When (or if) a vaccine for Covid-19 is developed, would you have it? ?

I also always have the flu jab, I think I would be concerned about this one though, I would probably want a lot of info & assurance. Definitely food for thought .

I always have the flu jab and I think I'd have this one too.

I would definitely have it. My DH is in the sheltered group and I don't think we will feel safe until we are vaccinated.

Like greenfinch DH is in the shielded group and if it meant being allowed out then yes.

We aren’t shielded but we both have Asthma and it’s pretty bad at the moment, I think we will need to have a vaccination to get back to any kind of normality.

Why not?

They did say on the news that vulnerable groups may be offered the vaccine first.
DH said 'surely NHS staff should be offered the vaccine first?'

I said 'they may try it out on us first to see if it works and if there are any side effects. We're more expendable than NHS staff'.

I’d let my husband try it first?

Heads you lose tails you win - life is a gamble and if they are taking risks with people's lives then rather the older generation than the younger - just my opinion
I would rather take the risk than allow my children to be the guinea pigs.

Vaccines are trialled extensively before they're let loose on the general public. That's why they take so long to develop. We wouldn't be 'guinea pigs' by the time it got to us.

Yes, I'd have it. I've never had any ill effect from a vaccination and wouldn't expect to have one with this one.

Missfoodlove that is so generous

Trials often take years MaizieD
I don't think that time is on our side with this one.

I would have it, definitely. Tried to get onto a clinical trial but live just outside the area.

yes

I was ill after the swine flu vaccine but had had it within two days of the annual flu vaccine.
It did put me off having them.

Yes definitely.

Will it be a live or inert vaccine?

Yes definitely - I have the flu jab every year at work in the NHS and I’d do the same with this.

We are all staying home in lockdown, not just to protect ourselves but to protect the ones we love and the vulnerable too. Surely, mass vaccination will do that better than anything else on offer? I understand the fear of a new vaccine but we may never get out of this mess unless there is some way of stopping Covid-19 from spreading. Prevention must be better than cure.

Personally, I know that vaccination cannot protect me. I no longer make or retain antibodies. Unless the incidence of covid-19 is greatly reduced in the general population, I may face the prospect of having to stay in lockdown for a long time.

Yes, why not.

It would be the long term unknown side effects which would worry me and time is certainly not on my side. I have not got 5 years to wait around to see if there are any nasty side effects which did not manifest immediately.

I guess there’s always the concern that possibly the vaccine hasn’t been adequately tested given the pressure scientists are under to produce it in the shortest possible time.

I remember reading that most vaccines take years and years to be developed yet we are told that this one could be ready by September.

I admit I would be tempted to have it as it looks like the only way out of this mess.

I would have it. I don't bother with the flu vaccine because I always assume I would survive flu. Probably incorrectly. But I'm pretty sure I wouldn't come through C19.

I’d have it. I had flu in winter 2017/18 and felt so bad that I gladly paid the next winter to have a flu jab. I’m eligible now for a free one each year.

Not sure. I don't have the flu jab after being so ill with the side effects of it. I had 3 weeks of hell and my husband had never seen me so ill. I would need alot of information before making an informed decision to have it.