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Post by olliebean on Nov 18, 2021 18:50:57 GMT
Had mine this morning, along with the flu jab. They gave me the Moderna (my first two were AstraZeneca). My Moderna arm is now hurting like hell, whilst my flu arm is fine. What I'm hoping is that it'll turn out the protection doesn't wane in the same way after the booster as it does after the first two jabs, so we won't have to keep having boosters every 6 months or every year (unless there's a new variant that needs one). I think annual boosters are fairly likely due to the variant issue. Like the flu. I hope there won't be an increasing problem year on year with booster hesitancy. Side effects seem more common and more unpleasant than with the flu vaccine, I'd imagine a lot of people might decide they're not up for it on a regular basis - even if it is only once a year. |
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Post by hairspray57 on Nov 18, 2021 18:59:55 GMT
I think annual boosters are fairly likely due to the variant issue. Like the flu. I hope there won't be an increasing problem year on year with booster hesitancy. Side effects seem more common and more unpleasant than with the flu vaccine, I'd imagine a lot of people might decide they're not up for it on a regular basis - even if it is only once a year. It’s likely the jab will produce less side effects as time goes on due to improved production and the body being less disrupted by the jab. |
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Post by lynette on Nov 18, 2021 19:27:35 GMT
I have read about people suffering side affects but absolutely nobody among my pals had had other than a slightly sore arm or feeling tired. I would urge people to go get the booster. I think it will be an annual event!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 18, 2021 19:40:33 GMT
Bleep and Booster 🚀
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Post by interval99 on Nov 18, 2021 19:54:49 GMT
Should have a poll to see who gets the above reference and who is wondering what on earth it refers to. (I would add I only know as my much much older brother still talks about them.) |
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Post by lou on Nov 18, 2021 21:49:42 GMT
I have read about people suffering side affects but absolutely nobody among my pals had had other than a slightly sore arm or feeling tired. I would urge people to go get the booster. I think it will be an annual event! I had side effects (flu like aches, shivers, general feeling of being unwell) after all 3 Pfizer jabs but they lasted a day and a half at most (except the sore arm which was a few days) and I’d happily take it once a year. |
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Post by olliebean on Nov 18, 2021 22:45:15 GMT
I have read about people suffering side affects but absolutely nobody among my pals had had other than a slightly sore arm or feeling tired. I would urge people to go get the booster. I think it will be an annual event! I had side effects (flu like aches, shivers, general feeling of being unwell) after all 3 Pfizer jabs but they lasted a day and a half at most (except the sore arm which was a few days) and I’d happily take it once a year. So would I, but from comments I've seen on the web a lot of people who've had vaccine side effects seem to have assimilated the idea that the vaccine makes you ill, but not the idea that the virus can make you iller. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 18, 2021 23:12:14 GMT
I'd happily be vaccinated every month if it could gurantee that I wouldn't get covid! I'm desparate to get a booster, given how useless AstraZeneca seems to be after 6 months, but I'm not quite at 5 months since my 2nd jab & I'm not certain if I'll be allowed it even at 6 months, since I'm not eligible by age but (hopefully) under the household-contacts-of-immunosupressed-individuald clause.
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Post by hairspray57 on Nov 18, 2021 23:26:27 GMT
I'd happily be vaccinated every month if it could gurantee that I wouldn't get covid! I'm desparate to get a booster, given how useless AstraZeneca seems to be after 6 months, but I'm not quite at 5 months since my 2nd jab & I'm not certain if I'll be allowed it even at 6 months, since I'm not eligible by age but (hopefully) under the household-contacts-of-immunosupressed-individuald clause. It’s almost certain that by the time you get to six months you will be eligible the speed in which they have already dropped down to the 40 and over. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 18, 2021 23:32:30 GMT
I hope so. I'm 36 so not that far off. 6 months will be 23rd December. All I want for Christmas is Pfizer!
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Post by Jon on Nov 18, 2021 23:34:14 GMT
I'd happily be vaccinated every month if it could gurantee that I wouldn't get covid! I'm desparate to get a booster, given how useless AstraZeneca seems to be after 6 months, but I'm not quite at 5 months since my 2nd jab & I'm not certain if I'll be allowed it even at 6 months, since I'm not eligible by age but (hopefully) under the household-contacts-of-immunosupressed-individuald clause. Very unfair to say the AstraZeneca vaccine is useless, it's still a good vaccine, just not as good as the mRNA vaccines. I'm sure there are places which would happily accept it. No vaccine will ever guarantee you not getting Covid, even the mRNA vaccines breakthrough cases. Thankfully with the antivirals coming in the next few months, that's more protection for those who are at risk. |
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Post by zahidf on Nov 19, 2021 0:45:28 GMT
Had mine this morning, along with the flu jab. They gave me the Moderna (my first two were AstraZeneca). My Moderna arm is now hurting like hell, whilst my flu arm is fine. What I'm hoping is that it'll turn out the protection doesn't wane in the same way after the booster as it does after the first two jabs, so we won't have to keep having boosters every 6 months or every year (unless there's a new variant that needs one). Current Israel studies had high anti bodies with the booster shot with the first ones who got it 8 months out. I think in 4 months the time the death rates will go straight through the floor and we can all chill and stop worrying about it as much as we have |
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Post by hairspray57 on Nov 19, 2021 0:47:44 GMT
Had mine this morning, along with the flu jab. They gave me the Moderna (my first two were AstraZeneca). My Moderna arm is now hurting like hell, whilst my flu arm is fine. What I'm hoping is that it'll turn out the protection doesn't wane in the same way after the booster as it does after the first two jabs, so we won't have to keep having boosters every 6 months or every year (unless there's a new variant that needs one). Current Israel studies had high anti bodies with the booster shot with the first ones who got it 8 months out. I think in 4 months the time the death rates will go straight through the floor and we can all chill and stop worrying about it as much as we have It depends if enough people get the booster. It’s looking like 15% or so of the over 80’s will refuse it. |
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Post by hairspray57 on Nov 19, 2021 9:51:55 GMT
Austria become the first country to make the vaccine mandatory. Be interesting if it pushes the vaccine rate up or leads to chaos. I know someone whose partner is from Austria (and they used to live there) who is worried it lead to street violence as he thinks only about half of the unvaccinated population will now get vaccinated to avoid fines.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 19, 2021 12:35:59 GMT
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Post by talkingheads on Nov 19, 2021 13:35:28 GMT
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 19, 2021 13:47:15 GMT
Very unfair to say the AstraZeneca vaccine is useless, it's still a good vaccine, just not as good as the mRNA vaccines. I'm sure there are places which would happily accept it. No vaccine will ever guarantee you not getting Covid, even the mRNA vaccines breakthrough cases. Thankfully with the antivirals coming in the next few months, that's more protection for those who are at risk.
I should perhaps have said in comparison to Pfizer. The latest figure I have see is that it drops to 43% effectiveness at preventing hospitalisation after 6 months, which presumably means the effectivess at preventing infection is well under 43%. That's pretty bad odds in my opinion.
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Post by zahidf on Nov 19, 2021 14:13:57 GMT
Just boost everyone. ONS survey has cases plummeting in the over 70s cos of the booster programme. Stuff like masks and covid passess are just pointless at this stage.
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Post by hairspray57 on Nov 19, 2021 15:21:38 GMT
Just boost everyone. ONS survey has cases plummeting in the over 70s cos of the booster programme. Stuff like masks and covid passess are just pointless at this stage. They not. Covid passes strongly encourage people to get the vaccine without making it mandatory. But when even they don’t work mandatory vaccination is rightly introduced. |
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Post by hairspray57 on Nov 19, 2021 16:03:53 GMT
London is starting to rise now. It will be interesting to see how high cases in London rise to in the coming weeks because the theory has been for a while that the higher level of natural immunity has been keeping cases lower here in the Capital despite being the least vaccinated part of England. If London cases reach the level of the highest places in England we could be in for 60k or more cases each day. And because they are more unvaccinated older and/or vulnerable it could have more of an effect on hospitals than in areas where they are less unvaccinated people at most risk from being hospitalised.
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Post by anita on Nov 19, 2021 16:32:02 GMT
My first 2 jabs were astrazenica & my booster on Monday was pfizer.
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Post by Jon on Nov 19, 2021 17:35:13 GMT
My first 2 jabs were astrazenica & my booster on Monday was pfizer. I've had Pfizer for all three of my jabs. Apparently, my local vaccine centre does Pfizer on weekdays and Moderna on weekends which is interesting. Barely anyone I know has actually had Moderna for their first two jabs, just my sister and two former work colleagues. Speaking of vaccines, whatever happened to the Janssen vaccines? It got approved ages ago but I don't think they ever got deployed, I assume they've been donated to poorer countries. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2021 18:35:15 GMT
My booster is next month. I wasn't eligible to book it until this week so I did it this morning. I don't know which one it'll be yet.
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Post by eulenspiegel on Nov 19, 2021 20:50:09 GMT
yes, we are doomed because of all the Schwurblers Bavaria - Saxonia will likely be the next Bergamo Already flying patients to Italy. Only mandatory vaccination works here - but also a complete 4 weeks lockdown is needed Vaccination rate of 69% is far too low and there are 2-3 million over 60 who are nöt vaccinated. Perhaps it would have been better if we hadn‘t been the kind of WC in the first wave - more strict communication etc. |
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Post by eulenspiegel on Nov 19, 2021 20:53:58 GMT
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