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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 8, 2020 22:02:52 GMT 10
With news that a 90 year old woman in the UK has become the first person in the West to be administrated with a COVID-19 vaccine, I thought it would be interesting to see how many of us are planning on receiving a dose once it becomes available in our countries.
Personally, I won't be. I'm not an anti-vaxer by any means, however I have concerns about the potential side-effects of a COVID-19 vaccine. We can't say for sure that there won't be any long-term side effects to taking the vaccine. Just 11 months ago, the virus was still being referred to as a "mysterious viral pneumonia" and hardly anything was known about it at all. Clinical trails on average take around 7 years to complete; no COVID-19 vaccine candidate has fully completed Phase III trials as of yet, and that's despite the fact that vaccines are now being rolled out across the UK. It's simply too much of a risk to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at this stage.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2020 1:26:25 GMT 10
I don't expect it to be available for my age group before late 2021. By then it will have been tested for over a year and that is safe enough for me. I plan to get it as soon as it's available.
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Post by slashpop on Dec 9, 2020 2:39:12 GMT 10
I don't expect it to be available for my age group before late 2021. By then it will have been tested for over a year and that is safe enough for me. I plan to get it as soon as it's available. I can't help but feel 2021 it not going to be that different from now, since COVID isn't going away over night. I have a feeling we'll feel a change in 2022 and at most mid to late 2021. Even the year 2022 almost sounds different, like a title of a futuristic movie.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2020 3:08:33 GMT 10
I don't expect it to be available for my age group before late 2021. By then it will have been tested for over a year and that is safe enough for me. I plan to get it as soon as it's available. I can't help but feel 2021 it not going to be that different from now, since COVID isn't going away over night. I have a feeling we'll feel a change in 2022 and at most mid to late 2021. Even the year 2022 almost sounds different, like a title of a futuristic movie. You are probably right. People are not taking the disease as seriously as they used to, which might ironically make 2021 more deadly than 2020. I'm hoping the disease abates in the summer like it did last time but there's no guarantee. 2022 gonna be the real MVP.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2020 7:30:06 GMT 10
Not sure.
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Post by goodbants on Dec 9, 2020 12:24:16 GMT 10
My dad will be one of the first to get it cause he’s a doctor. He said this is a very low risk vaccine and I trust his opinion on medical things so I’m not too worried about getting a vaccine.
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Post by longaotian on Dec 9, 2020 16:58:22 GMT 10
Im not sure. I don't really know much about the vaccine yet and I feel like there could be some long term effects we don't know about yet due to the short time frame that the vaccine was developed. Also I live in a country where the virus is eradicated so it's not too urgent.
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Post by ItsMichael on Dec 12, 2020 12:31:37 GMT 10
Probably not. Our immune systems are good at handling at fighting off sicknesses like covid or the flu. I'd rather not have a fluid injected into my body.
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Post by smartboi on Dec 12, 2020 16:26:22 GMT 10
I plan to just wait and see. So maybe
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 20, 2020 20:46:35 GMT 10
I'm surprised by the number of people who have voted "no". With how dire the situation currently is across Europe and especially the United States, I was honestly expecting more people to be wanting to receive a dose as soon as they could.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 1:57:31 GMT 10
I'm surprised by the number of people who have voted "no". With how dire the situation currently is across Europe and especially the United States, I was honestly expecting more people to be wanting to receive a dose as soon as they could. I think I saw who voted early on and most of the no votes were from Australia, which makes sense. You guys are gonna have to get vaxxed eventually though, it's not a fun disease to have around. The hospitals are overflowing, surgeries are being cancelled, people are losing their jobs and businesses are shutting down, inequality and mental health problems are going up, you start hearing about people being hospitalized or dying from it your own social circle instead of on the news. You make sacrifices, forego important events and seeing people you care about, don a mask, all so you can protect others, but then you concurrently hear news of people crashing the malls, going on vacation, having large gatherings for minor holidays like Halloween, going to Church to sing music etc. which render all your sacrifices to naught and you rapidly lost faith in society. I am so ready to move on from this sad chapter.
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Post by SharksFan99 on Dec 21, 2020 9:28:59 GMT 10
I think I saw who voted early on and most of the no votes were from Australia, which makes sense. You guys are gonna have to get vaxxed eventually though, it's not a fun disease to have around. The hospitals are overflowing, surgeries are being cancelled, people are losing their jobs and businesses are shutting down, inequality and mental health problems are going up, you start hearing about people being hospitalized or dying from it your own social circle instead of on the news. You make sacrifices, forego important events and seeing people you care about, don a mask, all so you can protect others, but then you concurrently hear news of people crashing the malls, going on vacation, having large gatherings for minor holidays like Halloween, going to Church to sing music etc. which render all your sacrifices to naught and you rapidly lost faith in society. I am so ready to move on from this sad chapter. I saw an opinion poll at the start of this month which revealed that less than two thirds of Australians say they will definitely receive the vaccine. Another poll from August had it at 56%, which if accurate, wouldn't be close to being enough to achieve herd immunity in the country. The main problem is the fact that many of us have become too complacent. We hear about the lack of ICU beds and the overcrowded hospitals across Europe and North America, but we have so far been spared from that. It really isn't comparable. Down here, we freak out when 20 new cases are reported in the one area, but your country is receiving 6,000+ cases daily. Australians would soon get a reality check if they were to experience what is going on elsewhere in the world.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 10:00:25 GMT 10
I think I saw who voted early on and most of the no votes were from Australia, which makes sense. You guys are gonna have to get vaxxed eventually though, it's not a fun disease to have around. The hospitals are overflowing, surgeries are being cancelled, people are losing their jobs and businesses are shutting down, inequality and mental health problems are going up, you start hearing about people being hospitalized or dying from it your own social circle instead of on the news. You make sacrifices, forego important events and seeing people you care about, don a mask, all so you can protect others, but then you concurrently hear news of people crashing the malls, going on vacation, having large gatherings for minor holidays like Halloween, going to Church to sing music etc. which render all your sacrifices to naught and you rapidly lost faith in society. I am so ready to move on from this sad chapter. I saw an opinion poll at the start of this month which revealed that less than two thirds of Australians say they will definitely receive the vaccine. Another poll from August had it at 56%, which if accurate, wouldn't be close to being enough to achieve herd immunity in the country. The main problem is the fact that many of us have become too complacent. We hear about the lack of ICU beds and the overcrowded hospitals across Europe and North America, but we have so far been spared from that. It really isn't comparable. Down here, we freak out when 20 new cases are reported in the one area, but your country is receiving 6,000+ cases daily. Australians would soon get a reality check if they were to experience what is going on elsewhere in the world. I think I saw an international poll which had Australia among the highest willingness rates, actually. Canada and the UK were up there too thankfully. 56% might get the vaccine immediately and more might get it over time, it's hard to say with the way the question is phrased. www.ipsos.com/en/global-attitudes-covid-19-vaccine-october-2020
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