Have you had a COVID-19 Vaccine or have an appt?

[Pugsy]

Since a booster hasn't been invented yet, I'll worry about it, when and if it ever happens. I hear lots of talk about making it for the new variants but until it happens I'm not gonna stress.

I said I wasn't getting the flu shot again and about 10 years later I got the flu really bad and changed my mind. I've had the flu one ever since, and thankfully haven't gotten sick from the shot again. So maybe in 10 years when I forget how miserable this shot was and they've worked out all the kinks ....

You got the J & J vaccine? Is that right? So one shot for now and I agree....cross the booster bridge if/when you might need to if a particularly nasty variant pops up.

I am sorry you have had a rough time and I know it probably doesn't make you feel any better for someone to tell you that if you reacted this much to the vaccine in terms of your body's response.....if you got the real full blown covid it likely would be magnified 100 times over and much worse.

[ChicagoGranny]

if you got the real full blown covid it likely would be magnified 100 times over and much worse.

+1
Seen too much - deathly ill friends, neighbors, acquaintances. Soaking up the hospital resources. Personally only know of one death - 51-year old female. One 70-year old friend has been in rehab for weeks - COVID stroke - no use of the right side of the body and slurred speech. One 72-year old friend spent 47 days in a hospital and 10 days in rehab - his life is changed.

[babydinosnoreless]

You got the J & J vaccine? Is that right? So one shot for now and I agree....cross the booster bridge if/when you might need to if a particularly nasty variant pops up.

Yes the J&J one. The one made from adenovirus vrs the one with the mRNA. I have been keeping up with the information about the vaccines and would probably not have let myself be talked into the other ones. As I've mentioned, I wasn't looking to get a hive/angioedema outbreak. Which thankfully I didn't get. The fever and nausea was bad enough. I made sure there were epi pens available and since I work for a medical company there were licensed staff on duty for my whole 10 hour shift that first Thursday night I got the vaccine which IMO was better than getting it in the parking lot of the local community college and being sent home after 15 min. Friday was the worst day when they let those of us who didn't call out go home. There was IMO a very large number of us who reacted to it. I only know 3 who didn't get sick.

[babydinosnoreless]

if you got the real full blown covid it likely would be magnified 100 times over and much worse.

+1
Seen too much - deathly ill friends, neighbors, acquaintances. Soaking up the hospital resources. Personally only know of one death - 51-year old female. One 70-year old friend has been in rehab for weeks - COVID stroke - no use of the right side of the body and slurred speech. One 72-year old friend spent 47 days in a hospital and 10 days in rehab - his life is changed.

I'm really sorry so many of you are having such a bad experience with sick friends and family. No one I know has had it bad or been hospitalized. The person who sits next to me at work got it in January and I had been giving her rides home after work. Half my training group went out from it but no one was super sick or hospitalized. I'm pretty sure I had it last year before it was a thing and already had some immunity or would have likely gotten sick when they did, either that or my autoimmunity protected me. Like many, I guess, I just don't know what to think of this whole mess. I'm just really sick of this weird freaky friday hell I'm living in. I want my life back and not this "new bleeping normal"

[ChicagoGranny]

I want my life back and not this "new bleeping normal"

Your vaccination was the first step. Your broadcasting fear about side effects, inasmuch as it may discourage someone from getting vaccinated, is a step back.

[tisket]

If you had covid before that could explain your reaction to the vaccine - kind of like getting a second shot of one of the other ones. Your body recognizes the antigen and went into full defense mode immediately. I know a number of people who had no reaction at all to the J&J one, but they had not previously had covid.

One of my doctors here told me he has lost several patients to it (he was not treating them for that, he was just notified of their deaths) including a 49 year old who recently died of it just 3 days after onset of symptoms. A coworker's wife lost a 30 year old colleague to it last year, a few miles from where I live Roughly one out of every 600 people in my county has died of it in the past year. Who knows how many have been disabled by it or have long term organ damage or effects like new onset diabetes or cognitive decline. Read an article about a couple who got it last spring, then got it again recently and both are now hospitalized.

It's weird how it affects people differently. I'll take all the protection I can get.

[chunkyfrog]

Second shot: bullfrog's arm is sore, but the warm spot is smaller now than earlier today.
My reaction: very mild tenderness at vaccine site.

[amenite]

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Roughly one out of every 600 people in my county has died of it in the past year. Who knows how many have been disabled by it or have long term organ damage or effects like new onset diabetes or cognitive decline.
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The same number roughly nationally, we have in the neighborhood of 1 in 600 in the U.S. killed by it. 534,000 / 330,000,000. I think it's beyond some people's appreciation, or outside their willingness to fully appreciate, how many dead there are from this disease. No hoax. Just a lot of victims who are dying out of sight of most people, and who knows how many with debilitating after effects. something like 7 NFL stadiums filled to capacity just gone.

[babydinosnoreless]

I want my life back and not this "new bleeping normal"

Your vaccination was the first step. Your broadcasting fear about side effects, inasmuch as it may discourage someone from getting vaccinated, is a step back.

Do you really think sanatizing the side effects is going to make anyone get the shot ? Sorry granny, it just doesn't work that way. I knew the possibilities of the side effects and still got the shot. Those that are going to get the shot will get it, those that won't aren't you will not change their minds. Some of those on the fence will feel better knowing hey she didn't want it, it sucked but she survived. Others will use it as the excuse they were always going to find to say, nope no thanks. There is some kind of new weird group think that somehow we can control, silence or educate the crazies out of society. That is never going to happen. The harder the shot is pushed, the harder others are going to push back. I would never tell anyone to take it, nor would I ever try to talk anyone out of taking it. Last I checked, Americans still have the freedom of choice no matter how badly some want to take it away from us in the name of science, or education, or for our own good, or for whatever the hell new reason they come up with next week.

[chunkyfrog]

Natural selection--it works, but not quite fast enough to be significant.

[babydinosnoreless]

Natural selection--it works, but not quite fast enough to be significant.

[cayenne]

from Dog Slobber ...

haven't stated one thing that is your own personal experience.

Why do you think you're an expert on my life? Go look up sulfite allergies and when you look in the covid shots both polysorbate and sugar have them. Rare, but guess what... I don't see your medical credentials posted here.

[derekpotter]

The UK is doing quite well with a staged vaccine roll-out - most vulnerable first. They invite everyone individually though it is then up to the recipient to make an appointment. We also have a choice between vaccination at a major vaccination centre or at a local one.

In my case I opted for the latter. We have a choice between the Pfizer and the AstraZeneca vaccines, I had one, my wife had the other. I had no noticeable side effects apart from a slight bruise-like sensation on my arm for 24 hours, my wife was the same except her arm stayed sore and is still slightly (only slightly) tender three weeks later.

Not sure what the point of the question was re CPAP, but HTH anyway.

[Dog Slobber]

from Dog Slobber ...

haven't stated one thing that is your own personal experience.

Why do you think you're an expert on my life? Go look up sulfite allergies and when you look in the covid shots both polysorbate and sugar have them. Rare, but guess what... I don't see your medical credentials posted here.

I don't claim to be an expert on your life. You made a claim that, all you've done is post about your own personal experiences with vaccines.

You didn't post about your own personal experiences with vaccines.

You posted about your nephews alleged reactions and your dogs alleged reactions.

No medical critical required to understand English.

[booksfan]

Update re: side effects to first vaccine.

Slight tenderness at site (rolling over onto it last night I noticed it) and slight muscle soreness. The tetanus shot I had a few months ago (when I hacked my finger to the bone and needed a bunch of stitches) actually bothered me more! Pretty much the same for hubby.

Here's hoping #2, in about 4 weeks goes as well! Or maybe I want more of an immune system response