Being inundated with information on the coronavirus and some of the information conflicting we have to decide which path we will take. With a high recovery rate do you get vaccinated with vaccines whose productions and testing don't meet the normal trials vaccines are put through? This is a very trying time for the citizens of the world. I hope that you will make it through this ordeal we are all faced with. My wife and I decided to forego being vaccinated at this time. Maybe down the road when our situation changes We have made it through a year since the outbreak of COVID. A week ago my wife started showing symptoms and mine started a day later. We went to be tested and both tested positive. It turned out to be like a bad case of influenza. Low grade fevers, aches, headache, coughing, although not a lot and some stomach queasiness. She is at day 9 and I am at day 8. The symptoms are deminishing but it wears on your body just as the flu does.
I understand what you're going through. The last time I got a flu shot, it sent me to bed for more than 10 days. I asked a couple of my doctors about whether or not I should get the COVID shots and based on my circumstances and prior reactions to the last flu shot, they said it was probably not a good idea for me at this time. I'm sure I'll be hated for it, but oh well.
Yes, you get vaccinated. The vaccines have been tested, even if it happened more quickly than usual. But mostly, it is not just yourself you have to consider. Getting vaccinated protects others besides yourself. I am glad to hear that you and your wife are recovering and I hope you are not one of those unfortunate people who get over the acute phase only to find that they are plagued by long term debilitating after effects. I also hope that in the phase before you started to show symptoms you didn’t pass the virus on to someone else who will not get over it, just like having the flu.
I had my first shot last Sunday and I’m looking forward to getting my second shot ASAP.
@marlboromaam If people like me, who don’t have a serious reaction to vaccines, will go and get vaccinated that will also serve to protect people like you who have a real potential problem with receiving a vaccine.
I decided to get vaccinated and because the highly contagious UK variant is the most common cause right now I am glad I made the choice. Some people have been sick but no one drastically so. I also do the flu vaccine each year. I lost an aunt to Covid so I am hoping the vaccine will save people.
Its a choice we all need to decide upon. Being a transplant patient and immunosuppressed my Drs actually were insistent about it. Even tough the probably effectiveness is much less for me anyway. I did have a bad reaction to the first dose but suffered through the bad few days.I have already taken the second dose and still keep my distance and circle tight.
I'm glad to have decided to get vaccinated because of a range of reasons. I'm glad to know I'm less likely to infect others. I'm glad to know that if I do contract the virus, I will not be on a ventilator or die. I'm glad to know that with the new variants, I am more likely to remain safe from serious illness. And I'm glad to have gotten it because some of the data coming out about long-term neurological consequences are scarier than the disease itself. I believe in the concept of herd immunity, knowing that the virus will tenaciously look for hosts and not die out until there are no more available. And I believe it important for those able to get it to do so, to protect those who are unable to for health reasons. I do wish you a safe and long-term recovery from it.
@marlboromaam - Mags, don't allow what other people think you should do influence your decision. Unless you asked them for their opinion. Your decision is solely yours. You have to do what's right for you based on the information you have gathered and your doctor's recommendation.
Hmmm - so topical. We have just had an announcement that the Gov is not going to give the Astra Zenica vaccine to anybody under 50. Unfortunately that's the one our lab makes!
So sorry to read that. I had the Astra Zeneca first jab 11 days ago, despite a personal history of allergies and low platelet/blood clot. Talked to my GP first and decided to go ahead. It is a personal thing. I have a strong "over reaction" allergy thing in my body and that is the fatal factor for many, so on balance it seemed wise to take the vaccine. I am also a carer for an elderly relative with leukaemia and in the past year have lost 9 people, 4 of them to covid and had friends suffer from "long covid" for months. Equally there are those who felt dreadful for a few weeks and then fine again. But I spent ages weighing it all up.
I do heartily wish you both well soon and send you lots of love.
Immunisation is in early stages here at this point we are not going to have it
I had my first shot last Sunday and I’m looking forward to getting my second shot ASAP.
I do heartily wish you both well soon and send you lots of love.