Covid Vaccine

[Jay5959]

Thought I'd revive this thread as I had my booster yesterday. So this year I've had two Astra-Zeneca, Covid, and a Pfizer booster. Planning on driving to Dorset tomorrow so I can see my parents for the first time in a year.

Was feeling fine this morning, so went and fitted a boost gauge in my Leon. Feeling a bit sore and achy now but who knows if that's just from working on the car or if the jab is kicking in. I didn't sleep too well last night as my left arm was sore, but no other ill effects.

Wanted to say thanks to people on this thread for helping me deal with my needlephobia - I was still nervous yesterday, but didn't feel a thing. The most worrying thing was having to wait for fifteen minutes afterwards in case of any instant bad reactions, but no, I'm still alive...

The nurses at the vaccination centres are always so awesome. You'd think they'd be sick to death by now of grown men saying they're a bit nervous, but they're always so good humoured.

Hope everyone else is doing OK?

Well done for overcoming the needle phobia and getting it done, that couldn’t have been easy mate! I was due my booster on Wednesday evening, unfortunately I tested positive for covid Wednesday morning. So far the symptoms are not too bad, glad I got the first too vaccines as they’ve probably reduced the symptoms. Wish I still had taste and smell though

 

[bigcarpchaser]

Don’t mind needles myself so fully boosted up with no side effects until I had the booster and flu at the same time, that wiped me out for 3 days lol.
Oddly enough, the screen in my Tormentor has been really playing up since…coincidence? Lol


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[Fester999]

My daughter lives on her own she tested positive recently via pcr.
She's very ill, it's crap not being able to go and help her.
She's had 2 jabs was supposed to have a booster today. Lockdown I reckon after xmas. Stay safe folks

 

[Cuprabenwytm]

I have been looking into both sides of the fence for a little bit, admittedly like most I know close to zero about the science behind the vaccine which is where the true magic is, it's the plonkers that sell/promote it that I don't trust lol I'm pretty sure no ones out to create something bad etc from getting the vaccine it creates new variants or that I have tiny little robots taking over my body.

For example and for some of those on here with fears of needles if there was a pill version or non needle at least I would of probably been up with the first ones to protect others purely on the basis that "these" scientists I would hope take an oath just like doctors (maybe in my head haha) to protect life.

There will always be fringe people either saying things that sound weird or against the mainstream data, but I think without them people wouldn't think for themselves as there is no other way to follow, agreed it's not always the smartest way but we're not perfect lol I'm not a fan of mandatory jabs for anyone, jabs for pregnant women, not getting vaccinated people to isolate even though they can still carry/spread and I'm also not sure this passport rubbish will last long either but we have to be logical lol I just hope it's not 10 years of booster jabs for everyone before we just treat it like the "normal" flu when it's up to the person to get it and still lead a normal ish life if they choose not to.

There, that's my rant over haha I've learnt loads about the immune system through a little research but is it the right research haha

As for the PCR guy I think he went up against the idea because he originally didn't get the props he deserved as he was one of many on the Team but it seems now he has his nobel prize I'm sure he will say things for the PCR test lol everyone wants fame how they get it is of no concern of theirs I doubt.

I'd be interested if anyone follows someone who is worth checking out be it for or against just to see what they come up with, I've been recently watching ZDoggMD as he seems pretty pro vaccine but also is quite honest from what I can see.

In the end I still see pro's and con's to it all, my IT brain always gets in the way and put the vaccines in the same boat as a new version of Windows, loads of bugs and potential to cause issues but gets released anyway for the users to find the issues so they can fix them. All vaccines FDA / MHRA approved or not just don't feel like they've been tested as much as my brain wants lol

Hope everyone stays safe no matter their thought process, also I realise that this may make little to no sense haha

Thats the best comparison iv heard yet, new windows software haha

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[Maypack]

So this year I've had two Astra-Zeneca, Covid, and a Pfizer booster.

Feeling a bit sore and achy now but who knows if that's just from working on the car or if the jab is kicking in. I didn't sleep too well last night as my left arm was sore, but no other ill effects.

I’ve had the same vaccines as yourself with my booster on Friday morning. Felt great all day but my arm started to ache mid evening. Didn’t sleep too well but was up at 4:00am Saturday for a 12hr shift at work and I felt achy and under the weather all day. Got home, had a shower and went to bed.

Got up this morning (Sunday) and my arm still aches a bit but the achy under the weather feeling has gone.

After speaking to a few people at work, they too have had similar symptoms.


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[Woody_72]

Yeah, boosters are a bit weird. I had Astra Zeneca for my first two and didn't have any symptoms at all, not even a sore arm. My booster was Moderna and I has a really sore arm but felt fine on the first day after but felt really tired, cold and shaky for a day after that.

 

[Jay5959]

Yeah, boosters are a bit weird. I had Astra Zeneca for my first two and didn't have any symptoms at all, not even a sore arm. My booster was Moderna and I has a really sore arm but felt fine on the first day after but felt really tired, cold and shaky for a day after that.

I had Pfizer for both vaccines, sore arm both times for a couple of times, guess it’s just a trait of the mRNA vaccines.

 

[iammooks]

My brother had Pfizer for all three and while he didn't have any side effects for the first two, he says his booster really knocked him out. I suppose in the end, just like Covid itself, we don't really know how it's going to affect us.

Day three now though and my arm is still pretty tired and sore and feels like someone's given me a dead arm, but otherwise the best way of describing how I feel is just a bit hungover.

The good news is that all the nurses and people administering the vaccine have got their injection game on point (so to speak... ) so for the needle-phobes out there, you'll barely feel it. My first one was the worst - felt like the nurse was pushing the needle in as far as possible!

 

[Rich.T]

The 3rd jab knocked my missus for 6 and had put me off having it myself.
But getting it from all sides here.
So going to try and get it done between crimbo and the new year.
Is it just walk in or do you need to book it?

 

[jcbmally]

The 3rd jab knocked my missus for 6 and had put me off having it myself.
But getting it from all sides here.
So going to try and get it done between crimbo and the new year.
Is it just walk in or do you need to book it?

Need to book via NHS, I had mine and TBF apart from a dead arm I was ok.

 

[martin j.]

I’ve had two jabs, flu jab and the booster,I HATE needles but the nurses were great and to be honest I felt nothing, minimal discomfort in the arms too, I suffer from COPD so really I needed to get them, if you get offered just do it.

 

[Rich.T]

Booked for the 28th.
I prefer it if they're putting stuff in rather than taking stuff out.
Have been seen zig zagging down the corridors of the local hospital in the past after a blood test.

 

[SRGTD]

My first two Covid jabs were Astra Zeneca and I felt really rough for a couple of days after both the first and second. The booster was Moderna, and apart from a sore arm for a day or so, I felt fine. Slightly sore arm from the flu jab too.

I had my booster four weeks ago, so before Omicron was identified in the UK. At that time, there were no issues getting an appointment - booked via the NHS website and I was given a choice of vaccination centres close to where I live. All very efficient and no queues.

 

[iammooks]

Next step, giving blood. One of my friends has a really rare blood type and nearly died in childbirth. I've always said that if there's demand for my blood, I'm going to have to do it, but to be honest it really gives me the fear.


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[BigJase88]

I have decided not to bother with the booster

2 is enough for me

It doesn't work anyways

There will be a new vaccine out shortly then every1 will need their booster booster

Where does it end?

10 jabs? 15 jabs? 100 jabs?

 

[martin j.]

I get the flu jab annually due to medical reasons, probably 12+ jabs and counting, it’s a different recipe every time too.

 

[iammooks]

I have decided not to bother with the booster

2 is enough for me

It doesn't work anyways

There will be a new vaccine out shortly then every1 will need their booster booster

Where does it end?

10 jabs? 15 jabs? 100 jabs?

It’s a bold move, and I can see where you’re coming from, but I’d definitely get it if you can - you get it free on the NHS, so at the end of the day, why not?

All the studies show that it does work. Nobody said it would stop you from actually catching Covid, but it does reduce your chances of being hospitalised or dying, so I’ll take that. I’m reading and hearing some horrible accounts of people who have refused to get the vaccine either suffering for weeks and months while their vaccinated friends have a couple of days of feeling rough - or people outright dying.

The big issue here is that the government (and all others across the developed world) is treating this whole thing as a cost/benefit analysis. It’s cheaper to administer vaccines than it is to do anything more “drastic” that might adversely affect the economy - and we all know who the government really works for - and if they’re vaccinating people, it gives the impression they’re actually doing something. How many times have you heard the Tories talk about their “world-beating vaccination programme” in the past week to hide their failures everywhere else?

There was this big sense at the start of the pandemic that things might change - that we might change the way we live our lives - but now look at us, back to shopping, partying, shopping, consuming and working our arses off. That’s the real travesty.

Sorry, bit of a rant there.


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[BigJase88]

It’s a bold move, and I can see where you’re coming from, but I’d definitely get it if you can - you get it free on the NHS, so at the end of the day, why not?

All the studies show that it does work. Nobody said it would stop you from actually catching Covid, but it does reduce your chances of being hospitalised or dying, so I’ll take that. I’m reading and hearing some horrible accounts of people who have refused to get the vaccine either suffering for weeks and months while their vaccinated friends have a couple of days of feeling rough - or people outright dying.

The big issue here is that the government (and all others across the developed world) is treating this whole thing as a cost/benefit analysis. It’s cheaper to administer vaccines than it is to do anything more “drastic” that might adversely affect the economy - and we all know who the government really works for - and if they’re vaccinating people, it gives the impression they’re actually doing something. How many times have you heard the Tories talk about their “world-beating vaccination programme” in the past week to hide their failures everywhere else?

There was this big sense at the start of the pandemic that things might change - that we might change the way we live our lives - but now look at us, back to shopping, partying, shopping, consuming and working our arses off. That’s the real travesty.

Sorry, bit of a rant there.


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By all means older people would benefit

Im 33 and healthy non smoker

I didnt die with no vaccine

I haven't died after 1 vaccine

I haven't died after 2 vaccines

By most reports the Omicron is more like normal flu.

Not to my knowledge have i contracted covid at any point but then again i could of been an asymptomatic case

Whats the total positive cases now in UK

10 Million? Thats not including people who weren't able to get a test at the beginning or were A symptomic so haven't bothered

I would assume more than likely the majority of people have now had the virus. So what does that tell you vaccines / masks and restriction on life have acheived?

Absolutely diddly squat

 

[andycupra]

By all means older people would benefit

Im 33 and healthy non smoker

I didnt die with no vaccine

I haven't died after 1 vaccine

I haven't died after 2 vaccines

By most reports the Omicron is more like normal flu.

Not to my knowledge have i contracted covid at any point but then again i could of been an asymptomatic case

Whats the total positive cases now in UK

10 Million? Thats not including people who weren't able to get a test at the beginning or were A symptomic so haven't bothered

I would assume more than likely the majority of people have now had the virus. So what does that tell you vaccines / masks and restriction on life have acheived?

Absolutely diddly squat

with an approach like this for everyone we would have seen a huge increase in deaths.
Vaccines never have made you 'immune' - this is poor wording from referring to the immune system. The vaccines helps the body create its defense ahead of time so that you are better equipped to deal with the illness if you get it.
so no, you have not died of covid, but equally you admit you don't know if you ever had it, so its difficult to say whether having the vaccine was a waste of time or not - or on the other hand did it stop you being ill.
Yes covid will mutate, - this is normal, (corona viruses have been around in humans for centuries) that's what happens with virtually all viruses and illnesses. Flu being a good example, each year there is a flu jab available and typically it is different to the previous years flu jab as they keep it up to date with the different variants that are likely to be that years most 'popular'.
The decision to have the jab or not for covid (or any virus) is a difficult one - while on the one side most would say that it should not be mandatory, and therefore personal choice remains, - but on balance it would might be fair to say that many people that do not have the jab do not fall ill due to others taking it as the overall risk and spread is reduced. It is gets to the tipping point where enough people decide not to take it, the risk increases.
Some may even say that in order to able to enjoy freedom and society we should all contribute to society, and therefore having a jab is potentially a social expectation or the right thing to do. (some countries have mandatory vaccination programs for many illnesses, while in the UK we don't. - but we have good control over many illnesses due to on the whole maintaining a high level of acceptance).

As for being young and healthy, this does indeed mean the risk to yourself is reduced, however this does not mean you cannot become unwell. People i knew that were younger than i, fitter and healthier than i died during swine flu, a different illness, but the truth is you just don't know.

Masks wise, these do help, however as a society can we truly say that everybody at all times has adhered? - no we can't. Can we say we have taken all steps to contain covid, - no we can't, - we have maintained a more balanced approach compared to other countries regards the balance of control/restrictions v freedoms. there is no right answer on this, - as you could go 100% control and maintain a covid free state, but it is unlikely to disappear for many many years and so do you continue forever with no freedoms.

Clearly there is a balance to be had, - the issue is nobody knows what that might be.

At some stage the restrictions will need to be removed, it is perhaps doing this in a manageable and controlled manner where the NHS and those at risk are not unduly put under strain/risk.

 

[xyz]

Booked for the 28th.
I prefer it if they're putting stuff in rather than taking stuff out.
Have been seen zig zagging down the corridors of the local hospital in the past after a blood test.

Never bothered me tbh. I had three full jabs not two and a booster as I’m clinically extremely vulnerable due to having had leukaemia. I was being stuck with needles three or four times a week at first as well as having two blood transfusions a week which each took 8 hours and required a canular. Then they put a PICC line in which was put in my arm then fed up the vein in my arm, across my chest and into my heart. This meant that they could administer my chemo and blood transfusions without having to canulate me each time. Had it in for about five months. It had to be cleaned each week and flushed after each use as I could get an infection through it which could’ve been dangerous. It used to itch around the entry point sometimes but other than that, fine.

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