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Where did you get that figure ? Supply the source please .

It is striking how emphatically you can dismiss correct information.

If you have any facts or links to disprove then post them .

Otherwise this is harassment of a poster who is posting accurate information.

The information supplied by odyssey has been discussed in the vaccination thread by people who have proven they know what they are talking about and have supplied evidence to back up what they are saying .

The last few pages here are a pile on of posters like yourself who either haven't a clue and are just trying to wind people up , or have an anti vaccination agenda .

I think most people know to ignore much of what ye say and who to ask if they have a genuine question .

We have discussed this before .

However if you have "proof " that healthcare workers have " declined " the booster please do provide it .

Otherwise I believe it is as I have explained before , on this thread.

I believe the HSE numbers. They are capturing all vaccine data electronically since Day 1 and they have no reason to lie. And they do designate people as healthcare workers on the vaccination system. In the same way as they designate immunocompromised and different age cohorts. I have criticised the HSE many many many times on Boards but I believe their numbers in this instance.

You are free to muddy the waters with your own biases but I will believe the HSE stats over you. And by the way, the onus is actually on you to prove them wrong.

Ah will you stop. They are all 2021 links. We are talking about vaccination data. Fine, you think they are liars. I don't really care. Send a strongly worded email to RTE and the HSE for reporting false data.

HSE urges people to get second Covid-19 booster (rte.ie)

RTE 8 days ago.

Among healthcare workers, the uptake is just 25%.

"The group that I'd really like to give a strong message to is to healthcare workers. Healthcare workers are very important and have a hugely important role in protecting our healthcare system and looking after others. At the minute, the uptake of the vaccine by the healthcare workers is too low, and so it's 25%, and that is a concern."

By age, 6% of 18 to 49-year-olds have had their second booster.

(The HSE's National Lead for the Covid-19 Vaccine Programme Eileen Whelan)

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If you want to believe they are making up stories to have a go at healthcare workers, fine. The vaccination data is recorded. I think you're being silly now.

Anybody know when they might be offering the third booster (bivalent) to those under 65 in normal health? Had second booster last August before bivalent was available. Wouldn't mind to get this one in soon...

I could be 😉

But then again..... if I tell you any more I'd have to find you (and you know how it goes after that....😲).

Remember when the human immune system was labelled a dangerous conspiracy theory?

That's how nuts people went over this virus. Some still believe it, and are pumping themselves with 'boosters' every few months. Highly doubtful those people will ever go back to normal. Most people are voting with their arms though as the uptake of each successive shot gets less and less, despite what some would have you believe

Some people fail to understand that the need for vaccines and boosters would eventually get less as the novel virus became just a virus. Remember being told we'd eventually be living with covid ? We needed these vaccines to prevent illnesses at the start so we could build up natural immunity too. The virus has become less vicious as most other virus do. Covid 19 is now a virus that circulates like chickenpox, flu etc. And a vaccine is available for those, as well as covid. I certainly wouldn't snigger at someone wishing to have a booster for covid same as I wouldn't for someone wanting the flu vaccine.

That's because flu follows a fairly predictable annual cycle. Covid variants can emerge all year round.

As actual vaccines, you would be hard pressed to provide evidence that the flu vaccine is more effective than covid vaccines. And in years where the strains in the flu vaccine don't match the circulating one, the effectiveness of the flu vaccine is very poor.