Will you get vaccinated, assuming a covid vaccine is developed?

[FridgeMagnet]

I mean it's all about perception of relative risk and utility, isn't it, like any other medical treatment? And without any information about an actual vaccine it's hard to make that call definitively right now, unless you are anti-vax or Q or don't believe in diseases or something equally mad.

Assuming it was as safe and effective as vaccines normally are, sure I would personally, just like I get vaccinated for other stuff, though I'd be quite far down the list anyway. Not even terribly worried if it has a short lifespan and I need a new one every year - I suspect this will end up being just one of those things. But that depends on a lot of personal positions which are not universal.

 

[8ball]

I don't mind having it so long as someone else I know has it too, and then we can go to the pub.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Whilst it won't be made compulsory, I can see it being a bit like the yellow fever jab in that countries won't allow you entry without evidence that you have had it. It might also be a requirement for attending large gatherings such as music festivals, concerts and the like.

Yellow fever vaccine is now regarded as lifetime immunity from a single dose. It was every ten years.

 

[girasol]

If I'm lucky enough to be allowed to have it, I most definitely will. But I'm guessing higher priority groups will be offered it first. There will probably not be enough vaccines for everyone on the NHS.

 

[campanula]

I expect I will, eventually, but I won't be clamouring for one until I can see that there is enough to ensure people like my beloved daughter-in-law are first in the queue. Despite being a bit old, I don't feel I am at much personal risk (being generally anti-social and shy, working in outdoors isolation).

 

[xenon]

Public transport could be one place which could reasonably limit access to vaccinated only, for a limited period. Although not sure I’d be happy with the kind of surveillance infrastructure this would require. Also maybe more likely to affect the less well off.

don’t be daft. What if you’re not due to have your vaccine for another eight months. You can’t go to work. Never mind people not having it deliberately.

 

[William of Walworth]

Whilst it won't be made compulsory, I can see it being a bit like the yellow fever jab in that countries won't allow you entry without evidence that you have had it. It might also be a requirement for attending large gatherings such as music festivals, concerts and the like.

There's already been talk of this -- fairly loose talk so far -- in festival circles.

If (if!!) there's a vaccine ready well ahead of next June, I think most**Glastonbury-goers would be fine with such a requirement

**And the minority (I reckon!) of Glasto anti-vaxx loons would exclude themselves -- bonus!

ETA : And short of a vaccine, the Eavises were talking (in an interview the other week) of all crew and ticket-holders getting tested in advance of them entering the fest ....... obviously, there aren't any details of this yet.

 

[oryx]

I'm getting it unless there is evidence from reliable sources (WHO etc not anti-vax loons or charlatans like Wakefield) that there is a risk I don't want to take.

I voted probably but if there is a reliable, relatively risk-free vaccine it will be 'definitely'.

 

[Doodler]

Happy to get it, soon as.

 

[platinumsage]

There's already been talk of this -- fairly loose talk so far -- in festival circles.

If (if!!) there's a vaccine ready well ahead of next June, I think most**Glastonbury-goers would be fine with such a requirement

**And the minority (I reckon!) of Glasto anti-vaxx loons would exclude themselves -- bonus!

ETA : And short of a vaccine, the Eavises were talking (in an interview the other week) of all crew and ticket-holders getting tested in advance of them entering the fest ....... obviously, there aren't any details of this yet.

I don’t see it. I can’t imagine venues requiring vaccine documentation in this country. Once the vaccine is widely available, most people willl get it and there will be herd immunity. No point then checking everyone’s docs just to identify those without..... I mean no UK festivals currently ask for proof of measles or polio vaccination do they?

 

[maomao]

no UK festivals currently ask for proof of measles or polio vaccination do they

Should hope not. I had a reaction to the first half of the (pre mmr) measles vaccine and so was unvaccinated. And then got measles twice.

 

[sojourner]

I always find it quite hilarious when people that will happily snort any white powder or pop any pill they buy from a random person or on the dark web are like "Oh no way will I trust this nasty medicine."

Back in the 90s, I wouldn't touch so much as a paracetamol after a 3 day bender on pills and whizz, just in case it tipped my liver over the edge

 

[William of Walworth]

I don’t see it. I can’t imagine venues requiring vaccine documentation in this country. Once the vaccine is widely available, most people willl get it and there will be herd immunity. No point then checking everyone’s docs just to identify those without..... I mean no UK festivals currently ask for proof of measles or polio vaccination do they?

Good points, I was a tad sceptical myself about the Eavises loose talk --very loose -- in the interview of needing all those entering site to be tested. They didn't mention vaccine documentation anyway.

There's still a lot of details to be worked out about how and whether festivals can happen next year, and planning too. But at least Glastonbury has a good deal of experience of organising things, and at this point plenty of time too, so it may well be that things turn out more efficient than apparant so far.

 

[dessiato]

I'm in a risk group. If/when I can get a vaccine I'll get it.

 

[crossthebreeze]

I'd definitely get it if it was offered to me (obviously those at higher risk, nhs/care workers etc should get it as first priority).

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I'd get it.

It might let my chips get better 5g reception.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I don’t see it. I can’t imagine venues requiring vaccine documentation in this country. Once the vaccine is widely available, most people willl get it and there will be herd immunity. No point then checking everyone’s docs just to identify those without..... I mean no UK festivals currently ask for proof of measles or polio vaccination do they?

Point taken, to an extent. measles and mumps, even in adults aren't as potentially fatal as this plague. The last UK polio case was in 1984.

The last outbreak of polio in the UK was in the late 1970s, and the last case of naturally-occurring polio in the UK was in 1984. Vaccination has eliminated polio in almost all countries in the world. Only three countries still officially have polio circulating in the population: Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria.13 Aug 2018

 

[campanula]

I am appalled and freaked out at even a sniff of forced vaccinations and certificates etc.etc...they (govt.) can absolutely fuck right off with that- authoritarian state bullying, abuse of data with some lying shite about public health. I have quite enjoyed looking a bit ninja and buggering up facial recognition cameras, with my masks.

 

[existentialist]

I definitely think that there should be no question of forced vaccination, etc.

But if we reached a situation where a proven vaccine could be demonstrated, then there should be at least some very strong incentives in favour of taking it. You don't want to criminalise people who for, personal, medical, or ideological reasons choose not to vaccinate, but I think that this choice shouldn't be a totally self-indulgent one - it should have consequences appropriate to the choice made.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You don't want to criminalise people who for, personal, medical, or ideological reasons choose not to vaccinate, but I think that this choice shouldn't be a totally self-indulgent one - it should have consequences appropriate to the choice made.

Exile them on Rockall. That should do the trick.

 

[platinumsage]

If anyone is worried about safety, note that the professor in charge of the Oxford vaccine inoculated her triplet sons in early safety trials, so she’s obviously confident.

 

[8ball]

If anyone is worried about safety, note that the professor in charge of the Oxford vaccine inoculated her triplet sons in early safety trials, so she’s obviously confident.

 

[Sue]

IIRC though, her sons are late teens/early 20s (and biochemistry students or some such?) so old enough to make up their own minds.

 

[Teaboy]

Looks like 70% of those taking part in the trials recorded some sort of reaction, though nothing more serious than a headache and / or a fever.

 

[existentialist]

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TBF, that's not a doctor, but a Tory politician, John Gummer. The Michael Gove of his age.

 

[8ball]

Looks like 70% of those taking part in the trials recorded some sort of reaction, though nothing more serious than a headache and / or a fever.

1:1 activelacebo?

 

[belboid]

Looks like 70% of those taking part in the trials recorded some sort of reaction, though nothing more serious than a headache and / or a fever.

I wish it was less, much less. As the fact that I had no reaction whatsoever makes me think more n more that I am merely vaccinated against teenage meningitis

 

[SpookyFrank]

Public transport could be one place which could reasonably limit access to vaccinated only, for a limited period. Although not sure I’d be happy with the kind of surveillance infrastructure this would require. Also maybe more likely to affect the less well off.

And folk who, for whatever reason, are on medical advice not to get the vaccine.

 

[Pickman's model]

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the strange thing is that selwyn gummer looked like that before eating the burger.

 

[SpookyFrank]

So I'm not anti-vaccine, never have been. But I have had a bad vaccination. And that affects how I think about this one. I've answered 'probably'. My gf, who has seen the way my life has been affected at close quarters can't believe I'd even vote 'probably'. Like I said, a quandary. A big one.

What would you do/how would you feel if you were me?

I have also had a 'bad vaccine' so would be in a simillar position. And because it'll be new, there's likely to be no information on whether or not I'm likely to react badly to any covid vaccine based on prior reactions to other stuff (in my case it was the diptheria jab) and the medical advice would most likely be along the lines of meh, there could be a risk, you decide. Which is just great.