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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn the 13th day of my two week waiting period ...
Today I had planned to celebrate my liberation with several vaccinated friends at a restaurant with outdoor seating. Had plans to spend 3 nights in early May at a hotel on the Oregon coast with 3 vaccinated friends.
A little over a month ago my hematologist told me it was okay for me to get vaccinated and that he believed it would give me good protection even if somewhat less than the remarkably high 94%-95% efficacy achieved by the 2-dose vaccines. When I pressed him, he said he thought it would be okay for me to do the things that the CDC guidelines indicated were safe for the fully vaccinated.
Great! Or so I thought until a friend forwarded an article to me with the title: Vaccines Wont Protect Millions of Patients With Weakened Immune Systems. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/health/coronavirus-vaccine-immune-system.html
Merde! I thought, naturellement, and later in the day drove to my regular clinic to get an antibodies test. After that I found CDC information indicating that an antibodies test does not measure vaccine efficacy. Oh well...
Yesterday, at my annual physical exam, my internist, when pressed on the question, basically told me that I should keep isolating until COVID-19 cases subside and more is known about how well the vaccine protects people with compromised immune systems in general, and blood disorders in particular.
Im still waiting to hear back from my hematologist, but am pretty sure I will need hang back for a bit longer. Meanwhile, at least I have a reason to get up in the morning - cats gotta have their breakfast! 😻😻
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)noon exactly PDT tomorrow... 2 weeks since I got the J&J.
but no plans to celebrate.
Mme. Defarge
(7,982 posts)MLAA
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Ça cest parfait!
ChazII
(6,198 posts)since my second Pfizer shot. Tonight I will be celebrating with a family that has adopted me since my son's passing in March of 2020. I will be going to their home for a pizza dinner. They are in their late 30's and did have Covid in May of 2020.
Mme. Defarge
(7,982 posts)and may your sons memory be eternal.
ChazII
(6,198 posts)and mine, too. We both have Neurofibromatosis 1. In his case, he had but died from the same type of brain tumor that killed Beau Biden and Sen. Kennedy and Sen. McCain.
Because of our NF our portraits have been painted for The Many Faces of Neurofibromatosis.
Mme. Defarge
(7,982 posts)mon brave ou ma belle.
ChazII
(6,198 posts)mon friend. Spell check is not co-operating.