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. 💪👏😁

Turns out that in the UK, polls were wrong on the happy side. 72% of people said they planned to get the vaccine originally, but now it’s 91%, or something like that.

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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.

Potatoes and tomatoes are both members of the deadly nightshade family of plants of Belladona fame. I live on tomatoes for about 3 months a year when they are growing in my garden from late July to November.

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In about 9 days I am supposed to get my second shot from Moderna 🙂

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.