AleTax
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Oh the thread is back alive ahahaha. Glad you're not feeling too bad
Are you getting vaccinated?
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I’ll live, and it shows that the body is providing a good immune response. And Mrs Cooper has been making me endless cups of tea this evening, I haven’t had to get off the sofa at all. So the benefits are definitely outweighing the negatives 👍
AleTax
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Do you think there will be a fourth booster shot or a fifth one as well?
Too early to say, some very clinically vulnerable people here in the UK are set to have a total of four shots but government/NHS guidelines may change again. One of the doctors I work with reckons it will become an annual thing for the vulnerable and the 50+ age group, like the flu jab. We shall see…
AleTax
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I hope there will be soon something that will avoid us to have a booster shot each 6 months - 1 year
I'd be one of those folks but... there tends to be some disconnect between GP, hospital and whoever else as to if and when such things happen. Fwiw I think I might be due for a third shot but then again, communication outside the above is also poor as well as getting clear answers. Probably best to wait until my Rheumatologist appt in December and if she thinks it's necessary she'll force it through way faster than me asking. She's a bit of a warrior like that. At least I actually got a flu jab already this season, same time as I had routine bloods done so they can be efficient when they want to.
You’ll have Pfizer or Moderna, AZ has fallen out of favour as it seems to decline in effectivity.
Martinr36
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Yeah not kept up with that type of thing, as long as it does the job, that's what matters, had flu jab, a few weeks back
Reminds me need to book mine
3qtrsamericano
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My mum is 79 and currently in Karachi has had four jabs. She initially had the Chinese vaccine earlier this year (Sinopharm I think - Yes, I too find it ironic that the manufacture of a vaccine has the word "harm" in it!).
And she recently has had two jab's of the Pfizer. I'm actually going to Karachi soon where you can pay to get your jabs so thinking I might get the Pfizer as my booster whilst I'm out there as my second jab of AZ was back in early July.
And she recently has had two jab's of the Pfizer. I'm actually going to Karachi soon where you can pay to get your jabs so thinking I might get the Pfizer as my booster whilst I'm out there as my second jab of AZ was back in early July.
I've got AZ twice, the first one was real rough. Like really badly ill rough, the second one I was completely fine though
Be interesting to see what I get next and hopefully don't have a bad reaction again. Had real anxiety getting the second one it was that bad and generally they don't bother me
Be interesting to see what I get next and hopefully don't have a bad reaction again. Had real anxiety getting the second one it was that bad and generally they don't bother me
TonyCarter
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It'll 'blow your mind' then to find out that the same word is used by all pHARMaceutical companies
My booster is booked for end of November (6 months after my 2nd jab). I've not had any serious reaction (i.e. nothing more than a slightly tender arm around the injection area for a couple of hours) to either of my previous jabs.
I'm still waiting for the text from my docs for my booster jab (it should be due at about the end of this month - ie about 6 months after the 2nd jab) - I had AZ for my first two but my docs have said all boosters from them will be Pfizer (no matter what you had for the first two)
3qtrsamericano
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I suppose the bigger Q is, for those will young kids, would you allow them to be vaccinated? I've got a 6 and 11 year old.
I don't have kids so my thoughts may not be quite what you were looking for, also as someone with an immune system that is a bit of a moron (I got my third immune system disease about a year ago lol) so I might be a tad biased, I think they should be
Absolutely! If it’s been proven that the vaccination is safe for the specific age category and the healthcare authorities recommend it, the real question becomes why wouldn’t you you get them vaccinated?I don't have kids so my thoughts may not be quite what you were looking for, also as someone with an immune system that is a bit of a moron (I got my third immune system disease about a year ago lol) so I might be a tad biased, I think they should be
Martinr36
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You can go on the NHS site and book it, they dropped back from 6 to 5 months to wait before booking
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My eldest used to eat garden snails...
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