Not sure why you decided against it. but your decision. I had it last thursday. oxford at home.
I would rather have some immunity then non i want my life back. You will always be looking over your shoulders if you dont have it. millions have had the vaccine and rare to have a severe reaction to any of them.
stay safe we have another variant now.
sorry about your family but she is having it mild. also it is a two part vaccine so isnt full protection and people must carry on with normal restrictions until they have the second part.
she did right to have the vaccine. xxx
the flu jab is only about 45per cent and many go on to get the flu variant at the time. the flu jab is based on PROBABILITIES not fact.
the flu jab is certainly not 100 percent no where near it.
vaccines take time for our bodies to deal with and get our auto immune working against it.
i have a lot of friends on facebook who have had covid and all have recovered well all are different ages some have been vaccinated others not (younger).
seems the worse hit is up north and london with the effects of this variant. sadly.
I had covid19 last April last year but it was mild thank goodness. (I have had worse colds) It did knock me about for a couple of weeks afterwards though. I was not sure about having the vaccine but the experts suggest that you have the vaccine even if you have had covid19. For the sake of a pin prick in my arm I think it is worth having it. Whose to say if I did get covid19 again it wouldn’t be worse and that I wouldn’t end up in hospital or even die!
I’m not sure why people are so cool with taking a vaccine when there is no data to support that decision. The whole reason some countries are refusing to give the Oxford vacinne to over 65’s is because there was not enough people of that age included in the trials. Can anyone tell me how many people with MS were included in the trials? You won’t be able to, the data isn’t there. I have CIS and am on prednisolone and have spent ages trying to work out which of the vaccines is best for me and what their efficacy is for the immunocompromised. Again, it is impossible to get this data. I am finding it very difficult making an evidence based decision.
I guess it depends on what you consider to be the greatest threat, a vaccine safely taken by 10,000,000 people, or a virus that has caused 100,000 deaths.
Have you considered discussing your concerns with a health professional?
Hi everyone
I really need to get more information about Covid vaccine. Before that scare to having jab. GP 2 times called me for that but I need more information.
Hi, no I haven’t because I know my GP and he will give almost exactly the same response as you, which is a fair, logical response, but does not address the problem or the issues at hand. Sure 10,000,000 have been vaccinated, but how many of them have MS? On another thread in this forum someone says that (anecdotally) he heard of people having relapses after being vaccinated. Unless he is making this up, it does appear that the vaccine could cause MS sufferers problems.
According to the Barts Blog the vaccine was tested on some people with MS, but no mention of the numbers involved. You will find lots of good information on that site and worth checking out.
I hope you find the level of detail you seek to make your choice.
That’s brilliant Whammel, many thanks
I have spoken to my GP and he told me I can’t have the vaccine as it will react to some of the meds I’m on I also can’t have the Oxford vaccine as that has got something in it that I’m allergic to so even though I decided before speaking to GP I wasn’t going to have as not enough evidence/data on either of them I can’t have either of them anyway so either way I can’t have them. But I think people are in to much of a rush to have it as they think they will be able to do what ever they want when in reality they won’t things will not be back normal for a long time and now they are testing giving people one of each of the vaccines
I agree with you i don’t think things will ever get back to normal.We will have a new normal eventually because far too much has changed.I said last year this pandemic will go on for a lot of years,not months.
do you have the flu vaccine? I had covid no problems. I have about five MS friends who have had it no problems. the point is if you get covid you will have problems BIG ones. Nothing is guaranteed.
I looked a the science. The astra zeneca was the one i wanted and i got it. It comes from a natural process mostly used before successfully. its based on a cold virus.
adding disease x to it.
i dont have the FLU JAB. but i have had covid as i have lost 4 friends to covid all my age or younger all vulnerable and were ill. I have never lost a friend to flu.
I dont believe anyone anecdotally i follow and read science. the science is there. the more MSERS who report the after effects the better surely. I am a guinea pig proud to be. I have reported my symptoms on ZOE (covid19).
Its your decision. I didnt ask i just read science and made my own decision. Everyone has their own ideas.
this is the science. https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n86
we have had 2 serious coronaviruses before 2002 and 2012. Oxford knew we would have another so did China and The Who they were only waiting for the DISEASE. the vaccines already in place just had to be modified to work with the new spike protein of SARS 2.
its down to a cold virus see chimpenzee lol. andenoid virus.
Okairos focused on developing chimpanzee adenoviral vectors that closely resembled human Ad5, and it soon formed a collaboration with a newly founded vaccine center at the University of Oxford called the Jenner Institute. The Oxford team used one of the Okairos chimpanzee-derived vectors to develop a malaria vaccine, which became the first chimpanzee-derived vector to be tested in humans.
In 2012, the Oxford group developed its own chimpanzee-derived vector, dubbed ChAdOx1, based on an adenovirus discovered in chimpanzee feces. The Oxford team went on to create the spin-off company Vaccitech in 2016 and has developed experimental vaccines for a number of diseases, including AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and Middle East respiratory syndrome, which is caused by the MERS coronavirus.
I had the vaccine yesterday. I’m 66, with SPMS, having had RR for over 20 years. I’m not on any treatment. This morning my arm is still slightly sore, but no other effects. It’s certainly had no effects on my MS. I would do as CC suggests, and read the scientific papers on it if you need more info, eg BMJ, Lancet etc.
As an update. I have now had my jab thismorning. I’m 35 with RRMS. I went straight from Jab to work. I had the Oxford astrazenica Jab. My arm is a little saw with some tingles in my fingers, this happened when I had my flu jab too. I’m feeling exceptionally fatigued so going home to rest. Other than that hope all stays well
You are right in that they didn’t include many people with autoimmune conditions on the trials. And it is well known that those of us with autoimmune conditions tend to do OK on vaccines generally, as long as they’re not live ones like Yellow Fever. None of the COVID 19 vaccines ontai live viruses. So the decision for us is to weigh up the real and serious risk of getting Covid, when you have MS, and a theoretical but probably small risk of the vaccine causing more trouble for us than for civilians. I’ll plump for the vaccine any day.
Alison
Hi everyone, please bear in mind that ALL restrictions must stay in place even after the second dose. You can still pass it along with 2 doses in your system. I’m a vaccination nurse and have MS. I had mine, to me its common sense to take the protection it offers take care all
It’s not a vaccine as we understand them, this jab is gene therapy and is new technology never used on humans before.
It’s GM modified and alters your DNA forever.
As a previous commitment has said lots of other country’s have stopped giving it to over 65’s because of the effects.
Lots of country’s have a agency set up to report the adverse effects and deaths from the jab which your able to look at.
Unfortunately the UK’s government is not letting the general public view the effects reported to the UK’s Yellow Card agency ???
Also while researching this new MRNA jab I find that some known effects on healthy people was, Bells Palsy and Demilanation.
I have had Bells Palsy caused by a relapse and Demilanation showed up on my MRI scan and is what helped lead to my diagnosis.
Having had covid-19 for just over a week before recovering, I will carry on with my vitamin D, C and zinc thank you.
And be happy to spread it to others I presume?
Have you submitted your findings to the government, or even your MP?
The information is freely available for you to do your own research.
Why would I inform the government? They already know this information.?
I have already had covid-19, it’s extremely rare to catch it again, this has only been reported in a handful of people around the world and all of them had milder symptoms than the first time.