My wife & I got our 2 shots of Pfizer in January. No side affects at all for either of us.?ÿ
But one thing about it bothers me. At the risk of seeming to be political, but this is not.?ÿ Due to confusion by the health dept., we made 4 trips to the hospital for the shots. We're both White, and 90-95% of the people getting shots where also White in a population that's 80% Black. Getting our shots early was White priviledge I didn't want or ask for and feel no guilt about. But I don't like it. The Virgin Islands may never get to herd immunity. I understand that tourists are coming here to get shots because the locals don't want them.?ÿ
My neighbor got a Moderna shot and turned into one of those flying monkeys on the Wizard of Oz.?ÿ He never did come back...?ÿ I don't think he has Covid 19 though.
I had stayed away from my friend's four-chair barber shop since the pandemic started as he was a cancer survivor with a poor immune system.?ÿ I did not want to take the chance that I could possibly infect him prior to my knowledge of being infected myself.?ÿ Fortunately, I have not become infected and am now more than two weeks past taking the second Moderna shot.?ÿ Nevertheless, the friend died about three weeks ago from a COVID infection.
This week I went in to get a haircut from one of the remaining barbers.?ÿ He explained that all four of them had become infected with COVID at various times, with my buddy being the last of the four to get it.?ÿ This barber's wife, who I know from her work position with the city, had also had COVID at a time different from his infection.?ÿ They both jumped at the chance to get the vaccine.?ÿ His experience was minimal both times.?ÿ His wife's first shot made her somewhat sick but not severely.?ÿ Her second shot sent her over the edge.?ÿ It was horrible.?ÿ She had the worst headache of her life and it lasted for two weeks.?ÿ As we tend to say here, "It depends" and "Your mileage may vary".
Follow up:?ÿ
Shot works, got slight malaise on day after no fever and broke a sweat.
All good signs that immune system reacted positive.
Stay safe everyone.
Not being political but is it possible there is a direct relationship between your white privilege and the locals not wanting to get the shot?
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/91785
According to this article it is readily available to one and all on a walk-in basis on your island, so I'm not sure how it can be called "white privilege'" to be getting it. White choice seems more appropriate. Of course, the article's claims are not fully consistent with your 4 trips experience.?ÿ
Do I understand that this fellow got COVID after getting vaccinated?
I doubt the barber who died had received the vaccinations as this area has been very slow about getting them dispensed, even to those clearly more susceptible than average.?ÿ It was the wife of another barber in the same shop who had gone through a COVID infection months earlier, received her vaccinations recently but had a very bad experience following the second shot.
Another friend who had COVID a few months ago said the reaction to the vaccination was a worse experience than the actual infection he had gone through previously.
Here is one of the really bizarre possibilities connected with getting a vaccination.?ÿ There really is a valid reason why most vaccination centers require those getting the vaccine to wait around for 15 to 30 minutes before leaving.
It's been almost 2 weeks, there should have been some follow up by now.?ÿ Google is so quiet about it that one smells cover-up. Still, it is one person out of 100+ million.?ÿ Not bad odds.?ÿ
Had my second Pfizer ten days ago and felt fine more or less, but notably I've had a good deal of inflammation in several old injuries prone to arthritis that have me a bit hobbled. From experience I know this too will pass, but whether there is a connection between the jabs or not I do not know, but it came on fairly quickly a couple days after the second shot but could just as well be a side affect of aging less than gracefully.
NC opened up the floodgate today.?ÿ Anyone can now get a vaccine.?ÿ My wife left early to park in a line to receive the J&J vaccine.?ÿ I'll wait until there's no wait.
I'm opting for the J&J vaccine.?ÿ I'm forty, in great shape, and seem to have developed a strong immune system from years of surveying in landfills and waste water treatment plants.?ÿ Sewer AIAs are the gift that keeps on giving.?ÿ
I don't doubt the overall safety of the mRNA vaccines but I do doubt the robustness of the reporting on possible side effects.?ÿ This pandemic has taught me the value of using non-Google search engines such as Duck-Duck=Go.?ÿ
The J&J vaccine builds upon many decades of experiencial knowledge, whereas mRNA vaccines have been isolated to animals until now.?ÿ If I were in a higher risk category I would probably go the mRNA route but I'm guessing that mRNA vaccines, though safe, have more room for improvement.?ÿ
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