The Indomitable Covid Virus
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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.
@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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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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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?
@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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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.
@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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I had the Moderna vax the first two times (remember 2020?). I had swollen underarm lymph nodes on that side, which made one boob temporarily bigger. This was a common reaction, and you’re supposed to wait six weeks (?) before getting a mammogram so it doesn’t read false positive.
Both Mr. AM and I went to CVS pharmacies for our most recent vax; his had Pfizer and mine had Moderna. They didn’t tell us beforehand which one they had. We scheduled online.
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I've gotten every covid vax and booster since they came... IIRC the first several ones were Moderna, then a Pfizer, and then this most recent one was Moderna again. I think...
The only kinds of reactions I've had have been arm soreness and flu-like symptoms (which a few times were really, really bad) but I've never had the covid arm or those other symptoms.
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Nothing official, but it appears to me that the Pfizer jabs cause fewer adverse reactions than other brands
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Got the Pfizer vacc September 3. Four hour flight Monday. Sick with something at 4 am this Wednesday morning. Also fatigue and some nausea.
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