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Covid Vaccine
BigDawgEatin
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I received my shot yesterday . The Pfizer vaccine. So far no big issues. My arm is very very sore, otherwise I’m good. Anybody else had their vaccine yet?
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Being active duty Military, we are not in the top tier, but probably somewhere in the middle of the line., primarily due to the young nature of our business and the fact that young folks typically respond with fewer complications from the virus than others. That being said, as soon as it is offered, I will be in line.
Whatever I have to do to help things get back to a "normal" whatever that may mean, I am all in.
I hope your arm feels better soon. I had heard the same on the first shot (sore arm), but that the second shot will likely cause some low fever, aches for a day or so. Having recently had the new shingle vaccination (Shingrix), I can attest to it knocking me on my butt. I was down for about a day after the second shot of that. First one, sore arm. Second one, death for 18 hours. lol
Mucho gracias for your service sir.......greatly appreciated.
I'm here for whatever get's us back to normal for next football season...
I'd think a reinstatement of The Global Health Security and Biodefense unit would help mitigate future events like this...
If teachers truly get moved to the front of the line, I’ll get it with no reservations. The science behind it is sound. Tired of hearing about so many people getting sick. Ready to burn all my masks.
Get mine next week.
I'm a physician and should have gotten it last week but I didn't get a chance.
I'm getting Moderna but prefer Pfizer.
Moderna is a 100mg dose and Pfizer 30mg.
Efficacy is essentially identical, so I'd prefer equal efficacy with the smaller dose.
I expect a sore arm, but that's about it.
COVID-19 is all around me; I have not had it.
I do not think the public truly understands how impressive this is, and that's okay.
...might as well go ahead and add that anyone who hasn't gotten a flu shot needs to do it.
Supposed to get jabbed today with Moderna awaiting on Defense Health Agency to approve
Received mine last week - all good along with a great feeling of relief to not have to worry about it.
I'm at the very bottom of the priority list but I'll probably be required to get for my trip to Japan next September
Got jabbed about an hour ago. Next round on 20 January
Thank you for your service. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you and your family. Your sacrifice is very much appreciated and respected!
Really appreciate all of you who serve in the Military and work on the pandemic front lines. You, the elderly, and other susceptible groups should be first in line and deservingly so.
Myself, feeling 90% sure I had Covid in early March, although not being tested (test were not even available at the time), feel that I'm going to step to the end of the line so to speak, and let those that I feel really need to get it the most be the first, second and third shots at it in line before me.....and yes, pun intended.
Good luck and safe keepings to all of you!!
So if me and my whole family has already had covid, do we need a vaccine? My oldest wants to get one but she's already beat it. Idk🤷
All scientific evidence out there says you can get it again. Many examples of people getting it more than once. Within three months of when you had it is when you can’t get that strain again. But after that, yes. Sounds like there’re at least three strains now, some more transmissible then others and all evidence is, so far, that the vaccine works on all. So yes… Get that vaccine even if you’ve already had Covid.
Is the vaccine for all strains though?
I'm a nurse and because I just started at a new hospital....I'm getting mine the first day I have benefits!! Jan 1st. I can't WAIT
My friend is a nurse in NYC, and she had it in February. She had antibodies when tested in the spring (May-ish?), but was recently tested again, and no longer has them. She had a milder case, which may factor into her immune response. If you had covid in the spring and summer, I would not assume you're still immune at this point. If you want to check, antibody tests are super easy to come by these days. You can give blood through the American Red Cross, and they test for free (I've done this twice now), or you can go to Kroger and pay $25 and have results in 15 mins. I got tested last week because my boyfriend had covid over Thanksgiving. I never got it, though- which was confirmed by the antibody test. Kind of bummed! I was hoping I was one of those lucky asymptomatic folks. Oh well.
All indicators say it works on all strains. Time will tell as this type of threapy is still new
What do you think about the turn around time for this, being that COVID was a novel virus? I’m not anti any of this and will be getting the vaccine, but I was curious about the process. I know industry turns out new vaccines for things like the flu every year but I would think that the situation is different than the year to year changes for the flu vaccine?
It is stunning how fast this went down, it also gives me slight concern of course.
The best example is the COVID-19 test, which was rushed to the market with less than ideal rigor and quality control. False positives are high, so you wonder about the vaccine's safety profile.
We don't know what happens 12 months after the vaccine. Do you grow a third ear? Kidding...
Having said that, the reason this went so quick is it is an mRNA vaccine and not a typical vaccine like the flu shot that is grown in an egg.
The viral structure has been available online for a long time now, before this entire mess began.
They just needed the spike protein specific to this particular virus and here we are today with two mRNA vaccines.
mRNA vaccine is faster, and has zero interaction with the patient's DNA (misinformation is amazing with social media).
You get a piece of mRNA and in it are the instructions for that spike protein on the viral membrane, your ribosomes print off a few of those spikes, and your immune system sees those spikes and you make an immune response to them.
I truly have no concerns about the vaccine (risk or whatever). Mine is Sunday at 11 AM.
By the way - The news media are pushing these anaphylaxis stories to scare ppl and keep the emotions revved up bc 2020 was record viewership, but don't listen to that BS.
There will be allergic reactions to everything under the sun.
The Bell's Palsy thing is BS too - The rates of BP during the studies are identical to the normal rate of BP in society.
For every 10k people in America, 4 have BP - Vaccine trial of 40k people and you should expect around 4-16 cases of BP.
I have several friends that work in the medical field and this is exactly how they described the vaccine to me as well.