I don't appreciate the tone policing, and it is one of the reasons I don't come on here as often.
@laura-f. Is that your personal intuitive opinion? Or is it based on intel, and if the latter, whose intel? I’m with you about the animal cruelty but would like to know The difference between someone’s intuitive feelings and some evidence.
@laura-f, I agree with 100% and congrats on the vaccine;-) Hope it will protect you well and let's you live life to the fullest once more!
And indeed, let's leave conspiracy theories behind with the 45th president and go with science on this one. Wet markets are a scourge, but so is the mass holocaust of animals in western society. Many diseases have come out the meat industry. The world would be a better place with more plant eaters.
Peace.
First round down! So far no side effects (I’m tired but I was up early and had my kids home all day so I don’t know if it was Pfizer or chasing the twins)
I got my 2nd Pfizer shot yesterday at 11am. I was good all day and then I was up tossing and turning all night, with a sore arm and spent most of today tired and with a slight headache and probably a low-grade fever. 36 hours later I feel fine again. Overall, it wasn't that bad. The nurse yesterday told me she got the Moderna vaccine and she had a 105 fever for 5 days. Kinda feeling lucky that I got the Pfizer instead of the Moderna.
I love all the posts about getting your vaccinations. Awesome to see some already on their second dose. Yikes with the nurse and a temp of 105...that is darn high.
@theredone I had the same experience with my second shot. The next day I had a weird headache, exhaustion, and felt cold. My arm wasn’t as sore as after the first shot and it all went away by the following day
Another datapoint on vaccine reactions:
My 93 year old mom got her 2nd Pfizer shot yesterday. She had even less of a reaction than to the first shot. She says her arm is sore around the site of the shot but the pain isn't radiating to the rest of her arm like before, and, unlike before, she hasn't had any extra fatigue.
She is in the "independent living" section of a retirement community. For nearly a year now, they've been mostly restricted to having meals brought to their apartments instead of going to the communal dining room. That's hard on old people who don't get out much anyway. But now that most of the population has been vaccinated, the dining facilities will be opened up again. That's going to make for a lot of happy old folks.
I am so happy that my mom, who will be 89 on Monday got her first shot last week. My aunts also. I feels like a miracle.
Once again being in the great scum pond that is Kentucky has reared it's ugly head. I am 69 and a cancer and empazema survivor. The CDC classifies me as high risk, the state of Ky has me in category 3 which is one step up from healthy teens! At first they were saying we wouldbe elegible Feb 1. Now they are "hoping" tobe able to start our group sometime in April or May. I am so tired of seeing post on Facebook from "life coaches" who have no medical background but for some reason are classified as "essential medical personel" This sucks. Once again the state government of Ky has screwed us. I don't think they realize that my age group probably pays more in taxes, especially peoperty taxes, than these 20 something life coaches! Oh well that is my rant for the day. If I get vaccinated or not is not up to me.