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Vaccine

WazzuCoug said:
A couple of different notes...

Of 480 doses that I have direct knowledge of, only two had pretty strong reactions, and both had been previously diagnosed with COVID. Most have sore arms for a day or two. A small group also had some flu like symptoms for 12-24 hours.

The younger you are the reaction to the vaccine seems to be more severe (in general). If you were recently diagnosed with COVID, the reaction seems to be more severe as well.

The second shot usually carries more of a reaction than the first shot, again, being less sever the older you are. Anecdotally, I'm aware of some people in their 80s-90s who had no reaction, and people in their 20s who had very strong reactions. I'm sure there are variances to this across the board.

The more efficacious the vaccine, it seems to be more likely to elicit a reaction. So the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which appear to be the most efficacious, seem to trigger a reaction more often and a bit more severe than the other vaccines. So, as the other vaccines get distributed, we'll probably see fewer reactions because the other vaccines were created with different methods than the Pfizer and Moderna. So, most likely, if you aren't in healthcare or public safety, you probably get one of the other shots that may not have as high a risk for a reaction.

Of course, nothing is guaranteed, and there will always be some risk of a reaction, but I thought I'd share some information that comes directly from sources I know personally in my line of work.

I'm not saying any of this to mean that I think everyone should get the vaccine. If someone is uncomfortable getting it, I totally understand. I just thought some "real world" info might be interesting to some people.
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Ha ha! At least old age is good for something!!! :D
 
New York just opened it up to school employees (like me!) so I signed up as soon as I heard that. My appointment is next week, so hopefully we won't get a big snowstorm that day LOL. Nobody else in my family will be eligible until later stages, so I guess I'm the guinea pig in my house, which is fine with me.
 
My arm is a bit sore this evening, but not bad at all so far...it's the second injection that has the higher risk of side effects. I had to wait 15 mins after the injection before leaving, but they said people usually know withing 30 sec to 2 mins if things will be weird for them. My wife will get her first injection on Friday, and my daughter won't be vaccinated. I got the Moderna vaccine.

Now I just need to avoid getting the virus before the next one and for a couple weeks after...and hopefully I'll experience good efficacy. About 80% of the people where I work will be getting it, so I'll probably start spending more time back at the office again, although I expect I'll continue working mostly from home for the foreseeable future, which is just fine with me.
 
As far as testing goes, it's my understanding there's decades of research with SARS for the base of these new vaccines. They will probably be like flu vaccines that you need annually as it will mutate unless we take extreme lockdown measures to eradicate it. Clearly there is a significant portion of the country that refuse to make these necessary sacrifices; thus, Covid is most likely here to stay throughout our lifetimes. :( I think our sacrifices may be to get the vaccine first.
 
My first dose wasn't so great. Couldn't move my arm for 24 hours and couldn't sleep that night as it was given in the side I sleep on. Was nauseous for a day and a migraine for 2 days. Round 2 is March 1 and can't say I am looking forward to how I might feel after. I already gave my clients a heads up that it was happening incase I need to last min cancel their appointments.
 
Sorry Tokash that you had some side effects. I hope the 2nd dose goes easy for you. I originally posted that I was getting my 1st dose on Saturday (yesterday) but I switched it to Monday (tomorrow) because all of a sudden our hospital was taking appointments and that is only a 15 min drive and both my husband and I got the same time so we can go together. Before we were going to Walgreens but in different towns, mine was a 30 min drive south and his was a 45 minute drive north! So I was happy to see the hospital open up appointments.
 
Everything went well with the vaccine. So I had it done at my local hospital, everything went really smoothly and very organized. There were 3 different stations. One to fill out paperwork, consents, etc and then another where probably about a dozen computer operators inputted my information from the forms.

Then on to the vaccination room where there were probably two dozen or so nurses giving out the vaccine, I was sent to station #14. The funny thing is I wound up with one of our cousins on my husband's side who did mine! We didn't recognize each other at first because of the masks and we both lost a lot of weight. She said, I know a Judy Wood and then I looked into her eyes and realized it was her and we both said "OMG"! :D It was so good to see her, but yet kind of sad too because her 70 year old husband was the first to pass away from Covid in our family last April, followed by my 80 year old brother in-law in May. But I think she really feels like this is an important job and was liking seeing the people come in to be vaccinated.

I told her I didn't feel a thing when she gave me the shot but she said you probably will tomorrow, meaning a sore arm. I can certainly deal with that. So I am feeling good and I go back in 4 weeks.
 
Oh and I forgot to say.... then they send you over to another area but in the same room as the nurses in case there is any reaction, for 15 minutes. They had a set up of coffee, juice, water and snacks. I was proud of myself and only grabbed a bottle of water! ;):)
 
I took my mom for her vaccine yesterday and we had a very similar experience, minus the cousin lol She has had no side effects (yet?) She got the pfizer vaccine. We go back in 25 days. I will be very happy when she's all done. My mother in law has her 1st dose in March. I'll be happy once they are both done and I can get back to work. I quit my job in December, since they, and my husband, are all high risk and I worked in a casino. After my 3rd covid scare, and due to the sheer number of people we had out with covid I decided I'd wait it out. I know I'm lucky that I was able to make that choice. I do think it's crazy that when our state's covid rates were at their highest and skyrocketing, they choose to keep the casinos open, like it's essential business.
 
I am getting my first shot of the Moderna vaccine tomorrow. Then I get my second one exactly one month to the hour later. I had decided I wasn't going to get the vaccine because I had a flu vaccine in January or something and I have been completely healthy all winter. I thought, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I usually spend every winter sick with one cold after one respiratory infection after one sinus infection until the Tulips come up. But I have not had any problems this winter. I don't think my flu shot protected me against covid-19, but it sure did protect me from getting sick with something minor which might have led to Covid. So if you are a little Covid-adverse, get a flu shot. At least get a flu shot.
 
dianeseattle said:
I am getting my first shot of the Moderna vaccine tomorrow. Then I get my second one exactly one month to the hour later. I had decided I wasn't going to get the vaccine because I had a flu vaccine in January or something and I have been completely healthy all winter. I thought, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I usually spend every winter sick with one cold after one respiratory infection after one sinus infection until the Tulips come up. But I have not had any problems this winter. I don't think my flu shot protected me against covid-19, but it sure did protect me from getting sick with something minor which might have led to Covid. So if you are a little Covid-adverse, get a flu shot. At least get a flu shot.
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Diane, mine was the Moderna one too. My feeling is that with most people wearing masks there is less sickness of sore throats, colds and other cooties going around. But I totally agree that it is good to have the flu shot. Good luck getting the vaccine. My arm did get pretty sore last night and I went to bed a little early but it is doing better now and just slightly sore. No other side effects. My husband didn't have a sore arm at all. I think I am more sensitive, I have fibromyalgia and have had autoimmune disorders.
 
missyinacage said:
I took my mom for her vaccine yesterday and we had a very similar experience, minus the cousin lol She has had no side effects (yet?) She got the pfizer vaccine. We go back in 25 days. I will be very happy when she's all done. My mother in law has her 1st dose in March. I'll be happy once they are both done and I can get back to work. I quit my job in December, since they, and my husband, are all high risk and I worked in a casino. After my 3rd covid scare, and due to the sheer number of people we had out with covid I decided I'd wait it out. I know I'm lucky that I was able to make that choice. I do think it's crazy that when our state's covid rates were at their highest and skyrocketing, they choose to keep the casinos open, like it's essential business.
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Missy, glad you were able to take your mom for the vaccine and that your mother in-law has an appointment. That is crazy about the casinos. I would have quit too, not worth the chance.
 
I got my second Moderna dose on Friday morning 8am amidst an ice storm. I had a pretty sore shoulder about 4 hrs later. I was good for 12 hours and then started feeling a bit warm. At 16 hours I had a temp of 102.3, and on top of having the chills, our power was out due to the ice storm, so the house was a bit colder than normal, AND the inch of ice on the trees all over our property was causing branches and limbs and entire trees to snap off. It sounded like a war zone. So, it was a long night between the fever and the ice storm and no power, which also meant, no water because we are on a well. Since we moved here, we've talked about getting a house generator, but never did it....so, now that the storm is past, we are getting one for the next time.

Anyway, back to the vaccine. I had a 102 fever for pretty much the entire night, at about 24 hours post dose my temp was pretty much back to normal but I had a wicked headache. That lasted for about 6 more hours. I'd say I felt completely normal 32 hours after the second dose.

Anway, my 2nd dose experience sucked a bit, but it's over. We aren't going to have power here for days, possibly even two or more weeks. Dozens of downed poles and lines just within a mile of our property. About 100,000 without power in our county.
 
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