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I really can't see the downside of her having the COVID vaccine. There don't seem to be many side effects reported thus far.
Personally, with both MIL and mom being 90 and in poor health, but living at home-they will both get the vaccine. If it means that in a few months Mom can go back to her only socialization, BINGO @ the Sr. Center, she'll be first in line.
Nobody really KNOWS how this is going to roll out. Personally, as someone who has not seen one set of grandkids in MONTHS, I cannot wait to get the vaccine.
There were no participants over the age of 75 in any of Pfizer's trials, so there's absolutely no data on how well the extremely elderly can tolerate the vaccine. I guess we just have to hope for the best.
Side effects from the vaccine are far less disturbing than being the patient who suffers terribly with COVID.
Sure, it’s true that some people don’t suffer much. Many do suffer horribly. Do you really want to take that chance? I wouldn’t.
Speak to the doctor or nurse and they will explain just exactly how the vaccine works. They will answer any of your questions.
I have done research on this vaccine and so far I don't like what I'm reading. The last place I believe is the media because they are only going to say positive things about it.
Just my thoughts at this time,
Jenna
I feel exactly like you do. I'm very concerned if the facility she resides in, will "force" her to get it in order to remain living there and I wonder if they will even ask for my consent before giving it.
My dilemma is my mom has already had COVID in April and survived. I'm still unclear as to whether she can actually get it again. I would be really upset if the vaccine ended up causing her any harmful side effects after we've fought so hard to get her this far - she is being released from hospice services Friday because she is doing better and Medicare will no longer cover it.
And I don't trust the mainstream media either. Nowadays, because they are in such fierce competition with one another, they say whatever they hear and put it out there so they can be the "first" to report it whether it's accurate or not. It's embarrassing whenever they have to correct something they said was factual and then it turns out not to be.
As to the safety of the vaccine I was talking to a woman who worked for Pfizer for many years. She said the drug companies have been working on developing vaccines for Covid viruses for decades. Although this strain is new, the science is not.
I want my life back, I want to hug people again and see faces, I want the economy to get going, I want people to have jobs and stop from being hungry or evicted. We need to be on board like people were during WW2 doing their part for the country.
i say let her have the vaccine so that others in the facility are protected too. Think of the NH workers...what if they decided they weren’t going to get it? Would that be fair to the residents?
I think Seniors, especially being on all kinds of meds should not take the vaccine.
I think their chances of a reaction will be higher.
Plus if all the staff are taking it then that should deffiently cut down on them transmitting covid to the patients
Also, I don't know if people who have had COVID will be getting the vaccine or not; I have heard that discussed, but have not heard the answer. Or perhaps they will not be the first in line to get it, since they will have antibodies for a while.
Any NH is responsible for ALL the residents in that home, so their decision to vaccinate everyone, is to protect all residents, taking precedence over the individuals who may or may not want the vaccination. The relatives of the patient are responsible for that one individual. If the relatives don't want the vaccination, the patient may have to leave the NH.
My point is: if my loved one is a NH patient, I have to be aware that my decision to vaccinate, or not, has consequences either way. It's not an easy decision but it's my decision ... and my consequence.
Mom nor I ever get the flu shot. She’s 88 and moderately frail, just strong dementia and unable to use her limbs much. She tested + in October, asymptomatic.
My only plan so far was to see how the facility felt about it, and if they wish she’d get it then we will. If they don’t have a preference I might skip it.
Good luck to you, and many of us, in this decision!
I had covid this summer and neither my mom, nor my other family living here got it.
Think of Montell Williams. He got a ton of shots for diseases all at once, and he was 1 person who had an over active immune response. He now suffers from MS. A really nasty disease. You can slow it down but can't get rid of.