Reluctance of the young to be vaccinated?

JaneJudge
That’s what I thought I know they’re doing quite well down here in the south west with vaccinations but I was gobsmacked to hear that!!

There’s were lots of young people queuing up to be vaccinated at the newly opened Twickenham vaccine hub yesterday.

My Ds and wife were reluctant because they caught Covid last year, so said they would be protected.
I’m relieved that they have had their first jabs now but only because they thought it would stop them from travelling abroad.

I think the vegan link is because of the horseshoe crab blood situation.
I thought someone here might be better informed, Doodledog

I’m glad to hear that Buffybee and it maybe that the lure of foreign travel will persuade many people, especially younger people, to get themselves vaccinated.

NotSpaghetti

I think the vegan link is because of the horseshoe crab blood situation.
I thought someone here might be better informed, Doodledog

Don’t look at me .

I was just saying that the only objector I know does so on vegan grounds. It’s something to do with chimpanzees I think.

Yes, that’s what I thought. I’ve wondered for a long time if that would cause problems with some people.

Every thing I see, immensely long queues at vaccination hubs and people, young people waiting hours to get the jab, suggest that there is absolutely no reluctance in the young to have the jab. Obviously there will be a few, but otherwards they all seem to be shouting and saying 'bring it on'.

DS2 is a vegan and has had his AZ vax as has his partner who actually had Covid in the early days of the pandemic.I have heard that it doesn't matter too much if teenagers catch the virus, but an expert whom I heard on the radio today made the point that even if one gets a mild dose of Covid19, one could still be afflicted with Long Covid. This is true of my niece, who recovered from a not-too-serious dose but now does suffer from Long Covid with symptoms not unlike those of ME. She has fatigue, intermittent fevers and headaches but luckily her heart and lungs are unaffected.

Long covid seems to be so similar to ME. I hope that research into it (I assume some is being done) will help ME sufferers too.

Seen The Anti-Vax Conspiracy?
Watch it here on All 4:

www.channel4.com/programmes/the-anti-vax-conspiracy?cntsrc=social_share_android_the_anti_vax_conspiracy

I hadn't realised that Andrew Wakefield still had such devoted followers varian Horrifying to see the way autistic children have been treated thanks to his theories.

I wonder if the roaring trade done by charlatans in the US is down to the cost of medical care over there. It must be very tempting if someone offers you a cure all for a few dollars. And as they said Covid is an absolute gift for them. Don't worry about having to pay for hospital and drugs, just have a bottle of my vitamin mix and you'll be back at work tomorrow.

Last week I lost a friend to covid. He hadn't had the jab because he was ill in hospital with covid at the time it was rolled out, and he was ill for months. Covid doesn't always kill quickly.

I've had my first, my second is in less than 3 weeks and I'll be attending. I know no one whose refused it, even those who, like me, are needle phobic.

The vaccine was able to be rushed through partly because of the money that was literally thrown at anyone doing any research into it, but also because its a coronavirus so they had a road map to vaccines for similar coronaviruses which they were able to adapt. They also had a lot of volunteers willing to be guinea pigs in the vaccine trials.

I’m sorry about your friend Savvy. It’s awful when you see the daily statistics and realise that someone you know is one of them. Has anyone been listening to various blogs that Dr John has been doing about ivermectin? They seem to be having good results from it inSouth America.

Met an old man the other day. He was going for his second vaccine. He was saying both he and his wife had Covid . He was a lot worse but it was she who died. He said he will never understand why she died. Felt so sorry for him he was so lost. So stayed talking to him for a while. Hopefully some of the things I said helped.

If anyone who is anti vac spoke to this poor man I am sure it would change their mind. Well I am an optimist .

Savvy I’m so sorry to hear about your friend.

Whiff it’s so very sad that Covid has ended many long marriages. My Godmother, who is in her 90s, lost her husband right at the beginning. He was in his 90s, had other conditions, wasn’t really a well man, but he got Covid on top of everything else and died. They’d been married many years, had a long and good marriage, but still sad it ended that way.

Savvy, I am sorry to hear about your friend too

There are reasons why vaccines normally take between 5 and 15 years to become available. Apart from testing all the different age groups, they also need testing against over 20,000 prescription medications, singularly and in various combinations to check for adverse reactions. Also ask why there has never been a cure for the common cold and seasonal flu. Most likely because they are mutating all the time. Yes, there are flu jabs, but how do you know if they are effective? Oh, I guess because your GP said so (so it's nothing to do with £12-£25 per shot bonuses they get). If covid vaccine is so effective, why did the pharmaceutical companies get indemnity against possible law suits. Really? If your main reason for risking your fertility is so that you can go on holiday, you should definitely not consider becoming a parent. Once it's in there, there's no looking back but it IS your body your choice.

Och, away with you woman. You're havering.

effalump you are my hero!

Alegrias1

Och, away with you woman. You're havering.

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effalump
How does the development of the Ebola vaccine fit into your timescale?

Why at a time of fast moving scientific and technological advance do you think it should still take 10-15 years to develop a vaccine? Is it the technology or the virus causing the problem.

How would you compare the dangers you perceive from the vaccine against the very few problems experienced by the many hundred of millions of vaccinations that have taken place over the last six months.

What alternative policy/medication course would you suggest to control COVID and how would the death rate compare with the deaths caused by the vaccine?

What other vaccines have caused problems years after they were first developed?

I look forward to your response.

I had my second jab yesterday. It was bought forward as I live in a covid hot spot.

I don't go on holiday and my fertility has long since passed it sell by date, in fact I rarely leave the house. But despite this, I still feel its my civic duty to help bring this pandemic under control by being vaccinated.

My peak of fertility daughter had her 1st vaccine last week. Whoo hoo!!!!

When DGD, aged 14, heard that vaccinations will probably be offered to children as young as 12, she let out a cheer and said she would be glad to get it, because then they could get back to going to school as normal without constant testing and being sent home whenever anyone in their school bubble tested positive.