I got mine today. Hardly felt a thing. 5 minutes later, I got nauseous, not terribly so, and heart palpitations, a little bit sweaty and dizzy.
It was in a huge auditorium and clearly everyone else was fine.
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Good to hear you survived! I'm eager for my turn, day after tomorrow. Our younger son tested positive a couple weeks ago and has been holed up in a hotel until today. Some aches & pains, lost smell and taste, but no fever. Got to go home today where our granddaughters were waiting with Valentine cookies. I last saw him 5 days before he got sick and then only socially distanced. Still, a reminder of how insidious the virus can be.
Still planning to get the vaccine . . .
Showed up at the appointed hour this morning to find the gate closed and a big "No Vaccine Today" sign in place. Turns out the county decided that 22 degrees F. was too cold to administer the shots in a parking lot, so today's appointments were moved to February 25.
Pfizer in the arm yesterday - zero reactions.
We'll see how much is available locally three weeks from now.
My 91 yo father-in-law got his second jab a few days ago and didn't notice a thing. He says he's never felt better. 💪👏😁
There is lots of "corona fatigue" out there; everyone wants the crisis to go away. About the only thing an individual can do to make that happen is to get vaccinated. So even if they have questions or concerns, people are lining up for the shot. Mine's rescheduled for Thursday--can't wait!
So even if they have questions or concerns, people are lining up for the shot.
There will *still* be some that won't.
Like my 30-odd year old niece in NY. Nope, no way, no how she said to my wife last night.
Must be nice to be invincible.
I've been deep ending on the history of nutrition over the last few centuries and it reminds me of the things we believe about vaccinations.
Potatoes, for example, were unknown in Europe until explorers brought them back from the New World. Scary as Hell. It took a half century before peasants would accept them, even though they had vitamin c and went a long way in solving the scurvy epidemics which had been plaguing Europe.
Received my weather-delayed first Pfizer shot yesterday. Slight prick and barely noticable local ache overnight. The county health department managed process was smooth and drama free.
The signup process to get a vaccine here in MA has been quite a mess but somehow I managed to snag an appointment last week at one of the mass vaccination sites. I feel very lucky.
My first dose of Pfizer vaccine was yesterday. While the signup process was a mess the process of actually getting the vaccine was very smooth.
My wife and I both received our second Moderna shot a few days ago, without any significant symptoms.
We both had minor local tenderness at the site of injection the evening of the injection, which was mostly gone the following morning. The facility was quiet, orderly, and not crowded whatsoever. There was the mildest taste of hilarity in the air, as most of the folks being vaccinated were receiving their 2nd shot, and were realizing they were probably not going to die of Covid after all.
We have had no fever, shortness of breath or change of appetite. We were more sleepy/tired than typical for about 48 hours after the shots, but not enough to prevent us from walking out of doors for our usual 4 mile tramp. Not sure if the tiredness was even related to the vaccination - maybe/maybe not.
I encourage everyone who is eligible to get vacccinated, to do so.
