Will You Have The 4Th Jab?

[Barsel]

A friend of mine who has bone cancer is going for her 4th jab on Wednesday.
If it was offered to you,(if you qualify) would you take it?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/fourth-covid-jabs-for-over-75s-and-vulnerable-in-coming-weeks/ar-AAU5mVj?li=BBoPWjQ

[Mamyalynne]

Not old enough for a while.

[Barsel]

It would be helpful to know if this is going to be an ongoing thing if you are immune depressed or over a certain age.
Will it be a yearly thing or perhaps every 6 months?
What about when a new variant appears, will that mean another jab?
As usual, I don't think we are given enough information.

[cashier]

As someone who thought three in nine months for the same illness, was too many, I'm not sure. Not old enough by quite a way so plenty of time to think about it.

[Sqad]

Barsel, as far as I know and also information from my contacts there has been no side effects from the initial jab on the heart or from "top up" boosters.

My main question is:
How long do we keep going having quarterly boosters?

[anneasquith]

Jno. Sorry to hear about hubby .

[Barsel]

Mamya, do you not come under the 'vulnerable' category?

[Barsel]

Sqad, exactly. have a look at my post at 18.37.

[Sqad]

Yes Barsel I have seen it and that we share the same concern.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't Barsel.

As Covid is constantly evolving I don't think they can give us information until they have it.

[hellywelly4]

I would have it. My daughter had the first two but never ‘got round’ to having the booster and she has been really poorly this week. Not bad enough to go to hospital but she sounds dreadful and says her throat is really sore.

[bobbinwales]

//As usual, I don't think we are given enough information.//
Thats because they probably dont know.... will new variants appear, will they continue to reduce in how severe they are, will the warmer weather help,. My guess is it'll be at least one other booster this year, maybe late spring/early summer and then another combined with flue jab annually starting Oct

[nailit]

Why would you want to keep pumping something into your body,
that has no known long term side affects?
Asking for a friend...

[Barsel]

Just wondered how folk feel about having these chemicals put into their body on a fairly regular basis.
I know of people who don't have the flu jab because they think it gives them the flu, and I know of people who won't have the Covid jab because of the chemical element.

[douglas9401]

If warmer weather was a panacea you might expect Australia to be less worried about travellers.

[rockyracoon]

I’d have it if I fell into that category.

[Mamyalynne]

The thing is, we have a choice.

[Barsel]

Mamya we do have a choice, but we can't really make a choice unless we have all the information.
My friend is having her 4th jab, but there is probably not enough information on it as probably not many people have had the 4 jabs, but she is willing to take the chance.

[nailit]

//The thing is, we have a choice//
We do at the moment.
Other countries dont.

And please tell us how pumping something into your body that has no known long term side affects is beneficial in the long run?

[Mamyalynne]

They can't tell us what a virus will do before it does it.

[douglas9401]

There might not BE a long run if you can't complete the short run.