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But at least you won’t beHad my booster tonight. Moderna. 5 months after my last Pfizer jab. Arm is already feeling pretty dead.
But at least you won’t beHad my booster tonight. Moderna. 5 months after my last Pfizer jab. Arm is already feeling pretty dead.
Not sure if still relevant, but worth checking with walk-in vaccine centres. I'm in the 30s age group but was able to get my booster at a hospital in London who are boosting anyone over 18. They were even administering to those with less than 6 months between jabs.Do we have any idea when the NHS website will allow the under 40's to book their booster? After that press conference the other day, I thought it would have happened for the 30-39 age group, by now.
People haven't updated for sure. Add the "When it's approved/available for my age/risk group" as they would have had a vaccine by now and it's up to 84% (unless most of them are under 12....).Pretty shocking that only 62.6% of people have been vaccinated, 1322 people is a reasonable large sample.
The United Forum is testament to the number of idiots on here, but, come on, nearly 40% not vaccinated yet?
Can people update their vote, if they have not already done so?
Have you been in the United Forum recently?People haven't updated for sure. Add the "When it's approved/available for my age/risk group" as they would have had a vaccine by now and it's up to 84% (unless most of them are under 12....).
Genuinely, can I ask why?Not sure if i'll take up the booster option, think i've reached the point where ill take my chances.
I Would echo this Query, Im waiting for my booster as im under 30 but ill grab anything and everything thats given to increase my chances of not dying, suffering long term effects or being a risk to others.Genuinely, can I ask why?
I mean it, I've a (totally irrational) fear of needles, which, based on it being only 2 shots, I managed to push down, to get vaccinated, thinking that'll be it done. I had to, embarrassingly, explain my phobia to the nurses and, to be fair, they were great about it.
The prospect of another one sends me back to square one, but feck it, I'll suffer it again, at least it's only one more (til the next one ).
But I'll do it, what's the downside? For me, apart from the palpations and lose of control of my bowels beforehand, it's a mild inconvenience.
I'm intrigued to know why anyone, who's already on the train, wouldn't just continue.
Not sure if i'll take up the booster option, think i've reached the point where ill take my chances.
Add the fear of side effects - my second Moderna was pretty bad though not as bad as Covid.Genuinely, can I ask why?
I mean it, I've a (totally irrational) fear of needles, which, based on it being only 2 shots, I managed to push down, to get vaccinated, thinking that'll be it done. I had to, embarrassingly, explain my phobia to the nurses and, to be fair, they were great about it.
The prospect of another one sends me back to square one, but feck it, I'll suffer it again, at least it's only one more (til the next one ).
But I'll do it, what's the downside? For me, apart from the palpations and lose of control of my bowels beforehand, it's a mild inconvenience.
I'm intrigued to know why anyone, who's already on the train, wouldn't just continue.
I don't think that you have thought this through?Not sure if i'll take up the booster option, think i've reached the point where ill take my chances.
If it becomes endemic but remains serious for some groups - like flu is - then I'll keep getting boosted, probably at the same time as getting a flu jab. If I can reduce the danger to me and to those around me, why wouldn't I?An additional question for you all - at what point will you stop getting the vaccine?
a) I never started
b) I stopped after first dose
c) I stopped after second dose
d) I will stop after third dose
e) I will stop eventually
f) I will never stop
F - it’s not just about me. I have to think about others around me including my kids. I’ll stop IF the medical world say “ok this is us done”An additional question for you all - at what point will you stop getting the vaccine?
a) I never started
b) I stopped after first dose
c) I stopped after second dose
d) I will stop after third dose
e) I will stop eventually
f) I will never stop
I'm relatively young, not over weight and don't fall in any other of the high risk situations.Genuinely, can I ask why?
I mean it, I've a (totally irrational) fear of needles, which, based on it being only 2 shots, I managed to push down, to get vaccinated, thinking that'll be it done. I had to, embarrassingly, explain my phobia to the nurses and, to be fair, they were great about it.
The prospect of another one sends me back to square one, but feck it, I'll suffer it again, at least it's only one more (til the next one ).
But I'll do it, what's the downside? For me, apart from the palpations and lose of control of my bowels beforehand, it's a mild inconvenience.
I'm intrigued to know why anyone, who's already on the train, wouldn't just continue.
I’m with you that the personal benefit of taking the booster was never that strong, and there’s good reason to think it’s weakened with Omicron. But what’s the downside of taking it? Even if the positive sentiment drops from 1 to 0.00001, if the negative sentiment is consistently 0, why choose the negative?I'm relatively young, not over weight and don't fall in any other of the high risk situations.
The booster just reads like a short term solution where they are just relying on the 4-8 weeks where you have a lot of active antibodies which after 12 weeks you are gonna be back in the same situation again (more then likely) so do we go number 4 after that.
I've been following the new variant as much as i can and i've been holding on to the less severe mild outcome since first reported can't 100% confirm this but all the data from the epicentre of the omicron is still holding up along these lines currently.
At some point you are gonna have to accept you are gonna get this as its here forever.
That's my thoughts anyway.
We as individuals may not be able to avoid it - no vaccine is 100% and these aren't either. As individuals we might not even need to be concerned if we do catch it - though that's what quite a lot of the dead and the covid injured thought. But as a community, as it's an infectious disease, we have some control over the timing and proportion of people who catch it in a given period.I'm relatively young, not over weight and don't fall in any other of the high risk situations.
The booster just reads like a short term solution where they are just relying on the 4-8 weeks where you have a lot of active antibodies which after 12 weeks you are gonna be back in the same situation again (more then likely) so do we go number 4 after that.
I've been following the new variant as much as i can and i've been holding on to the less severe mild outcome since first reported can't 100% confirm this but all the data from the epicentre of the omicron is still holding up along these lines currently.
At some point you are gonna have to accept you are gonna get this as its here forever.
That's my thoughts anyway.
But so what if this ends up being a seasonal thing, like the flu jab?I'm relatively young, not over weight and don't fall in any other of the high risk situations.
The booster just reads like a short term solution where they are just relying on the 4-8 weeks where you have a lot of active antibodies which after 12 weeks you are gonna be back in the same situation again (more then likely) so do we go number 4 after that.
At some point you are gonna have to accept you are gonna get this as its here forever.
That's my thoughts anyway.
Are they getting boosters though?Why would Mercedes stay out? That puts Max at a worrying advantage for me. Newer tyres, cars going slow so won't lose too much time.
OopsAre they getting boosters though?
An additional question for you all - at what point will you stop getting the vaccine?
a) I never started
b) I stopped after first dose
c) I stopped after second dose
d) I will stop after third dose
e) I will stop eventually
f) I will never stop
Option F as well as a yearly flu jab.An additional question for you all - at what point will you stop getting the vaccine?
a) I never started
b) I stopped after first dose
c) I stopped after second dose
d) I will stop after third dose
e) I will stop eventually
f) I will never stop
I'm inclined to agree, unless 4 doses a year staves off certain death are people going to keep doing it?Think I'll squat down for xmas period and book my booster for early Jan.
I can see what that poster above is saying. I mean he's had two doses so not like he's some raving anti vaxer. I mentioned a few weeks back my 72 year old Dad had his booster as soon as possible but he's getting worn down from vaccine fatigue and having to get one every 3 months as opposed to every 12 months as is case with the flu.
How many years do we realistically have to wait before covid massively lessens in its lethal nature? It's always going to be in circulation now but you'd think with the numerous waves already it will start to significantly decrease in risk before too long....surely?! And so then you can just go to yearly shots, a nasal spray developed would also massively help at some point, no idea if that's possible in next 12 months.
I forgot to add in my post aswell....majority (given imo 90% of population having at least one jab is a decent majority for UK) obeying with guidelines, getting the jabs when required and told its the path to freedom.........AND still significant restrictions imposed on daily life.I'm inclined to agree, unless 4 doses a year staves off certain death are people going to keep doing it?
Before I start my reply, I've just had my booster.We as individuals may not be able to avoid it - no vaccine is 100% and these aren't either. As individuals we might not even need to be concerned if we do catch it - though that's what quite a lot of the dead and the covid injured thought. But as a community, as it's an infectious disease, we have some control over the timing and proportion of people who catch it in a given period.
Right now, we could do without additional needless cases adding to the hospitalisations or passing it on to other people. The booster is more or less certain to stop you catching Delta and passing it on. It will also improve your odds of not catching and not passing on Omicron.
Will there be a better one next year sometime? Probably. But why would that mean that there's no point trying to avoid catching it and spreading it right now?
It's a fair comment. We already have numerous vaccines that need three or more doses to get to full efficacy - it may simply be that covid is another one for that list. Equally it might be more like flu where (at least some) people need a booster every year, particularly if it mutates the way this has shown us it can. We don't know where we'll be in ten years - we know where we are right now - one year after the vaccine rollout started, 18 months or so after the trials began.I think the concern with regular vaccination is we don't know what it's doing to our body in the long term. Scientists can 'predict' the impact but not tell you as fact. Why can't they? Because we have not lived 5, 10, 15, 20 years since having booster upon booster. Only then do these predictions become actual facts.