COVID jab April 2026

Lucky you. I no longer qualify. Would absolutely take it up if I did, it’s a marvel of modern science.

No thanks. Didn’t have it for the first time last Autumn and won’t have it now..

won't have any more , didn't have the last one, can't understand why we have to have 2 every year, we only have 1 flu jag.

Just booked ours. We take every protection going.

No I am not going to gave another one.

May I ask why people don't want them?

Kate1949

May I ask why people don't want them?

... I'd like to know, too.

I'm in no way an anti-vaxxer, but I am worried about side-effects and am reluctant to take up the offer of the Spring 'booster' because I'm afraid of the possibility that they could be serious.

Now that I live alone and there's no-one to notice if I suddenly slide off my perch, I'm concerned that I would not understand the symptoms of, for example, myocarditis or pericarditis and would shrug them off as the after effects of the vax.

The problem is, you are vaxxed and then waved off - when I had the Autumn vax, the medics didn't even mention the usual 'what to expect' advice that they usually give.

The very first time I was vaccinated against Covid - gosh, that seems a long time ago now doesn't it - those horrid days when the news was full of rising infections, deaths, panic, etc... - anyway, I was housebound at the time, I'd become inconveniently ill while continuing to be the full-time carer of my now late OH... so, my GP came around and jabbed us both himself, on his way home. He also stopped off for the following couple of evenings - just to make sure we were not having any immediate serious side effects. That was quite reassuring.

I know vaccine-induced serious side effects are rare, but there is a need for careful monitoring in older, high-risk patients, which of course is impossible in today's climate, not least because serious side effects can develop days, weeks or even months afterwards.

... so I'd be interested to hear the reasoning of others...

I m not having any more either

I feel that Covid has morphed many times since it began and now people don’t even test any more, so we have no idea who is having Covid or flu or a cold, so my belief is that I need my own body s immune system to do the work
Totally understand that those with a poor immune system or other illnesses do need the extra protection but I want my own body to get back to working for itself

I had Covid two or three times and was not particularly ill with it I had all my jabs up to about eight with no side effects and then decided that was it.
I only had the ordinary flu jab last winter and will follow that path now. I will have the winter flu jab in October but until then I hope to not have any others. I did not have a spring flu jab only ever had one a year and will continue like that hopefully

I had mine on Monday, felt rough yesterday but am fine this morning. Apart from anything else I feel I have a duty to protect myself and reduce the burden on our overloaded health system.

I will continue to have it when my GP asks me to make an appointment. My family ask why I bother but I have a friend with long Covid and I wouldn't wish her continuing health struggles on my worst enemy.

I’m having mine next week. I now qualify for the RSV vaccine as well.

I’m having mine later in the month. I too now qualify for RSV vaccine.

We will have to have ours later as the Dr has only offered three dates and we are away

I'm in the 'err on the side of caution' group in that I've had all the Covid vaccinations without any problems, I've never had Covid (fingers crossed), and at 77 I'll take whatever I'm offered to support that going forward!

pably15

won't have any more , didn't have the last one, can't understand why we have to have 2 every year, we only have 1 flu jag.

Totally different viruses, requiring different vaccines. 'Flu and Covid 19 are not similar, therefore how many vaccinations you receive, will be relevant to that particular illness.

I have my appointment for June, DH has his next week.
I am immunocompromised and will take every vaccination offered.
The very first Covid vaccine I had made me very ill and it had to be reported to the Yellow Card site.
It did not stop me having any more.
I would rather have side effects, than end up in ICU or die, as I have been advised.
It is a no brained for me.

Before accepting the vaccine, I read up on it, and listen to my clinicians. I don't rush in recklessly.

My OH has his booked for Saturday, so sounds as if he may possibly be under the weather on Sunday. He usually feels iffy the day after them. He has had covid twice. Although no worse than a heavy cold, he did the whole isolation thing.
He has every jab they offer him.

I only ever had the first two, mainly because they threatened we wouldn't be able to do things without them. I have never had covid.
I don't have any jabs.

I had an email yesterday saying that I could book my vaccination online. I was able to book a slot at a pharmacy a short walk from where I live, I will attend at lunchtime tomorrow. In the early days of covid vaccination we were sent all over the town.
To be honest I find the local pharmacist more informative and gentle than the practice nurse at GP surgery.

I had mine two days ago. I have been so fortunate with no side effects ever. I think that was the 9th.

No vaccines for me.

My SIL a fit and healthy (ex team GB) had his Covid jab and ended up with two blood clots, one on each lung.

He was seriously ill, he couldn’t access his private health as the jab (experimental medicine) rendered it null and void.

He is now on medication for life.

The more research I have done the more the vaccine concerns me.

My DH had Covid pretty badly despite having had the jab. That was just a few weeks ago so he will have to miss the booster. I had Covid and didn’t know I had it until I took the test when my DH came down with it. Apart from a headache and feeling a bit tired I’d been fine.

Retread

I'm in the 'err on the side of caution' group in that I've had all the Covid vaccinations without any problems, I've never had Covid (fingers crossed), and at 77 I'll take whatever I'm offered to support that going forward!

Same here! I will soon be 80 and am immunosuppressed. My appointment is for Saturday.

Having mine next Monday. So, will allow Tuesday to feel extra tired, etc.
Couple of years ago, I said to one of my daughters that I would not bother with continuing with these, and she looked at me and asked, simply 'Give me a good reason for that decision'.
She then went on to give me facts and figures on people of my age ( and with breathing problems), who were seriously ill with covid or similar, lying in hospitals, - or worse.

I have continued having these jabs twice yearly every since. One 24 hours twice a year feeling not too well, is so much better than the alternative.

We know that Covid has changed, so the vax we had in the past may not be effective against current strain(s). which is why we have to have our 'flu jabs every year.

On the same not - I watch with horror the rise in things like measles amongst children (an illness which can maim for life and even be fatal), as parents do not have their loved little ones vaccinated against it.

I just thank goodness for the brilliance of the scientists who have produced these and for the NHS which gives it to me without charge.
I will go on protecting myself as long as the medics say I should.

We’re booked to have them next week.

The only reaction I’ve ever had was with the very first - shivering and shaking a few hours afterwards, but at the time (height of COVID scariness) I was just pleased that it was evidently doing something!

Dickens Oh I see. We must be lucky then. We have had them all with no side effects, apart from a bit of a sore arm.