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We weren't keen to get vaccinated but mild pressure - and weakness on our part.
What give you the impression that getting vaccinated is a bad thing?
edscoble-
Not a bad thing per se. Just something we felt wasn't right for us, personally, at a specific given point in time. It just so happened we, independently, felt the same way - it wasn't a joint decision.
initially we we considered that we had low cases in our locality, were not high risk in terms of health and age and we didn't mix socially with others and largely tried to keep distance from others in a way that many of my friends and family didn't (their choice). I was/am also a little worried about potential future unknown side-effects from such a new vaccine given that 'real world time' is near on impossible to simulate and synthesise. I also have a slight scepticism around the amount I felt i was being pressured and forced to take the vaccine in a way that didn't seem very objective and balanced, especially with some of the semantics and language choices.
When my wife got pregnant and cases increased in our locality the needle swung slightly to us reconsidering all the factors and deciding our risk had increased thus chose to have the vaccine.
Pasty_Spumante
Covid tore through our household in recent weeks.
5 year old got it at school (almost certainly) and tested positive 18/10/21 - complained of a headache and 'funny nose' symptoms came and went within 48 hours and was a bit washed out for a few days afterwards although had to endure isolation for a further 5 days after.
Pregnant wife got it (from him as was mainly isolating with him whilst I worked) 6 days later - head cold symptoms came on almost instantly and she was pretty knocked off her feet for 5-6 days after with severe head cold congestion symptoms. Washed out and tired but today's 'freedom day' and she's without symptoms so she's been out for a short coastal walk and is now shattered.
I tested positive 5 days after her (after mild symptoms but negative tests for a couple days before that) and basically broadly similar to her symptoms (although less eye pressure but a hacking cough and more fever - 2 nights I was up shivering/sweating at 2am). My day 2-3 after pos test were pretty uncomfortable but very quickly turned a corner and now (5 days after positive test) the feeling of being ill to my core has long gone.....light roughness, general aching and a bit of a phlegm cough are all that remains although i'm isolating until Monday!
Bizarrely, my 3 year old who would seemingly be the most prone to catching it as he's always climbing on and kissing us etc plus shares a bed with his brother hasn't got it - weird huh?
Edit: Wife and I both fully vaccinated as of 8 weeks ago (we weren't keen to get vaccinated but mild pressure - and weakness on our part - especially with her being pregnant, and more a more cases locally (actual people we knew or friends of friends meant we decided to get jabbed as we felt, with kids at school, our chances of catching were much higher than we'd previously estimated.)