Covid booster

I’ve just had my Covid & flu jabs today, Pneumovax yesterday. We are so fortunate in this country to have the opportunity for immunisations, it would be foolish not to take them up, for the sake of ourselves and others.
It will be far more costly in all sorts of ways if you contract severe Covid and end up on a ventilator. My friend’s husband sadly died from Covid, he was only in his early 70s.

Had my 6th jab 1 hour ago, Pfizer. I’m lucky that I’ve never had side effects with either Covid or flu vaccines. I think there is a risk in anything we do but after so many people have died from Covid I wouldn’t hesitate to get as protected as possible.

Tamayra

What’s the point of having something that dosen’t work !
Read the research All the jabs are a huge pharmaceutical scam

Define ‘doesn’t work’

UKHSA research on effectiveness of various Covid vaccines on mortality, hospitalisation, long term illness, and transmission: www.gov.uk/guidance/monitoring-reports-of-the-effectiveness-of-covid-19-vaccination#:~:text=The%20latest%20evidence%20shows%20that,by%2050%25%20to%2060%25.

Wu et al, meta-study December 2022 (see the Lancet, May 2023 for links to full study);

Reducing transmission: effectiveness was 83% at baseline for primary vaccination, reducing to 62% over 100 days. And then:,
“Vaccine effectiveness at baseline was 92% for hospitalisations and 91% for mortality, and reduced to 79% at 224–251 days for hospitalisations and 86% at 168–195 days for mortality… For booster doses, which covered mostly omicron studies, vaccine effectiveness at baseline was 70% against infections and 89% against hospitalisations, and reduced to 43% against infections and 71% against hospitalisations at 112 days or later. “

I can provide shedloads of peer reviewed, laboratory and real world primary studies, and many more meta-studies showing a high effectiveness rate. (I have a friend whose job is leading a team examining the data and using it to recommend forward planning policy.)

Can you please define, and provide peer reviewed evidence, to prove your claim?

as covid variants are still very much about and having had all boosters so far, I welcome the latest which I am having later today. why wouldn't I>

Mine booked in a couple of weeks (Flu & Covid same time). More than happy to get the vaccinations. I haven't had Covid at all, live on my own and anxious about being unwell. I travel on busy trains and the London Underground a couple of times a week and want all the protection that is out there, thanks.

Had mine yesterday - one in each arm; slightly sore areas on both today but no other ill effects. Having had an awful attack of flu some years ago I would not miss it, and the Pharmacist said there are a few new strains of covid that have mutated. I don't like having vaccinations but the other option is not one I want to take a chance with.

I'm having no more.

I had both last week, in the same arm to enable comfortable sleep if sore. I did the same last year too. Maybe I'm lucky but I've never had side effects from any vaccinations. Had the pneumonia one last year and will book in for the shingles one soon.
Too many short memories on here, it's the same with parents not having their children vaccinated against measles.
These are all KILLER diseases

I had both vaccinations in the same arm yesterday and feel absolutely fine. For those who think that there is no proof that the Covid jab offers any protection, the fact that the large majority of patients hospitalised were unvaccinated might give you pause for thought. Also of course the NHS and manufacturers have never claimed that their vaccines would prevent anyone from catching it, only that symptoms would be milder.

Tamayra

What’s the point of having something that dosen’t work !
Read the research All the jabs are a huge pharmaceutical scam

Could you please give us some scientific data to support your claim?

My cardiologist worked in Covid ICU and said he had never before seen such horrific lung and heart damage than he witnessed in anti vax patients, who now regretted refusing the vaccine.
I prefer to listen to him, rather than believe the nonsense spouted by anti vaxxers.

What’s the point of having something that dosen’t work !
Read the research All the jabs are a huge pharmaceutical scam

Marydoll

I am due to have both 'flu and Covid vaccinations. I'm immunocompromised and will take every precaution to lessen the effects.

Covid hasn't gone away and it's not as some people are saying, just a cold. For people like me it can be fatal.
I really don't agree with the comment, No justification for it.
In fact, I cannot understand why anyone would think that
My DD, DIL and SIL have already had both on the advice of clinicians, to try and keep me safe.
My son will have both next week.

It's a no brainer!

I couldn't agree more. I had my flu jab last week, and my Covid booster on Monday - several friends have recently had Covid and been quite poorly. My DD - a Community Nurse - says that it's spreading rapidly at the moment, so why on earth do you not want to protect yourself (& others)?

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.

What a load of tosh! I do wish people would actually try to make educated decisions rather than relying on social media memes, websites of dubious origin, red top rags and gossip! It's not an "experimental technology", it's been around, and has been thoroughly tested, for years, decades, in fact. The ideas behind the mRNA vaccine stars in 1961, and over the years it's been thoroughly studied, adapted, tested and even used. The only change they had to make was to adapt it for the covid virus.

Which particular drug company executive is that "direct quote" attributed to?

How do we know it "makes the infection milder"? Statistics tell us! After the vaccine was rolled out deaths, and hospital admissions, reduced significantly. That wasn't just a coincidence!

It's people like you who helped the pandemic last as long as it did! I'll bet you believe masks don't help either?

I stopped using social media early in 2020 because, as someone with a strong scientific background, I found all the misinformation, conspiracy theories and idiotic ideas just too aggravating to cope with. It seems this forum will be going the same way because my blood pressure can't cope with people's ignorance and total inability, or disinclination, to actually learn what they're spouting nonsense about!

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.

No, it's a silly, uninformed post.

Patients can ask for a side effects warning and they'll be given one.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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'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.

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.

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.....

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.