If There Was A Covid - 19 Vaccine, Would You Have It?

[Gromit]

Half of people wouldn’t.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/09/only-half-of-britons-would-definitely-have-covid-19-vaccination

Supplementary
- Do you have an annual flu jab?
- Are you over 50?
-Are you in good health?

[dannyk13]

Yes, I would
1.Yes
2,Yes
3.No

[Gromit]

Thanks Danny

[Pooka1950]

Yes on all points.

[steg]

Probably not.
I don’t have the flu jag
A baw hair Over 50
I think I’m in ok health

[ummmm]

No
No
Mainly.

I wouldn't have a covid vaccine.

[Old_Geezer]

Unlikely
No
Yes
Yes

[margarettom]

Yes. I would have it.
Yes.
Yes.
No. Chronic lung condition.

[iluvmargie]

Yes, I'd have it.
No, don't have annual flu jab.
Yes over 50.
Yes in good health.

[Bigbad]

Not straight away. I think it would be too rushed.
I would rather wait to see if adverse affects were common a year or two down the line, and what they are.
I also wonder if a rushed vaccine could result in some babies being born with defects to mothers that had the vaccine when it was new.
Another Thalidomide or Primodos disaster.

[roopower]

Yes, I would.
Yes
Yes
Reasonably

[ichkeria]

I wouldn't have bothered with the vaccine, as not everyone would need to have it.
However looking at those figures, if accurate, then yes I would.

I wonder if the Russians will proceed with their vaccination sin October. Half of people there also said they wouldn't
I suspect that when it comes to it, a lot more than half here would, actually.

[Gromit]

Last year, 10 million people declined to have a flu jab.

[fiction-factory]

Yes, although I would wait a few months after it goes live to see what happens . Although despite the pressure to find a vaccine I think there would still be checks and it may be at least a year (if ever) before it's readily available.

If large numbers leave it to everyone else to have it so there is herd immunity then maybe there will be an impasse with too low a take up rate.

Flu- I usually have one but didn't last year for some reason. Will definitely have it if it's free for over 50s especially as I can easily pick up things in schools.

[fiction-factory]

>Last year, 10 million people declined to have a flu jab.
Did they decline or just not get round to it?

[Kathyan]

No
1. No
2. Yes
3. No

[Gromit]

fiction-factory
25 million people were offered a flu jab, and 10 million of those did not take up the offer.

[Gromit]

Seems about 50/50 on here too.

[fiction-factory]

Was that a free flu jab, Gromit. I was over 60 and wasn't offered a free one, so I wonder which people were because over 65s don;t make up 25% of population

[youngmafbog]

Would I have it? At the moment No as I have grave concerns corners have been cut and side effects 'overlooked'. We need to be careful we dont jump out the frying pan into the fire.

- Do you have an annual flu jab? - Yes.
- Are you over 50? - Yes
-Are you in good health? OK, but suffer badly with asthma. Also a tad overweight.

[youngmafbog]

"25 million people were offered a flu jab, and 10 million of those did not take up the offer."

I do wonder on that stat. For instance I qualify to have one on the NHS due to severe asthma but the companies I have worked for do it for free. It's easier to pop down to see a Nurse than sit in a bug ridden surgery and it also frees up my dose for someone else so I decline it.