Pfizer 36 hours after booster the only side effects were a cold feeling in my bones and a very sore shoulder the night of. Killed it with OTC pain meds, went to bed.
Cant say I'm happy about this while I keep scrambling like mad to find a vaccine for my elderly parents... https://thehill.com/policy/defense/...-prisoners-to-be-offered-coronavirus-vaccines
That was similar to my experience as well. Really crazy how for some it's so incredibly mild yet for others it's fatal. Just be glad you ended up on the lucky side.
Both of my parents got their first does of Moderna this week. No major side effects except for a sore arm for my Mom that went away after 48 hours.
Not only is there effectiveness, zero clinical trial participants ended up hospitalized or died once the 28 day mark passed, and zero had severe disease after 49 days. There were over 6,500 South Africans in this study, and Brazilians as well. Sign me up!
Two friends of mine in their 60's got their first shot of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. Said they felt pretty cruddy still this morning.
Got an update. As of 1/30: 413,146 vaccine doses administered by Texas Medical Center member hospitals. 10,474 average doses administered per day 95,382 FULLY vaccinated people 2,741 people currently in the hospital for COVID as of 1/31 Hospitalization fatality ratio as of 2/1: 9.18% (this is down from April 2020, where fatalities were close to 17%) Data should all be here: https://www.tmc.edu/
No appointments, but I was able to get them registered with St. Lukes and Methodist. Just more wait and see.
That's very weird for the first shot to do that. Typically the only side effect from the first shot is pain at the injection site that can last a few days. Either way though, it's better they go though those side effects from the vaccine than throw the dice when it comes to actually having COVID-19.
My parents were on the list at Methodist because they went and got tested there when I tested positive back in June. They were called out of the blue because they were in Methodist's system at that point...and they scheduled their first vaccination injection within a week of that call. Obviously, I don't know if this will be a similar experience for your parents, but I hope it is. Best of luck!
We just had to say goodbye to a healthy man in his early 50's that got this virus. It turned his lungs into concrete bags. He fought for almost a month but didn't make it. I'm devastated for his young family and wife. There will be such an impact on our society from this. I hope people learn how to care about their fellow man again and trust science. Take the vaccine folks. You don't want to be one of the unlucky ones.
It depends on the immune system. And the immune system also deteriorates with age. It's no surprise that someone in their 60s has more symptoms than a man in their 30s or 40s. It also depends on personal history. I have a history of a mild allergic response to a vaccine- the measles one- when I was a child so when I get vaccinated I will be sure to inform the doctor about it and expect much more serious symptoms than just a pain in the injection site. In fact every single vaccine I have gotten I had more symptoms than the usual case. I got two days fever. chills, muscle pains and fatigue just from the flu vaccine last year. Know your history , inform your doctor and be prepared. Anyway this is absolutely nothing and is considered safe even for decade tested vaccines.
Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100-year-old veteran who raised millions for coronavirus relief, has COVID-19 https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4335738001
After 10 months of no community transmission in Western Australia we've gone into lockdown - we're only allowed to leave the house for groceries, work (if we can't work from home) or to exercise for an hour each day, but we can't go more than 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) from our homes. If we do leave the house for these reasons we have to wear masks. Anyone care to guess how many cases of COVID made the WA government place 2 million of its citizens into lockdown?
