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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.
Have a little redness about the size of a nickel and tender at the injection site, other than that nothing else. Moderna brand. @Polynikes said don't believe the BS and that is exactly right on the money, 1 million plus already vaccinated and reactions a very rare.....
I'm wondering how many times we will need to get this vaccine. I know it's a 2-shot process, but how long is it good for? Covid is not going away. It's here forever. Just like the Swine Flu is still here (and was the prevalent flu strain this year before Covid hit). Will people be required to get the seasonal flu shot in addition to the Covid shots every year? There is no vaccine that covers all flu strains. When you get your annual flu shot, it's for whatever strain the CDC sees as the most prevalent that year, but there are usually several strains going around (that's why you can get the flu shot and still get the flu). So, what will be the protocol in 2021?
Current politicization of everything is a direct result of social media's influence and the 24 hr news cycle addiction.
Very disturbing.
There will be ppl who have bad reactions to the vaccine, but that is no different than anything else.
I've seen kids die at Grady from unintentional peanut exposure when everyone knew the kid had a peanut allergy.
Many stories like that...No reason to think this would be any different than anything else.
The delivery platform (mRNA strand in a lipid bubble) is elegant and safe.
There will be a surge in med school applications soon.
Yep. I already saw an article the day after the vaccine was first used. Some nurse got vaccinated and then fainted. The headline was something like "Nurse passes out after receiving COVID vaccine". Clearly trying to get people freaked out. However, when you read the story, this nurse has a history of passing out after receiving any shot. She has some weird hyper active pain response and has passed out at least six times in the last couple of months for various reasons. The COVID shot had nothing to do with her fainting....but you wouldn't know that by the headline. The media is flat out of control, and FB is the worst of them all.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content:9817674811
They are not sure some involved with the sciences behind it say immunity could be 3 years
She's squeamish is all - She may give shots or be in the OR and maybe she's been in a trauma OR and been doused in blood without any problems - It is different when it's you.
There is no "condition" that causes someone to faint when they get a shot. I know this bc that's what I do for a living - Interventional Pain. .
I've done thousands of procedures on pts that are awake - I have ways to mitigate that risk, and after thousands of procedures I've had only a few ppl faint, and all of them had a history of it previously.
Give even the most needle averse pt on Earth a Valium tablet 30 min prior and their "condition" disappears...Because it needle anxiety alone.
She's generally anxious and doesn't like needles - Giving them is fine bc she's in control of the situation, and that's exactly why dudes with tattoos pass out - They don't like needles when they're not in control of the situation.
That story is laughable and absurd AT BEST, nefarious and evil AT WORST.
Yep, but if you simply read the headline (like so many people do) you would be grossly misled...as intended. All networks and news outlets do it.
Social media has changed our appetite for news - Instead of investigative journalism and deep dives into a subject, we prefer around 200 characters bc it's easier.
Dude wanted to meet chicks at Harvard and instead he's ruined America.
Fake News
The cable news 24 hour news cycle had already sent us along this path. But you are right, social media has done so much damage that I don’t know if we will ever repair it. At least cable news viewers tended to have higher levels of education, and there used to be journalistic norms that constrained them-apparently those have weakened as well. It seems like the threat of defamation suits are they only true constraints left. But now social media connects with people with much lower levels of political knowledge and education. These folks will believe anything that is consistent with their preexisting belief system. No matter the source.