Got my second vaccination yesterday at the same grocery store I work at and received my first vaccination. Luckily it was a scheduled day-off; had to call the in-store pharmacy before I would come in for a grocery run in order to schedule the appointment’s time. Arm a little sore though. After telling the front-end management after the appointment, they told me to call them if I start to feel ill before my scheduled shift (no fever or anything horrible yet).
With the vaccine, you can get infected, perhaps even pass it around, but you would not get seriously sick. To me, that is good enough; and besides, there is no alternative.
Yes! You absolutely can still get the disease! Right now people who have been vaccinated have been getting the disease! The current rate of vaccinated/disease catchers is .000073%! Don’t forget your masks! BTW, for those of you unable to recognize it, this is sarcasm.
My wife and I had the J&J one-time shot March 5. However, we are now in quarantine because on Saturday night we had a young couple visit us from Bangor, Maine, four hours away. Monday morning the young lady felt really sick, got tested, and tested positive for Covid-19. Hopefully we’ve not caught it, but I’ll not be surprised if we have. Scary thing is, this young lady was holding a two week old baby elsewhere this weekend.
Actually the odds (so far) of getting reinfected are .0008%. Read an article on that on Harvards Medpage yesterday. But if you are neurotic, go ahead and worry. Oh and the odds of death or hospitalization with a second infection is currently 0.0%
Flu vaccines are not a hundred percent. Heck, polio vaccines aren’t a hundred percent but if you can reach herd immunity, and then reduce spread you can not only save thousands of lives but you can actually eliminate the disease. It takes work, don’t be lazy.
We.. collectively, need to starve the beast. By being vaccinated.. we take some of the nourishment away and with enough participating members there is hope COVID will wither and disappear.
Had the 2nd Pfizer shot yesterday… I’ve no problem wearing a mask, inside a building w/ others; but I Refuse to wear a mask: walking down the street alone by myself or inside my car.
We do the best we can, working together. You show which side you are on by the decisions you make now. People will remember the foot-draggers as people not to be trusted.
Fyi, all vaccines are less than 100% effective. Even without longitudinal testing and the much-overrated FDA approval, COVID vaccines are making a significant impact on the pandemic. Especially in the good old “we do what we want” USA. 32 million cases – so 1/10 people have had it (but that’s just the reported ones). Nearly 600,000 deaths nationwide. That’s a 1/50 death rate for infected people and 1/500 overall. Way more than the stats being thrown around by people who couldn’t pass 5th grade math. I’m surprised someone hasn’t brought in the “comorbidity” argument favored by deniers who have just learned the most basic – and least useful – definition of comorbidities. We are overrepresenting our part of the world population by 300%. If some people promoting “natural herd immunity” had had their way, we might as well have reenacted The Lottery in every town in the U.S.But then again, why stop progress? Max Planck’s observation has been succinctly paraphrased as “science progresses one funeral at a time.” Why not medicine as well? Or politics, economics, social norms, and religion for that matter? If granting the willfully ossified among us their freedom means they end up taking themselves out of the picture sooner, then shouldn’t that be a win-win?
Templo S.U.D. about 3 years ago
Got my second vaccination yesterday at the same grocery store I work at and received my first vaccination. Luckily it was a scheduled day-off; had to call the in-store pharmacy before I would come in for a grocery run in order to schedule the appointment’s time. Arm a little sore though. After telling the front-end management after the appointment, they told me to call them if I start to feel ill before my scheduled shift (no fever or anything horrible yet).
VincentGoudreault about 3 years ago
With the vaccine, you can get infected, perhaps even pass it around, but you would not get seriously sick. To me, that is good enough; and besides, there is no alternative.
duggersd Premium Member about 3 years ago
Yes! You absolutely can still get the disease! Right now people who have been vaccinated have been getting the disease! The current rate of vaccinated/disease catchers is .000073%! Don’t forget your masks! BTW, for those of you unable to recognize it, this is sarcasm.
Egrayjames about 3 years ago
My wife and I had the J&J one-time shot March 5. However, we are now in quarantine because on Saturday night we had a young couple visit us from Bangor, Maine, four hours away. Monday morning the young lady felt really sick, got tested, and tested positive for Covid-19. Hopefully we’ve not caught it, but I’ll not be surprised if we have. Scary thing is, this young lady was holding a two week old baby elsewhere this weekend.
chad.green about 3 years ago
But the people on the TV told me it’s safe and that people who don’t get it are meanies! So what if they’ve been wrong about Covid multiple times.
purepaul about 3 years ago
Way I see it, 90% beats zero every time.
paul GROSS Premium Member about 3 years ago
Actually the odds (so far) of getting reinfected are .0008%. Read an article on that on Harvards Medpage yesterday. But if you are neurotic, go ahead and worry. Oh and the odds of death or hospitalization with a second infection is currently 0.0%
BRBurns1960 about 3 years ago
Flu vaccines are not a hundred percent. Heck, polio vaccines aren’t a hundred percent but if you can reach herd immunity, and then reduce spread you can not only save thousands of lives but you can actually eliminate the disease. It takes work, don’t be lazy.
Alberta Oil Premium Member about 3 years ago
We.. collectively, need to starve the beast. By being vaccinated.. we take some of the nourishment away and with enough participating members there is hope COVID will wither and disappear.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Only trouble with this series of strips is it could discourage people from getting vaccinated. Not good.
Mike5877Q Premium Member about 3 years ago
Yeah, I tell people not to waste time putting on a seatbelt because you can still die while wearing one! Zack: you are a fool!
Holilubillkori Premium Member about 3 years ago
Had the 2nd Pfizer shot yesterday… I’ve no problem wearing a mask, inside a building w/ others; but I Refuse to wear a mask: walking down the street alone by myself or inside my car.
mistercatworks about 3 years ago
We do the best we can, working together. You show which side you are on by the decisions you make now. People will remember the foot-draggers as people not to be trusted.
BWR about 3 years ago
If I die, at least I wouldn’t have to go to work any more.
Faith Blackwell Premium Member about 3 years ago
And it’s still not completely tested. People are so trusting. It’s not fda approved yet.
Seeker149 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Fyi, all vaccines are less than 100% effective. Even without longitudinal testing and the much-overrated FDA approval, COVID vaccines are making a significant impact on the pandemic. Especially in the good old “we do what we want” USA. 32 million cases – so 1/10 people have had it (but that’s just the reported ones). Nearly 600,000 deaths nationwide. That’s a 1/50 death rate for infected people and 1/500 overall. Way more than the stats being thrown around by people who couldn’t pass 5th grade math. I’m surprised someone hasn’t brought in the “comorbidity” argument favored by deniers who have just learned the most basic – and least useful – definition of comorbidities. We are overrepresenting our part of the world population by 300%. If some people promoting “natural herd immunity” had had their way, we might as well have reenacted The Lottery in every town in the U.S.But then again, why stop progress? Max Planck’s observation has been succinctly paraphrased as “science progresses one funeral at a time.” Why not medicine as well? Or politics, economics, social norms, and religion for that matter? If granting the willfully ossified among us their freedom means they end up taking themselves out of the picture sooner, then shouldn’t that be a win-win?