Covid Booster

Deb, which one did you have?  Pfizer or Moderna?  (Funny about the "let" your husband bying a new truck)  

I had my Moderna booster vaccine on 8/20 - a little over 6 months after I had my 2nd shot in February.  I had similar but not as severe reaction as I had with the 2nd shot.  First shot - just a sore arm for a few days.  Second shot - flu like sick with high fever and hiorrifc heacache for 36 hours plus sore arm for a few days. Purposley scheduled booster shot for a Friday afternoon so I could recoup on the weekend.  Booster shot - sore arm day 1.  Day 2 - woke up with 102 fever and feeling like a truck ran over me and sore arm but no headache. Fever broke by the afternoon and by next day just had sore arm.  

Deb 1!

I have been thinking about working to get the booster for about a week. I do plan to get it. My second Pfizer vaccine was March 25th, the day after my hysterectomy (note; that was quite the output of energy I really didn't have).

Thanks for making a note of it here, as I need a reminder to do everything these days. 

Deb dos

I just got my booster yesterday afternoon. As with the second shot, I have a headache and a fever, fatigue and nausea. If it goes like my second shot it will all be over in about 36 hours. Still masking as I live in Texas and we have a lot of people (mostly unvaccinated) in the hospital. Getting my flu shot next week.

Jan

jan9wils said:

moderna booster

I just got my booster yesterday afternoon. As with the second shot, I have a headache and a fever, fatigue and nausea. If it goes like my second shot it will all be over in about 36 hours. Still masking as I live in Texas and we have a lot of people (mostly unvaccinated) in the hospital. Getting my flu shot next week.

Jan

But I am an RN and have given thousands of vaccinations over my long career.  Patients would tell me about their reactions.  And with all vaccinations some people have an ilness like episode.   I always wondered if those are the people who would have been extremely ill if they actually had the disease.  You reacted to just an antibody the vaccine instructed your cells to create, not the virus or a piece of it.  Just my opinion.  You might have been very ill if you had actually had the virus.  All our immune systems work differently.  Many patients who had a flu like illness after the flu shot decided not to get another one.  And they never got the flu.  Go figure.  I was told my manufacturers that it was impossible to get the flu from the vaccine, but it must have been a flu like response to the vaccine....

I have not had my booster yet, but it has not been offered to me.  I will when it is available.  I had Pfizer with no reaction to either immunization.

They interviewed a nurse on tv in the ICU. She said all of the patients who have recently died were unvaccinated, however they never had one case die from the effects of the vaccine. Another story about a parent who was told that her kid was missing the DPT vaccine so they could not come back to school withoout it, but no such mandate for Covid. Madness. 

I was just notified today to come in for my booster and I will do that soon. 

Denise 

oldbeauty said:

Yes, booster

My functional medicine physician offered vaccines before my mainstream well-known medical center, and he called to offer the booster 2 weeks ago.  Pfizer, here.  No reaction save a sore arm for one day.  I still wear a mask out.  Best wishes to all, Oldbeauty

Hello, curious, if the shots are effective why would you wear a mask?

As someone who has spent the better part of my working career reading laws, regulations and agency notices, I always recommend going to the original source of a regulation or ruling since reports about these can be misunderstood.

The FDA notice published August 23, 2021 clearly states that it has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for individuals 16 years of age and older. This vaccine will be marketed under the name Comirnaty. It is the exact same vaccine as what has been known as Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19, with the new name.

The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals.

So while the vaccine is still considered as EUA for certain individuals, this is not true for the vast majority of individuals who are eligible for the vaccine.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine

Unvaccinated Israelis – who account for 17 percent of the population eligible for a vaccine – currently make up about two-thirds of the total number of serious cases.

It was never claimed that any the vaccines are 100% effective at preventing infection with COVID-19. But they are effective at preventing serious infections, and subsequent death, in most vaccinated people. Sadly, a very small portion of vaccinated individuals may still die from COVID after being vaccinated, but the vaccines are the best method we currently have to prevent serious illness and death in most people.

I hope that others who may read this thread will continue to seek authoritative sources of information rather than rely on unverified social media.

Lasha12 said:

Still wear mask

Hello, curious, if the shots are effective why would you wear a mask?

If this is a theoretical question, I'll have a go.

I have a few colleagues who have gotten the Delta variant, despite receiving both Pfeizer vaccines.

"If" is an interesting word: "if" the vaccine is effective, why wear a mask? Well, apparently it's not always effective. 

That's why I've decided to avoid the public school where I usually work as a substitute teacher. Because of my "walk" with cancer, I think I may be a bit more fragile than the average bear, so why wear a mask? It may keep me from ingesting another person's saliva or mist or vapor or aspiration. 

Then again, it's a state edict right now, so in public places, I'm also following the law. 

We do have a lot of anti vaxxers and anti maskers in Oregon, but I'm not one of them.