The Vaccine

Yes ASAP

Definitely the Oxford vaccine, and yes, I will have it when offered.
I am of an age to remember people dying from TB, Smallpox, polio, yellow fever etc. We've come a long way in 70 odd years, don't lets go backwards.

Like you GillGran I like the fact that Jonathan Van Tam has a couple of times said he has told his Mum to have the vaccine. He also said when it is his turn then he will have the vaccine too. If it is good enough for him it is good enough for me. I just want to be able to see friends again & go back to my Volunteering. I am lucky I suppose as because of disability I do now see my DS as we are in a Support Bubble. I want my life back as at 76 how much life have I got left - unknown! So bring on the vaccine fast please?

In 1992 my daughter was a newborn and the Meningitis vaccine was new to market. As teenagers we were encouraged to allow HPV vaccines given at school to help eradicate cervical and other associated cancers. In Samoa earlier this year there was a measles outbreak and many children died as the uptake in the vaccine was not high enough. Here’s our chance to start living properly again, protect others in society, our hospitals so non Covid patients can be cared for too. We are not being asked to go to war here, just a couple of little jabs. We can do this , we really can . I personally haven’t had flu for 40’years , I don’t pick up viral bugs etc but I WILL get this vaccine to protect not just my own loved ones, but everyone’s. Best wishes to everyone during this worrying time .. the light at the end of the tunnel had become so so much brighter ❤️

At 76 I'll have it as soon as I can.

At 81 I’m already in this virtual queue ....

Yes I will have it. I am 69 and in good health so will be a while. I prefer the Ixford one because it is non profit making and the cost is small for each vaccine. They are doing it so that the world can be vaccinated. I understand that there is a fund for poorer countries to be able to pay for any vaccines they have.

The vaccine won’t be available to everyone. Some medical conditions mean that the vaccine is not comparable, some with autoimmune conditions might not be able to have it.mWho can have it and who can’t also depends if it is a live vaccine or not. It isn’t totally straightforward and for those of us who can have it should I feel to save those who can’t from continued isolation and shielding.

Absolutely-I’d be right at the front if I could. As identified as ‘extremely clinically vulnerable ‘ if I became infected I probably wouldn’t survive so any risk from a vaccine, which I think is minimal, pales into insignificance. I feel as though I’ve been under house arrest since March and can’t wait to have my independence back

trisher, there’s nothing magical about giving vaccinations as long as the person has been trained. Everyone who gives them will be trained and assessed so please don’t worry.

It's worth noting that Oxford is also running phase three trials for an American vaccine. I have just had my second dose of that one. They say they are going to need lots of different vaccines

Sadly JuicyLucy, it’s the anti vaxxers that will cause this pandemic to continue. I sincerely hope you don’t catch it and pass it on to somebody vulnerable!

Forgot to say that anyone can be trained to vaccinate as long as there are medics around should there be any unlikely adverse reactions

It’s a personal choice for sure but if, like me, you love someone on the front line who has suffered badly from Covid you wouldn’t hesitate. It’s about looking after each other and not just ourselves and thinking of those brave souls nursing very sick people.

I'll go for it with gusto. Perhaps everything to gain and certainly nothing to lose if this current lifestyle is all that's on offer for the future.

My husband and I have both decided we will have the jab when offered. We feel madness not to. Both in our 70's we want to get on with the rest of our lives, see our grandchildren again as well as the great grandchildren, especially as a new one is due in May.

I have never had the flu jab even though eligible, but this year I changed my mind and had it. No reaction at all. I was fine.

I will definitely have the Covid vaccine, hopefully the Oxford one, but I am desperate to get some sort of life back after being in solitary confinement since 11th March and can't wait to be called for it. I trust Jonathan Van Tam as someone said further back. I feel lucky to live in a country where it will soon become available.

I'm 67, I have never had, and never will a have a flu jab, and they will drag me screaming to have this rushed out vaccine which has been created to suit the Government narrative. It takes YEARS to create and test a safe vaccine. The long term effects cannot possibly be known. Do some research ladies, it's all there on Google. Look at the ingredients. Dead foetus, aluminum, formaldehyde, do you really want to put all this into your body? Of course I appreciate everyone thinks and feels differently, it's a personal choice.

Juniper1 As a retired nurse with 40+ years of experience, mostly as a ward sister, I have no worries about who gives me the injection. They will all be trained by professionals whose registration is on the line if the training is not up to scratch.
In fact, there is very little damage that can be done by giving an injection into the arm. The phlebotomists in surgeries and hospitals, who are trained ‘on the job’, mostly with no prior medical knowledge, could do a good deal more damage.
You have no need to worry.

I will have it. I did put my name forward as a guinea pig for the vaccine tests but was not selected. I am 69, consider myself as fit as I can be at my age and as I am happy to have the flu jab each year then I am happy to have the Covid one. The flu virus constantly changes from year to year so what was pumped into your arm this year may well be different next year.

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Reading conspiracy theories on the internet does not constitute doing research.

Listening to people who know what they are talking about is a good idea though.

I’ll be having it!!

Yes, I’ll be at the front of the queue given the option. I’m surprised by Bluesky saying she would like the Oxford one, but not the Pfizer one. The later has a trial sample size of 45,000, double the Oxford one!

naughtynanny

I'm 67, I have never had, and never will a have a flu jab, and they will drag me screaming to have this rushed out vaccine which has been created to suit the Government narrative. It takes YEARS to create and test a safe vaccine. The long term effects cannot possibly be known. Do some research ladies, it's all there on Google. Look at the ingredients. Dead foetus, aluminum, formaldehyde, do you really want to put all this into your body? Of course I appreciate everyone thinks and feels differently, it's a personal choice.

What Government narrative do you mean?

Where did you read that the vaccine contains dead foetus, etc?