Wife and I were both fully vaxxed and still got what I assume to be the delta variant. We aren’t out of the woods on this yet.I don’t want you to get Covid and I most especially don’t want you to end up in hospital with it. That would be unpleasant for you, add to the workload/risk of already exhausted NHS staff and raises the chances that the triage standards of care we both don’t want will have to be implemented as they have been in many states in the US.
That is why I’ve been trying to answer the questions you have raised about the vaccine to the best of my ability.
The way vaccines work with our bodies means that the chances of long term side effects that we don‘t already know about are extremely low - all the side effects of previous vaccines have been discovered within mere weeks.
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However the other side of the risk equation is that unless someone takes an awful lot of precautions Delta is so prevalent and transmissible they are likely to be exposed to the virus in the next few months. You seem to be relying on what you believe was a previous exposure for protection but as that article I previously linked to indicated, https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/09/infection-immunity-covid-19-vaccines/620099/ the science is currently unclear exactly what protection that provides and for how long. It also assumes you really had Covid - given the lack of tests available in Feb 2020 unless you have had a antibody test to confirm it could well be that all you had was a nasty cold. Even if you were previously infected the vaccine is likely to dramatically increase your antibody levels and your ability to fight off the virus.
Please at the very least get the flu vaccination - flu and Covid is a really bad combo (both for a person and healthcare services) and anything that can done to reduce its spread this winter will be particularly important.
Have booked my flu jab at the pharmacy for 1 October. Don’t normally get it but thought better to be safe than sorry this year. The health care service in Northern Ireland is struggling badly already, so god knows what could happen with a big flu outbreak.
