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Originally Posted by issybird
Don’t look. You probably won’t even feel it. I think the common reaction is that people are so happy to be getting it that it overrides what would be only the mildest and over-before-you-know-it prick in any case.
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Yup, I barely felt it, and it was over in a flash
My second appointment was booked automatically.
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Originally Posted by haertig
If you are needle phobic, you may tend to tense your arm muscle. Don't. That can cause a bit of pain from any shot. Give them your limp noodle arm, totally relaxed. Not just the arm - go limp on your shoulder and neck muscles too. You want to be like that cooked spaghetti noodle - too whimpy to be picked out of the pot for a doneness taste test.
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Thanks again for the great advice - it really helped!
I was required to give acknowledgment to the doctor that AstraZeneca is only 63% effective, verses the 90%+ effectiveness rates of the others he went over. And I also had to confirm consent after he reviewed the potential rare blood clot issue. He recorded my consent for both. Nova Scotia is being very cautious and won’t give the AstraZeneca to anyone 65 and over. I just qualified by a couple of months.
My age group (60-64) has the option to wait to see if another brand of vaccine becomes available, but we’ve also been told we may still only be offered AstraZeneca later.