Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by majewsky on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:10AM (#25275051)

Not a doctor, just a member of a risk group. The continued spread of Covid poses a rather high risk to me, both because of mortality and because of potential long-lasting aftereffects ("Long Covid"). Even if the vaccine turns out to have longterm side effects, I find it very unlikely that those will be more significant than Long Covid. Therefore the risk tradeoff makes any vaccine a complete no-brainer to me.

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by svrb on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:29PM (#25281140)

What about people in the risk group(s) for vaccine side-effects? E.g., people with autoimmune issues. Does their safety matter less than yours? (Assuming you're advocating for vaccinating others; if you're just advocating for vaccinating yourself and yourself only, then carry on.)

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by majewsky on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:37PM (#25281235)

I'm also in the autoimmune-disorder bucket. From what I understand, Covid also triggers plenty autoimmune issues, so the risk assessment does not change in a significant way.

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by svrb on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @03:49PM (#25281416)

At this point, the autoimmune dangers of vaccines are well understood but the autoimmune dangers of COVID-19 aren't. Doesn't that mean it's safer to avoid the vaccine, until that situation changes? In fact it's exactly the opposite of what many people here are saying, considering only themselves and not others, but using their own logic!

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by johnisgood on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:00PM (#25284797)

I dunno. I have an autoimmune disease. I was COVID-19 positive without any symptoms. It has been some time now. Everything is fine. With regarding to the vaccine: I do not want to risk it, when I know that I went through COVID-19 without symptoms and may just do it again and again after 6 months? They say I have 6 months of immunity.

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by svrb on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:59AM (#25289420)

What if you're required to take it to re-enter normal society, like going to restaurants and such?

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by johnisgood on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:41PM (#25318129)

It is quite possible. I do not know. I sometimes do not leave the house for months. I have to now because I have a health issue.

It is still risky, and I hope it will not be mandatory.

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Re:Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK by jonny_eh on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @10:25AM (#25277123)

Very true. This vaccine doesn't exist in a vacuum.

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