Got my Covid-19 Vaccine Shot

[Janice Glesser]

I thought I'd give you some feedback on how I reacted to the Covid-19 vaccine.

I got the first shot of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. My son Adam drove me about 40mins. down to Soka University to get vaccinated. Disneyland site was closer, but it had no appointments available. The staff at Soka U. were very organized and the entire process only took about 30 minutes from the time we got there to leaving. After the shot you have to wait 15 mins to make sure there are not adverse effects.

Other than my arm being a little tender at the injection site... I have had no side effects. I took some Ibuprofen after I got home last night and today and so far feel fine. I've heard there may be more side effects after the second shot...I'll let you know how that goes.

[Steve Klare]

Good for you Janice!

-I got my antibodies the hard way: your way is the much smarter choice! (-actually nobody asked me first!)😉

[Graham Ritchie]

Brilliant Janice

With the highly contagious UK one spreading across the US. Taking that vaccine is a must for the coming months, I can see things getting nasty quickly. The US I guess is just weeks behind the UK, and the climbing death toll in the UK at the moment is shocking. There are other strains like the South African one is also making its mark. Without the vaccine we would be in real trouble, those research people and scientists have done an amazing job.

[Ali Hipperson]

Janice - that's great to hear! I'm expecting mine around April, supplies permitting 🤞

Steve - you have my sympathy as I know two friends back in England who have had it and both said 'you wouldn't wish it on ANYONE!'

Graham - the death-toll in the UK will be at least 150,000 here even when enough people have been vaccinated ☹️ The scientists are the ONLY people who can lead the way out of all of this and not the politicians!

[Osi Osgood]

I rejoice that you were actually able to get it, as we have been seeing the horror stories of people actually having "reservations", only to be turned away when they arrive, and sometimes these trips can be well over a hundred miles just to get it! Our hopes are that you'll have no problem getting that second shot. Best campaign for your second shot as
soon as possible.

[Dominique De Bast]

Lucky you in the US and the UK. Vaccination is progressing very slowly in Europe. Although Belgium has only 11.500.000 inhabitants, they said it could take until October before everyone (actually everyone above 18) got his vaccine shot ! Let's hope that virus vanishes for good in the coming months.

[Janice Glesser]

I was given a vaccination card after receiving the first shot. It stated the second shot to be given Feb. 16th. My profile is in a database and was told that a few days before the date that 2nd shot is due... I will receive an email to setup the appointment. I'm guessing it will be a much more crowded and longer wait by then unless they open up more locations. I do feel very fortunate and hope the second shot goes as smoothly.

[Ken Souza]

Great Janice!!

How do you feel after the shot?

[Janice Glesser]

Ken Souza Other than a little soreness at the injection site...I feel fine. I've had more of a reaction to a regular flu shot than this one...which I'm grateful.

[Mark Todd]

Great you are done Janice, I had the same with my arm. In fact its still doing the odd throb 2 weeks later.

They are giving everyone the first of the two shots in the UK, but there is a bit of a hole regarding if they will even have the 2nd one to give to those many millions.

This one shot and then a large , not specifiied gap approach may leave the door open to a another UK variant, we already have two new ones thanks to our attrocious Covid ( lack of proper/timely ) response here. It certainly ups the likelyhood of further mutations that may be beyond our current vaccine`s. The Novavax one just showing it struggles with the South African variant. The Brazil Variant and the UK 2nd variant similar to the Brazil one is an entirely different matter.

I think we are all trying to stay possitive but we may be looking at 2024/25 before life gets any where near to normanl again, assuming no other Virus gets out of the box in the meantime.

I think society has to reset its own mindset to how we live, accept a smaller and different way of living, put holidaying, eating out etc on the back burner. Even take away food is extremly dangerous.

When Schools go back the rise in cases again here is going to be fast and hard with our 1st mutated variant so dominant now.

But there is hope with newly shown to help drugs like Ivermectin. I think the way out is via that route myself, treatments, as the Covid vaccine drive round has already begun really. So fingers crossed on more help therapies.

Best Mark.

[Steve Klare]

I think there is hope here. There is data from the New York Times that says for the spring peak on April 10th, there were 10,160 new cases reported in New York State. We recently passed another peak on January 12th of 14,791 new cases, so we obviously aren't getting better at containing the spread.

-but:

We passed a peak of covid related deaths on April 13th of 882. Proportionately we should be experiencing a second peak of almost 1,300 deaths, but we are running about 200 and the graph is pretty level. The vaccine can't be having this much of an effect so soon. Either the general disease resistance of the population is improving, or the Healthcare community is getting a handle on treating the disease, or both.

Hopefully we won't be seeing a lot of people getting the first shot but not the second. The viruses left after the first shot are the ones most immune to it and if they are allowed to spread the effectiveness of the vaccine is weakened.

[Mark Todd]

Its amazing in the UK, you would not think its possible but our number`s are way worse than the USA even with a certain person having been in charge there, but not in charge on Covid.

We also have some of the best scientists and institutions here as well.

We should led the whe world on this from the start, sadly we currently " are " at the top of the statistics !!! in the worst way possible per population.

Take care all.

[Ali Hipperson]

That's because here in the UK the certain person who is in charge has pretty much got it wrong at every stage and despite what he is told by the scientists and then says to the nation about being led by the science, he fails to act decisively and effectively each time. This has caused a much higher infection level than there should have been and this as we all now know leads to more hospitalisations, and more ICU patients and finally, more deaths - it's a very simple mathematical formula ☹️

[Lee Mannering]

Well done Janice :-) Reely pleased you now have a building level of protection, got to be good. As with Steve I also got my anti bodies the hard way but they should see us both thru to vaccine time although I have heard a few stories of anti bodies and vaccine can cause pretty tough side effects.

Our Church started a Zoom chat group and it was interesting hearing each others stories of Covid and for some of us the lasting after effects. Confusion and exhaustion seem to be the favorites although my tiredness as the day goes on is gradually getting better thankfully, but slow. Some loved ones had not survived the killer virus which left us all very tearful.

Things seem to be improving quite quickly really with a whole lot more hope in the air for many. I do worry about 3rd world countries tho and hope they get the vaccine they will desperately be needing. The way things are going plenty eventually will be available and it needs to get to the most vulnerable.

Keep safe all and stay well.

[Janice Glesser]

I forgot to update this thread. I had my second Covid-19 vaccination a month ago. I had no side effects from the shot which I was very happy. I'm feeling much safer now...but still wearing a mask when out in public and distancing. Orange county went from the purple tier to the red tier this week which means many businesses and recreational areas will be opening again. Of course they will be under certain restrictions...but at least it's progress.