How is the corona virus affecting you?

A UK anniversary. On March 23rd last year, we entered lockdown. I don't suppose anyone will be celebrating. Well, apart from the Idiot Brigade, of whom we saw a number of examples at the weekend. I'm happy to report, though, that an anti-lockdown protest in Edinburgh was cancelled due to "lack of interest."
 
Just saw on the news this morning there have been 2 robberies, rapes and murders of young women in Miami Beach within the last 2 weeks, the latest being Sunday evening. Both were tourists/spring breakers. The 2 young men accused of the last 1 are also tourists/spring breakers. They were caught on security cameras of her hotel that show them giving her a pill and then later taking her to her room with her barely able to walk and having to be supported by 1 of them.
 
What a difference a month makes. This time last month, no one in my immediate family had received the vaccine, and except for my parents (in their 80's), no one really knew how long it would take to even become eligible and find an appointment.

As of tomorrow, my parents will have been fully vaccinated, my two oldest brothers and their wives will have been vaccinated, my next oldest brother hand his wife will have been partly vaccinated, and my sister and her boyfriend, and my wife, and finally, myself.

By the third week of April, we'll all be completely vaccinated. Amazing.

I do have one brother who's refusing it, though.
 
One day after the first (Pfizer) jab, and no side effects. There is a little soreness at the spot where the needle stuck me, but it is not bad at all.

My sister had her shots back in January, as a front line RN. My parents get their second shot next week. I get my second shot on April 19 at 2:15 PM.

Just a note to anyone who may not know. The vaccines don't immediately make you immune. Your body's immune system has to react to the "invasion" of the vaccine, and create the antibodies that make you immune. That takes a few weeks. The process starts with the first shot, but isn't done until some time after the second. So, don't toss your masks and assume you are immune right after you get your shots.

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The ER nurse, when I took Craig after his first jab because of his erroneous lab work, told us that the first 1 usually just caused a little soreness, but the second 1 made just about everybody at the hospital feel pretty bad for 1-3 days.
 
Just my own anecdotal evidence, nearly everyone I know experienced sore arms, mild headache, a little fatigue, regardless of which shot and which dose. The exceptions were my SIL, who did experience very strong flu-like symptoms, diarrhea, nausea, chills, and one BIL, who had a similar, but slightly less severe reaction.

My mom, ever suspicious of the medical community and the government, has determined that the lack of reaction she had is evidence that "us old people" did not receive a vaccine, just a placebo, because "they're not gonna waste good medicine on folks who are our age - they want us out of the way!" :laugh:
 
The ER nurse, when I took Craig after his first jab because of his erroneous lab work, told us that the first 1 usually just caused a little soreness, but the second 1 made just about everybody at the hospital feel pretty bad for 1-3 days.
I hope you are both well now. Do I understand correctly that after the second shot people had to enter hospital?
 
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Just my own anecdotal evidence, nearly everyone I know experienced sore arms, mild headache, a little fatigue, regardless of which shot and which dose. The exceptions were my SIL, who did experience very strong flu-like symptoms, diarrhea, nausea, chills, and one BIL, who had a similar, but slightly less severe reaction.

My mom, ever suspicious of the medical community and the government, has determined that the lack of reaction she had is evidence that "us old people" did not receive a vaccine, just a placebo, because "they're not gonna waste good medicine on folks who are our age - they want us out of the way!" :laugh:
So soorry for your SIL...is she feeling better now?
 
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The ER nurse, when I took Craig after his first jab because of his erroneous lab work, told us that the first 1 usually just caused a little soreness, but the second 1 made just about everybody at the hospital feel pretty bad for 1-3 days.

The reaction seems to vary from person to person. My wife was completely drained - no energy at all - after the second shot (Pfizer), but she was okay the next day. I'm in the Johnson & Johnson trial, and I had massive pain in the arm where I got the vaccine the first day, but it was back to normal the next day. My mom and her mom - both in their late 70s - got both shots, and neither one of them had any side-effects at all.
 
I hope you are both well now. Do I understand correctly that after the second shot people had to enter hospital?

No, people that worked at the hospital after they got their second dose, which is why they got the shots in staged groups so if anybody felt bad enough to need to stay home the hospital wouldn't be short staffed.

This was the Moderna vaccine for us and the hospital personnel.

I had a fairly sore arm for about 1.5 days after my first shot. Craig had minimal soreness. We haven't had second yet.

Neither of us was sick. Craig just had routine blood work done and a result came back critically high because of either a blood draw/storage or lab error. We happened to get the call from his doctor to go to the ER and have it redrawn the same day he got his first vaccine shot.
 
No, people that worked at the hospital after they got their second dose, which is why they got the shots in staged groups so if anybody felt bad enough to need to stay home the hospital wouldn't be short staffed.

This was the Moderna vaccine for us and the hospital personnel.

I had a fairly sore arm for about 1.5 days after my first shot. Craig had minimal soreness. We haven't had second yet.

Neither of us was sick. Craig just had routine blood work done and a result came back critically high because of either a blood draw/storage or lab error. We happened to get the call from his doctor to go to the ER and have it redrawn the same day he got his first vaccine shot.
I understand. Sounds good.
 
The school's headmaster told us yesterday we/teachers might get vaccinated after the Easter break. 2nd week of April or later.
The next oncologist check up for my Dad was set to April 26 th. Will watch to have both coordinated.

It is me who has to take him, I have no siblings.

My daughter's broken pinky toe is healing well. Two weeks have passed. Doc said no need to re-check if all is fine. It is so far.🍀👍
 
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