No you're not. You're a chicken. You're scared of catching a cold. That's not normal. Best you get out the back and dig yourself a bunker. Mind the pansies though. Dig it under the shed I say. Out of sight.

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

Also I was never in the least bit 'scared' of catching covid, aside from the fact that I feared spreading it to a couple of vulnerable family members. They're now fully vaccinated too and with the help of lateral flow tests and the like it thankfully meant that a 'worst case scenario' never came to be. All anyone can do is what they think is best for them and theirs. That is what I always do for my family, and those vulnerable and eligible will be getting the booster on account that it is shown to further boost immunity. As I say the same reason we have the flu jab. It's not a political statement and others can give it a miss. You do as you wish to, and I will look out for those around me based on their health, rather than your politics, if that's alright with you.

So for the vaccine passport fans - with the coming introduction of “boosters” you do realise that 2 injections will not be sufficient to maintain a “green tick” and that you are signing up to a lifetime of government mandated “health protocols”.

Not a fan of vaccine passports, but boosters were inevitable and are in fact the very nature of many vaccines (see flu). Being that half of the population are unlikely to even be invited to have the booster jab, it would appear unlikely that it will be a requirement of any kind or that people with two vaccines will be treated differently legally to those with two plus the vaccine booster.

I think we're just drifting into a yearly 'flu jab' type cycle with it really and that will have to be as good as it gets regardless of any other factors (different variants, antibody level changes..). Down to the individual if they wish to opt for it I would hope.

Thanks for sharing your take. I was primarily basing it on how fragmented the situation will become (unless of course the goal posts change to 'everyone must have the booster'), making it harder to make uniformed demands of the public potentially. Time will tell of course, and you may be right! At the same time I think it's right that the booster option is there; I'll take the views of it on here as public declaration of not intending to have it. I will opt for it, but the politics of it beyond that it out of our hands no doubt, much as it often is.

Edited by BlueJay (03 Aug 2021 10.22pm)