Covid jab.. (Page 3): Congratulations. My wife and I have had both of our vaccines with no side effects. Glad you could get signed up.

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

Rongnongno wrote:

I am under 65 and so is my wife. We live in Flori... (show quote)

Congratulations. My wife and I have had both of our vaccines with no side effects. Glad you could get signed up.

PH CIB

Wife had both Pfizer Shots with no reaction, I had both Moderna Shots at the VA, first shot no problem, second shot felt like I had Malaria again..

RightOnPhotography Loc: Quebec,QC

Rongnongno wrote:

I am under 65 and so is my wife. We live in Flori... (show quote)

You, lucky Floridians. 😊
I am in Quebec, Canada. Registered two days ago for my age group - 70+ (I am 72). The earliest date available was April 28. My wife is 67 and she is too young and will have to wait. Darn.

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

RightOnPhotography wrote:

You, lucky Floridians. 😊
I am in Quebec, Canada. Registered two days ago for my age group - 70+ (I am 72). The earliest date available was April 28. My wife is 67 and she is too young and will have to wait. Darn.

Out of curiosity, which vaccine are the Québécois receiving?

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Hard to believe that some people are more afraid of flu-like symptoms for a day or so than they are of contracting Covid. I had my second Pfizer shot a couple weeks ago, and only had a mildly sore arm. This weekend I'm going to eat in a restaurant and see a movie in a theater for the first time in a year. I'm now waiting until good friends I haven't seen in a year get their shots, and travel to visit them. Even though it's a new normal, it's worth it.

Ollieboy

JohnSwanda wrote:

Hard to believe that some people are more afraid of flu-like symptoms for a day or so than they are of contracting Covid. I had my second Pfizer shot a couple weeks ago, and only had a mildly sore arm. This weekend I'm going to eat in a restaurant and see a movie in a theater for the first time in a year. I'm now waiting until good friends I haven't seen in a year get their shots, and travel to visit them. Even though it's a new normal, it's worth it.

Makes no sense to risk Covid, than a day or two of discomfort. Survival of the fittest comes to mind.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Rongnongno wrote:

I am under 65 and so is my wife. We live in Flori... (show quote)

Congratulations. I got mine - the first of two - a couple of weeks ago, and thankfully there were no side effects

johnnievegas

we got both Pfizer. Sore arm for 2 days with the first. We took Tylenol before getting the second. Arm not as sore. Had fatigue the second day. No other symptoms.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Rongnongno wrote:

I am under 65 and so is my wife. We live in Flori... (show quote)

Congrats! What a milestone.

I got my second dose a month ago... I am feeling much less anxiety about COVID-19 now, but still wearing the mask. My wife had her first dose two weeks ago. She’s so ready to get back to her office. Skype and Teams are getting old.

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

The sore arm folks experience after Moderna vaccine is sufficiently common that it now has a name:
"Moderna Arm."
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/03/09/moderna-arm-some-people-develop-reaction-to-moderna-covid-19-vaccine/

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Got Moderna arm with both shots, but it only lasted a day. My arm is back to it's normal level of age-related soreness.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

David Martin wrote:

It may matter which vaccine you receive. br br Pe... (show quote)

And what are the statistics re Moderna?

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

berchman wrote:

And what are the statistics re Moderna?

I'm not sure there has been a comparable release of any "real world" data on Moderna yet.

The data on Pfizer reflects the results in Israel where 4 million (out of a population of 9 million) have been vaccinated, and data from all patients are entered into national health databases.

Johnson & Johnson, on the other hand, is currently having to contend with recommendations that Native Americans and Native Alaskans should avoid the J&J vaccine due to low efficacy in the 30% range.
https://indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/native-communities-should-avoid-the-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-for-now

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Gasman57 wrote:

…Survival of the fittest comes to mind.

As in, fear of the needle leads to The Darwin Award? ;-)

It's been a long, strange trip since March of last year. Hopefully, the trip will be over soon.

srat50 Loc: Ware, Massachusetts

I barely felt the first. The second a sore arm for a day not bad though. Madurna was mine.