@jewels A friend of mine once pointed out that most people lead such ordinary and mundane lives that there is no real or valid reason that the government would want or need to spy on them or track them. Unless you committed a major crime (or are conspiring to commit one), are behind on your taxes, or are perceived as a threat to the government, you're really no more special than 331 million other people in the U.S.
That said, corporations looking for marketing data they can use to sell their products are a totally different story. ;-)
@isabelle The reaction you had to the SHINGRIX shots is very similar to my Sister's. She took the second one as well, but both shots knocked her out for three days. I had no similar reactions to the Shingrix shots, so it's apparently different for everyone.
I agree with you that if folks see others having bad reactions to the COVID vaccines they may opt out. However, my Sister recovered and plans on taking the COVID vaccines when they come out. Better to look at the larger perspective of higher immunity in my humble opinion.
You are so right...thank you for responding. It's so interesting that for some, a specific vaccine has virtually no side effects and yet, for others, it can be really severe. But you are 100% right: better to suffer a few days and gain that vital needed immunity!
@isabelle My Sister has Hepatitis C, so I'm sure this is a factor in why she had such a severe reaction. Of course, her Husband suggested that she take the flu shot at the same time as the second dose of the SHINGRIX. NOT a good idea!!!
OMG, she took BOTH vaccines simultaneously? Not a good idea. Hopefully she'll realize this in the future and just take one at a time. Very glad she is back on her feet and fully recovered...these side effects (if one is not given the heads up to expect them) can be scary...
This may be informative-- It's an excerpt from an article that describes some vaccine trial volunteers' experiences with side effects:
The full article is here:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/health/coronavirus-vaccine-volunteer-side-effects/index.html
The Trump administration had a chance to buy more vaccines from Pfizer late this summer and did not. So they might not be able to produce more vaccines until June 2021.
Great going again you failed the US. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/coronavirus/?id=74578775&cid=social_fb_abcn&fbclid=IwAR1Xde2FC9nohMspX0I-gvvIV_xCXL4oAYthul17RtTdWBot3GwC5btxlzc#74592650
Honestly, I think is more sensationalism than substance.
100M doses is enough for 1/3 of the population to get the 1st injection and if you combine that with the people who have had it(known or not) and don't need the vaccine, you are reaching probably half the population if not slightly more. Also, children should be last on the list to get it because of the extremely low risk of severe cases. With the logistics and tiered administration of getting the vaccine into arms, even if they had 300M doses ordered, they probably wouldn't get thru 100M of those by June anyway. You will also have Moderna's vaccine in the same amount alongside Pfizer's so it really won't have any noticeable real world affect.
As much as I love to rag on Trump, I dont think this was necessarily that significant a move. It also will allow other countries to get the vaccine easier because Trump just signed the EO today to make "America first" in distribution of it. It actually will be better for the world that he did pass on it, even though I'm sure it was not intended.
if you combine that with the people who have had it(known or not) and don't need the vaccine,
But do we really know they don't need it? By all accounts, there's no evidence that immunity from having it lasts more than a couple of months, and there have been many cases of re-infection after recovery.