Have You Gotten Your Covid Vaccine? Thread.

[Ken g6]

I had J&J for my first shot, and a Moderna booster for my second this weekend. I actually had less severe side effects. Pain at the injection site, and tiredness the first day, but no body aches this time. Oh, and I got a flu shot in the other arm at the same time.

 

[K1052]

I had J&J for my first shot, and a Moderna booster for my second this weekend. I actually had less severe side effects. Pain at the injection site, and tiredness the first day, but no body aches this time. Oh, and I got a flu shot in the other arm at the same time.

My flu shot left me more worn down than the Moderna boost.

I quite eagerly await an mRNA flu vaccine that's more accurately targeted. I got the flu twice in the 2019-20 season despite getting the shot.

 

[Brainonska511]

I had J&J for my first shot, and a Moderna booster for my second this weekend. I actually had less severe side effects. Pain at the injection site, and tiredness the first day, but no body aches this time. Oh, and I got a flu shot in the other arm at the same time.

I had roughly the same experience (including J&J as first shot). Mostly some light fatigue yesterday after the booster on Saturday. Only got some mild body aches later in the day. Today, I'm largely fine.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Same. Booster (3rd pfizer) on friday...tired and had a headache on Saturday but can't tell if that was just life.

Felt fine yesterday. Arm isn't sore like saturday.

 

[Viper1j]

Pfizer for all 3, and a flu shot in the same arm. sore and dragged out.

Didn't have any problems with the first two.

 

[Zorba]

Is there really a difference between political or constitutional decision when ultimately this days it's one in the same. SCOTUS will rule on ideological belief same as they did in many of the cases. If conservative justice of the court feel this is not something they agree on , that is how they will make a ruling.

I love how your argument always falls back to "the court will rule the way I want them to because they are corrupt and activist, and I'm fine with that."

We need serious court reform.

 

[pmv]

I love how your argument always falls back to "the court will rule the way I want them to because they are corrupt and activist, and I'm fine with that."

We need serious court reform.

You really, really do.
It's a clearly political body, making undemocratic political decisions, that everyone pretends is something other than what it is. If you wanted some unaccountable establishment rich people making those decisions you should have just stuck with an absolute monarchy. Maybe you should go back to that? I'm sure we've got some spare George III descendants lying around we could send you.

Oh, wait, you've already got some. Maybe the Dems should appoint Harry and Merkle to the Supreme court and pack it with Windsors, just to close the circle?

 

[fskimospy]

You really, really do.
It's a clearly political body, making undemocratic political decisions, that everyone pretends is something other than what it is. If you wanted some unaccountable establishment rich people making those decisions you should have just stuck with an absolute monarchy. Maybe you should go back to that? I'm sure we've got some spare George III descendants lying around we could send you.

Oh, wait, you've already got some. Maybe the Dems should appoint Harry and Merkle to the Supreme court and pack it with Windsors, just to close the circle?

This is an underappreciated aspect of US society - people want all these big transformative changes to happen but filibuster aside they don't seem to appreciate the extent to which right wing judges will just declare any major initiatives unconstitutional.

When it comes to the day to day process of people's lives the US judicial system is flawed but overall functional. When it comes to big issues though the courts of appeals and the Supreme Court invent whatever reasoning they feel is required to justify their political position.

 

[hal2kilo]

Is anyone here REALLY going to lose any sleep if MAGAts want to off themselves.? If nothing else, the mandate is very altruistic, but the bottom line is you can't save the stupid.

I say leave the whole thing to Charlie, he'll deal with it.

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It would be nice if it was just themselves.

 

[cytg111]

It would be nice if it was just themselves.

Still, you're getting a one to three deal

'Trump counties' had over 3 times more COVID deaths than 'Biden counties' in October, according to a new report

A partisan split emerged following the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, which Trump voters have rejected at higher rates than Biden voters.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[hal2kilo]

This is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Insurrection by other means: Republicans are ready to die of COVID to spite Biden, Democrats | Salon.com

But the truth is much darker than that. As one person who replied to Leonhardt on Twitter noted, it's less about irrational fears of the shot and more that it "became a badge of honor to remain unvaccinated" and was even seen, among many Republicans, as "[t]raitorous to cave" and get the jab. Yes, there are some morons who really believe that the disease is a hoax or that vaccines contain sinister ingredients. But it's unlikely that most conservatives are that dense. After all, they tend to live in communities where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and Facebook memorials to the dead are popping up on a daily basis. Millions of them can see the toll that vaccine resistance is taking on their communities, but they're digging their heels in anyway.

 

[fskimospy]

This is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Insurrection by other means: Republicans are ready to die of COVID to spite Biden, Democrats | Salon.com

But the truth is much darker than that. As one person who replied to Leonhardt on Twitter noted, it's less about irrational fears of the shot and more that it "became a badge of honor to remain unvaccinated" and was even seen, among many Republicans, as "[t]raitorous to cave" and get the jab. Yes, there are some morons who really believe that the disease is a hoax or that vaccines contain sinister ingredients. But it's unlikely that most conservatives are that dense. After all, they tend to live in communities where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and Facebook memorials to the dead are popping up on a daily basis. Millions of them can see the toll that vaccine resistance is taking on their communities, but they're digging their heels in anyway.

Honestly at this point we have done everything that could be reasonably expected. We showed them it was safe, we made them free, we offered them money, we offered them free beers, et, etc.

At this point my feelings are:

 

[hal2kilo]

Honestly at this point we have done everything that could be reasonably expected. We showed them it was safe, we made them free, we offered them money, we offered them free beers, et, etc.

At this point my feelings are:

The irony in all this for me, is that my conservative parents used to rail about non-Christian, non-democratic (shithole) countries and that they valued life so little.

 

[K1052]

This is the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Insurrection by other means: Republicans are ready to die of COVID to spite Biden, Democrats | Salon.com

But the truth is much darker than that. As one person who replied to Leonhardt on Twitter noted, it's less about irrational fears of the shot and more that it "became a badge of honor to remain unvaccinated" and was even seen, among many Republicans, as "[t]raitorous to cave" and get the jab. Yes, there are some morons who really believe that the disease is a hoax or that vaccines contain sinister ingredients. But it's unlikely that most conservatives are that dense. After all, they tend to live in communities where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and Facebook memorials to the dead are popping up on a daily basis. Millions of them can see the toll that vaccine resistance is taking on their communities, but they're digging their heels in anyway.

To quote the great Burger King: Have it your way.

My empathy reserves are depleted. I'm saving whatever I've got left for people who actually get boned through no fault of their own.

 

[MrPickins]

My daughter (in the 5-11 age range) had her wellness checkup yesterday, and the pediatrician already had the Pfizer shot ready to go, so she got it along with her flu vax.

Her doctor is part of a large city-wide medical group here in Austin, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I hadn't expected them to have it so quickly.

She was super excited to get the vaccine (if not so much for the actual shot) so we can get back to more activities we've avoided.

 

[hal2kilo]

My daughter (in the 5-12 age range) had her wellness checkup yesterday, and the pediatrician already had the Pfizer shot ready to go, so she got it along with her flu vax.

Her doctor is part of a large city-wide medical group here in Austin, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I hadn't expected them to have it so quickly.

She was super excited to get the vaccine (if not so much for the actual shot) so we can get back to more activities we've avoided.

My last physical, about a month ago, I was thinking I would be due for my booster in December. No, you are getting your booster now. I'm like, OK.

 

[UNCjigga]

I wonder how morons are gonna engineer themselves into rejecting this medicine and continue shoving horse meds up their asses

Pfizer’s Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or Death by 89% in Interim Analysis of Phase 2/3 EPIC-HR Study

PAXLOVID™ (PF-07321332; ritonavir) was found to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 89% compared to placebo in non-hospitalized high-risk adults with COVID-19 In the overall study population through Day 28, no deaths were reported in patients who received PAXLOVID™ as compared to 10...

investors.pfizer.com

Seriously though… could be game over for the virus…

Please, for the love of God, Pfizer spokespersons should just claim that Paxlovid is made with liberal tears. It’ll end the US pandemic permanently.

 

[UNCjigga]

Same. Booster (3rd pfizer) on friday...tired and had a headache on Saturday but can't tell if that was just life.

Felt fine yesterday. Arm isn't sore like saturday.

Got my Pfizer booster on Saturday afternoon—smart timing given the Fall Back time change and the football schedule on Sunday. I needed it—woke up with headaches, body aches, vertigo and alternating chills/hot flashes. I only had a mild fever after shot #2 and that went away in a few hours—this time it lingered nearly all day. Only felt better after a late evening nap.

 

[snoopy7548]

Just scheduled my booster for Thursday. With any luck, I won't feel well on Friday making it a four-day weekend.

 

[uallas5]

I'm wondering when were going to past the "booster" talk and start talking about what everyone has already been alluding to...yearly shots. It's November....healthcare workers started getting their first shots 11 months ago....the general consensus is that Covid will be around indefinitely like the flu, flu shots are yearly, data is constantly reporting to a fall off in vaccine efficacy ...so?

Seriously, when I got my 1st shot in Jan, I FULLY expected it was going to be a yearly occurrence. And I mean that. I FULLY assumed that I would be getting a COVID jab every year for the foreseeable future. But there doesn't seem to be any talk about this, at least not in any definitive way that I can see. There has been a ton of talk on both the fact the COVID will, most likely, be around for a very long time to forever, combined with a ton of talk about the need to renew the vaccine. What I'm not seeing is any talk of normalizing the vaccine as a yearly routine.

Yes, COVID keeps changing. Yes, it's a completely new virus. Yes, the long term efficacy of the vaccines aren't fully known with an evolving virus.

Maybe it's all the politics and anti-vax BS that's been occupying everyone, but I want some sense of normalcy DAMMIT!! For me, that means talk about an annual jab. Maybe that's too normal while we're dealing with constant surges and with huge chunks of people that aren't vaccinated. But to me, talking about yearly shots as being a normal occurrence is like saying "OK COVID is here to stay but if we can get everyone vaccinated we can get to a point that we can treat it like the flu."

 

[Fenixgoon]

I'm wondering when were going to past the "booster" talk and start talking about what everyone has already been alluding to...yearly shots. It's November....healthcare workers started getting their first shots 11 months ago....the general consensus is that Covid will be around indefinitely like the flu, flu shots are yearly, data is constantly reporting to a fall off in vaccine efficacy ...so?

Seriously, when I got my 1st shot in Jan, I FULLY expected it was going to be a yearly occurrence. And I mean that. I FULLY assumed that I would be getting a COVID jab every year for the foreseeable future. But there doesn't seem to be any talk about this, at least not in any definitive way that I can see. There has been a ton of talk on both the fact the COVID will, most likely, be around for a very long time to forever, combined with a ton of talk about the need to renew the vaccine. What I'm not seeing is any talk of normalizing the vaccine as a yearly routine.

Yes, COVID keeps changing. Yes, it's a completely new virus. Yes, the long term efficacy of the vaccines aren't fully known with an evolving virus.

Maybe it's all the politics and anti-vax BS that's been occupying everyone, but I want some sense of normalcy DAMMIT!! For me, that means talk about an annual jab. Maybe that's too normal while we're dealing with constant surges and with huge chunks of people that aren't vaccinated. But to me, talking about yearly shots as being a normal occurrence is like saying "OK COVID is here to stay but if we can get everyone vaccinated we can get to a point that we can treat it like the flu."

so you want to cull the herd?

we're not 2 years into this thing and we're nearing 800,000 dead, most of which could have been prevented had people listened the first goddamn time. letting it mutant only makes it worse and gives it a chance to become more virulent and devastating.

 

[dingster1]

Getting my Moderna booster later on this morning. Xray tech and pastor… glad to do it!

 

[uallas5]

so you want to cull the herd?

Ummm just the opposite. I'm talking about yearly shots. Shots that EVERYONE will get, like the flu shot. Boosters are fine for people that need boosters, like the immunocompromised. All the talk about boosters first for certain people and then for everyone is just confusing and playing into the anti-vaxxer rhetoric. Maybe just say it's a semi-annual instead of a yearly vaccination? I know it's too early still to tell but whatever the routine will be, I'm fine with that, I just want to start moving towards the point of it being routine.

 

[hal2kilo]

Ummm just the opposite. I'm talking about yearly shots. Shots that EVERYONE will get, like the flu shot. Boosters are fine for people that need boosters, like the immunocompromised. All the talk about boosters first for certain people and then for everyone is just confusing and playing into the anti-vaxxer rhetoric. Maybe just say it's a semi-annual instead of a yearly vaccination? I know it's too early still to tell but whatever the routine will be, I'm fine with that, I just want to start moving towards the point of it being routine.

Then we will be doomed. Going by current flu shot participation in the US.

How many Americans get flu shots? - USAFacts

 

[snoopy7548]

Got my Moderna booster last night at CVS! My arm is sore but that's it.

While I was there, two people walked in looking to get both the booster and flu shots, and this was at 8p.m. in a relatively small town.