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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
This is the Government list of vaccines that have caused some people to become severaly disabled. I've never been on an antivax site:
https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment/eligibility
Maybe some of these are fine with some people, but not with others??
The covid vaccine might be the same, nobody know one way or the other yet. This is one of the problems with my strategy of waiting until others, who are prepared to have it first, have had it and waiting to see what happens before I make a decision as to whether to have it or not. It could take some time for any negative effects to show themselves, but how long do I remain shielding to see what happens, 6 months, years?? Is it better to take the risk and at least have the chance of having a more normal life for the remaing time that I have left? I really don't know. |
The frequency of severe side effects from vaccination are extremely rare to the point of statistically being very difficult to be confident that there is a systemic issue with the vaccine. Vaccines, like all drugs are continuously monitored for safety and efficacy throughout their life though schemes like the
yellow card scheme from the MHRA.
The vaccine payment scheme was set up to cover for these extremely rare events. There is very little proof needed to show that is was specifically a vaccine that caused the issue.
In the end it's all about risk - how much risk is enough? What level of risk from the vaccine is acceptable here - for example, if the virus kills 1% of those infected but the vaccine kills 0.000000001%, is the risk acceptable?
I will be taking the vaccine to protect myself, my family and for the good of society in general.