Marc_G
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I'm on the Pfizer regimen, but due to projected dose availability my second dose will be 34 days after the first. Should be just fine.
Yes. 21 days is the recommended, but they have had people successfully immunized when the second dose was as far out as six months. 21 - 60 days is considered "acceptable."I'm on the Pfizer regimen, but due to projected dose availability my second dose will be 34 days after the first. Should be just fine.
All good points. I definitely wasn't expecting to get to 100% of the adult population vaccinated. I'd be a little surprised if we cracked 70% of adults this year, for all of the uptake reasons mentioned. My brother in law is declining to get vaccinated--he doesn't think that COVID is that big a deal, and he's not sure the vaccine is safe. We'll see how long that holds up if my mother in law declines to have social events with him until he's vaccinated.Good data sources, but I am skeptical about CDC's projection of reaching 100% vaccination penetration by any fixed point in time. I don't see us ever getting there. At some point, the voluntary participation rate will taper off and flatline. Adoption rate will be more of an S-curve, than the exponential-to-linear model the CDC is projecting.
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I’m confused, is that a plus or a minus?My brother in law is declining to get vaccinated--he doesn't think that COVID is that big a deal, and he's not sure the vaccine is safe. We'll see how long that holds up if my mother in law declines to have social events with him until he's vaccinated.
Not actually sure. There are things that would be easier if she didn't want to do social stuff with her son, and things that would be harder. The longer it went, the harder it would get. Also, everything will likely depend on how the course of the disease goes. If his area tops out at 40% vaccination rates so the disease stays active, things are likely to be harder than if it dies out via herd immunity. Unfortunately, 40% is a totally reasonable vaccination final rate given current polling of vaccine hesitancy by political party.I’m confused, is that a plus or a minus?
You are a part of the lucky 30% - Congrats!No major issues after my second dose of Moderna. Very mild injection site soreness, redness and swelling the next morning. Felt a little blah with low energy and some minor joint and muscle soreness and spent the day relaxing and reading. Back at 100% today. Priming some rocket projects this afternoon.
Thank you for getting vacinated.I was back near full function by the afternoon after my 2nd Pfizer dose. I normally wake up fully by 6am, but that day more resembled the gradual fight to full consciousness I’m accustomed to seeing the rest of my family go through. I’m glad my shoulder hurt some, or I would have been wondering if I got saline given how mild my side effects were.
I have been responsible for immunizing over 100,000 and have trained folks to immunize close to a million, I have not seen a single serious side effect. That is a huge N. I am interested in more of what you mean by "almost killed him". The only reports I am seeing is some thrombocytopenia that is exceptionally rare. In fact, COVID is more likely to kill the young than the vaccine is to kill anyone.I had the 1st shot 5 days ago. Just tired for a few days. I may not get the 2nd shot. A friend yesterday told me his father (75) had the 2nd shot and it put him in the hospital and almost killed him. He had no other medical conditions. My sister also had major problems with the 2nd shot. I gues the question is how much will only one shot help me?
Don't forget that stuff happens all the time.Not sure what the problem was. I just know he was admitted to the hospital after the 2nd shot and my friend was preparing to get a flight back home but his dad got through it. He did not have any problems with the 1st shot.
Unfortunately, I and many disabled people across the country weren’t witnessing a light at the end of the tunnel. Instead, we were tricked into continuing to barrel down the tunnel into a fire fueled by familiar institutional ableism. While the state of Pennsylvania recognizes my need for early vaccination on paper, the effort largely ends there. With no uniformity or accountability, county clinics have tiered phase 1A itself, refusing to vaccinate anyone under 65 regardless of high-risk status and devaluing the lives of those living with co-morbidities. Appointments at pharmacies are difficult to come by, occur at one day’s notice (the disabled nightmare: “No time to plan?!”) and demand constant monitoring combined with a quick draw at entering your information in a race against the local contingency of the estimated 3.5-4 million Pennsylvanians eligible for phase 1A. Providers are overrun to the point that many have disconnected their phone lines and cut digital lines of communication, fueling misinformation and confusion in those desperately looking for help. With no data published on the number of high-risk Pennsylvanians infected with COVID or being vaccinated, it’s likely we’ll never know the negative effect that this chaos will have on our community.
The aide who helped me get ready for my vaccination trip would test positive three days later, knocking me off of my vaccine high. Suddenly, the threat my aides posed to me had been pointed back at them and there was no good solution. Anyone who lives independently dependently knows the internalized ableism that materializes as guilt for asking for too much from others. Asking the people I love to knowingly expose themselves while waiting for my test results was something I hope to never need to do again. The longer this vaccination period lasts, the more disabled people face this same moral quandary.
Whether by a graciously timed immune response to the vaccine, a rare false positive, or more luck, I tested negative. I still have no plan for what to do the next time this happens, and I don’t believe there is one that has a positive outcome. Post-vaccine, I, like many disabled people, will remain inside and wait. We’ll gladly welcome the newly disabled long haulers into our community. However, the pandemic won’t depart carrying the crumbling healthcare infrastructure and institutional inequities it exposed. We can only hope that everyone else will be ready to join our long-standing calls for accountability and justice.
Locals like to flex their muscles.Getting my second Pfizer "Flauci Ouchie" on Thursday.
Oahu is still only doing 60 yrs. and above.
Neighbor islands are doing 16 and above.
WTF? Same state, different requirements in different counties?
Sheesh.
Wonder why the risk for clots is higher in younger people?Australia is changing its recommendations for vaccination currently, with the AstraZeneca vaccine being limited to people above 50yo. Adverse reactions (clotting) occur at a rate of 4-6 per million, which is up to four times what the regular fluvax has for adverse reactions. The death rate for the people that get the adverse clotting reaction from the AZ vaccine is around 25%.
The AstraZeneca vaccine was the one that most Australians were going to receive.
I understood this as being a balancing act between whether the clots were more likely to kill someone or COVID. Since younger people tend not to be as affected by COVID, it changes the acceptable level of risk from the clots.Wonder why the risk for clots is higher in younger people?
Stronger immune system response?
My condolences to him and his family.My friends father had a major heart attack after the 2nd shot and had to have surgery. He did not make it. I guess he could have had heart problems and did not know it and either the shot caused it to get worse or it was just time for it to happen.