Aversion to the third covid vaccine

Pixel42 said:
I'm 72 and have had boosters every six months since they became available, apart from the spring of 2024 when I didn't realise I no longer qualified for a free one and therefore wouldn't be called for it automatically. I returned from a holiday in Italy in September 2024 with my first, and so far only, bout of Covid. I no longer qualify for the annual one either, so I paid for both spring and autumn ones last year and will do the same this year.
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Interesting. I too have had a covid bout, lasting about 12 hrs from symptom onset to feeling
pretty much over it. Then I home-tested and came up positive -- but unsurprised,
because this was after the spread of a new variety but before a vaccine was announced,
and I had been spending a lot time in clinics and hospitals, helping my gf with a fractured
heel. Thus I attribute my infection to being around sick people, and my quick recovery to
having kept up with my boosters. Does this resemble your experience?

My girl friend's broken heel is fine now, and she's never had covid.

She was immobilized for 3 months, though. Yes, I took care of her. Oh but its fun fun fun
tending to a strong, healthy invalid.
 
bigred said:
If this turns into political snarkiness and general BS I will quickly "unwatch" FYI, but beyond that, I am curious as I know people (of varying political beliefs, btw) that had no problem with the first two, but balk at the third. ? Research has turned up nothing on this for me. Is there anything beyond political BS or conspiracy silliness for why this might be?
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There are a lot of Covid minimizers out there. The antivaxxers also tend to focus on the mRNA vaccines, i.e. the vaccines against C19. I haven't heard any scare mongering about the flu shots at the same level:
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I'm with Pixel42 on this one. C19 vaccinations are still free for 65+ in Denmark.
 
I got the third on the advice of my Doctor.
IMHO can't do any harm, and might do some good. and I am not afraid of a little jab.
Of course, I have plenty of little jabs over the past few months
 
I have got nearly all; missed one due to inertia (didn't schedule before the window to get it expired). Whether or not it has helped me, I much prefer the small discomfort from the vaccine v.s. the possible issues - up to and including death - from Covid (and flu). My lungs are significantly less than 80% functional due to growing up with asthma, and any respiratory infection scares me.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Last one was "free" as per my Covid loyalty card. ;)
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A month or so ago I got a booster shot (my 6th) ‘cos we’re travelling thru S.Am this week.
Missed the flu shot this year. September was the deadline apparently, with new season flavour coming out in April.
All have been free, and recently without having to book ahead.

Will be masking up on the plane, but probably not on the ground. Probably will carry a mask when using public transport. Not being cruise oriented people, I’m more concerned about norovirus onboard, being an “automatic” handshaker.
I guess as long as I don’t kiss any skuas or hug an elephant seal, I should be safe from avian flu, too.
 
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I've had eight, so far, and fall due again in March (I think).

Still living the charmed life, with no positive test for covid since this all began.

Like others, I received most of mine through work, but have had two since retirement.

:)

My current joy, is making weird noises and pretending to be receiving new instructions, any time an anti-vax smooth brain starts raving at me.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepboobleeboopleeboopleebooplee...

Excuse me, I'm receiving a fax from the government.
 
bigred said:
If this turns into political snarkiness and general BS I will quickly "unwatch" FYI, but beyond that, I am curious as I know people (of varying political beliefs, btw) that had no problem with the first two, but balk at the third. ? Research has turned up nothing on this for me. Is there anything beyond political BS or conspiracy silliness for why this might be?
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Nocebo!

Bekymringen for covid-vacciner kan skabe symptomer (EkstraBladet.dk, Nov 1, 2025)
Worrying about Covid vaccines may cause symptoms
 
It's very possible the pandemic going endemic has relaxed a lot of folks out there.

People aren't as worried as when the news was full of folks dropping dead in the streets and hospitals full to capacity all the time.

We don't even have to mask anymore except in certain areas.

We all know C19 has flu like symptoms, we all know the flu hits most every year.
The big scare for most is over.

The few here on this forum that are in more risk or take pride in keeping up on this stuff are a tiny minority in the world. Quite vocal in the ISF microcosm.
In Mexico it's not even a discussion anymore. I don't know why.
I can't say for other countries but I might assume a lot of them have relaxed now too.

It's not safe to frame this as a "vaccine vigilant " VS "alt right Maga morons" because the world is a much bigger than where they hang out. Maybe no vaccine is available in some places, maybe governments dropped the ball, or deemed it an elective for the public.

I am not going to research this deeply, it won't change anything either way. But keep an open mind that not all have your options.
 
Puppycow said:
Remember that the first two were given as a set. By the "third covid vaccine" I assume that you mean the first booster that was given after the first set?

I never had an "aversion" but after about the 4th one I decided that that was probably enough for me. Now that they are no longer free, it's definitely enough. When I finally did (maybe) get Covid (although the test was negative), it was very mild. I assume that's because I was still well-protected by the 4 shots, and any subsequent natural infections would re-boost and update my immunity. I still get yearly flu shots.

For reasons other than politics, there's money, there's inconvenience, there's the fact that many people have unpleasant side effects, and also it doesn't seem to be nearly as deadly as it used to be. The marginal benefit to additional booster shots doesn't seem to be nearly as high as the initial benefit to getting those first two shots was.
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You, and most of us posting here, are really just talking about boosters (as did I).

I believe bigred is talking about the third formulation of the COVID vaccines created to combat key variants from the original.
This “third” vaccine is formulated to protect against the latest variant, NB.1.8.1 (Nimbus).
This is a variant of the B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant which was subject to the “second” formulation.
The original formulation being for SARS-CoV-2
 
sackett said:
Interesting. I too have had a covid bout, lasting about 12 hrs from symptom onset to feeling
pretty much over it. Then I home-tested and came up positive -- but unsurprised,
because this was after the spread of a new variety but before a vaccine was announced,
and I had been spending a lot time in clinics and hospitals, helping my gf with a fractured
heel. Thus I attribute my infection to being around sick people, and my quick recovery to
having kept up with my boosters. Does this resemble your experience?
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I was obviously mixing with more, and different, people on holiday, and stayed in a couple of different hotels, so definitely more likely to get it than I usually am (I'm retired and live alone). I woke up feeling nauseous on the day I flew home and had a horrendous journey (vomiting in the airport and aircraft toilets and feeling very unwell) but had no idea it was Covid as I wasn't aware that was sometimes an early symptom, and just assumed I'd eaten something that disagreed with me the previous evening. I woke up with flu like symptoms at home the next day and did a test, which was instantly positive. I had those symptoms (I'd say equivalent to a medium bout of flu) for about 5 days, but continued to feel tired and generally below par for a couple more weeks.

It certainly wasn't an experience I'm in a hurry to repeat, which is why I'll continue to pay for the boosters.
 
@Pixel: Poor you! That wasn't a bout, that was 15 rounds!

But you're now armored against that strain, and resistant to others, and that's in addition
to the augmenting protection of regular boosters.

I take it that you didn't see your doctors. Did you let them know? I ask because I dutifully called my
MD and told him about testing positive. That triggered a routine involving a consultation (in a separate
Sick Patients Room at his office), followed by a long drive to a massive outlying hospital for an infusion
treatment -- described to me as still experimental -- intended to salvage elderly patients (I had just turned 80),
with frequent intermissions for x rays, MRIs, ECGs, blood work, and, if I'm recalling correctly,
visits from the Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish, and LDS chaplains. They took my case seriously!
How much lasting protection you gain from antiviral drugs is more than
I know.

Gosh, us old folks sure have fun talking about our health!
 
bigred said:
The people I referred to aren't "antivaxxers"
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I never said they were. For the most part, they probably also aren't minimizers. But the messages of both minimizers and antivaxxers (often the same thing) influence people who are neither minimizers nor antivaxxers.

A friend of mine, who is neither, recently told me that she wouldn't be getting the Covid shot this season because she felt that she was healthy enough to go without it. She had been influenced by the people promoting 'natural immunization' and had a vague idea that too many vaccinations would somehow be more detrimental to her health than the infections that they protect against.
(The guy in Germany who got 217 jabs is a good example of the unlikeliness of this.)
 
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