Booster vaccine

I felt fine with my booster, as I did with the first two vaccines. I’d say go for it! We need to beat this monster and immunisation is the way forward. I’ve never had any problems with flu jabs either. As far as I’m concerned if the doctors I work for are eager to have a vaccine then I am too. I have never heard any of them express any doubts about the covid or the flu one and they are the ones with the medical knowledge.

I'm absolutely terrified of the covid vaccine, I've not had one

I’ve not heard anything yet about mine. In our area, some people have been sent appointments at non-existent vaccine centres.

Treetop05:

Re Devon 'booster' jabs, I had mine on 22nd Sept in East Devon. I am immunosuppressed but my husband who is 81 yrs got his on 6th Oct. I suppose it depends where you are.
He got an NHS letter, I got a phone call from my Consultants office saying "go get jabbed now" popped down to the Vaccination Centre and was jabbed 15 minutes after the phone call.
After reading the posts on here perhaps that was my 3rd jab not a booster because as I booked in in the car park and said "I've come for my booster" the man said we"re not calling it Booster just a 3rd jab! I had 2 Astraz. and the last one was a Pfizer.

Biscuitmuncher

I'm absolutely terrified of the covid vaccine, I've not had one

I thought that you were an anti vaxxer?
I thought that you’d posted on here before about it.
Apologies if I’m wrong

Had my booster last week no ill effects, slightly sore arm, had AZ initially, booster Pfizer, had flu vaccine few days before.

Yes had flu jab middle of September but cannot have Covid Booster till end of October .Our local doctors is not doing them so at present do not know where we will have them

I’m in Devon and had my booster 2,weeks ago

FannyCornforth I'm not an anti vaxxer but I'm anti this vaccine

Had it - sore arm and my normal aches ached a bit more for a day or so but better than the alternative. Flu on Friday

Biscuitmuncher

FannyCornforth I'm not an anti vaxxer but I'm anti this vaccine

Any scientific reason why ?

Yes you do along with your flu vaccine. Just get it as you will have the best possible protection for yourself

I had the booster and flu jab same time. No more reaction than usual. Flu arm a bit more reactive than booster arm. I know people who died from Covid, one previously healthy young man aged only 40. I know people all ages who have long Covid. I know lots of NHS staff who have had the most terrible year and are still seeing severe cases of Covid. I am just so grateful to have had the booster and so bewildered that some people would rather chance getting Covid.

I'm not an anti vaxxer but I'm anti this vaccine

biscuitmuncher why ??

You're all having yourselves injected multiple times with something rushed through and people still get covid and still pass it on!

But...the people who have caught Covid after being vaccinated have usually had a mild dose and rarely been hospitalised. The evidence is that those who have been most seriously affected have been unvaccinated and of those one sixth have been pregnant women.
As far as I'm concerned, Case Closed!

We are far safer to ourselves and to others if we have the covid vaccinations. I trust the word of many scientists around the world who have worked on this rather than anti-vaxxers.
The figures all prove my point anyway.

Biscuitmuncher

You're all having yourselves injected multiple times with something rushed through and people still get covid and still pass it on!

But they’re less likely to be hospitalised or die from it. And it WASN’T rushed through. Research has been ongoing for years and all the relevant clinical trials were carried out to the point where it was deemed wrong to do double blind trials because it was obvious that unvaccinated people were being put at risk. It’s unfortunate that the vaccine hasn’t stopped transmission but if people had been vaccinated prior to the Delta variant becoming dominant that probably wouldn’t have been the case.

Biscuitmuncher

You're all having yourselves injected multiple times with something rushed through and people still get covid and still pass it on!

It wasn’t rushed through at all .this accusation makes me so cross. I haven’t got the link to hand and have to go now but Sarah Gilbert explains this quite clearly

My nearly 93 year old father had no side effects from his booster. I'll definitely have mine. I had Covid in January. Still coughing and wheezing. Don't take a chance with coronovirus. It's not fun. Please. Have the shot!

For those who are immunosuppressed and looking for more info on the vaccines, , there is a Zoe webinar on Thursday 28th of October.

It's free to sign up.

covid.joinzoe.com/webinar/vaccines-and-immunosuppressed

It's not rushed through. The process for normal meds or trials takes so long, as you're not as blessed to have so many experts working at once.
Yes though I understand fear. I was scared ( literally ) on my first vaccine, due to all this false news.

Neen who says its false news? All the new you hear is funded by the ones who make the vaccines

News

Biscuitmuncher

Neen who says its false news? All the new you hear is funded by the ones who make the vaccines

No, it isn't. The news comes from various sources.

I know for an absolute fact that years of research have gone into producing Covid vaccines. I don't think so much money and expertise has ever been thrown at one treatment before, which is why, in the end, it was ready for use so quickly.