Seriously thoughtful The Covid Vaccination Poll

[astrangerhere]

Originally Posted by issybird

That’s assuming she doesn’t shoot you first.

SNORT.

My #1 Rule of life is "happy wife, happy life."

Sadly, my wife is not yet eligible for her shot, and refuses to jump the line, even though my in-laws keep pushing her to. I'm getting my second dose next week.

[pdurrant]

I got my first shot (AstraZeneca) yesterday morning. I was OK for most of the day, but I got a slight fever, headache and shivering in the evening and went to bed. Nothing serious, but enough that I didn't work today. I reckon I'll be fine tomorrow.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

SNORT.

My #1 Rule of life is "happy wife, happy life."

Sadly, my wife is not yet eligible for her shot, and refuses to jump the line, even though my in-laws keep pushing her to. I'm getting my second dose next week.

Rule no. 1 for me staying married for 48 years: having found a mate who has a sense of humor and is more willing to roll her eyes than apply a rolling pin to my head when I say things like that!

Here's hoping your wife will soon be eligible and a slot available for her to get her shot(s). It really does offer peace of mind. My wife and I have both felt like a great burden has been lifted. We're hoping now that the vaccine will soon become available to other family members.

[SteveEisenberg]

Too late now, but someone may have been trying to manipulate the poll result:

Krispy Kreme will give you a free doughnut every day this year — if you've been vaccinated

Reading their web site fine print, Canada is excluded. Will Timmies step up?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg

Reading their web site fine print, Canada is excluded. Will Timmies step up?

Tbh, I'd get vaccinated to avoid Timmies donuts. They've gotten bad in recent years.

[Barbara1955]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I got my first shot (AstraZeneca) yesterday morning. I was OK for most of the day, but I got a slight fever, headache and shivering in the evening and went to bed. Nothing serious, but enough that I didn't work today. I reckon I'll be fine tomorrow.

Thats how I felt the 1st time I got a Flu Shot but lasted 6 Months! 6 yrs later I got the Flu shot again it lasted a Whole Yr!!
Getting this shots is not happening...

[Fbone]

I received my Covid vaccine this morning. Janssen-one dose. So far no reaction.

[OtinG]

Originally Posted by Fbone

I received my Covid vaccine this morning. Janssen-one dose. So far no reaction.

I hadn't heard of that vaccine, or so I thought, then I searched the internet and see that Jansen is a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson.

[fathead]

I've received my first jab and will get the second when it's available but I do have some misgivings, mostly relating to the abbreviated testing of the vaccines.

Obviously, I understand the urgency of getting a viable vaccine out there as fast as possible but I do worry that corners may have been cut in the name of expediency ( and sadly, profit for the pharmaceutical companies involved).

I debated the limited protection offered by the vaccine against it's potential, long-term side-effects and decided it was worth the risk but not without qualms.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg

Too late now, but someone may have been trying to manipulate the poll result:

Krispy Kreme will give you a free doughnut every day this year — if you've been vaccinated

Reading their web site fine print, Canada is excluded. Will Timmies step up?

I had seen this. Alas, the nearest Krispy Kreme is 130 miles away. I’ve got my vaccination card and ready to go, but that’s kinda far for a doughnut.

Full disclosure: I’ve never had a KK and I don’t much like doughnuts anyway. Would trying a KK change that? I’m unlikely to find out.

[OtinG]

In my experience, mom and pop bakeries often have much better donuts than big chain bakeries like Krispy Kreme.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I got my first shot (AstraZeneca) yesterday morning. I was OK for most of the day, but I got a slight fever, headache and shivering in the evening and went to bed. Nothing serious, but enough that I didn't work today. I reckon I'll be fine tomorrow.

I am fine today.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by fathead

I debated the limited protection offered by the vaccine against it's potential, long-term side-effects and decided it was worth the risk but not without qualms.

I don't know of any long-term side effects from any other vaccine, so it seems unlikely that there would be some for this vaccine.

[meeera]

Originally Posted by fathead

I've received my first jab and will get the second when it's available but I do have some misgivings, mostly relating to the abbreviated testing of the vaccines.

The testing wasn't abbreviated or rushed or cut short.

Development and testing was rapid because:

(a) all of the base work was already done, with SARS vaccine research;
(b) all of the red tape was accelerated (not cut short or skimped on, but actually put onto desks and acted on immediately instead of left to linger for months or years;
(c) the entire world was pulling together, and zillions of willing subjects put their hands up immediately to take part in testing;
(d) the phases of testing and manufacture were run concurrently instead of sequentially (the risk here was only financial - a whole lot of ineffective vaccine could have needed to be tossed);
(e) the pandemic was running rampant in a number of places, meaning that effective vaccine testing could take place (a high prevalence means you get good efficacy data quickly).
ETA (f): the mRNA platform means that new vaccines can be produced extremely quickly, just from a technical point of view. It's an incredibly exciting platform and I expect we will hear a lot more about it in the future.

If we as a global community pool resources and work together prioritising a technical problem, we can get it done. (Wouldn't it be nice if we applied this sort of effort to some other existential problems the globe has right now?)

There isn't really much of a mechanism or precedent for occult very-long-term vaccine adverse effects. Vaccine side-effects typically show up either immediately or in a period of weeks. With mRNA vaccines, for example, all of the mRNA is rapidly destroyed in your body (within hours-to-days). Scientists who were closely following the research from the start (if the scientists and doctors in my circles are any indication) kept a very close eye on things for the few handful of months, then relaxed and embraced vaccination with open arms.

Regardless, ongoing side effects surveillance is taking place in an effort to monitor incredibly low-incidence possibilities. That surveillance is active as well as passive in my country - several days after my vaccination I received a text survey, and there will be more.

[Tarana]

Got my shot yesterday at local pharmacy as a result of a cancellation. Moderna version. Other than redness and soreness at the shot spot, no side effects (yet). Sounds like it will become available to everybody in my state starting in April, with preference given to those already part of groups already getting shots. The clinics are limiting shots to those with age or medical to make sure that population is served quickly.

Edit: The date was moved to March 30 (MN) so next Tuesday.