Would you take a Coronavirus Vaccine

[NETWizz]

Question... what are your thoughts on a Coronavirus vaccine? Would you take a Coronavirus vaccine if it were offered to you?

Thanks

 

[Metanis]

Oh for sure. I have severe health problems and the vaccine is much less of a risk than actually getting the virus. My state is running behind but I'm already scheduled for it in mid-March.

 

[britechguy]

Absolutely. And I don't care which one.

The statement made by @Metanis applies regardless of the specific vaccine, barring some specific medical reason to avoid one: "the vaccine is much less of a risk than actually getting the virus [illness]." It's a no-brainer.

 

[backwoodsman]

If the risks were lower, or the benefits greater, I'd be open to considering it. But even in the mainstream news it can be seen that the risks are far greater, and the benefits far less, than is being widely represented, and further research confirms that. So, no, I absolutely won't take it. I wouldn't take it even if I were high risk; Covid just hasn't been that bad for everyone I know who has had it, even the high-risk ones, and the risks of the vaccine are higher for higher-risk people.

 

[HCHTech]

Yep - don't care which one, either. As soon as I'm able to get one I'll be in line. I'd like to see my friends again (the ones that have survived) - properly celebrate the lives of those who have not survived - eat out at a restaurant again (hopefully some will have survived) - see a show again (hopefully some of those venues will have survived). The sooner we all get vaccinated, the sooner those things will be possible.

 

[britechguy]

If the risks were lower, or the benefits greater, I'd be open to considering it. But even in the mainstream news it can be seen that the risks are far greater, and the benefits far less, than is being widely represented, and further research confirms that. So, no, I absolutely won't take it. I wouldn't take it even if I were high risk; Covid just hasn't been that bad for everyone I know who has had it, even the high-risk ones, and the risks of the vaccine are higher for higher-risk people.

Citations, please. You make more unsubstantiated claims about Covid than virtually anyone else on these forums. Nothing is ever backed up by peer-reviewed information.

Nothing you have written above in regard to the Covid-19 vaccines, or vaccines in general, holds up in any peer-reviewed study.

And your assertion that Covid hasn't been that bad for everyone I know who has had it relies on anecdotal evidence and a sample size that's too small to generalize from. My younger brother had it, and a mild case of it, but is one of the "long termers" who are having lingering effects. As he wrote to me, "I had the pleasure of having COVID in June and still have residual issues. Believe me when I say you definitely want to take all precautions to avoid it."

A word to the wise is sufficient.

 

[nlinecomputers]

If the risks were lower, or the benefits greater, I'd be open to considering it. But even in the mainstream news it can be seen that the risks are far greater, and the benefits far less, than is being widely represented, and further research confirms that. So, no, I absolutely won't take it. I wouldn't take it even if I were high risk; Covid just hasn't been that bad for everyone I know who has had it, even the high-risk ones, and the risks of the vaccine are higher for higher-risk people.

I haven’t seen any legitimate news source say that there is any significant risk. I know 8 people that have died of it. Two were young and in good health.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Citations, please. You make more unsubstantiated claims about Covid than virtually anyone else on these forums. Nothing is ever backed up by peer-reviewed information.

Nothing you have written above in regard to the Covid-19 vaccines, or vaccines in general, holds up in any peer-reviewed study.

And your assertion that Covid hasn't been that bad for everyone I know who has had it relies on anecdotal evidence and a sample size that's too small to generalize from. My younger brother had it, and a mild case of it, but is one of the "long termers" who are having lingering effects. As he wrote to me, "I had the pleasure of having COVID in June and still have residual issues. Believe me when I say you definitely want to take all precautions to avoid it."

A word to the wise is sufficient.

THIS x100

 

[nlinecomputers]

Oh to answer the OP question. Yes, I will take the vaccine as soon as possible. I am diabetic and thus high risk so I'm 1B on the lists.

 

[Mike McCall]

I will. Too high risk not to. Besides, a few reactions to the vaccine doesn't compare to several hundred thousand dead from the virus.

 

[britechguy]

Besides, a few reactions to the vaccine doesn't compare to several hundred thousand dead from the virus.

None of which have been fatal, either. Where anaphylaxis has occurred, it can be reversed, and it's now standard protocol to observe after vaccination for long enough (generally 15 minutes) to be certain that it will not occur in a given individual.

Any accurate risk analysis clearly shows the risks of a vaccine, any vaccine, are far, far lower and of less concern than the risks of the illness it prevents. Vaccination is one of the public health miracles for the ages, and has saved innumerable lives and untold amounts of pain and suffering.

 

[PBComputer]

Yes I will. I’m class as venerable so will have it as soon as I’m offered it.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Yes, as soon as I can my wife, myself, and my eldest daughter will be getting it. I've got a chronic illness in the house to contend with that grants me at best, two weeks of pure hell whenever ANY infectious agent wanders in the door much less something with actual risks attached to it.

Furthermore, as an IT professional that works for many different companies moving around and doing my job makes me an infection vector. Even if every one I know doesn't suffer from any sort of long term issue medically from getting sick, I don't want to be responsible for spreading a super cold through entire offices worth of people. They are who puts food on my table, and if they have no one working because everyone is sick; as COVID tends to do to offices when it makes it in them... they aren't paying me.

This is literally a condition where moral imperatives and economic imperatives align. That's how clear of a decision this is.

 

[lcoughey]

No thanks.

 

[Kitten Kong]

I was offered it last week. Had my appointment on Fri afternoon.

Local Army were doing all the booking in, really professional about it.

Sat down in the chair in front of the check in guy, who was asking me all manner of questions.

One being, do I have any allergies. I do, to 2, different forms of medication. Gone into Anaphylactic Shock, and being rushed to hospital, and given Adrenaline etc. Not nice trust me.

This caused an issue, so the nurse came over, and asked me about the allergies. He passed me over to the main boss Doc, who came over. And said, If I were you, I wouldn't have the Pfizer vaccine (Which was being given on Fri), but instead have the Astra Zenica (Oxford) One. (This is fine with me, as I preferred to have the AZ one in any case).

I would be contacted early next week, when they were doing the AZ jab.

Yesterday at 1500, my phone goes, can I get to the med centre within the hour, as they had some slots open for the AZ jab. So I had it yesterday.

Side effects:

So far, loss of balance at times.
Arm sore. Not able to sleep on my right last night.
Difficulty getting to sleep.
Lethargy.

But compared to a mate of mine, who is currently in hospital suffering from Covid, and collapsed last night there, and had the crash team to him during the night. The last thing I want is to be in hospital.

I'm taking crazy precautions, not to get it.

 

[Alexey]

Probably no.

 

[sapphirescales]

Sure, once they come out with a whole virus vaccine. I'm not taking that mRNA garbage. The technology is too new and is still unproven. We have no idea what sort of long term health effects an mRNA vaccine will have. There has never been a successful human mRNA vaccine until now, and with the liability protections granted to these vaccine companies, there's no way I'm trusting them with a new, experimental technology.

Whole virus vaccines have been around forever. It's a trusted, proven technology. Unfortunately they're more expensive to produce and take longer to make than mRNA vaccines, which means a whole virus vaccine is still at least a few months away from now.

A lot of these so-called "anti-vaxxers" aren't anti-vaxxers at all. They just want the type of vaccine that's been proven safe and effective, not the "let's make a quick buck and who cares if we kill people because we have legal immunity" type of vaccine.

 

[Markverhyden]

Not for many years. While I'm on the wrong side of the half century mark I've no health issues other that what one would expect at my age. I, for one, am not enamored with new things just because people are crowing about it. That especially goes for any medical/health related things. There is no undoing 99.999% of health procedures. Anything that is genetic related, which are all relatively new, should be tested for years. This includes mRNA. On the other hand I can completely understand why those with serious chronic conditions are willing to get the vaccine. I would also, but I'd probably hunker down a few more months just to be on the safe side.

 

[Larry Sabo]

I'll be very pleased to get my jab when my time comes. I believe the chances of dying because of having taken the vaccine are much lower than of not taking it.

 

[NETWizz]

The reason I bring this up and start this topic is because I am a healthy male between 35-40 years old and though I do actively treat high blood pressure and am compliant with my medication... I do not directly work in patient care.

Turns out due to my profession, I am being given an opportunity to take the vaccine early.

I work in a role as one of two key individuals for a state government doing Computer Networking under a network security umbrella. In fact, the organization I work for is instrumental in leading my particular state's COVID-19 relief effort from testing to vaccine coordination. Being the place I work is a statewide Agency, it turns out we have over 128 Information Technology personnel, and I was identified by a director who is maybe #2 or #3 in the Agency over all of the other districts within the State. The matter was further discussed with a laboratory director (over an entire bureau of laboratories) as being essential to our State's operation. Basically, it was determined that while I could potentially do 90% of the jobs the 128ish IT employees do, only one(1) other person who works for us has the same knowledge I do, and that while my knowledge-set could be hired or contracted, (i.e. I am replicable regarding my skills), it would take much more time and money than filling an average IT vacancy; moreover, actually not needing to refer to diagrams and knowing how everything is built State-wide from BGP, Internet and WAN circuits, Redundancy, OSPF, EIGRP, VLANS etc. it would take weeks to months for someone unfamiliar to hit the ground running.

Last Thursday I was felt out if I would be interested in possibly taking a vaccine if some magic could happen and I received an appointment invitation. I expressed interest and 26 hours later got an invite to VAMS by the CDC.

I completed the information and was immediately authorized to setup an appointment.

I am apprehensively optimistic because they have also been very good to me letting me work from home 95%+ of the time even to the extent of hiring contractors to go into our locations and install switches to protect me from having to go into said locations. They have treated me very good. I desperately want immunity to this horrible virus, but I also feel uneasy about its mRNA package. That said, I strongly feel like our lives need to return to normal. I also feel honored to have been given such an opportunity.