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For all adults means everyone above 18. That seems rather extreme. It is important to remember that initially we meant to protect the vulnerable. I still remem

For all adults means everyone above 18. That seems rather extreme. It is important to remember that initially we meant to protect the vulnerable. I still remember when several government ministers in their late 50s and people even in their 80s contracted COVID-19 and the majority of those were saying in TV interviews that they had luckily only mild symptoms. I remember when the chief medical officer was stressing that even though the virus can be deadly that the vast majority of people will experience no or very mild symptoms. That was at the beginning of the pandemic. I contracted the virus like at the very start and I had indeed only mild symptoms. Almost a year later I received my very first shot as soon as I was eligible. I was very happy because people were saying that I could get COVID again and I simply didn't want to be unwell for a week again even if it was a mild illness to me. Then I got my second shot as well as soon as I could get it. I was convinced that after my natural infection that I had a very strong immune response, because I was knowingly exposed to COVID many times before I got my first vaccine jab and never felt ill again. Now I have had: - Natural infection before vaccine: I had a very mild illness - 1st shot - 2nd shot - Many natural exposures to COVID which might have boosted my immune response. I honestly don't feel very keen anymore on yet another jab. Mainly because when I got my first two jabs I had quite noticeable heart palpitations for a few days after and now I'm thinking why do I still need to keep getting more jabs if even when I didn't have a jab at all I was already strong enough to shake off the virus. I do understand that we need to have a lot of immunity and I do believe that I have a lot of immunity without any further boosters. I'm certain that my natural immunity has given me the best protection from the beginning with the jabs acting as long lasting boosters. Can someone explain to me why I should even entertain the idea of yet another booster. I feel like I'm ok to get infected with COVID-19 once every so often like with a cold or flu. We all have a baseline protection which we didn't have before. Now our illness should be mild for everyone, even the older and more vulnerable people.

mpmpmpmp 5y ago
Your last paragraph seems like the sort of discussion that should be had with a healthcare professional, not random people on the internet.
laurent92 5y ago
I’m persuaded governments make law what “most people want”, and media impacts what people want a lot. Measures don’t seem related to factual conditions (but to the current level of panic/impressions) so, to decide whether you need a jab, we should rather have a more paced media coverage.
noahtallen 5y ago
> Can someone explain to me why I should even entertain the idea of yet another booster. It honestly sounds like this is a conversation for your doctor, considering the possible heart thing. Regardless of public policy (which will be to protect the most people and reduce hospital burden), individual health concerns will always be the final answer to your question. One reason for the healthy to get vaccinated is to reduce the risk for someone who can’t be vaccinated for some complication or another. It’s also worth noting that both flu and COVID are dangerous and severe enough to not want to get them. (Way more so than the common cold, which doesn’t take long to get over.) Hence the yearly flu booster that some folks opt for. Honestly, the political side of this will optimize towards reducing the burden COVID takes on the health system. If there are too many people with severe cases in the hospital, the rest of us can’t get treated for other ailments. That sort of thing just doesn’t happen with the flu regularly, and it’s the sort of thing public policy is supposed to solve.
- dustinmoris 5y ago
  > It honestly sounds like this is a conversation for your doctor, considering the possible heart thing Yes, if I must get a third jab in order to be allowed to roam freely then I will probably ask my GP if I could get a different vaccine the next time. I had Moderna as my first two jabs and perhaps having the Johnson or Oxford is something to consider.
detaro 5y ago
> Now our illness should be mild for everyone, even the older and more vulnerable people. Well, data shows it sadly isn't, that's why we talk about booster shots, because data looks like they help with that.
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mpmpmpmp 5y ago

Your last paragraph seems like the sort of discussion that should be had with a healthcare professional, not random people on the internet.

laurent92 5y ago

I’m persuaded governments make law what “most people want”, and media impacts what people want a lot. Measures don’t seem related to factual conditions (but to the current level of panic/impressions) so, to decide whether you need a jab, we should rather have a more paced media coverage.

noahtallen 5y ago

> Can someone explain to me why I should even entertain the idea of yet another booster. It honestly sounds like this is a conversation for your doctor, considering the possible heart thing. Regardless of public policy (which will be to protect the most people and reduce hospital burden), individual health concerns will always be the final answer to your question. One reason for the healthy to get vaccinated is to reduce the risk for someone who can’t be vaccinated for some complication or another. It’s also worth noting that both flu and COVID are dangerous and severe enough to not want to get them. (Way more so than the common cold, which doesn’t take long to get over.) Hence the yearly flu booster that some folks opt for. Honestly, the political side of this will optimize towards reducing the burden COVID takes on the health system. If there are too many people with severe cases in the hospital, the rest of us can’t get treated for other ailments. That sort of thing just doesn’t happen with the flu regularly, and it’s the sort of thing public policy is supposed to solve.

dustinmoris 5y ago
> It honestly sounds like this is a conversation for your doctor, considering the possible heart thing Yes, if I must get a third jab in order to be allowed to roam freely then I will probably ask my GP if I could get a different vaccine the next time. I had Moderna as my first two jabs and perhaps having the Johnson or Oxford is something to consider.

detaro 5y ago

> Now our illness should be mild for everyone, even the older and more vulnerable people. Well, data shows it sadly isn't, that's why we talk about booster shots, because data looks like they help with that.

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