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  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    From a scientific point of view,  a second  dose will still be a good thing. Unfortunately having antibodiies does not guarantee full protection,  there are other immune cells involved . I agree with Obelix, you need proper clinical advice. 
    AB Still learning

  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    A good friend's son of 30 is working in a care home, while on holiday from uni. He is double jabbed,and has been pretty ill for 10 days with Covid
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    I live in an area currently with one of the highest infection rates in the country.
    Yet in the past 7 days there have been only 6 people admitted to hospital and no deaths.
    Covid at one time was the highest cause of death in the UK,it is now around 24th so there are 23 other things that could kill you before Covid.
    In the whole of this pandemic I only know 2 people that have had it (both last year).
    That does not mean we need to be complacent about the risks but just get it in proportion.
    I still wear a mask etc in crowded places but otherwise things are back to as normal as possible.
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    @madpenguin my daughter moved to the IOW about six weeks ago and she told me you have one of the highest infection rates at the moment. She lost her job last year as a business travel consultant for a large engineering company and has found a job on the Island in hospitality on minimum wage! but needs must to help pay the bills. Their car has broken down and she is getting two buses to work, no social distancing and masks. she is the only one wearing one. Have told her to continue with mask and hand sanitizing regardless of what others are doing, luckily she is very sensible.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Once any infectious disease gets established on a small island, it is likely to spread much faster than in a more mobile population.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    @AnnaB - agree with others that the vaccine centre/GP will have the latest and individualised recommendation on what you should have. 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
    Grandaughter's best friend has just lost her mum to Covid, she is 13.  Her dad didn't believe in the jab so they didn't get one.
    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    “ Mississippi's poison control center has seen an increase in calls of people taking ivermectin, including versions of the deworming drug intended for livestock, to treat or prevent COVID-19, according to state health officials.” https://abc7chicago.com/ivermectin-for-covid-livestock-dewormer-mississippi-poison-control-what-is/10966065/ So.. rather than trust a proven and safe vaccine.. some Americans are putting their faith in a horse dewormer?
    Utah, USA.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Do they take their tin hats off before swallowing the horse wormer? Lots of them think Bill Gates is injecting microchips , or that it will alter their genes. I despair at the level of biology education in USA. Of course some of them also believe the Queen is a lizard in disguise. Wasn't that a Dr Who storyline?  They seem unable to distinguish fact from fiction.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Maybe the microchips would be helpful🤔
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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