Are you willing to get the Covid vaccine when offered? (9 Viewers)

[MrVoodoo]

Well.. I had covid in July...
I took the Moderna shots through work, round 1 I got ill - round 2 even more so. Neither time was anywhere near as bad as when I had Covid though.

My wife took Pfizer and was fine

My boys 18 and 20 took the J&J

To me and my wife there wasn't much hesitation. The boys had the choice for themselves and both took the opportunity to get it.

 

[St. Widge]

Sometimes the later years suck too. While in college in the mid 80's I had a 1976 Fiat X 1/9...

I had 1974 and 1978 Fiat Spyders. A lot of fun to drive, when they ran. They overheated all the time and nothing I did would fix it. The 1978 finally blew the engine when it overheated going up the high rise. I could not stop because traffic was moving too fast so I had the make the hump before I could just take it out of gear and coast. But, by then it had already cracked the aluminum engine block.

 

[Saint_Ward]

When I read those comments about expected duration (or more often media interpretations of that), what I see is information based on what we know - and right now, nobody has been vaccinated for that long because even the earliest trials were last fall.

So all we can say is right now, it appears the protections last six to eight months, BUT that doesn't mean that's all it lasts, that's just how long we know it lasts based on current information. It will be interesting to see but it's quite likely that in the fall, we will see those estimates raised . . . or perhaps we will indeed see the antibody counts begin to fall off and that will be our answer on duration.

But I have seen researchers speculate that the protection could last several years.

When I read a lot of those headlines, I almost immediately wanted to post it in the MAP Media Literacy thread. Outside of some scientific journals, and Statsnews, no news group seems to understand how the heck to explain scientific research worth a crap.

 

[saintmdterps]

I had 1974 and 1978 Fiat Spyders. A lot of fun to drive, when they ran. They overheated all the time and nothing I did would fix it. The 1978 finally blew the engine when it overheated going up the high rise. I could not stop because traffic was moving too fast so I had the make the hump before I could just take it out of gear and coast. But, by then it had already cracked the aluminum engine block.

We need a separate thread for pain-in-the-*** cars. I also had a 1976 MGB that fit the bill nicely. The only car I ever clutch-started in reverse when it conked out on a hill

 

[superchuck500]

 

[superchuck500]

FDA requested to authorize vaccine use down to age 12.

 

[St. Widge]

We need a separate thread for pain-in-the-*** cars. I also had a 1976 MGB that fit the bill nicely. The only car I ever clutch-started in reverse when it conked out on a hill

We do need another thread for worst car you ever owned and loved or hated. Anyway, one last thing, I also had the entire right front wheel assembly come off that 1978 Fiat while I was driving 60 MPH on the old Chef Highway. It slid to a stop about 1 foot from a ditch.

 

[brandon8283]

I am not advising people to break rules but, if you keep a mask in your pocket and whip it out if somebody tells you something, I think you will be fine.

As someone who runs a K-12 building open to the public that is still under a mask mandate, it's annoying as hell to have to tell people who walk in without a mask to put one on when signs are clearly posted everywhere. It's literally the worst part of my job.

Just follow the rules. It's not hard.

 

[Andrus]

I got my second vaccination (Moderna) about three hours ago. I waited 39 days between vaccinations. I didn't have any side effects other than a bit of soreness in the arm after the first one, and I am waiting to see what happens with this one. I should know in a few hours.

So it's been 48 hours since I received my 2nd Moderna vaccine. Nothing much as far as side effects go other than a sore shoulder around the shot location.

 

[faceman]

We need a separate thread for pain-in-the-*** cars. I also had a 1976 MGB that fit the bill nicely. The only car I ever clutch-started in reverse when it conked out on a hill

Yep, you need to be over 50 to know how to pop clutch a standard transmission . It's a dying art

 

[DaveXA]

I find the fact that such a high percentage of nursing being antivaxers fascinating. I've never seen a good explanation. Physicians pretty much overwhelmingly support vaccination.

If you want someone to watch over you while you are in the hospital...get a nurse. But if you need a diagnosis or pretty much anything else related to the field of medicine, trust doctors. Doctors are in school on average 2-3 times longer than nurses. It is challenging to get into medical school...substantially more difficult than nursing school. Doctors are also much more likely to be well rounded in medicine, as medical school involves a variety of subspecialities and it's pretty grueling. There also a requirement to understand and participate in research to get through residency, which is typically not a significant requirement of nursing school. Physicians have no other choice to be scientists because it is required of them to practice...constantly being tested on updated medical literature in their field. And for that reason, physicians generally can understand and decipher medical literature, even if it's outside their field of expertise. Not to mention that many physicians had to be involved in research even BEFORE MEDICAL TRAINING in order to be competitive for either medical school or residency.

This is not 100%. I've known some incredible clinicians and researchers who are nursing (typically nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists)...and I've also known some pretty useless physicians. But I'm talking about a bell shaped curve here.



There's also typically partial immunity after vaccinations. So like the flu vaccine, even if it's not very effective it still has some level of protect. When COVID has small mutations, there's no reason to believe that the vaccine will have NO effect. I wouldn't worry about long term efficacy. By the summer we should have herd immunity at that point and the number of cases will be low enough that our healthcare structure will be fine to accommodate it. The number will likely never be zero, but that's ok.

My daughter is a nursing student at JMU. They have a really solid program and it's hard to get into. They only accept around 10% of the students who apply. She's set a goal for herself to become an NP. She's on track to graduate next year.

All that is actually pretty surprising in a way because high school was sort of meh for her. But once she started college, she started taking school seriously. Cool to see how she's handling it all.

 

[superchuck500]

The most New Orleans way to do this

 

[B4YOU]

unfortunately, there's still no vaccine for buzzkill nannies
Krispy Kreme CEO defends free doughnuts offer to those vaccinated: 'If folks don't want to visit a donut shop, they don't have to.'

lots of sticky covid cards by year's end
thanks, kk!

Smart long term planning. Get people used to needles so they don’t complain when you give them diabetes.

 

[insidejob]

So it's been 48 hours since I received my 2nd Moderna vaccine. Nothing much as far as side effects go other than a sore shoulder around the shot location.

This post right here is the exact reason I am reading this thread. Divine intervention. I just had my second shot of Moderna nearly 2 hours ago and was curious about others who've had both Modernas felt after the second. Apparently, the side effects/bad reactions people experience from both Pfizer and Moderna shots come after the second dose. I have no idea if both shots contain the exact same cocktail of whatever the hell I let them inject me with so I don't kill anyone or have to deal with feeling like butt with a nasty respiratory virus and fever, but you'd think the human body would have the bigger negative reaction to the first injection of a vaccine than the second. Like the difference in flooring it in a really fast car, the experience of getting up to around 60 is more shocking than going from 60-100. Whatever. If I don't feel well, I'll get over it. I always seem to. I'm just glad that I am COVID proof and can't possibly catch something that is capable of causing lifelong damage to my body. I've done enough of that myself over the years.

 

[superchuck500]

'm just glad that I am COVID proof and can't possibly catch something that is capable of causing lifelong damage to my body. I've done enough of that myself over the years.

Who's gonna tell him?