*****OFFICIAL I GOT THE SHOT THREAD*******

[demtenjeep]

I have to wait until the FR and Nursing Homes . I should get mine within a month.


My sister is a nursing home administrator -she just got the job 3 weeks ago. She has already gotten hers.

(that kind of pisses me off because she used to call this pandemic a hoax)

[abqtommy]

1. I'm in no rush the get the vaccine for myself or my son. We've been doing ok so far this year

and I'm interested in seeing what the side effects, if any, are. Better safe and alive than dead.
I'm definitely NOT an anti-vaxxer, just getting cautious in my old age.

[Aristus]

3. The New England Journal of Medicine has published its peer-review of

the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.

The efficacy is 95% for Moderna and >75% for Pfizer. Most common side effects seem to be headaches, fatigue, and pain, warmth, and localized skin irritation at the site of inoculation.

I don't trust Trump's FDA or CDC, but I trust the peer-reviewed medical journals.

[Beringia]

5. Thanks for the info

[Ms. Toad]

6. The peer review is only as good as the data on which it is based.

The one big question is still the potential for long-term consequences.

I'll probably still get it in March, or so, when it is widely available, since the risks associated with COVID are so high. But I'll be glad to have a bit more information by then about mid-term consequences. (Not likely to hold out for long-term data, but not duking it out to be first in line, either.)

[Aristus]

9. That's true of any evidence-based discipline.

In this case, because COVID-19 has been so highly, and needlessly, politicized, my concern is less with the data than it is with those reviewing the data.

The major medical journals will be around long after Trump has gone to the great dumpster fire Below. And even the pharmaceutical companies are not going to want to deal with the PR fallout caused by an ineffective, unsafe vaccine.

As a medical provider, I will very likely be getting the vaccine soon. I will post my experience when the time comes.

[LAS14]

11. That's the first I've heard anything other than 95% for Pfizer. nt

[tblue37]

24. Oxford is 75%, and that's only when averaged out.

[Sympthsical]

26. That's a weird one, isn't it?

The people who accidentally got a lower dose ended up at 90% efficacy. So curious to know what happened there.

[LAS14]

28. Is Oxford the same as Pfizer? Pfizer has certainly been labeled, big time, in headlines...

... over and over as 95%.

[chowder66]

18. This seems to say Pfizer's is 95% effective

snip..... (this is from 5 days ago)

RESULTS
A total of 43,548 participants underwent randomization, of whom 43,448 received injections: 21,720 with BNT162b2 and 21,728 with placebo. There were 8 cases of Covid-19 with onset at least 7 days after the second dose among participants assigned to receive BNT162b2 and 162 cases among those assigned to placebo; BNT162b2 was 95% effective in preventing Covid-19 (95% credible interval, 90.3 to 97.6). Similar vaccine efficacy (generally 90 to 100%) was observed across subgroups defined by age, sex, race, ethnicity, baseline body-mass index, and the presence of coexisting conditions. Among 10 cases of severe Covid-19 with onset after the first dose, 9 occurred in placebo recipients and 1 in a BNT162b2 recipient. The safety profile of BNT162b2 was characterized by short-term, mild-to-moderate pain at the injection site, fatigue, and headache. The incidence of serious adverse events was low and was similar in the vaccine and placebo groups.
CONCLUSIONS
A two-dose regimen of BNT162b2 conferred 95% protection against Covid-19 in persons 16 years of age or older. Safety over a median of 2 months was similar to that of other viral vaccines. (Funded by BioNTech and Pfizer; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04368728. opens in new tab.)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577

[Aristus]

19. Oh good.

I read the article five days ago. That's what I get for relying on memory...

[chowder66]

21. Bad memory, bad, bad, bad memory. Now go to your room!

[Aristus]

23. I forgot where my room is...

[chowder66]

25. Hee

[uponit7771]

31. I don't think efficacy is the issue its safety and they're not addressing this with 2 months of ...

... trial data which was one of the reasons a person on the FDA didn't vote for EUA

[The empressof all]

2. I haven't seen a clear timeline yet

I am a Senior with high risk condition so I assume I will be in one of the first large waves. My gut is telling me I probably won't be getting it until March or April. I don't think things will work that quickly.

[Gothmog]

4. I want my shot as soon as possible also

[TruckFump]

7. Holding off until I see the reactions.

I nearly died when I had a flu shot about 30 years ago and have avoided them completely ever since. HORRIBLY ALLERGIC to the inactive ingredients in medications. Like DEADLY ALLERGIC. No way am I just gonna get in line for the Covid vaccine until I know more.

[Wounded Bear]

12. Sounds like you need some trusted medical advice on this...

wise you are to be careful.

[TruckFump]

17. Both getting Covid and getting the vaccine scare me to death.

One way or the other...deadly!

[janterry]

13. If you and your MD were ever to think this would be a good option

for you (and it probably isn't)

I did hear one MD talk about people getting the shot at the hospital and waiting there (in case there was a reaction).

But, I do understand - I've had a friend who - like you - really can't get vaccines (so she doesn't).

[TruckFump]

16. That is the only way I could or would consider taking the vaccine.

You name a medication, and I am allergic. I am down to one antibiotic I can take...but ONLY in pill form because I am horribly allergic to whatever is put in capsules.

Thanks gawd I am not allergic to chocolate or dogs! Small comfort for one who most likely cannot take the vaccine.

[Ruby Zee]

8. I'll take mine as soon as available.

Not sure when that will be. I have a lot of pets dependent on me and no family to take them if anything happens to me.

[MuseRider]

32. That was a problem for me for a while.

Can you find a rescue for them? I found 2 near me that would take my horses and one for my goats and I have family that will take the dogs and cats. It is scary knowing they could be left. I contacted some places that take in abused and alone animals and they are now in my will just in case with money to see my old animals through the rest of their lives. The comfort that gave me is worth all the time and the money it took to have that added to my last wishes.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Will wait until the VA provides it, probably...

meanwhile, following the guidelines as much as possible.

Hell, I was functionally a hermit already before this shit started so I'm doing OK so far.

[Brother Buzz]

14. I'm an old fart and I'm gonna be in the line a LONG time

There are a boatload of older farts in front of me and I can't even see the front of the line.

I'm glad I packed my trusty chaise lounge and a stack of hard-boiled detective novels with me, but Dammit, my thermos of covfefe is empty.

[mdelaguna]

29. Same. I appreciate your inspiring 'tude. Nt

[panader0]

15. Some on-line site said I'll be 218millionth in line.

Many others need it more than I do. I live in the boonies and go to town once a week.
Nobody has been in the house since March. Waiting for a few more months won't bother me.

[Calculating]

22. I'm pissed

My state is giving the vaccine to our prison population before high risk older individuals like my parents.

[LeftInTX]

20. Has anyone on this thread got their shot?

A friend of mine is getting hers' now or either an hour from now. She's a radiation oncologist at a teaching hospital.

[Delphinus]

27. The New York Times

estimates I have about 62,454,003 ahead of me ... so it will be a while.

[MuseRider]

30. It is going to be a while.

I looked into it and I am way way way down the list. I am 67, have an auto immune disease, a serious digestive condition (I don't think that would make any difference one way or the other) but I have be hospitalized and suffered with pneumonia 4 times. Still, I am months from the time that it goes to everyone else in my family. Kinda odd since I am the only one with a serious problem but I am OK with waiting. I wish it was not so but it is what it is.