Incidentally I had my booster shot on this day last month through rather suspect means because Indonesia. Sinovac. It knocked me out real good for two days. Friends in Singapore, some even younger than me, have told me that they've received texts for booster appointments. Have you got yours yet?
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Incidentally I had my booster shot on this day last month through rather suspect means because Indonesia. Sinovac. It knocked me out real good for two days. Friends in Singapore, some even younger than me, have told me that they've received texts for booster appointments. Have you got yours yet?
Govt apparently removing the requirement to wait 15 mins after your jab before leaving the centre, to allow them to get through them more quickly.
Is this off the back of playing Animal Crossing?
Good on you really. Anyone who gives up their time for a good cause is really special.
Glad you're okay. My arms started feeling a touch sore/achy but nothing too bad.
Hopefully I wake up fine in the morning. The other two jabs didn't cause me any real bother.
They were sticking with it today when I went.
You can attend events if you're double jabbed can't you? Don't think you have to have a booster although could be wrong.
I've had two AZ's and a Pfizer booster. Does that affect the effects of the vaccines?
Was thinking more going forward, March through to summer.
Currently double jabbed but both of us are booked in for booster on Saturday morning.
Bravo.
I ran a doggie day care facility for a year. I can attest, mornings were indeed fun, especially with all the small dogs.
took the booster yesterday (pfizer-pfizer-moderna).
was fine most of the day, nap in the evening, and then really bad chills/fever when i tried to sleep late at night. mostly gone now.
was fine most of the day, nap in the evening, and then really bad chills/fever when i tried to sleep late at night. mostly gone now.
Google are going to fire unvaccinated staff with the deadline to show vaccination status being January 18th. They will be given 7 months notice and can show they have been vaccinated in that time period, the last 6 months of the notice would be unpaid.
It sounds like it won't affect a huge percentage as only 0.4% were vocally against Google making it a requirement which is pretty impressive, but still a big move for such a large company.
No jab, no job: Google will fire unvaccinated employees | Ars Technica
It sounds like it won't affect a huge percentage as only 0.4% were vocally against Google making it a requirement which is pretty impressive, but still a big move for such a large company.
No jab, no job: Google will fire unvaccinated employees | Ars Technica
Double jabbed, booster and had Covid in the last 6 months. If that doesn’t stop me getting it again I’m not sure there is much else I can do.
Definitely feeling it now. Legs achey and temperature up
Booked my booster jab for January 1st. 16 days early but I'd prefer to have it sooner than that.
Not sure in England but Scotland is being reduced to a 5 min interval with Flu jabs being suspended for those not at risk.
No side effects from my booster apart from a slightly sore arm. Three for three now.
So my arms a bit sore and I've woken up feeling a bit groggy/fuzzy. Not a full blown headache as such but just a bit like I've been on the booze or slept heavily.
Not sure what that is but I'll have a few paracetamol and crack on.
It’s doubled jabbed for now but they will monitor it and likely change it to triple at some point.
Yes, no need to follow medical guidelines for potential adverse reactions.
Getting my booster today! Quick question: what's the guidance saying about exercising after having a COVID vaccine? I remember being advised before to leave it 24/48 hours afterwards, but I'm hearing conflicting things.
(only asking because I'm a lazy fecker and didn't get my cardio done this morning)
(only asking because I'm a lazy fecker and didn't get my cardio done this morning)
European Union does not recognise Russian/Chinese/Cuban vaccines. For Russian, I assume because of political reasons and probably wrong data, for the other two because of low efficiency. So it does not matter how many of them you have, they do not count in EU.
I had severe Covid in January which put me into Intensive Care.
I was told it was unlikely that I'd survive, and infact I did sadly witness every other patient on my ward die whilst I was there.
Later I discovered that three of my ICU Nurses had also subsequently died too.
Psychologically, that was really tough to get past, I've never seen so many dead bodies before, and I did have an issue with survivors guilt which I've had counselling to come to terms with.
One of the consultants did tell me, that because I'd had such severe Covid, that my anti bodies would be better than any vaccine that's ever released, just how accurate that is, I really don't know.
I have recently had Covid for a 2nd time, and I was fine, not particularly unwell at all.
Chills and fever for a couple of days, but it didn't develop into anything worse than that, and yet since January, I've been certain that a 2nd bout of Covid would finally kill me off..!!
Whether that 2nd bout was subdued because of natural resistance, or because I'd had two AZ vaccines and a Moderna booster, or it was just a weaker strain of Covid, who knows?
Possibly some sort of combination of each of these factors at play, but its anyone's guess I suppose.
I was told it was unlikely that I'd survive, and infact I did sadly witness every other patient on my ward die whilst I was there.
Later I discovered that three of my ICU Nurses had also subsequently died too.
Psychologically, that was really tough to get past, I've never seen so many dead bodies before, and I did have an issue with survivors guilt which I've had counselling to come to terms with.
One of the consultants did tell me, that because I'd had such severe Covid, that my anti bodies would be better than any vaccine that's ever released, just how accurate that is, I really don't know.
I have recently had Covid for a 2nd time, and I was fine, not particularly unwell at all.
Chills and fever for a couple of days, but it didn't develop into anything worse than that, and yet since January, I've been certain that a 2nd bout of Covid would finally kill me off..!!
Whether that 2nd bout was subdued because of natural resistance, or because I'd had two AZ vaccines and a Moderna booster, or it was just a weaker strain of Covid, who knows?
Possibly some sort of combination of each of these factors at play, but its anyone's guess I suppose.
Glad you're doing much better now mate. That sounds like an awful thing to go through.
I'm in the lowest priority group so likely won't be offered a booster until March/April. At that point I may as well decide to be tactical about it and delay it until the autumn. If I take it immediately the effects would probably be deemed worn off by autumn and I'd be furthest back in the queue for the next jab ahead of the winter.
Pfizer CEO saying fourth dose may be needed pretty soon. Mad talk. At some point something will have to give. Young and healthy people simply won't be interested in getting boosters twice per year for the foreseeable future.
Pfizer CEO saying fourth dose may be needed pretty soon. Mad talk. At some point something will have to give. Young and healthy people simply won't be interested in getting boosters twice per year for the foreseeable future.
You're under 12?
You're under 12?
Lowest priority group for adults.
I'm getting the booster on Sunday. Hopefully it's the one that changes your DNA to be like Captain America
Yeah thought so. I’m not getting the booster any time soon after getting some pretty scary side effects after the first jabs. Unless I can just present a negative test taken before I go anywhere.
Gosh, what a story. Happy that you were able to pull it against odds.
With regards to the bolded point, definitely not. If you had covid in January, you likely had strain Alpha which was a more severe strain than the ancestral strain. However, if you recently had covid again, there you had Delta, which is significantly more lethal than Alpha. So you had a worse version of covid.
Who knows why you did better, and if it was because of the vaccines or natural immunity after the first covid (or both).
So sorry to hear that, really glad you pulled through.
Young and healthy people would either be young and unhealthy people or dead people if they do not get boosters twice per year or so.
It is very weird to hear people being surprised about the inevitability of getting boosters periodically for a long time. I mean, this information was there since quite early in the process, that it was very likely that the vaccines won't provide lifetime immunity and thus we will need to get boosters.
Also now had 3 Pfizers, the nurse was a little agricultural this time which might explain the more severe arm pain. She'd have been good giving jabs to horses or cattle I reckon.
Got my booster 2 hours ago. Vaccination centre I booked my appointment in was pretty crowded with most of the people there being walk-ins. They made efforts to try and maintain social distancing unlike what happened for my first jab. Pretty upset with myself that I didn't book it weeks ago as I live with someone with a weakened immune system and it would have been much quieter then. I know I'm now going to be spending next 2 weeks being a hypochondriac and filled with so much anxiety that I might have got caught covid there due to the new variant being 4 times more transmissible than delta. I hate being a worrier.
I was planning on getting the flu jab every year as it's free and I'm approaching my mid-40s now. I've had the Flu a few times and I'm in absolutely no rush to catch it again.
I don't see a regular covid booster as being any different.
Had my booster an hour ago. Hoping the side effects are minimal as my health anxiety is terrible.
Wish me luck
Wish me luck
Aye I feel you, got mine tomorrow and in the same boat. Was fine after my first 2 and no doubt will be after this but if only it worked like that in my head.
Good luck mate.
Try to remember that any potential side effects - and hopefully there won't be any - will quickly be fought off and will protect you from the possibility of something major down the road.