Again making no sense if you are protected why are you acting as if you are avoiding.

The whole point of a proper vaccine should be so people can live normal life yet you are still avoiding plus planning based of a virus which has never been a real threat to begin with.

Mild infection of what gonorrhea or are you claiming covid?

Do you even wear and use correctly proper PPE? I expect not.

I don't believe anything you say it all sounds like someone trying to get reactions from others or a person who really is mentally ill.

I had a mild Covid infection. Mild because I have been fully vaccinated. The cold I have had since before Christmas has been much worse.

My objections to the unvaccinated are no longer because they pose any particular threat to me. They are because of their selfishness and unwillingness to participate in the national effort to mitigate the impact of the virus on our health service. It is still the fact that the majority demanding NHS support for Covid come from the unvaccinated. With the NHS under such pressure that’s simply unacceptable.

All the misinformation about the vaccines being untested or causing other health problems are just a load of bs which I find pathetic coming from grown men who really ought to know better.

I am disgusted by people who refuse to put their shoulders to the wheel just because of some idiotic nonsense they have seen being pontificated by a self appointed expert in everything.

So far as I am aware there is no "test" that tells you that you have only suffered mild symptoms. You use self awareness for that!

I have tested positive on two occasions, the first was in the early days and was worse than the second, when I was fully vaccinated.

I feel much the same about smokers, those who drink heavily or take drugs and the morbidly obese. Unless there are underlying reasons which, if sorted out, would also cure those issues. Anyone who indulges for wholly selfish reasons ought to go to the bottom of NHS lists.

Not having children doesn't threaten the NHS. It's a genuine personal choice. If our government wants to increase the birthrate then do it with incentives. Carrots, not sticks.

My wife is a nurse, who works in our local hospital. My information comes from her and her colleagues.

The idea that I was "ripped apart" over the way the vaccines had been tested made me smile. It's simply untrue because they were all properly tested prior to release. Not just by ourselves but by the equivalent health care regulators worldwide. It might have
been an accelerated programme with billions thrown at it, but that doesn't mean shortcuts were taken. There was far too much at stake for that to happen. Two other important things support that. The first being that whilst new for a human vaccine the technology had been trialled and proved safe in animals. The scientists responsible were completely confident that the minor twist that was needed would not impact that safety. The second being that this has been proved true through the billions of doses now administered. As with any medication there are rare instances of significant reactions but overall this has been a remarkable effort showing how the world can work together.

Whilst your approach appears to be the generally accepted one it isn't mine. I am unaware of any positive benefits from smoking, excessive drinking or eating. Only harms. There are benefits from sport participating, driving and working. So they ought to be thought of differently and indeed in many ways they are. The NHS runs anti-smoking campaigns. What I am arguing is when there is pressure on the NHS, and lengthy waiting lists, priorities need to be determined. If people are self harming, without there being an underlying medical reason for it, then they should not be prioritised over those who aren't. If that incentives them, or shames them, into stopping things that are known to be harmful, so much the better. Indeed, any treatment given ought to go hand in hand with a commitment from the recipient to stop doing what is causing them to need it.

I can imagine the "freedom of choice" zealots getting agitated at such ideas but the rest of us also are free to choose whether we fund the treatment of those who deliberately harm themselves.

No need to concern yourself. Unless you are fully vaccinated you wouldn't gain entry anyway.

I think it is time to have a more mature conversation about these COVID vaccines.

Clearly, a new vaccine in double quick time was vital to counter the potential risk of a huge death toll. No one can deny that.
In unknown territory, decisions are made without sufficient information and with a risk reward ratio that might not be acceptable at another time.

The speed at which these vaccines were produced and the incorrect claims about their value was bound to lead to questions and suspicion, especially given the commercial nature of pharmaceuticals.

Now we have seen a high number of non COVID extra deaths all over the world which cannot be simply explained away, plus anecdotal evidence of sudden deaths after inoculations. This cannot be simply ignored or closed down with accusations of conspiracy delusions or, as recently, Antisemitism.
It should be investigated, and the truth exposed.

Obviously, the use of vaccines is tried and tested and there should be no question about the existing range available and the invaluable role they have played in protecting people from potentially fatal illnesses. That does not mean that we should not continue to expect the highest standards from the producers of vaccines or try to obfuscate uncomfortable truths where lives are at stake, even when exceptional circumstances prevail.