People who reluctantly got vaccinated, how has your life been affected?

I just wanted to go on holiday so got it.

After having a bad flu in January 2020 which was suspected covid, I was left with a wicked cough for months and months afterwards.

could be co-incidence but that cough only left after I got the J&J vaccine. Apart from an afternoon of feeling like crap I was fine. Got the booster recently and nothing at all happened.

coming home for the first time in two years shortly and can’t wait. PCR test to be booked for next week.

was reluctant at first but it did have benefits. Booster was got so I could go home.

Quite interested in hearing folks saying they've only used their vaccine passport one or two times. Do you not go out very much?

I've used mine hundreds of times at this stage. Any time I want to go into a restaurant or a bar in Dublin I've been asked - on a few occasions I've been asked to produce ID to confirm the names match up too.

Yes like you Oisin i've been asked every time i go somewhere in Dublin, the Id thing has only happened recently. As for the vaccine i got it so i could have a pint in a near empty pub ! I've had the 2 jabs but won't get anymore it's time we moved on and started getting back to normal. We are being held ransom to the fact there is only 140 icu beds, this is the big problem that needs to be resolved instead of blowing millions and millions on booster jabs, you should also see the amount the tax payer is paying in late payment interest alone it would seriously shock people.

wanted to not need PCR for holidays and go the pub at home etc, had no desire to get it.

got it, got covid about 2 days later, (which turned out to be a joke), got the second jab few months later.

i didnt want to get vaccinated as i didnt think i needed it, turned out i was right. doesnt matter now though i suppose.

will not be getting a booster, especially as i had the cold already.

And the reluctant ones that get vaccinated are usually the ones with heart palpitations and other symptoms.

Leo has said there may be more restrictions recommend by Nphet. After getting two jabs and a booster program under way I find that insulting to the people who have in the majority played ball. And I know there is a new variant but the data shows the best protection is with going with the booster. If that's the case why more restriction.

How has my life been affected? The same as every one else, but feel like there is something else going on now.

140 ICU beds nationwide is the problem,how many boosters will we need to keep hiding this fact, maybe a few more vaccines.

Sure tax payers are only paying millions a month for them but mehole and leo are still in power. It's a farce i'd rather be in an icu bed than live much longer like this.

Just wait til they start deactivating peoples covid certs if they don't have the latest booster. That's when the real fun will begin...

you think that's enough during a global pandemic ? (even if your figures are clear and correct)

We've been through 4 'waves' now and only 623,000 confirmed cases which makes up 12% of the entire population (and this is likely less as 623k figure includes people getting it multiple times). This rhetoric of you either getting the vaccine, getting covid and recovering or getting covid and dying is a load of b*llox.

I don't plan on getting either covid nor the vaccine. I'm young with no underlying conditions that I know of, so my chances of dying from the virus are low and will get good immunity from the virus itself (if I ever get it of course).

The amount of people who have had to take sick days off work after the vaccine (legitimate or not) I could not believe. Not to mention the fact that younger people tend to get more adverse reactions. This coupled with the fact that the program isn't even a year old meaning we have no idea what toll (if any) the vaccine will have on us in the medium term even.

I feel I've made the right choice so far.

First does of AZ gave me what felt like full blown flu for a week. Felt absolutely horrible, missed a week of work. Second dose I felt the same for 3 days, ruined my weekend. Continuing headaches and general fatigue. Won't be getting any more shots.

2 dodgy reactions out of three isn't good and i totally believe way more than 12% have had it aswell, i've had two jabs of pfizer and one was the worst 24 hours i can remember, the second no reaction. Unless people start dropping like flies because of some new strain i don't think i'll get a booster again.

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I've worked in covid wards since the start of this. We were working without PPE. Discouraged from wearing masks as it scared the patients. I have contact with 20-30 patients a day and back at the start of 2021 a lot more. There's absolutely no way I avoided getting it at this stage so yeah, I probably had it, and I was probably asymptomatic.

So tbh. I couldn't give less of a fûck.

What is the correct amount and how does Ireland go about hiring doctors and nurses to run the beds during a global pandemic when all other countries are doing the same?

How much extra capacity should we pay for in the health system in case there is a global pandemic again in the future? How much extra taxes are you willing to pay for that?

Ireland had a low ICU capacity pre-pandemic and it should have been increased (and was happening slowly) but it's virtually impossible to recruit people when every country needs extra capacity, which means shutting down other parts of the health system to cope (which then leads to restrictions and lockdowns).

Well you obviously don't think COVID is a big deal or something the government should concern itself with.

So in that case, why should working in a COVID ward be a big issue.

The disease is either dangerous or not. Do you think the virus is dangerous?

You're not though.

If we are being completely honest. You live in Ireland you are quite injected and have been since you were born.

Unless of course you were protesting in the baby ward and in primary school. But sure look. Accuracy and all tha wha.