The wife and I, had our first coronavirus vaccine today (70 to 79 years of age group)
After the first AstraZeneca vaccine, we are now booked in for the normal flu shot, and also for the second AZ vaccine
As far as I am aware, our age group does not have the option, of which vaccine we wish to have
landy said
09:32 PM Apr 10, 2021
Thank you Tony and Bev for re-launching the topic. Hopefully this time it will not be hijacked.
Landy
-- Edited by landy on Saturday 10th of April 2021 09:54:44 PM
Cupie said
10:54 PM Apr 10, 2021
We had ours last Tuesday & we too are booked in for the flu shot & the 2nd AV. No side effects yet.
Cowboy7307 said
07:53 AM Apr 11, 2021
Lesley and I had our first shot A week past Saturday, Lesley had very little side affects , Sunday i had the worst flu i can remember, was in bed for 2 days, and was ok on Tuesday, booked in for second shot for 12 week after
Tony Bev said
05:51 PM Apr 11, 2021
Approximately 24 hours since the vaccine
No problems so far
Below is the UTube vid, which was sent to the wifes smartphone, on the morning of the vaccine
They do not trust me with a smartphone, they said that if I had half a brain, and a smartphone, I could be dangerous
The vid is 3 minutes 27 seconds, and Eaton is a suburb of the greater Bunbury area
tea spoon said
08:09 PM Apr 11, 2021
my partner and i havent had it yet ....booked for 21 this month ........A/Z we will have the other is for young ones ......have no idea if its needed each year .......but if i dont have it i hate to think what might be the consequences .............
ConsumerMan said
09:39 PM Apr 11, 2021
Wife and I had our first AZ jab on Friday. I had slight headache on Friday night which went after taking paracetamol. The wife woke Saturday with a thumping headache, very sore arm and feeling unwell. She has come good now but her arm is still sore and she has a red hard area at the injection site about the size of a twenty cent coin.
ConsumerMan said
09:40 PM Apr 11, 2021
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Aus-Kiwi said
09:54 AM Apr 12, 2021
Its normal to have slight flue like symptoms! Its preparing your immune system ! So it fights it when you get it full time !! Not me yet Im too young at 67 ., Let the people who really need it get it !!
Possum3 said
10:49 AM Apr 12, 2021
I have had first injection using AZ Vaccine, I have suffered absolutely no side effects or pains - I trust my doctors advice and will accept 2nd injection when it is due with gratitude.
I was eligible for Phizer but due to stuffing around and uncertainty with appointment at COVID Clinic I accepted AZ at Dr surgery - No Brainer.
-- Edited by Possum3 on Monday 12th of April 2021 10:53:11 AM
landy said
09:12 PM Apr 12, 2021
Booked ours today for the 26th of April. I want to get it out of the way so we can get some traveling done this year with a bit of luck. Landy
blaze said
12:07 AM Apr 13, 2021
had my az on the 7th, from the time I drove to the clinic, straight in at 3.30 , through the maze and out the door by 3,45. didnt even realize I had been jabbed. It helped I was firsst through the door. I am only 60yo but lots of reason to be jabbed in this lot
cheers
blaze
DMaxer said
10:15 AM Apr 13, 2021
I haven't had mine yet and remain uncertain as to whether I will in the future. There are a few things that I find quite disconcerting. I remember since the virus first became news that it was serious and could even lead to death. Countries were ravaged by this virus and even here in Oz there were hundreds of deaths. We then hear about this vaccine and hope springs eternal. We now have the latest update from the "experts" and it is advised that persons under the age of 50 not have the AZ vaccine. As the other alternatives are in short supply I ponder this question: If we know the hideous repercussions of contracting the virus and that the so called likelihood of complications or adverse reactions to the vaccine is minimal, why are persons under the age of 50 being advised to forego the AZ vaccine. Isn't the message, "you are better off running the risk of catching the virus and having its effect then taking the vaccine and risking its effects? It has to be one or the other. Either the vaccine is more risky than the virus or that you have zero chance of catching the virus.
Another thing that troubles me is how does the vaccine know that you are either under or over the age of 50. What if you are an extremely fit 60 year old or a slothful, overweight unhealthy 40 year old? Could it be that the over 50s are more expendable?
The other thing that I think about are people's reactions to getting the vaccine. Does it really matter what you feel like at the time of getting the vaccine or a week later. Isn't the real test what condition you are in six or maybe twelve months from now.
I am not trying to put the frighteners into anyone nor am I anti vaccinations. Perhaps I just don't believe the messengers or have too much time on my hands.
Whenarewethere said
10:28 AM Apr 13, 2021
Middle of the year for me to get on the queue if things haven't got worse. So in the meantime will minimise my risks by avoiding spending money in public environments.
DMaxer the advice isn't 'NOT' to have the vaccine if under 50. The advice is that is 'MAY' carry some risks so if you are worried avoid getting it. There is NO ban on those under 50. Some states, for whatever reason, have made some changes to the CMO's advice. That's all.
I read that the chances of getting covid is approx 100 per million. The chances of clotting from the vaccine is 4 per million. So if you don't get vaccinated good luck. But I know what risk I'll be taking. Which has the higher risk? By the way the same risk comes from other drugs. It's not unique to the covid vaccine.
Again the media and some politicians are milking the issues for all they can get out of what is regarded by the experts as a very very low risk.
DMaxer said
11:30 AM Apr 13, 2021
My old mum is finally getting vaccinated with the AZ vaccine at her aged care facility in about two weeks time. What was to be a group sessions of carers and residents has now been changed to residents only as the carers are mostly under the age of fifty and for reasons not stated by the aged care facility, will not be having it.
Perhaps those media persons and politicians have milked it for all they can get out of it at mum's aged care facility, bgt. I wonder why they are not listening to all those experts.
-- Edited by DMaxer on Tuesday 13th of April 2021 11:54:05 AM
Mike Harding said
12:20 PM Apr 13, 2021
Looking at the number of people suffering blood clots with the AZ vaccine and the much smaller number of those who die I am astonished it is being withdrawn from under 50s in Oz. Your chances of being killed in a car crash this year are far higher. I strongly suspect this was a political rather than a medical decision.
I'll have whichever vaccine my quack recommends.
Snippy said
01:11 PM Apr 13, 2021
I was all for the Vax, but in view of recent developments I won't be taking part in this experimental circus.
bgt said
03:29 PM Apr 13, 2021
We have been told today you have a much much higher chance of winning loto than getting clots from the vaccine. That's from Australias top "expert". So do we believe the "experts" or the politicians or media?
Nothing in life is 100% guaranteed. I'll take the chance with whatever vaccine is offered.
And before anyone asks if I know what I'm talking about, I do. I almost died from pe. Blood clots. I'm as high a risk as they come. But I reckon that the odds are pretty good.
DMaxer said
04:19 PM Apr 13, 2021
Sorry to interrupt your sermon bgt, but in light of the latest blood clot case in WA today, the Chief Medical Officer of WA has advised that any person under the age of 50 booked in for their AZ vaccination should "not bother turning up". His actual words.
Perhaps you should give him a call and tell him.
bgt said
04:57 PM Apr 13, 2021
DMaxer choose your "expert". Australias CMO is who I call the main "expert". I don't consider WAs "expert" any smarter than all those rolled out over the past 12 months.
Why do folks get so irrational when someone puts up an alternative view? If you don't agree ok. But keep your hair on. Jeez.
Corndoggy said
05:05 PM Apr 13, 2021
Daughter is a nurse, she got the pfizer vaccine and had a minor reaction. Her friends got a AZ and had reactions that made them feel quite unwell.
I got the AZ and have had no reaction what so ever. Will be booking in for the second dose when the time comes.
bgt said
05:21 PM Apr 13, 2021
Why is it that up to 1% of long haul flights result in blood clots. DVT. Yet we are ok with that risk. Yet the vaccine is way way less of a risk. And we're not ok with that risk. A risk that is way less than the risk from covid.
Hi Mike. I think that is a good idea waiting for your GP's advice and following that.
I don't think you will have to wait too much longer. I see the AMA are just waiting for the Govt to agree for either a disclaimer or an acceptance that they will pick up the bill for any liability exceeding 500K for any individual claim for damages. Once that is sorted it is onwards and upwards.
DMaxer said
06:33 PM Apr 13, 2021
bgt, what is your expertise in selecting which expert to follow. Is it the one who the politicians tell you to follow or do you have some special skill?
If it is so safe, why did our fearless leader choose the other?
bgt said
07:45 PM Apr 13, 2021
DMaxer I guess I have as much expertise as you in the matter. None. But when we start choosing who to believe based on our own fear the judgments get clouded. My guess is that the boss of the TGA has all the information that you and I don't have. I'll believe him thanks very much. After all they are the folks who are responsible for every other medication we take in Australia. So why wouldn't we trust them?
dogbox said
08:10 PM Apr 13, 2021
2 clot cases out of nearly 1 million vaccines i wonder how many other people had clots that didn't have the vaccine?
Bicyclecamper said
09:37 PM Apr 13, 2021
It hasn't been delivered to our area yet, and I checked , I am in 1a, so have not received it yet. My doc, said it is a long way away for us.
banjo said
11:03 PM Apr 13, 2021
Had ours yesterday, my wife had zero after effects, not even a sore arm, me, well after a day in bed today with bursting headache, shivers and generally feeling pretty crap, I'm now this evening feeling a little better.
My cousin in UK had covid a while back, he's in his 40's, he said it was like being run over by a truck and couldn't breathe properly for 2 weeks !
It looks like the original thread has been closed
I am in the South West of Western Australia
The wife and I, had our first coronavirus vaccine today (70 to 79 years of age group)
After the first AstraZeneca vaccine, we are now booked in for the normal flu shot, and also for the second AZ vaccine
As far as I am aware, our age group does not have the option, of which vaccine we wish to have
-- Edited by landy on Saturday 10th of April 2021 09:54:44 PM
We had ours last Tuesday & we too are booked in for the flu shot & the 2nd AV. No side effects yet.
Approximately 24 hours since the vaccine
No problems so far
Below is the UTube vid, which was sent to the wifes smartphone, on the morning of the vaccine
They do not trust me with a smartphone, they said that if I had half a brain, and a smartphone, I could be dangerous
The vid is 3 minutes 27 seconds, and Eaton is a suburb of the greater Bunbury area
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-- Edited by ConsumerMan on Sunday 11th of April 2021 09:42:57 PM
I have had first injection using AZ Vaccine, I have suffered absolutely no side effects or pains - I trust my doctors advice and will accept 2nd injection when it is due with gratitude.
I was eligible for Phizer but due to stuffing around and uncertainty with appointment at COVID Clinic I accepted AZ at Dr surgery - No Brainer.
-- Edited by Possum3 on Monday 12th of April 2021 10:53:11 AM
Landy
cheers
blaze
I haven't had mine yet and remain uncertain as to whether I will in the future. There are a few things that I find quite disconcerting. I remember since the virus first became news that it was serious and could even lead to death. Countries were ravaged by this virus and even here in Oz there were hundreds of deaths. We then hear about this vaccine and hope springs eternal. We now have the latest update from the "experts" and it is advised that persons under the age of 50 not have the AZ vaccine. As the other alternatives are in short supply I ponder this question: If we know the hideous repercussions of contracting the virus and that the so called likelihood of complications or adverse reactions to the vaccine is minimal, why are persons under the age of 50 being advised to forego the AZ vaccine. Isn't the message, "you are better off running the risk of catching the virus and having its effect then taking the vaccine and risking its effects? It has to be one or the other. Either the vaccine is more risky than the virus or that you have zero chance of catching the virus.
Another thing that troubles me is how does the vaccine know that you are either under or over the age of 50. What if you are an extremely fit 60 year old or a slothful, overweight unhealthy 40 year old? Could it be that the over 50s are more expendable?
The other thing that I think about are people's reactions to getting the vaccine. Does it really matter what you feel like at the time of getting the vaccine or a week later. Isn't the real test what condition you are in six or maybe twelve months from now.
I am not trying to put the frighteners into anyone nor am I anti vaccinations. Perhaps I just don't believe the messengers or have too much time on my hands.
Middle of the year for me to get on the queue if things haven't got worse. So in the meantime will minimise my risks by avoiding spending money in public environments.
I read that the chances of getting covid is approx 100 per million. The chances of clotting from the vaccine is 4 per million. So if you don't get vaccinated good luck. But I know what risk I'll be taking. Which has the higher risk? By the way the same risk comes from other drugs. It's not unique to the covid vaccine.
Again the media and some politicians are milking the issues for all they can get out of what is regarded by the experts as a very very low risk.
My old mum is finally getting vaccinated with the AZ vaccine at her aged care facility in about two weeks time. What was to be a group sessions of carers and residents has now been changed to residents only as the carers are mostly under the age of fifty and for reasons not stated by the aged care facility, will not be having it.
Perhaps those media persons and politicians have milked it for all they can get out of it at mum's aged care facility, bgt. I wonder why they are not listening to all those experts.
-- Edited by DMaxer on Tuesday 13th of April 2021 11:54:05 AM
Looking at the number of people suffering blood clots with the AZ vaccine and the much smaller number of those who die I am astonished it is being withdrawn from under 50s in Oz. Your chances of being killed in a car crash this year are far higher. I strongly suspect this was a political rather than a medical decision.
I'll have whichever vaccine my quack recommends.
I got the AZ and have had no reaction what so ever. Will be booking in for the second dose when the time comes.
Interesting. True or not? Who knows.
My cousin in UK had covid a while back, he's in his 40's, he said it was like being run over by a truck and couldn't breathe properly for 2 weeks !
I know which I prefer given the choice.