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Originally Posted by meeera

More data's going to come, but there is this for a start, in the very early post-vaccination period:

" In this analysis of a real-world dataset of positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test results after inoculation with the BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccine, we found that the viral load was substantially reduced for infections occurring 12–37 d after the first dose of vaccine. These reduced viral loads hint at a potentially lower infectiousness, further contributing to vaccine effect on virus spread."

Thank you. Reading it.

Originally Posted by haertig

I read some highlights from study somewhere (not the actual study itself), but did not preserve a link to it. However, the CDC guidelines (directly available on their website at the link below) seem to acknowledge that vaccinated people are not spreaders. They don't come right out and say those exact words, but when they give recommendations like "You can hang out with unvaccinated people, no masks and no social distancing, and not bother with quarantine or testing" (paraphrased) that pretty much implies that you are not considered a spreader.

Here's the website:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...-guidance.html

And a quote from it that I am referring to:



And this other page from the CDC website says the same thing. Why they have two different webpages, I don't know. Seems like an opportunity for them to get out of sync as recommendations change and they might forget to update one of the pages. And being out of sync would cause confusion.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...accinated.html

Thank you. Living in Canada, CDC website hasn't been my first source of information even if I'm generally aware of their recommendations.
I can't help to extrapolate theirs as "We're confident that vaccinated people are less infectious but don't take any chance on more at risk population".

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

Hubby and I have both had the first shot...his was Moderna, mine was Pfizer. He gets his second the last week of April, I get mine 5-1. He got his thru our doctor's office, I got mine thru the local Health Dept. after I used them via the ArmorVax app for my 90 year old mom. She gets her second also the last week of April.

We had no reactions from the first shot that were noticeable. I was tired for a couple of days but don't know if that was from the shot. The Health Dept. location was very organized, and I was in and out in 20 minutes, which included the 15 minute wait afterward. They've done a great job with scheduling, 18 stations, and lots of volunteers, all doing one thing efficiently. EMT's were on hand as well.

Our daughter lives in another state, and got her first shot, Pfizer, yesterday. She feels terrible today and said her arm hurts a lot. She also had a vagal response after the shot, something she is somewhat prone to. Her spouse is scheduled next week I think, she isn't 30 yet so had a longer wait. Daughter works in the grocery industry so was able to get hers before other in their 30's, she is 34. Kentucky rollout has been slower than Ohio.

We went with the science.

Yay! I bet you look forward your next - fully vaccinated - reunion.
My parents got their first shot of Pfizer in France, it was hard to convince my mum to get vaccinated, but I've been very clear on my intents to not visit them until they would be fully vaccinated (for their own sake and my partner's health)