Vaccination - Yes or No

[Little Lou]

I'm with Mortblanc here. I'm only (!) 60, but severe asthma puts me on the danger list, and the risks of the vaccine seem to me less than the risk of the virus. Yes, I've so far managed to avoid going out for anything, and all deliveries are thoroughly sanitized, but the time will come when I WANT to go out, and I won't accept being a prisoner of this virus if there's any alternative.

That said, I do understand the reservations, and wouldn't trust the government further than I can cough. I'm sure they'll try and rush this out before it's ready (as Russia seems to have done) and am content to wait it out until the scientists themselves are happy. Because actually I DO trust the Oxford scientists (especially as I know one of them personally) and have noted the way they're quite prepared to contradict the government if it tries to make grandiose claims which aren't yet reflected in the research. Yes, the programme is government-funded, but it isn't stopping these scientists from saying 'stuff the funding, we have to tell the truth'. That's good enough for me.

I am aware that vaccination programmes have been used deliberately in the past for various nefarious purposes (Tuskagee, anyone?) but in this instance I don't see what any government would have to gain. What they really want are their eager litle wage slaves back on the economic hamster wheel, and that means they want them healthy. Healthy is what I want too.

Vaccination is arguably the ultimate 'prepping' - preparing your body to fight what might come against it. When the time is right and the scientists are convinced, then yes, it's definitely for me.