The Indomitable Covid Virus
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Got my Covid shot 2 1/2 weeks ago. Got a hematoma and a bruise on my arm from it (first time that’s ever happened) so I was sore. But felt fine otherwise. Will get the flu shot next.
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DIY flu vaccine approved, available next year.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/09/20/fda-approves-at-home-flu-vaccine-nasal-spray/
Sadly, I'm not in the age range that it's approved for...
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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@wtg said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:
Sadly, I'm not in the age range that it's approved for...
Oop, neither am I. I wonder why that's the age range.
Also, this is the same nasal spray version that's already available for in-person administration right? How does it compare to the shot in terms of efficacy?
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Yes, it's the same one that's been available for a while. Here's some history on it.
For people over 65, there's a high-dose injectable flu vaccine. I guess we oldsters don't have as robust an immune system so the higher dose helps kick start things. I never get the high-dose vaccine even though I'm over 65 because I tend to react very strongly to vaccines in general like my mom did. She got the high dose one year and it knocked her on her butt for days.
I suspect I would do fine with FluMist, but I'm not sure if they'd send it to me because I'm not in the right age bracket...
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I got the Covid 19 booster on Wednesday. Opera season and a World Music Festival are starting up here. They get crowded and I don’t want to go unprotected. I requested Pfizer because all my previous Covid shots were Pfizer. Pfizer wasn’t available at the CVS drug store chain which administered the shot so I got the Moderna vaccine instead which is interchangeable with Pfizer.
My arm was sore and I had body ache for about a day and a half afterward but it’s better than catching a Covid.
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@Mik Get well soon.
I don't get the mRNA vaccinations.
I did finally get my first in a series of three Hepatitis A/B vaccinations. They're on a schedule of 0, 1, and 6 months. I'd be done now if I hadn't procrastinated.
I still wear masks. My supply was dwindling. RM brought his mother's car here the other day (before he totaled it). I found a new box of masks in the trunk. I took about 1/3 of them.
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We got our flu shots this morning.
Now I really need to make time for the shingles shots.... Ugh, I'm really not looking forward to it!
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Trying to decide when to get the next COVID shot... Maybe mid-october? Just got the flu shot last week when I went to my "welcome to Medicare" appointment with a new doctor (in the neighborhood) - sore arm and headache the next day.
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@Rontuner said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:
Maybe mid-october
Can you find info about how much is circulating locally? I read somewhere (NYTs maybe?) that the recommendation was to get the covid show soon (early or mid-Sept) because of how much virus was circulating. OTOH it said that the flu shot could wait until late Sept or October.
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Probably need to factor in travel and holiday plans, too.
When all is said and done though, I suspect just getting the shots is what's most important, more than getting the timing exact...
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I got the Covid vax (Moderna) a couple weeks ago, because we’re traveling again. I hadn’t had one since December. The shot gave me a hot arm (red, warm) for a week! My previous was Pfizer, no reaction.
I’m waiting for a flu shot in late October.
Do y’all get RSV vax?
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Please in Florida think you have COVID if you're wearing a mask. I don't wear one 100% of the time but I really should because I read cases are rising here.
They save me from breathing lots of particulates from pollution and vehicle exhaust too.
My PCP says they don't work. He won't let me wear one in the examining room. I think they help and can't hurt.
I'm going to be more consistent about wearing them.
My lungs are compromised because I'm an ex- smoker and I wouldn't rule out having some kind of auto-immune disorder too.
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@AdagioM said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:
I got the Covid vax (Moderna) a couple weeks ago, because we’re traveling again. I hadn’t had one since December. The shot gave me a hot arm (red, warm) for a week! My previous was Pfizer, no reaction.
Wow that sounds awful. You might want to mention that to a provider or at the least, the next time you get a vax, stay in the store for a bit afterwards to make su rehou don’t have a full blown allergic reaction.
Do y’all get RSV vax?
I thought I was under the age limit but maybe I’m … lemme ask go the google.
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CDC recommends everyone ages 75 and older get an RSV vaccine. CDC recommends adults ages 60–74 who are at increased risk of severe RSV disease get an RSV vaccine
I’m not there just yet.
Still need to do the shingles shots though…
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@Daniel said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:
He won't let me wear one in the examining room.
If that was my PCP I would change doctors and also register a complaint .
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@ShiroKuro said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:
@AdagioM said in The Indomitable Covid Virus:
I got the Covid vax (Moderna) a couple weeks ago, because we’re traveling again. I hadn’t had one since December. The shot gave me a hot arm (red, warm) for a week! My previous was Pfizer, no reaction.
Wow that sounds awful. You might want to mention that to a provider or at the least, the next time you get a vax, stay in the store for a bit afterwards to make su rehou don’t have a full blown allergic reaction.
The hot red spot was just the back of my arm, about as big as the palm of my hand. It didn’t keep me from doing anything; it was just annoying.
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Well that’s good… I just thought it sounded like a mild allergic reaction. I might be a little paranoid about that kind of thing though…
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COVID arm. It was one of the side effects that was observed early on. I think it was more common with Moderna. @Amanda had it, as I recall.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/should-you-be-worried-about-covid-arm
