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The MS Trust take a closer look to find out more about the research behind the headlines about the potential treatment for Multiple Sclerosis which uses technology similar to two of the Covid-19 vaccines.   Researchers develop mRNA vaccine to treat MS-like condition in mice | MS Trust MSTRUST.ORG.UK Researchers develop mRNA vaccine to treat MS-like condition in mice  

@Marina , I've been indoors since August 2019, when I came out of hospital following another UTI. My MS suffers from what I call Uri-progression - I'm never the same after a UTI! Going out is now too damned difficult  and I just decided that there's nowhere I really want to go! It's not fair on my wife, Colleen, but going out with me just wouldn't be enjoyable - I'd be anxious and stressing and so would colleen, so neither of us would enjoy the experience!   Colleen had the vaccine on Saturday. Just to show you how much disarray the NHS is in, her superiors were unable to arrange the jab for her, so she took the initiative and arranged it herself! So, in three week's time, she should have some immunity. But, I agree with your view, that whilst she should be able to manage the virus herself, would she then become contagious.....??   It's not a good time for Colleen, whose been redeployed to the wards this week. There's just a lot of pressure on everybody. Teamwork seems to have gone out of the window and that's before you have to deal with all the numpties!  

Only if you catch it, John, and then it’s not a given that it would be a severe case; saying “susceptible” is a bit like saying “might”.   Even though I didn’t technically have to shield as I’m not clinically “extremely” vulnerable (merely vulnerable ), I have been shielding since March by choice. The only times I’ve been out is to go to the dentist for a tricky root canal treatment, and no-one comes into the house unless for emergency repairs when all precautions are taken and windows opened, etc. I’m super careful with any deliveries too. I live alone, so it’s a bit of a tough call (especially when your other half is in another country!), it’s just as well I’m used to not going out much due to my MS.   Has your wife had the vaccine yet? Although I believe it doesn’t stop transmission as such...   It must be a harrowing time for your wife. I know an NHS nurse too and she has to face all sorts of awful things, including anti-vaxxers and covidiots who think the virus is a hoax, etc...

Oh 💩!  I'm over 60, SPMS, I'm a man, EDSS of 7 AND my wife is an NHS nurse!    I'm toast!!!!!!  

This is very early days, but might offer some hope for the future?   BioNTech Vaccine Treats MS in Mice Without Dampening Immune System MULTIPLESCLEROSISNEWSTODAY.COM BioNTech’s experimental non-inflammatory vaccine — designed to dampen the abnormal immune responses seen in multiple sclerosis (MS) against myelin — delayed the onset and...  

This article refers to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine, and not to the Oxford AstraZeneca one.   The coronavirus and MS – updated global advice WWW.MSIF.ORG MSIF's advice has been updated following extensive consultation with MS neurologists and research experts from the MSIF movement.
It also says:
“The following groups of people with MS are more susceptible to having a severe case of COVID-19:
    •    People with progressive MS
    •    People with MS over the age of 60
    •    Men with MS
    •    Black people with MS and possibly South Asian people with MS
    •    People with higher levels of disability (for example, an EDSS score of 6 or above, which relates to needing to use a walking stick)
    •    People with MS and obesity, diabetes or diseases of the heart or lungs
    •    People taking certain disease modifying therapies for their MS”
I’m SPMS, over 60, and have an EDSS of 6...  but due to a possible anaphylactic allergy to penicillin, I may not be able to have any of the RNA vaccines, although the Oxford AstraZeneca one should be OK.