Covid Booster Autumn 2025

Aveline

Robin202 take note.

I am SO pro-vaccines having been seriously ill with both measles and whooping cough, as well as going through 2 weeks of hell when in early pregnancy having tests for chicken pox.

Even with the COVID vaccine, I struggled to breathe for 3 days and was quite ill for 11 in total, and still get exhausted a year later.

I am too young this time, but they have also taken diabetes off the list, as well as COPD!! My friend's husband is a diabetic with serious circulation issues and on dialysis and they won't give him one either! Seem like they are solving the pension fund and PIP deficits by stealth.

I completely agree with you. I had Covid before the vaccine was developed and I was very very ill , I was in hospital on oxygen for nearly 2 weeks and the doctors told me they had been very worried , I very nearly didn’t make it. I have the flu and Covid jab every year. I also attend any screening that I am offered such as mammogram, smear tests and I have colonoscopy every 3 years because of family history of colon

So, if I was prepared to pay for a covid jab I could have one now but they can’t give me a date to have it on the NHS?

I have an appointment at the surgery in early October for my flu and covid jabs at the same time. I've been lucky enough to never have had a bad reaction. I'm sorry for those that do, but I am also convinced that these jabs are worth having.

win

Madmeg

DH and I have booked our Covid and Flu jabs for early November. He is almost 79, I am only 73, but nothing was said about me not being eligible for Covid. I did have radiotherapy 22 months ago but surely that doesn't count as being "recent"?

Yes it will as your immune system is now compromised

So, what are the immunosuppression criteria? Eligibility is outlined in Chapter 14a of the Green Book, a document published by UKHSA specifically for public health professionals. It can be a complicated document for non-experts, so we've listed some of the groups here:

Organ, bone marrow or stem cell transplant patients
Those being treated with systemic steroids for more than a month
Those living with HIV
Those receiving immunosuppressive or immunomodulating biological therapy, including children who are about to receive therapy
Those undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
Those requiring long-term treatment for immunosuppression
Those with a history of haematological malignancy including chronic leukaemia, lymphomas, and leukaemia
Those with genetic disorders affecting the immune system
While this list summarises some major groups, it does not cover everything. Please check online at nhs.uk/get-vaccine to see if you are eligible.

I think they said herd immunity wouldn’t work with covid ( as it doesn’t with flu).

Hello,I am new here. I am 72,and so not able to have the Covid booster this autumn. I have my flu jab booked. Boots apparently are charging £98 for the Covid jab if you go privately. I am still mulling that over.
For sure Covid is still around. I wonder if they think we have built up some herd Immunity? I have had all the Covid jabs offered to me from the start,and I have never had the virus. It is ridiculously expensive though

Covid and flu jabs booked. I think the same as crosstichfan
I have seen some horrible results for people who had serious illnesses, pre vaccinations - polio and measles. We have any vaccination offered.

Madmeg

DH and I have booked our Covid and Flu jabs for early November. He is almost 79, I am only 73, but nothing was said about me not being eligible for Covid. I did have radiotherapy 22 months ago but surely that doesn't count as being "recent"?

Yes it will as your immune system is now compromised

narg

I am not eligible for a Covid booster this Autumn with the NHS
I am not old enough!
I think I will pay to have one as I think it is worthwhile.
What would you do if you are in my position?

Definitely pay to have one

I’ve never had Covid and only had flu twice. I have no health problems. It’s a long walk to the jab centre and they can’t organise giving both at the same time so I shan’t bother this time.

To my mind, the facts speak for themselves: In the United Kingdom, Covid has resulted in 25,064,716 confirmed cases, and is associated with 232,112 deaths up to 26 January 2025.

As my wife is in the Covid extremely vulnerable category, she has had all the Covid injections offered, and I have paid my Covid injections when necessary. In the past few months, I have also had a RSV injection. My flu and Covid injections are booked for the 11th October.

Last year I had both Shrinrix jabs which I confess did take it out of me but with 93% protection against shingles it was a no brainer.

We are extremely fortunate to have these vaccines available.

I've got an NHS Scotland appointment for my "winter injections" it doesn't specify which so assume just flu given my age.

I paid for a Covid vaccination before going on holiday recently. I’ve had an annual booster, as has my husband. We’ve only had Covid once and that was mild. I believe vaccinations are protective.

DH and I have booked our Covid and Flu jabs for early November. He is almost 79, I am only 73, but nothing was said about me not being eligible for Covid. I did have radiotherapy 22 months ago but surely that doesn't count as being "recent"?

Same!

I am with Robin202. My husband 83 with 2 forms of Cancer, Insulin dependent Diabetic and COPD and myself 77, refused the Covid vaccinations and have not had Covid. Friends who have had many of the vaccinations, were ill after having them and still caught Covid anyway. I am not anti-vaccination, but only with the right safeguards in place. I do not chose to be a free guinea pig for BIG PHARMA

I still have a covid booster every six months free of charge ( at the moment in France) my younger friend caught covid this last summer in Kent. She reckons she infected 9 people including her 90+ old parents and 2 month DGD without realizing she was going down with it.
I am really grateful that the shingles inoculation is finally been given as well.

Stillness

As someone else said, I didn’t have it then and won’t have it now. MRNA technology doesn’t constitute what we know as a traditional vaccination and has still not been trialled sufficiently in my view.

How many people will have to be vaccinated before an mRNA vaccine has been trialled enough?

My neighbour didn't take her daughter to have a vaccination against measles. She caught measles and this affected her sight and hearing. I worked with someone whose mother didn't take her to get a polio jab, she caught polio and now walks with a limp. Most people might have some reaction to some vaccinations but I would rather have that than the actual illness that a jab will help to stop you becoming ill from the disease.

As someone else said, I didn’t have it then and won’t have it now. MRNA technology doesn’t constitute what we know as a traditional vaccination and has still not been trialled sufficiently in my view.

I got invitations for flu jabs today from my GP and also from my pharmacist in the text saying my prescription was ready. I was going to ask about covid jab as I spent Christmas alone last year because I caught covid when I should have been staying with my DS and his family. They did come to visit me later so not too bad, but I've now had it 5 times! My DD said I must be immunosuppressed to have had it so many times, but I don't think I will qualify. The 1st 3rd and 5th times I was quite poorly, though the other 2 times it was just like a bit of a cold. But I've always had all the vaccinations so it is quite worrying to not be eligible. I don't think I can afford to pay for it privately. I think I'll pop into the surgery tomorrow and ask. I will be 71 later this month.

You get a vaccine for your boiler? Gas or oil?

Your complete medical ignorance is worrying.
Vaccines are not injected into the bloodstream and have saved 10s of thousands of lives.

I am currently in bed with a really horrible virus. As well as the usual runny nose, sneezes and cough, I also have a headache and worst of all a very bad tummy ache. Any one else suffering similarly?