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Second dose coming up this Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-vaccine-idUSKBN2AE0Q2
I know several patients who have refused the current offerings of the vaccine and are waiting on the J&J vaccine instead. I know the difference between the two types of vaccines but I still don't see why people who are at-risk or frontline workers won't take the vaccines available now and wait to see about J&J or any other pharm company's vaccine later on.
Our nurse took her second dose on Thursday and said she felt feverish on Friday and was thinking about leaving. She ended up staying but that's not a good sign. I'm aware the second dose has seen the most symptoms so I'm hoping if I do get any, it's later in the day on Friday or even over the weekend and not during the work day. It's an 8:50 AM appt. so...lol?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-vaccine-idUSKBN2AE0Q2
I know several patients who have refused the current offerings of the vaccine and are waiting on the J&J vaccine instead. I know the difference between the two types of vaccines but I still don't see why people who are at-risk or frontline workers won't take the vaccines available now and wait to see about J&J or any other pharm company's vaccine later on.
Our nurse took her second dose on Thursday and said she felt feverish on Friday and was thinking about leaving. She ended up staying but that's not a good sign. I'm aware the second dose has seen the most symptoms so I'm hoping if I do get any, it's later in the day on Friday or even over the weekend and not during the work day. It's an 8:50 AM appt. so...lol?
My colleague had her second dose yesterday afternoon. She said she was fine until this morning around 2 AM when she got the chills. Took a Tylenol and went back to bed. Woke up and took another Tylenol at 9 and felt like shit but still came in. Then she ended up leaving early around midday because it was too much for her. Hoping she feels better by tomorrow but I'm not looking forward to Friday when I get mine.
I got the Pfizer shot but my sister is also due her for second dose on Friday and she go the Moderna shot. I guess both of us are going to have a shitty weekend by the looks of it.
I got the Pfizer shot but my sister is also due her for second dose on Friday and she go the Moderna shot. I guess both of us are going to have a shitty weekend by the looks of it.
I may be naive but I've read, and believe, that we'll see a big wave of vaccines by this summer. Many patients at the clinic ask about the vaccine and we give the contact information for centers that do administer vaccines. Folks that are on Medicare probably get a letter sent to them to let them know they're eligible and I don't come across too many people 70+ that haven't gotten theirs already. So I'm assuming the notifications are being sent out and have been sent out for the past month or two for high-risk people that aren't healthcare workers.
I know there was a 50 year old woman last week that had high cholesterol and blood pressure that was technically eligible because those are two risk factors. She may have been diabetic as well, so 2-3 factors. So she did sign up but she was not a large woman at all and was functioning just fine at home. But she should be entitled to it based on medical history. So even people in that camp can get it or at least sign up for it.
Maybe AUS is different but I still imagine the US is the shittiest place to be for COVID and that the process is more disorganized than others. So if those people can at least get on a least and a rough time frame, then I feel other places will be the same or better.
Now the only person not vaccinated in my family is my mom and that's going to be a mission since she's not even 60 yet. She does work in my dad's clinic so she is kind of frontline, much like the assistants and nurses. But they got theirs through the hospitals they were affiliated with. I got mine, my sister got hers today too through her research lab. And my dad was probably two months ago by the hospital. lol poor mom.
One thing I read (just the headline on Twitter but from Reuters) was that Pfizer came out and said their vaccine does not require those ridiculous refrigeration temperatures. I think it's -200F? Something like that, that most regular clinics don't have. So soon we may see regular clinics get vaccines that they can administer like a flu shot. But so much changes week to week that next week it might not be true. Who knows...
I know there was a 50 year old woman last week that had high cholesterol and blood pressure that was technically eligible because those are two risk factors. She may have been diabetic as well, so 2-3 factors. So she did sign up but she was not a large woman at all and was functioning just fine at home. But she should be entitled to it based on medical history. So even people in that camp can get it or at least sign up for it.
Maybe AUS is different but I still imagine the US is the shittiest place to be for COVID and that the process is more disorganized than others. So if those people can at least get on a least and a rough time frame, then I feel other places will be the same or better.
Now the only person not vaccinated in my family is my mom and that's going to be a mission since she's not even 60 yet. She does work in my dad's clinic so she is kind of frontline, much like the assistants and nurses. But they got theirs through the hospitals they were affiliated with. I got mine, my sister got hers today too through her research lab. And my dad was probably two months ago by the hospital. lol poor mom.
One thing I read (just the headline on Twitter but from Reuters) was that Pfizer came out and said their vaccine does not require those ridiculous refrigeration temperatures. I think it's -200F? Something like that, that most regular clinics don't have. So soon we may see regular clinics get vaccines that they can administer like a flu shot. But so much changes week to week that next week it might not be true. Who knows...
Just an idea of how misinformation possibly spreads so fast, a professor wrote an op-ed for the WSJ or WaPo, can't remember, and said he thinks we get herd immunity by April. Less than two months away.
https://www.businessinsider.com/johns-hopkins-professor-herd-immunity-us-april-2021-2
Lots of other experts have come out and said they disagree with him and gave their reasons but the only reason I even knew about this was because my own doctor was casually mentioning it to patients. Not stating it as fact but simply mentioning that a Johns Hopkins expert said it could be as soon as April.
I'm sure, if he's wrong, he'll be drowned out and many people will forget about it and continue behaving as if this threat is around for a while longer. But I wouldn't be surprised if, as we get closer to April, people start expecting more lax guidelines and laws in regards to masks, business reopenings, etc. And then get upset when it doesn't happen.
Also, I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but the symptoms from my first dose were the same or even less than as my second dose of the vaccine. No headaches, fever, joint pains, etc. Just a sore arm that has largely gone away today and only hurts if I touch it. My sister had the Moderna vaccine on the same day and she too had little to no symptoms, just the sore arm. The nurse practicioners at my dad's clinic, however, were almost in tears because they said the joint pains and headaches were unbearable. Everyone's immune system is different so it's understandable but the retarded side of me wonders if the government gave me a placebo shot and wants me dead lol. We will see. In about 10 days I should be at 14 days post-vaccine for that sweet, 97% protection from transmission. I think it will also have implications for travel since I have the card certifying my vaccination doses.
https://www.businessinsider.com/johns-hopkins-professor-herd-immunity-us-april-2021-2
Lots of other experts have come out and said they disagree with him and gave their reasons but the only reason I even knew about this was because my own doctor was casually mentioning it to patients. Not stating it as fact but simply mentioning that a Johns Hopkins expert said it could be as soon as April.
I'm sure, if he's wrong, he'll be drowned out and many people will forget about it and continue behaving as if this threat is around for a while longer. But I wouldn't be surprised if, as we get closer to April, people start expecting more lax guidelines and laws in regards to masks, business reopenings, etc. And then get upset when it doesn't happen.
Also, I don't know if it's a good thing or not, but the symptoms from my first dose were the same or even less than as my second dose of the vaccine. No headaches, fever, joint pains, etc. Just a sore arm that has largely gone away today and only hurts if I touch it. My sister had the Moderna vaccine on the same day and she too had little to no symptoms, just the sore arm. The nurse practicioners at my dad's clinic, however, were almost in tears because they said the joint pains and headaches were unbearable. Everyone's immune system is different so it's understandable but the retarded side of me wonders if the government gave me a placebo shot and wants me dead lol. We will see. In about 10 days I should be at 14 days post-vaccine for that sweet, 97% protection from transmission. I think it will also have implications for travel since I have the card certifying my vaccination doses.
Went out to eat at a dine-in place for the first time since Corona started. It was a weird feeling and the place kept every other table empty between tables but it still didn't feel right. It was a nice place but their only screening was a thermometer they used on your wrist. I'm not sure what else they could do but even the waitress did a half-ass job of scanning everyone. I guess the burden falls on the wait staff to try to gatekeep the place, which sucks and isn't what they signed up for, but the whole experience was just odd.
Probably won't do it again even though the family is all vaccinated.
Probably won't do it again even though the family is all vaccinated.
I don't know about Europe, but in the US it's just two so far; Pfizer and Moderna. J&J will be here soon, too, but I'm not sure about the politics behind us not having the AZ.
Speaking of politics, I read that Germany has like 3% of the population vaccinated? And all the R&D was done there. I wonder what happened.
The US is #1 though lol. Haven't heard that in a few years. I think Papa Biden said May 1, he expects everyone to be eligible to receive the vaccine.
Speaking of politics, I read that Germany has like 3% of the population vaccinated? And all the R&D was done there. I wonder what happened.
The US is #1 though lol. Haven't heard that in a few years. I think Papa Biden said May 1, he expects everyone to be eligible to receive the vaccine.
I expect you're going to reach like 60% of the population getting vaccines, and the others being like "not on muh watch, get this near me and imma shoot ya".
In Canada they expect to vaccinate everyone by September but will see how it goes. So far it's going quite well actually, despite the initial delays as manufacturers struggled with making enough.
In Canada they expect to vaccinate everyone by September but will see how it goes. So far it's going quite well actually, despite the initial delays as manufacturers struggled with making enough.
While I don't wish death on people that refuse the vaccine, if they were to contract it after a certain date and the records show that they refused the vaccine, they should be denied care. I get some people are unable to get vaccinated for various, legitimate reasons, but to actively avoid the vaccine and then fall ill (for any reason) and then put people in the hospital at risk warrants a denial of service. I'm basically talking about anti-vaxers. Immunocompromised people excluded. Make it so that, in the US, if you're not vaccinated by the time flu season starts, you can eat a dick. Put them in the basement with a carton of hydroxychloroquine and let them figure it out. It's God's Will™, I suppose.
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