Another COVID vaccine?

I’m not having any more..
I had the two I had to have or lose my job, but that was it. I’ve had none since and don’t intend to have any…..

I have had everyone available, and I will continue to do so. My feeling is that if I do catch Covid, it will be a milder form.

I am fortunate, to date, I have had few side effects. Perhaps more tired but I can live with that for a couple of days.

We’ll go when the next one is available. Just seems sensible to us.

I know 2 people who have the current strain, both feeling quite poorly. Both fully vaccinated wasn't going to bother with my booster , but I think I will now

NO chance. Didn't have any before....won't be having any now.

Am only too glad that, being in the retirement agegroup meant there was no employer blackmailing me - though, in my case, that would have meant I'd have been bringing a case against my employer for unfair dismissal (as I still wouldnt have had any).

Very thankful I've not got anyone pressurising me - other than the Government and medics - who I can easily refuse....

CariadAgain

NO chance. Didn't have any before....won't be having any now.

Am only too glad that, being in the retirement agegroup meant there was no employer blackmailing me - though, in my case, that would have meant I'd have been bringing a case against my employer for unfair dismissal (as I still wouldnt have had any).

Very thankful I've not got anyone pressurising me - other than the Government and medics - who I can easily refuse....

I'm sure that makes you feel pleased with yourself. Are you always so aggressive?

I didn’t see that as aggressive, just how Cariadagain feels. I have had 6 but I don’t plan to have any more. Enough is enough and the last one I had didn’t do much good because I got Covid shortly afterwards. I think at the start when there were a lot of deaths it was good to have them.

No thank you to any more for me either.

I had four but decided not to have any more.

How soon we forget.

Only 5 years ago, we would have been queuing up to get a jab that we thought would prevent us getting the dreaded Covid. But no sign of one for some time.

The fact we hear so little about Covid now is because of the jabs, maybe?

Nanna8 the COVID vaccines do not prevent you from getting covid. If you are vaccinated and catch the virus it will be milder than otherwise.
I've had all my vaccinations and had COVID twice, eighteen months apart.
I'm truly thankful for the vaccine.

Not having another one - I’m not eligible now anyway as I’m under 65, but I wouldn’t have another one as I’m a bit worried about the side effects.
I’ve had 4 - that’s enough.

I have the flu vaccine every year - because the virus changes over time and last years vaccine will no longer be effective. Of course I know that it doesn’t prevent me getting flu, but hopefully it lessons symptoms and crucially keeps me out of hospital.

Now in the last paragraph, alter every mention of flu to covid, and you understand why I get the covid jab.

Simples😊

That of course should be “lessens”

Me too WW

I have all the vaccines offered to me.

I have all vaccines. End of. This coming winter DH and I will pay to have RSV vaccination as well - we are 'out of age' to get it on the NHS.

I can remember the days when the whooping cough vaccine came in. My two sisters, one only weeks old, caught it and it nearly killed both of them. The GP managed to get a shot of vaccine for me before I showed any signs of the illness and I didn't get the illness. My closest friend has had a lifetime of respiratory illnessess following lung damage caused by whooping cough when she was 6 years old.

It is noticeable that almost all those who are most vociferous about not having vaccines are too young to remember when many of these vaccines were not with us and they can sustain their vaccine 'purity' because they can benefit from the herd immunity that arises when most of those around them have been vacinated.

A big fat NO from me, I had the two I had to have in case I had to travel but no more.

I am fortunate enough to have never had Covid🤞.

I always have the flu vaccine.

Mine are all up to date. I have a friend who has suffered dreadfully for the past 2 years with Long Covid. I'll keep having the jabs, thanks.

I had the first two when it was being said we wouldn't be able to go into places if we didn't have them. None since. As far as I know I haven't had covid. Never had a flu one, or any of the ones they give now.
My OH who has every stabbing offered has had it twice to our knowledge. He spends all winter with colds of one sort or another, they usually start up about a week after he has the flu jab.

I have all vaccinations gratefully, as does my diabetic daughter.
I do not feel competent to refute advice from medical professionals with my Biology GCE from half a century ago.

nanna8

I didn’t see that as aggressive, just how Cariadagain feels. I have had 6 but I don’t plan to have any more. Enough is enough and the last one I had didn’t do much good because I got Covid shortly afterwards. I think at the start when there were a lot of deaths it was good to have them.

Thank you.

It is again how I feel. A lot of us said we wouldnt be having them - and still got pressure applied (nudges etc).

The last "contact" I had was my doctors practice (which had been told at the outset never to mention the jabs to me/don't offer them) sent me a letter saying they had made me an appointment for a flu jab and - by the way - whilst you are there "How about having a Covid one too?". Cue for me phoning them and querying why I'd had that letter and stating I wouldn't be attending/they need to cancel that appointment they had made for me - as I don't do flu jabs either.

I never argue with anyone who chose to have them and just leave it at "I've made my decision for me - they've made their decision for them".

Oh whoops - I'm one of those old-fashioned beings here - a "liberal" who accepts there are going to be at least two viewpoints on any given issue and probably rather a lot more....

Cariad I am really looking forward to your 'liberal' posts. When will they start?. So far, it has been your view or the wrong view, with no room for discussion.

I honestly don't know. I'm a long term, long COVID sufferer with dreadful fatigue & frightening neurological symptoms - memory lapse, unsteady walking, changes in sense of taste & smell, nerve damage(PHN)after shingles - so the thought of introducing more of the virus into my body fills me with dread.
My GP surgery really has no clue, I've had the "do you think it's all in your head?" more than once and any online research of peer reviewed, scientific & therefore, hopefully, trustworthy information is inconclusive.
I developed shingles after the first jab and have been continually poorly since then despite having two boosters.
It has affected my life so badly and the not knowing, the lack of solid scientific evidence as to how to treat it, if that's even possible, is very frightening.
I'm a continuous experiment in trying anything to find a way forward.