Covid vaccinations - should we still be having them?

I don’t think there was ever a claim that having the vaccine would stop transmission or contraction robin202, but rather that it would likely reduce, for the majority, the severity of Covid should you be unfortunate to get it. Scaremongering “statistics” help no-one, and can actually be very damaging.

As with any vaccine, it isn’t 100% effective, and indeed, and unfortunately, there have been cases of very adverse reactions to vaccines for some people - but this has always been so. There will always be an element of risk.

It's only the over 75s I think, and it's £100 at Boots if you're not eligible
www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q762#:~:text=A%20spokesperson%20for%20Boots%20said,as%20operational%20and%20administrative%20costs.

Yes, absolutely, I had mine yesterday and was very grateful. I am CEV.

I see Robin has brought his ball out to play again!

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It's just that a few of my friends are saying no more. I'd never had a 'flu vaccination before Covid - and haven't had 'flu since 1956. Have had no ill effects from any of them but is it really necessary? I'm not worried by injections but not sure how sensible it is to keep putting more and more stuff inside our bodies.

Is it really necessary to take out insurance on your house and its contents, your life or your car? Not many houses burn down, their contents probably won't be stolen, you are not going to be here to collect the insurance yourself on your life, and you might get away with not having car insurance if you are lucky.

So why do you pay all that money insuring things, when you won't even have to pay anything to get a brief injection that will ensure you against the worst effects of catching Covid. To see what those worst effects are, just read the posts on this thread. You may catch Covid without getting many symptoms at all - but you may get all the bad ones mentioned here, or more.

I had a flu jab and Covid booster last Nov. Have had all I’ve been offered. Not been offered a spring one yet. I’m 71 and have never had Covid

I won't be having any more!
I've had serious illnesses since having my 3rd jab and after doing some research other people have had the same problems. It was never properly tested before it was dished out.
Never again !

i am 81 and in good health and i am having every vaccination going.

We are forgetting how ill people could be before vaccination. My mother and aunt both caught shingles in their 60s and my aunt was in pain for years as a result. My sisters both had whooping cough. One was off school fornthree months. Anothe friend's lungs were damaged for life.

So bring out the vaccinations and I will be first in the queue