Setj wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:01 am
Following up, while there was no pain during the injection, some hours afterward, the area around the injection site became very sore for 36 hours. Since it is a double-blind study, the clinic did not know whether they were giving me the vaccine or a placebo. My GP said this is a 99% certain indication that they injected the vaccine. A saline solution injection would not have caused this type of reaction. Second shot of a two-dose trial is in three weeks.
According to a new press release from Pfizer yesterday, initial results are very promising.
https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-relea ... -lead-mrna
Just an update, more for my own history than anyone else's. Reaction from the second dose started out similar to the first dose reaction. Four hours after the injection, I might have thought it was the placebo since there were no side effects. By hour five, my arm became very sore, and I developed a fever of 100.4F. The fever hung around that mark for 24 hours, and then my temperature normalized abruptly. The arm soreness also gradually went away.
Four weeks later, the research group took a blood draw to check for antibodies. Being very curious, I went to a private lab on my own for an antibody test. My blood tested positive for SARS-Cov-2 antibodies.
I am very pleased with this and very eager to have my wife vaccinated as soon as the Pfizer vaccine is available to the public. We will go to lengths to get her vaccinated early. My adult children are also eager to be vaccinated.
In the meantime, I have to practice the routine - mask, social distancing, avoiding congregate places, wash hands ...
Everyone, stay safe. We've seen enough friends suffer with COVID to know you don't want to become infected!