Does the COVID vaccination, quite tangentially, protect us from other virus infections?

Same here VeeJay. I've had the cough from hell over the past two months and it's still clinging on. I'm convinced it's whooping cough as my symptoms were identical.
I did a covid test which was negative. Whether the covid jabs have any bearing on other viruses, I just don't know, but would suspect probably not.

Wish you better MOnica

veejay I am nearly 51, and coincidently , I too have had mild palpitations and heart symptoms. I am pretty sure mine are stress as they have cleared up in the lasy few months as the stresses on me reduced.

By the way I felt fine after last COVID vax.this has started just recently.i sometimes get a sudden jolt.which makes it worse as feel like a panic attack is coming on

M0nica

No, it doesn't make we wonder. You are on Gransnet, so I assume you are, at the youngest late 50s, probably older. You have reached the age where we begin to develop symptoms for medical problems we have not had before, palpitations is one of them.

The cause could be stress, it could be heart disease, but so many people are developing this all the time that some people, just by chance are going to develop them shortly after they have had the COVID jab,

But as I said palpitations can be something trivial or something serious, so the only sensible thing to do is to see your GP and let them order tests as required. That way you will get reassurance if the problem is trivial and treatment if it is not.

I am 81.i have spoken to my Dr and he suggested a 48!hour heart monitor which I will have when they send for me
He said my heart is fine could be stress ornxiety as I am looking after my son who had a stroke about 18 months ago.
My blood pressure is quite low sometimes too

No, it doesn't make we wonder. You are on Gransnet, so I assume you are, at the youngest late 50s, probably older. You have reached the age where we begin to develop symptoms for medical problems we have not had before, palpitations is one of them.

The cause could be stress, it could be heart disease, but so many people are developing this all the time that some people, just by chance are going to develop them shortly after they have had the COVID jab,

But as I said palpitations can be something trivial or something serious, so the only sensible thing to do is to see your GP and let them order tests as required. That way you will get reassurance if the problem is trivial and treatment if it is not.

I had what seemed like whooping cough recently.o did test for COVID first but came back negative.oy was a new test kit
I have just been sent a text to make an appointment for a flu vaccination
also a COVID one if available
I don't think I will have another COVID ok me
After the nurse asked me at the last oy if I had heart problems
I didn't
But sm now having awful palpitations

Do is friend of.my daughters .never had them before
Why did the nurse ask.hmmm
makes you wonder

Primrose53 Unless there is clear evidence that the two are linked, given the number of people vacinated and the incidence of blood clots, statistically it is possible for these two events to happen close together, even simultaneously without there being any connection between the two.

Bumped into an old friend today and she told me one of her sisters had the first covid jab and has not been well since. She had a big blood clot straight after the jab. She was waiting for a new hip at the time.

She now has several smaller clots and they won’t operate while she has them.

I'm just recovering from covid, started coughing on the Sunday, tested negative early Tuesday morning, tested positive lunchtime Wednesday. Didn't test negative following Wednesday, still have slight cough and very tired

Quite common for people who are vaccinated to get COVID so wouldn't seem unlikely.

I wonder the same as you Annodomino about expiry of test kits. How crucial are these dates and which bit is most vulnerable? I have container of deboxed kits all the bits mixed up now. Husband tested positve but despite feeling bit grotty/sniffy, I am coming up negative. I wonder also how they work what with years of mutating virus by now? How does it identify specific covid bug?

Sparklefizz

M0nica Several friends of mine who have had nasty viral symptoms have not tested Covid positive until they have tested several times. Usually it has shown positive by Day 4 or 5. Don't rely on just that one test that you've done.

I am not that unwell, and already feeling a bit better. I suspect I will be in full recovery mode by tomorrow and over it by Monday

But it was getting this mild virus that made me realise just how long ago it was since I last had anything similar, when, in the past I would probably have several 2 - 7 day viral infections over the winter and at least one in the summer.

M0nica Several friends of mine who have had nasty viral symptoms have not tested Covid positive until they have tested several times. Usually it has shown positive by Day 4 or 5. Don't rely on just that one test that you've done.

I notice quite a few are wearing masks again round here. Whether it means they are protecting themselves or actually have Covid I’m not sure.

DH has had an awful cold last two weeks with sore throat and cough. Tested negative but really laid him low. I have kept well! GC have had “kiddy colds” I call them snotty noses and coughing but not unwell. Maybe it came from them! I am more careful now when out and about and use hand sanitizer after self service tills

LizzieDrip

Interesting isn’t it (though not for you M0nica).

When I grow up, I’d quite like to be an immunologist

It fascinates me, like being a sort of medical detective!

My nephew (43) just tested positive. There’s a lot of covid about agsin

My test was on the cusp of being outdated, but the result was so unequivocal. Think pink line at the top and absolutely nothing else.

WWM2 It was reading the news item you mentioned that made me think about how free from passing infections we have been for the last year or so.

All us oldies have been offered, and usually taken, regular opportunities to have the anto-COVID jabs, where younger people, like those in the article, haven't.

Thank you for your kind wishes, I am not feeling too bad, just weak and wimpsy and jaded, and we will not be doing a boot fair tomorrow.

Hope you soon feel better MOnica
I like your query about whether the vax are protecting us from viruses. I’m immune suppressed, up to date with covid vax and haven’t had an infection needing antibiotics for about 18 months whereas a cold in the past often becomes a chest infection.
OTOH I know so many fit people laid down with coughs that linger
Immunology heaven research I expect

Covid tests have expiry dates. I've just had a look at the two I've stashed in a cupboard and at the moment they're still OK, but if you have a stock of tests bought two or three years ago, it would be worth checking. Also: the virus has taken several new turns over the last few years and tests bought early in the pandemic might not detect more recent versions.

There's always the possibility that there is a mutated variety of the covid virus doing the rounds which the tests aren't so sensitive to.

As the powers that be have done their best to avoid any way of showing the prevalence or not of covid in the English population (Scotland is still doing waste water testing for covid, which shows that it is still quite active in Scotland, whereas England is not) I don't see how we can possibly know whether this cold type bug that is so active is covid or not.

This morning there is a piece on the BBC News website explaining why "people are feeling so grotty this summer". Sorry, I don't know how to do links, but it's worth reading

Well, I had my COVID booster not long ago, and have a really horrible bug at the moment, rasping cough, sore throat, and generally feeling exceedingly rough. Spent much of yesterday in bed. I did test for COVID - negative.

My husband was rushed to A&E and hospitalised at the end of May with what they described as 'a viral infection'. They have no idea where it came from. It affected his liver, kidneys and his oxygen levels. He is an otherwise fit man (well any problems he has had have been dealt with). He has had 7 COVID jabs. He is ok now but it was very scary. I hope you feel ok now Monica