Covid booster

Primrose53

The covid jabs didn’t stop millions of people from still getting covid. Please don’t use the excuse “but I might have got it worse if I hadn’t had the jab”. You don’t know that. 😉

We all had 3 jabs apart from one son. We all got covid summer 2022 and passed it on to him and he was no worse than the rest of us. All it was, was a dry throat and feeling more tired than usual.

Why would anyone need an excuse for having had the vaccine?

Of course I can never know how ill I would have been with Covid if I hadn’t had it when it was offered.

But the steady and significant decline in the number of Covid deaths and hospitalisations once the vaccination programme got well underway is proof enough for me that it’s effective.

Maggiemaybe

Primrose53

The covid jabs didn’t stop millions of people from still getting covid. Please don’t use the excuse “but I might have got it worse if I hadn’t had the jab”. You don’t know that. 😉

We all had 3 jabs apart from one son. We all got covid summer 2022 and passed it on to him and he was no worse than the rest of us. All it was, was a dry throat and feeling more tired than usual.

Why would anyone need an excuse for having had the vaccine?

Of course I can never know how ill I would have been with Covid if I hadn’t had it when it was offered.

But the steady and significant decline in the number of Covid deaths and hospitalisations once the vaccination programme got well underway is proof enough for me that it’s effective.

At the beginning of the pandemic, when I was advised to sheild, one of my consultants very bluntly told me that I would die if I caught Covid and that a DNR notice had been put on my record. There would be no ICU for me.
This was before I had been vaccinated.

After having had four vaccinations, I caught Covid from my asymptomatic granddaughter.
Within twenty four hours I was in hospital receiving an anti viral infusion and told that vaccination had lessened the effects and had probably saved my life.
That was from my clinicicians, it is not heresay.

I am about to half my eighth in a few weeks and will continue to do so if needed.

half have!

I'm booked to have both on the same day in a couple of weeks. I wasn't at all sure as I was ill after the last one, but I'm flying a couple of weeks later so thought I should.

Fingers crossed!

If I could have it, I would, but they’ve changed the age for eligibility this year (unless you match other criteria which I don’t).

I had my flu jab last week and was fine.
Had my 8th covid yesterday morning and was very hot and ached from head to toe overnight.
I had the same reaction to the very 1st covid jab. I am hoping it's a sign I will build up a good immunity.

So today it's a day of doing very little.

Definitely will have both next week.

Absolutely not. Experimental technology, all of it. I recall during the first summer of Covid several experts on the BBC saying there was no way a vaccine could possibly be delivered inside several years because of the need for thorough testing. A few months later all objections are silenced, censored, called 'disinformation' and so many people are getting injected over and over again with - who knows what? Covid has been 'Christmas every day' for the drug companies - that's a quote from a drug company executive. The vax does not stop you getting Covid, and who's to say it makes the infection milder? How would you know? And another point - those who don't get vaccinated have been called 'selfish' but the reverse is the case, if the vax has any effect - arguably it could mean the vaccinated get the infection more mildly, not know they've got it, and become a super-spreaders (wouldn't that be 'selfish'?). And why oh why does no-one talk about supporting your own immune system with a good diet, good supplements, looking after your microbiome etc? That's because no-one makes much money out of it. I wish I had not had the first two vaxes - I wish more people would wake up, realise we are being ruled by the fear generated by the media and take control of our own lives.

i had my covid booster on wednesday - thankfully no side effects apart from a sore "spot" on my arm.
and i'm due to have my flu jab next wednesday.
i'm asthmatic and shielded through lockdown as i had had an op to remove a kidney through cancer. i was considered at risk if i caught covid
so when the next covid booster is available i'll be there!

I dont believe all that doctors tell me but if there is anything going free then I will grab it if i think its of value to me. I just arranged for the GP surgery to do mine as a home visit.

As a scientist and with very good health and immune system, including microbiome, I thought long and hard about the covid vacs I decided to have all of them and am now booked in for this next one.

My neighbour had covid for the second time and then a few months later had a severe stroke. His aged partner now has long covid

No contest really and even my dd, who is in front line health, is booked to get hers. She also has been down the vaccine route and has been kept safe in spite of seeing very many patients

I will definitely have my booster as soon as I can and cannot understand why anyone would not do so! I am currently recovering from a nasty dose of Covid, caught on a cruise ship holiday, dread to think what would have happened to be had I not been vaccinated, I doubt I would have survived, I have never felt so ill before!!! Still testing positive, so isolating until I am clear. So grateful for the NHS vaccination scheme

Mines booked for Sunday lunchtime. My flu jab is next Saturday. I am thankful for any vaccination I can have. Last year I had Shingles and Pneumonia along with all the Covid ones and the flu.

Due to a number of co-morbid ailments, i was shielding for two years. Never again, I will take all the vaccines going in order to be able to lead the life, I want.
I still travel and have travel vaccinations, including yellow Fever so why wouldn’t I have the Covid jab.
I had both the latest flu and Covid jabs in the same arm on the same day. I had a sore arm for about two days and fine ever since.

undines

Absolutely not. Experimental technology, all of it. I recall during the first summer of Covid several experts on the BBC saying there was no way a vaccine could possibly be delivered inside several years because of the need for thorough testing. A few months later all objections are silenced, censored, called 'disinformation' and so many people are getting injected over and over again with - who knows what? Covid has been 'Christmas every day' for the drug companies - that's a quote from a drug company executive. The vax does not stop you getting Covid, and who's to say it makes the infection milder? How would you know? And another point - those who don't get vaccinated have been called 'selfish' but the reverse is the case, if the vax has any effect - arguably it could mean the vaccinated get the infection more mildly, not know they've got it, and become a super-spreaders (wouldn't that be 'selfish'?). And why oh why does no-one talk about supporting your own immune system with a good diet, good supplements, looking after your microbiome etc? That's because no-one makes much money out of it. I wish I had not had the first two vaxes - I wish more people would wake up, realise we are being ruled by the fear generated by the media and take control of our own lives.

That’s a very good post. 👏👏

Any medication we collect from the GP has warnings of possible side effects, minor or serious. With covid jabs you get no such instructions.

eddiecat78

I was reluctant, as I felt unwell after the first 2,but then I saw my daughter last week and that evening she, her husband and their 4 year old tested positive! The 2 adults have felt very poorly with it. So far I am ok but it is rife round here and I've been seriously considering going back to wearing a mask. My booster is booked for 2 weeks

I'd rather feel slightly unwell for a day or two than die.....

0ddOne

eddiecat78

I was reluctant, as I felt unwell after the first 2,but then I saw my daughter last week and that evening she, her husband and their 4 year old tested positive! The 2 adults have felt very poorly with it. So far I am ok but it is rife round here and I've been seriously considering going back to wearing a mask. My booster is booked for 2 weeks

I'd rather feel slightly unwell for a day or two than die.....

Who said you’d die? Millions of us have caught covid and it’s just a dry throat and tiredness. I have had far worse colds and flus.

I'm not eligible for it yet apparently, but if they to it out for my age bracket (under 65), I'll jump at the chance! I've had covid about a month or so after having my first jab, and it was horrendous! I have never felt as ill, or struggled to breath, as I did then. My one thought was, and still is, "Thank heavens I had the vaccine, otherwise I'd probably be dead".

Covid isn't going to go away, and it probably isn't going to lessen its ability to kill, especially the vulnerable in society.

You were very lucky then. I, and millions of others, were not as lucky. I did almost die. My sats were in my boots and I was minutes from meeting my maker. Millions of others weren't as lucky as me. Just because you happened to have escaped relatively unscathed, doesn't mean it's not a killer.

I postponed going for my booster as I was really busy, as a result I have just had a nasty bout of Covid that had me in bed for a week. Wishing I had gone for my booster when called.

Have your booster,I still have inflamed lungs after Covid 16 months ago,having worked with patients all my working life & seeing people so ill I know it’s worth getting the injection.

I'm not sure whether to or not this time, I'm up to date so far, and i came home from my hip replacement in February with covid, that was tough, feeling rubbish from the op and double rubbish having covid. My daughter is diwn with covid rught now so yes it's still around. I was reading a discussion on Facebook the other day, mostly anti vaxxers saying how the only ones to benefit are the big pharmas, I'm still deciding.. I'm 62 btw.

I'm not sure 62 year olds are being offered a vaccine this time round.

BTW It's rubbish to claim that the only people who benefit are the big pharmas. Sam old conspiracy theories.

Primrose53

0ddOne

eddiecat78

I was reluctant, as I felt unwell after the first 2,but then I saw my daughter last week and that evening she, her husband and their 4 year old tested positive! The 2 adults have felt very poorly with it. So far I am ok but it is rife round here and I've been seriously considering going back to wearing a mask. My booster is booked for 2 weeks

I'd rather feel slightly unwell for a day or two than die.....

Who said you’d die? Millions of us have caught covid and it’s just a dry throat and tiredness. I have had far worse colds and flus.

No, it isn't just a dry throat and tiredness for many.

Primrose53

undines

Absolutely not. Experimental technology, all of it. I recall during the first summer of Covid several experts on the BBC saying there was no way a vaccine could possibly be delivered inside several years because of the need for thorough testing. A few months later all objections are silenced, censored, called 'disinformation' and so many people are getting injected over and over again with - who knows what? Covid has been 'Christmas every day' for the drug companies - that's a quote from a drug company executive. The vax does not stop you getting Covid, and who's to say it makes the infection milder? How would you know? And another point - those who don't get vaccinated have been called 'selfish' but the reverse is the case, if the vax has any effect - arguably it could mean the vaccinated get the infection more mildly, not know they've got it, and become a super-spreaders (wouldn't that be 'selfish'?). And why oh why does no-one talk about supporting your own immune system with a good diet, good supplements, looking after your microbiome etc? That's because no-one makes much money out of it. I wish I had not had the first two vaxes - I wish more people would wake up, realise we are being ruled by the fear generated by the media and take control of our own lives.

That’s a very good post. 👏👏

Any medication we collect from the GP has warnings of possible side effects, minor or serious. With covid jabs you get no such instructions.

Are you for real ??
I simply do not understand how you can possibly say vaccines are not effective. Totally ridiculous. Surely the debacle of some random Doctor equating the MMR vaccine to autism taught us how easy it is to influence a generation with absolutely no proof whatsoever. And we all know even today some parents are not allowing this to be given to their children which has seen children die from measles. Covid was a global pandemic which, fortunately, brought scientists together in a way rarely seen but showed how with belief and, yes, money a vaccine was found.