Covid vaccine.

[fossyant]

Well, the only advantage of being 50 is I'm in the last but one group, and slightly ahead of the masses.

I'll get it mainly to protect others as I have elderly parents and a MIL who is at the top of the list of 'will die'. Thing is, we don't always know if we are at risk - colleague at work has just had it, and they were ill for a week, but her friend's husband died of it at 53.

 

[accountantpete]

I turn 65 in January so looking forward to one of the early batches. As far as I am concerned there is nothing to worry about...

 

[srw]

Its a personal decision obviously

It really isn't. It needs mass uptake to be effective, so I'd cheerfully make it mandatory. And I'll happily be jabbed when the time comes - it's as important a part of being a member of society as paying taxes or getting educated.

 

[Chris S]

I'd accept the vaccine. I'll be able to go abroad if nothing else.

 

[winjim]

It needs mass uptake to be effective, so I'd cheerfully make it mandatory.

You'd need to rewrite the NHS constitution. Informed consent is a fundamental part of our healthcare system.

I would strongly encourage people to get vaccinated but I don't think any treatment or intervention should be mandatory.

 

[Brandane]

Thing is, I am 58, have a chronic medical condition, and work in a care home! So that puts me somewhere near the front of the queue, and our boss is already making certain assumptions that don't sit well with me. This is a new vaccine and who knows what the long term effects might be. I don't believe anything that any Government department tells me, so have serious reservations about being a guinea pig for this. It's not happening, unless there is a clear danger of death by coronavirus. I'm not convinced of that, either.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Thing is, I am 58, have a chronic medical condition, and work in a care home! So that puts me somewhere near the front of the queue, and our boss is already making certain assumptions that don't sit well with me. This is a new vaccine and who knows what the long term effects might be. I don't believe anything that any Government department tells me, so have serious reservations about being a guinea pig for this. It's not happening, unless there is a clear danger of death by coronavirus. I'm not convinced of that, either.

OK, so you have three alternatives here:

1. Remove restrictions but don't accept vaccine is safe. Consequence: about a quarter of a million dead, hospitals filled for months, ongoing outbreaks forever, millions affected by long term effects of illness.

2. Don't relax restrictions. Social distancing and intermittent lockdowns forever.

3. Vaccinate, accept the small risk associated given tens of thousands dosed in trials.

Which seems best to you?

 

[si_c]

I'll wait. I'm healthy and in a low-risk group. Let someone else have the opportunity to have it.

Quite happy to wait down the line until the most at risk are covered.

 

[classic33]

OK, so you have three alternatives here:

1. Remove restrictions but don't accept vaccine is safe. Consequence: about a quarter of a million dead, hospitals filled for months, ongoing outbreaks forever, millions affected by long term effects of illness.

2. Don't relax restrictions. Social distancing and intermittent lockdowns forever.

3. Vaccinate, accept the small risk associated given tens of thousands dosed in trials.

Which seems best to you?

Commonly used drug, tested and used on millions every year. Severe side effects within seconds of it being used/administered, in A&E. Use again, or accept the fact things will hurt?

Choice isn't as simple as you make out.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Commonly used drug, tested and used on millions every year. Severe side effects within seconds of it being used/administered, in A&E. Use again, or accept the fact things will hurt?

Choice isn't as simple as you make out.

No idea what you first paragraph refers to.

As to choice - if you think there's another option here, please elucidate.

 

[classic33]

No idea what you first paragraph refers to.

As to choice - if you think there's another option here, please elucidate.

You mentioned tens of thousands dosed in trials. I was on about a drug that is used thousands of times a day.

Severe reaction to it, when it was used. Does the person using/administering it carry the can when things go wrong. Because they've been told to use it(Don't feel this is fair on them), or do I get the chance to say "No, it's not safe for me".

 

[roubaixtuesday]

You mentioned tens of thousands dosed in trials. I was on about a drug that is used thousands of times a day.

Severe reaction to it, when it was used. Does the person using/administering it carry the can when things go wrong. Because they've been told to use it(Don't feel this is fair on them), or do I get the chance to say "No, it's not safe for me".

Well, I don't think anyone is proposing compulsion, so I still don't really get your point.

And if even a small proportion of the population refuse this vaccine, we're likely in the soup. So what's the plan then?

 

[Joffey]

Get a vaccine if your boss requires it

Or

Get a new job

Simples

 

[winjim]

Get a vaccine if your boss requires it

Or

Get a new job

Simples

Join a union.

 

[classic33]

Well, I don't think anyone is proposing compulsion, so I still don't really get your point.

And if even a small proportion of the population refuse this vaccine, we're likely in the soup. So what's the plan then?

That's something for the other thread, I feel.
I read the opening post as asking personal opinion on the matter.

It's not about refusing it, more the ability for it to be given without a severe reaction. AND no comeback on the person who administered it.