It's been a while since I've seen a COVID vaccination debate. What a throwback.
I had one AZ vaccine and never got another vaccination after that and it caused a lot of trouble amongst my family is they tried to pressure me to get it.
As someone who was self employed under a a Limited Company, I was under a lot of financial pressure. I had had a long period of time off work during the first lockdown with no pay or help whatsoever.
I had Covid at the back end of 2020. I was mildly ill but nothing worse than the sniffle and had to isolate for 10 days so had more time off work with no pay despite being well enough to work.
After getting the AZ vaccine, I felt terrible, flu like symptoms for at least a week. I then got COVID 6 weeks later and that was worse still. I was in bed for the best part of 2 weeks which was more time off unpaid. It took me well over 6 months to get my full strength and fitness back.
I decided not to have another vaccine. It had made me feel really ill the first time I'd had it and hadn't done anything to prevent me getting a bad bout of Covid. I didn't want to take the risk of feeling crap again after just starting to recover and potentially have to take more time off unpaid. I also didn't feel like I personally had benefitted from the vaccine.
I accept this was probably selfish of me and if everyone had acted the same way as me then Covid would have been a lot worse both nationally and globally. But at that time I just couldn't afford more time off work and couldn't mentally deal with being that physically ill again as I had felt previously. I was just starting to feel normal again. Like I said, it caused a lot of issues with my parents and my siblings as they tried to pressure me to get it. I hated those days. What an awful time.