The vaccines | vaxxed boosted unvaxxed? New poll

How's your immunity looking? Had covid - vote twice - vax status and then again for infection status

  • Vaxxed but no booster

  • Boostered

  • Still waiting in queue for first vaccine dose

  • Won't get vaxxed (unless I have to for travel/work etc)

  • Past infection with covid + I've been vaccinated

  • Past infection with covid - I've not been vaccinated

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P-Ro said:
Got my booster 2 hours ago. Vaccination centre I booked my appointment in was pretty crowded with most of the people there being walk-ins. They made efforts to try and maintain social distancing unlike what happened for my first jab. Pretty upset with myself that I didn't book it weeks ago as I live with someone with a weakened immune system and it would have been much quieter then. I know I'm now going to be spending next 2 weeks being a hypochondriac and filled with so much anxiety that I might have got caught covid there due to the new variant being 4 times more transmissible than delta. I hate being a worrier.
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I've developed a sinus issue the last few months so I regularly have to count 14 days out whenever I'm in a situation that screams potential risk so I get it. I WFH so that's helpful but live with others so constantly have to be keeping distance when possible even though everyone here is full vaxxed. Luckily we don't have Omicron here. Mainly delta so good for now.

But the Health Ministry decided this week to start boosters for everyone 18+. Last week they'd said only health workers and 60+ but expanded it this week when they got more resources. I got my second jab in October and they're going with the recommended 6 months so will see.
 
Got Pfizer shot #3 yesterday AND the flu shot same time. Thought I may have to lay low but just tiredness and a stiff left arm so far. Covid shots leave soreness and stiffness at the injection site but not flu shots for some reason
 
What is the scientific reason behind the half shot of Moderna for the booster?
 
Just got my booster. First time having a jab as an adult without popping a diazepam beforehand due to my phobia. Went really well. One positive about this whole shit show has been a possible easing of my phobia.
 
Ikon said:
I had severe Covid in January which put me into Intensive Care.
I was told it was unlikely that I'd survive, and infact I did sadly witness every other patient on my ward die whilst I was there.
Later I discovered that three of my ICU Nurses had also subsequently died too.
Psychologically, that was really tough to get past, I've never seen so many dead bodies before, and I did have an issue with survivors guilt which I've had counselling to come to terms with.

One of the consultants did tell me, that because I'd had such severe Covid, that my anti bodies would be better than any vaccine that's ever released, just how accurate that is, I really don't know.

I have recently had Covid for a 2nd time, and I was fine, not particularly unwell at all.
Chills and fever for a couple of days, but it didn't develop into anything worse than that, and yet since January, I've been certain that a 2nd bout of Covid would finally kill me off..!!

Whether that 2nd bout was subdued because of natural resistance, or because I'd had two AZ vaccines and a Moderna booster, or it was just a weaker strain of Covid, who knows?
Possibly some sort of combination of each of these factors at play, but its anyone's guess I suppose.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm glad to hear that what didn't kill you made you stronger.
 
Ramshock said:
Got Pfizer shot #3 yesterday AND the flu shot same time. Thought I may have to lay low but just tiredness and a stiff left arm so far. Covid shots leave soreness and stiffness at the injection site but not flu shots for some reason
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I've got some swelling under my arm/chest area. This happened last time mind and went after a couple of days.

Can actually feel the water in comparison to the other side. Weird.
 
Just had a booster of Moderna. First two shots were Pfizer.

The guy administering the shot said they recommended that they mix vaccines to help with immunity. First I’ve heard of that…
 
decorativeed said:
Just got my booster. First time having a jab as an adult without popping a diazepam beforehand due to my phobia. Went really well. One positive about this whole shit show has been a possible easing of my phobia.
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Nice, is having to get them more frequently than normal making them easier to approach?
 
decorativeed said:
Just got my booster. First time having a jab as an adult without popping a diazepam beforehand due to my phobia. Went really well. One positive about this whole shit show has been a possible easing of my phobia.
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Sounds like it could be the start of a diazepam phobia.
 
Conor said:
Nice, is having to get them more frequently than normal making them easier to approach?
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Possibly. Also the environment. Got my first two in a tent, and this one on a modified bus! Not having to go into an obviously medical environment has helped a lot.
 
Can someone help me out please?

I have read on several web pages that you should not get a booster jab untill four weeks after your isolation date has passed if you have recently had Covid.

I finished my isolation after covid two weeks ago and was hoping to get my booster done before Xmas as I know we have my wifes parents coming round and wanted to be as safe as possible for them.

Does anyone know if that is the case - I have to wait four weeks?
 
Champ said:
Can someone help me out please?

I have read on several web pages that you should not get a booster jab untill four weeks after your isolation date has passed if you have recently had Covid.

I finished my isolation after covid two weeks ago and was hoping to get my booster done before Xmas as I know we have my wifes parents coming round and wanted to be as safe as possible for them.

Does anyone know if that is the case - I have to wait four weeks?
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I think you would be considered extremely safe as someone who has just had covid anyway.
 
lynchie said:
Big booster numbers today - still need to go up by another ~30% to reach end of December target, and not convinced many people are going to be getting jabbed on Christmas Eve/Day. Still, good to see the achievement of the people involved on the ground.
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Booked my booster for next Friday and I was surprised by how many available slots there are. The vaccination center is in central London, which I presume is quite busy otherwise.
 
3rd dose taken now.
Should have taken it a few months back, but was sick.

Also wtf is with you guys getting 2 shots at once? We've been strictly told no other vaccines 2 weeks prior to the covid vaccine.
 
I've been eligible to get the booster since the 6th of December. We get walk-ins with no prior registration, so whenever. It was really bad after my first shot, so I decided to wait a bit, so I could somehow fit a day in bed between my work shifts and kids' school stuff. However, after reading some of the hot takes in the Football Forum, I decided to go and get it today. feck it, I will ask for one for each limb.
 
Ødegaard said:
3rd dose taken now.
Should have taken it a few months back, but was sick.

Also wtf is with you guys getting 2 shots at once? We've been strictly told no other vaccines 2 weeks prior to the covid vaccine.
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They give the flu and covid vaccine combined here, but for some reason the covid must go in first, even if its only a minute before.
 
Flu in left arm, Pfizer covid jab in right arm at the vaccine centre I went to here. They recommended the different arm thing so that could keep tabs on any reactions.

The trials of doing them at the same time in the UK started last year, and continued when they did the booster trials in the summer. No new side effects found and no worsening of the immune response. They don't do it everywhere in the UK but I think that's more an admin thing at some centres rather than anything medical.
 
How have people been exercising a few hours after having their booster? I've booked mine for Monday but been asked to play football on Monday evening so not sure whether it makes sense to just delay it until Tuesday instead.
 
saivet said:
How have people been exercising a few hours after having their booster? I've booked mine for Monday but been asked to play football on Monday evening so not sure whether it makes sense to just delay it until Tuesday instead.
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At the rate this variant is spreading surely its more responsible to delay the football? I ended up booking my booster shot a few weeks later than originally planned and low and behold I tested for positive on the day I received my jab. Don't be like me. The sooner the merrier, even if it is just a day.

Maybe you'll be lucky enough not to get any noticeable side effects from the booster anyway.
 
Kaos said:
At the rate this variant is spreading surely its more responsible to delay the football? I ended up booking my booster shot a few weeks later than originally planned and low and behold I tested for positive on the day I received my jab. Don't be like me. The sooner the merrier, even if it is just a day.

Maybe you'll be lucky enough not to get any noticeable side effects from the booster anyway.
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Fair point. I can't reschedule my appointment until a few days later now anyway so I'll either try to get a walk-in slot tomorrow or just continue with my appointment as it is.
 
saivet said:
How have people been exercising a few hours after having their booster? I've booked mine for Monday but been asked to play football on Monday evening so not sure whether it makes sense to just delay it until Tuesday instead.
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I had my booster at 4pm yesterday and went bouldering from 8pm to 10pm.

Arm is a bit sore today but reckon I could play football. Wouldn’t be shouldering anyone very hard, mind you.
 
Managed to move my booster appointment earlier, got it next week. Keen to get it done and keep my head down until Christmas day.
 
Six months late and a billion doses short of their year end production target Novavax gets a EUA from WHO.



The WHO approval is based on production at SII in India.

EMA approval may come next week or it may get bounced back until the UK and EU production can be certified as well.

Just for clarity - this is a vaccine designed to fight the original Wuhan variant. It started clinical trials in the UK in October 2019. It's also been through trialists in the US, Mexico and India. Clinical trials showed it works well against the Alpha and Delta strains.
 
Heardy said:
Just had a booster of Moderna. First two shots were Pfizer.

The guy administering the shot said they recommended that they mix vaccines to help with immunity. First I’ve heard of that…
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My first two were Pfizer and had my Moderna booster on Wednesday. I cannot describe how ill i've felt since the booster. I've felt pretty much every side effect from common to rare. Was a bit ropey after 24 hours bit since this morning its actually been vile.

The nurse who administered it said "you will probably be poorly. I felt nothing after my first two Pfizer jabs
 
Just over 24 hours on and my arm and shoulder are really fecking sore. I'm also a bit fatigued but all in all, it's not too bad.
 
jojojo said:
Six months late and a billion doses short of their year end production target Novavax gets a EUA from WHO.



The WHO approval is based on production at SII in India.

EMA approval may come next week or it may get bounced back until the UK and EU production can be certified as well.

Just for clarity - this is a vaccine designed to fight the original Wuhan variant. It started clinical trials in the UK in October 2019. It's also been through trialists in the US, Mexico and India. Clinical trials showed it works well against the Alpha and Delta strains.
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This is currently my big worry with Valneva - that the MHRA say sure, it looks good for WT Covid, but probably not so good for Omicron, so we're not approving. I expect I'll be getting my two more doses of Pfizer next year.
 
Champ said:
Can someone help me out please?
I have read on several web pages that you should not get a booster jab untill four weeks after your isolation date has passed if you have recently had Covid.
I finished my isolation after covid two weeks ago and was hoping to get my booster done before Xmas as I know we have my wifes parents coming round and wanted to be as safe as possible for them.

Does anyone know if that is the case - I have to wait four weeks?
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Don't read 'several web pages' just look at the official NHS guidance, which states..

If you've recently tested positive for coronavirus, you should wait until 4 weeks after the date you were tested positive to get any dose of the vaccine. You should do this even if you have no symptoms.

So roughly speaking, if you tested positive on the first of the month, you could get a booster from the 29th.... ;)
 
Ramshock said:
swelling? is that a normal enough reaction because Ive not heard of anyone having that.
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Yeah, it's your lymphatic system reacting to the vaccine. Doing what it's supposed to do when under attack from a virus. Same thing happened to people I know, but settled down after a few days or so.
 
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