Second Covid Shot
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Feb 19, 2021 07:52:04 #
First shot: just a little tenderness in the arm at the needle site for a couple of days.
Second shot: after 24 hours, I felt a little discomfort, like you're going to get the flu. I took half a dose of a "day time" flu medicine. Symptoms lasted about 5 hours, then all fine.
Second shot: after 24 hours, I felt a little discomfort, like you're going to get the flu. I took half a dose of a "day time" flu medicine. Symptoms lasted about 5 hours, then all fine.
Feb 19, 2021 07:58:21 #
Feb 19, 2021 08:23:18 #
First shot sore arm, second shot sore arm slight headache and felt a little worn out for 1 day. Well worth getting both vaccinations for me. I heard all the hype of bad news in the media about the shots, but I felt it was just the media being the media looking for the worst in everything and trying to create controversy.
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Feb 19, 2021 08:37:15 #
LXK0930
Loc: Souh Jersey
Wife and I are both seniors.
We got our second shots (Moderna) Feb 13.
Both were fine 1st day.
I was very slightly ill 2nd day, wife was a lot worse. Neither took anything for discomfort.
Everything cleared up by 3rd day for both of us.
Overall, I would say that my reaction was a 2, my wife's about a 5.
Both WAY better than Covid!
We got our second shots (Moderna) Feb 13.
Both were fine 1st day.
I was very slightly ill 2nd day, wife was a lot worse. Neither took anything for discomfort.
Everything cleared up by 3rd day for both of us.
Overall, I would say that my reaction was a 2, my wife's about a 5.
Both WAY better than Covid!
Feb 19, 2021 08:38:27 #
whfowle
Loc: Tampa first, now Albuquerque
ELNikkor wrote:
My wife was sick after her first (Pfizer). When t... (show quote)
I've never heard waiting too long for the second shot makes you start over. There is nothing special about the second shot, it's the same serum. It is just a booster like getting a flu shot every year is a booster. There is a minimum of three to four weeks but not a maximum. I suspect we will all be getting boosters every year just like the flu shot.
Feb 19, 2021 08:41:05 #
David Martin wrote:
Have you tried calling your doctor's office? I tried repeatedly to get scheduled online, both through Wake County's website and Duke's MyChart app. Day after day, no appointments available. Finally I called my doctor's office, they had direct access to Duke's vaccine appointment schedule, and were able to make my appointment while I was on the line. Worth a try.
I've called my doctor. They have no access to it. and they tell me to "keep trying". every time I try they say they're out of it and to "keep trying". that's getting old. My endocrinologist it at Duke. maybe I should drive an hour to get the shot over there if he can arrange it. how ridiculous is that?
Feb 19, 2021 08:50:05 #
I have gotten both vaccine shots. I had no problems with shot#1 and shot#2. No side effects only arms were little sore. At 79 years I did okay with them.
Feb 19, 2021 08:52:02 #
It appears everyone has a little different reaction to the vaccine. I have friends that had very little reaction, some sore arm for half a day, to a couple that stayed in bed for a day on the second shot. Whatever the post shot reaction, it has to be better than getting sick with Covid!
Feb 19, 2021 09:01:53 #
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Feb 19, 2021 09:31:32 #
jbk224
Loc: Long Island, NY
Jerry...
First....it's a vaccine..shot. More people had adverse affects from their Shingles shot(s)! Some, from their Flu shots. My wife and I...sore arms after the 2nd. Of 40 people I know....2 with an 'experience'. And one of those I suspect it was something else.
Second.....the statistical probability that 'many' teachers in your area actually had a bad experience does not measure up with the facts. You've heard of 'Blue Flu'...I suggest this problem was/is TU Flu. And not just in the Catskills!
First....it's a vaccine..shot. More people had adverse affects from their Shingles shot(s)! Some, from their Flu shots. My wife and I...sore arms after the 2nd. Of 40 people I know....2 with an 'experience'. And one of those I suspect it was something else.
Second.....the statistical probability that 'many' teachers in your area actually had a bad experience does not measure up with the facts. You've heard of 'Blue Flu'...I suggest this problem was/is TU Flu. And not just in the Catskills!
Feb 19, 2021 09:32:41 #
My wife and I got our Madirna #2 Sat. My arm was sore for several days. My wife had sore arm and fever for 3 days. My wife's reaction was the same for the high dose flu vac.
Feb 19, 2021 09:39:11 #
Don's Leica
Loc: Asheville, NC
No reactions after 1st or 2nd Pfizer shot. Same for spouse. We are 84 and 80.
Feb 19, 2021 09:44:48 #
Don's Leica wrote:
No reactions after 1st or 2nd Pfizer shot. Same for spouse. We are 84 and 80.
Just read an article that the Pfizer vaccine is 85% effective after the first dose (after 2 weeks). Has anyone seen this study.
Feb 19, 2021 09:49:38 #
jbk224
Loc: Long Island, NY
LEWHITE7747 wrote:
Just read an article that the Pfizer vaccine is 85% effective after the first dose (after 2 weeks). Has anyone seen this study.
Not yet. All data to date has put this into thee 70's; and then full immunity 14 days after the 2nd shot...95%+/-.
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