Hello Violet, welcome back to the forum! It’s great to know that you and your husband have been cured and forgot that you ever had Hep C, that’s awesome. I’m not sure if a specific vaccine is more suitable for people with liver cirrhosis because Dr James has answered a similar question and said that all approved Covid vaccines are not contradicted for them. You can read his post here. All the best to both of you.

Hi Violet,

Welcome back. Having cirrhosis is not an issue with respect to any of the vaccines.

Here’s why an exemption is a bad idea. In Israel last week. Of the new severely ill Covid-19 patients, per 100,000 people:

Not vaccinated: 6.4
2 x vaccinated: 1.62
3 x vaccinated: 0.28

So if you are not vaccinated you are 4 x more likely to get severe disease than somebody who has had 2 doses. To date the 3 dose regime has only been given to the most vulnerable. Despite this, it still makes them 23x less likely to get severe disease.

I prefer those odds.

You may have noticed from the news that ~1000 NSW cases a day is coupled with ~10 deaths a day. So, in rough ballpark terms Covid-19 is 1:100 ie 1% fatal. While there is no such thing as a 100% safe vaccine rate the fatality rate from being vaccinated is in the order of 0.001% so, when you weigh up the risks…

Covid carries a 1:100 risk of a fatal outcome whereas the vaccines are 1:100,000.

Once vaccinated your risk of severe disease drops significantly, particularly with 3 doses.

We are all going to get Covid-19, it’s only a question of when. When we get it the risk looks much better fully vaccinated.