effects apart from a muzzy head for a day or two.

I’m too young for the booster but we both had Covid last summer. It wasn’t as bad as the flu I caught a few years ago but I was still quite unwell for a few days and don’t particularly wish to have it again.

Both my husband and I caught covid on March 15th last year. It was very mild, very much like a cold and both of us were soon back to normal. My husband was mowing the lawn on day 4. Two weeks later my husband died unexpectedly in his sleep due to undiagnosed heart disease.
According to the coroner, covid was unlikely to have had an impact on his death. Its not on his death certificate but I do wonder if maybe it should be.
A month after his death I started to suffer with terrible muscle and joint pain. I put it down to stress. It lasted several months then eased up.
It flared up again recently and I'm now thinking I may have long covid.
I'm having my spring booster.

If I am offered the booster I will gladly have it. I have a rare genetic neurological condition. Still wear a mask on buses and in shops and crowed places. Still do LTF test weekly and extra one if I feel really ill different to how I feel normally.

Just because it's not currently headline news that doesn't mean that Covid is no longer amongst us. It is, it continues to mutate, and it's still killing people. My DH is immuno-suppressed, so we both had our latest boosters about 2 weeks ago. Risk management.

If a booster is offered I intend to take it. Why put myself at risk?

My daughter is immune suppressed and gave up her job in an infant school for that reason. There is no way I will refuse any jab offered and put her at more risk than necessary.

Deedaa

I've just had mine and will continue to do so. I've not had Covid and would like it to stay like that.

Me too, Deedaa.

I resumed working with the public in June 2021, often in crowded situations, after my second vaccine in May 2021. I'm immuno-compromised. I haven't had Covid either. I will take whatever protection is offered to me so I can lead a normal life.

I'm still shocked when people say they've had 'it' and it's like a cold. Any different or new variant, lowered immunity or recent decline in health could mean serious disease requiring hospitalisation. I'd have the booster to keep out of hospital - but I'm not old enough to be offered it.

Well, I have had mine. In what way does it differ from having an annual flue jab? I am sure the vaccine will be adjusted each year to meet whatever version of the disease is then prevalent.

Unfortunately there are still a lot of very scared people around, and for the vulnerable. I am neither and was out and about and on public transport with and without a mask very early.

As I said, it is just something entirely routine. I have had no side affects from any of the doses I have received. I have had covid, at a time when I was very rundown from a previous severe bacterial infection. It lasted a fortnight, longer than other family members who caught it at the same time, but the symptoms were mild, just a sense of feeling under par, none of the Covid symptoms listed on any site.

Its another thing on the annual list: tv licence, Car tax car insurance, flu jab, covid jab,

I've just had mine and will continue to do so. I've not had Covid and would like it to stay like that.

watermeadow.

Would it surprise you to know that in the UK there are still almost 600 deaths a week where Covid is mentioned on the death certificate? That doesn’t mean it was the primary cause of death but it was still present and could have contributed to the patient’s death.

For the immuno-compromised, boosters could be the difference between life and death.

Each new booster is adapted to new variants.

I had mine last week.

I’m pretty sure I had covid earlier this year, I did wonder if I was dying. When I was offered the booster I took the offer up, felt a bit off for twenty four hours but that’s it. My thought is that you are not offered these things for someone else’s entertainment.

It has to be a personal decision. Unfortunately there are still a lot of very scared people around, and for the vulnerable, I am sure they would feel happier believing they had done everything they could to avoid it affecting them badly.

Having had it twice and knowing it affects me like a cold (actually not lasting as long as a cold), I have no wish for any further boosters. The vaccine is not totally without side effects, it is for each individual to weigh up their own risks.

I had already made my mind up not to have any more after the third one.