Would you take the vaccine?

[Scotrail12]

I'm not an anti-vaxxer but the whole way that they seem to be dependent on a vaccine makes me think it will be rushed and any connections to Bill Gates also makes me wary.

Would you take a vaccine against COVID-19 when it comes out?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Yes

 

[RomeoCharlie71]

Yes. However, as a relatively fit and healthy 18 year old with no existing health conditions, I won't be rushing to get jabbed as soon as it's certified as safe.

 

[Yew]

I don't have any particular concerns with the safety of it, but equally I'm at minimal risk, and may already have natural antibodies; so there are probably others who are further up the queue.

 

[MattA7]

NO- I’m not anti-Vaxer by any means I get the annual flu vaccine due to underlying health issues however the fact that the vaccine had been rushed would make me question the safety of it. My worry is that the government decides to make the vaccine compulsory which given the authoritarian police state we have become since the pandemic wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.

And please don’t say WHEN it comes out as there may never be one IF it comes out would be more appropriate. Unfortunately a lot of people including the government are taking modern medicine/science for granted and assume there will be a vaccine

 

[nlogax]

Yes. I have no qualms about the scale and speed of testing of the larger candidate vaccines in phase 3. Bring them on, let's regain our lives and for god's sake let's get past some of the tin foil and Bill Gates conspiracy madness.

 

[Spamcan81]

If it is found to be safe then I'll have no hesitation in being vaccinated.

 

[lkpridgeon]

No, not immediately. It seems a bit rushed and as I'm not high risk and live by myself I'd wait and see about about a year for any unintended side effects to crop up just to be safe.

 

[kristiang85]

If I'm given the choice, no. I'm not an antivaxxer, or worried about Gates, but i would be wary of something that's been rushed through. Also not being in a risk group, I don't see why I should take up one.

But if I need it to travel, for example, then I would begrudgingly have it.

 

[SouthEastBuses]

Yes but only if proven to be safe, and beneficial.

Otherwise I won't bother

 

[bramling]

I'm not an anti-vaxxer but the whole way that they seem to be dependent on a vaccine makes me think it will be rushed and any connections to Bill Gates also makes me wary.

Would you take a vaccine against COVID-19 when it comes out?

No. Not straight away.

 

[yorkie]

If I am offered it and/or getting it helps to lift restrictions, yes.

But I am not going to rush to get it ahead of anyone else who may need it more than me, after all the chances of me becoming particularly ill with a virus of this nature is absolutely miniscule (everyone I know who has tested positive since mass testing began has been asymptomatic or had very mild symptoms; the only person I know who was hospitalised recently had a rhinovirus and yet we don't get vaccinated for those!)

The main reason why I may be encouraged to take the vaccine is to reduce the risk of me passing it onto someone else; if that is deemed to be a reason why I should consider getting it, then of course, I will.

 

[43066]

No from me, at least initially. It’s being too rushed for my liking and I’d rather take my chances with the virus.

 

[Ashley Hill]

Once its proven safe and effective then yes. Once that happens would it be given to children like MMR etc?

 

[Scrotnig]

Yes I would when my ‘turn’ came.

 

[Yew]

Once its proven safe and effective then yes. Once that happens would it be given to children like MMR etc?

I would *guess* that distribution would be more like the Flu Jab?

 

[Ashley Hill]

I would *guess* that distribution would be more like the Flu Jab?

I was thinking more like the Polio sugar cube many of us had as children or that injection that left a blue dot on your left arm for life ( can't think of its name). The BCG!

 

[DustyBin]

No, not for a couple of years at least. I’m no anti-vaxxer but I‘m really not sure about this one.

Should a vaccine become available it will be interesting to see how many people refuse it, at least initially. I think a combination of it appearing rushed into production, various conspiracy theories and a general lack of trust in the government could lead to a low take up.

 

[NorthOxonian]

No, not for a couple of years at least. I’m no anti-vaxxer but I‘m really not sure about this one.

Should a vaccine become available it will be interesting to see how many people refuse it, at least initially. I think a combination of it appearing rushed into production, various conspiracy theories and a general lack of trust in the government could lead to a low take up.

I suspect the government would want to incentivise those who get vaccinated - possibly even paying people to do so (though no doubt the extreme end of the anti-vaxxers would see that as part of some conspiracy). They need to ensure it reaches a critical mass within the population.

 

[GusB]

Are they really going to rush it into production without proper testing, though? All drugs/vaccines etc. go through a rigorous process before they're approved for use on the general public.

 

[londiscape]

No - not for a few years at least, until proper testing and potential side effects of this particular rushed-through and highly politicised vaccine are known (if indeed it will ever exist, given that no other coronavirii have ever had a successful vaccine). Being in the lower risk set of population, these are of more concern than the virus itself. Am generally in favour of vaccines and have had quite a few - but there's too much incentive with this one to rush it out and sod any side effects especially if they don't manifest until after BoJo and DomCum have disappeared off the stage.

 

[Bantamzen]

No, mainly because I don't consider myself at risk from it, but also partly because I am concerned that covid-mania is forcing the vaccine to be rushed.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I think I would, only because it seems the logical thing to do (my personal opinion.)

 

[jtuk]

I might do in forty years when I'm at risk

 

[Mike395]

Yes - mainly as it’ll likely be required to travel abroad and being able to see my brother, sister in law and two nieces again outweighs any risk of complications for me.

 

[DustyBin]

I suspect the government would want to incentivise those who get vaccinated - possibly even paying people to do so (though no doubt the extreme end of the anti-vaxxers would see that as part of some conspiracy). They need to ensure it reaches a critical mass within the population.

The other way to incentivise it is to make life difficult for those who haven’t had it.... I can see that happening to be honest, there’s a precedent with businesses not letting people in who haven’t downloaded the NHS track & trace app (I had my first experience of this in a Costa yesterday). Hopefully I’m wrong

Are they really going to rush it into production without proper testing, though? All drugs/vaccines etc. go through a rigorous process before they're approved for use on the general public.

You’d like to think so, I’m in no rush to find out if that’s the case with this one though. It’s being developed in record time which makes me just a little nervous.

No - not for a few years at least, until proper testing and potential side effects of this particular rushed-through and highly politicised vaccine are known (if indeed it will ever exist, given that no other coronavirii have ever had a successful vaccine). Being in the lower risk set of population, these are of more concern than the virus itself. Am generally in favour of vaccines and have had quite a few - but there's too much incentive with this one to rush it out and sod any side effects especially if they don't manifest until after BoJo and DomCum have disappeared off the stage.

My thoughts exactly. I’ll take my chance with the Virus for now, I may even have had it!

 

[Bletchleyite]

Yes - mainly as it’ll likely be required to travel abroad and being able to see my brother, sister in law and two nieces again outweighs any risk of complications for me.

Yes, I'd expect it will be like Yellow Fever, you'll need a certificate in your passport and need to show it on entering another country or they won't let you in.

 

[GB]

How can you say the vaccine has been rushed when as far as I am aware doesn't even exist yet? Devoting large scale resources, time and effort doesn't at all mean it is "rushed" to the point of poor safety.

 

[Journeyman]

If it means I can get my life back, I'll fight my way to the front of the queue for it.

 

[trebor79]

How can you say the vaccine has been rushed when as far as I am aware doesn't even exist yet? Devoting large scale resources, time and effort doesn't at all mean it is "rushed" to the point of poor safety.

Exactly. There is a big difference between wielding massive resources to get things done at pace and rushing. If the vaccine was put out with only phase 2 testing complete, or before the phase 3 results had been analysed, that would be rushed. I don't think anyone is proposing that. Except maybe Putin with what appears to be a Russian copy of one of the vaccine candidates, but that's not our problem.

Eg. The Heathrow third runway was going to take something like a decade to build. In the late 1930s and early 1940s we managed to build entire airfields capable of supporting several bomber squadrons, thousands of people, technical facilities, hangars etc in a matter of months starting with a green field (and quite often with very poor extant transport infrstructure). And we did it hundreds of times. It was done at pace, but was by no means rushed as where those facilities haven't been demolished they are still in place - hangars and runways in particular are often in near pristine condition despite perhaps 60 or 70 years of zero maintenance after abandonment in the years following the second world war.

So yes I'll have the vaccine, but I won't rush because there are people who are far more at risk than me. I would encourage everyone to get vaccinated as soon as they can though, as many of the vulnerable folk will not be able to have it due to problems with their immune systems, and the only way the vaccine will benefit them is if enough in the general community have it to achieve herd immunity.

The Bill Gates conspiracy theorists can do one. I have no time for nonsense like that. I saw someone on Twitter claiming that Swedes have barcodes tattooed onto their arms for test and trace and "monitoring". People actually believed it! Just goes to show that just because there are people pushing these theories doesn't mean it isn't a load of old tripe.