It was not because I firmly believe in it but rather an issue of covering my bases. it did me no harm and could concievabley be of benefit. End of story
Dorothy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yay! Awesome. I'm hoping to have some of your > pizza some day. I can host for pizza almost any day
I'm glad too, Deserat, I just got word that one of our neighbors (husband and father) who's only about 40 is very very sick. The whole family got it but the dad didn't take it well. It's not looking hopeful. He was unvaccinated. C. virus is something thats not going anywhere any time soon I'm afraid.
SM, where in England were you located when LDS. I am wondering if we might have known people in common. I lived in Kent and knew people around Canterbury, and Dover. Had one friend I kept in contact with who lived in Deal.
Dear Kentish, I'm actually a nevermo from Woking in Surrey. Apart from 1 missionary encounter about 25 years ago, I have never knowingly met a "card-carrying" mormon, only delightful exmos from this board.
How wonderful to be so blessedly unconnected. Have been through Woking but do not know it well. Despite my handle I was born in Brighton, Sussex. Of my two daughters one is a Kentish Woman the other a Woman of Kent.
I forget if I already mentioned to Soft Machine that my aunt lived in Woking.
As for Brighton, I went there with my grandfather once and enjoyed the most amazing fish and chips there. (Is that the same place, kentish? Brighton Beach I think?).
One and the same, Nightingale. My father was working there when WW2 broke and and decided we should return to safer London as Germans were expected to be rushing up the beach. The safer London we returned to was the blitz. Brighton is the London seaside famous for its pier, rock candy (hence the Graham Green novel Brighton Rock, and its pebble beach.
I had temporary soreness (felt like a bruise) for 3 or 4 days with the first dose, so it was more than just the effect of the "puncture wound", but only 2 days with the second. Didn"t bother me. Catching Covid without being vaccinated would bother me, because the vaccines appear to prevent the nastier symptoms, including long Covid and death.
In my opinion, this is why it's important to keep wearing masks in enclosed spaces where people mix (not at home). It's to protect the unvaccinated.
Hurrah for you, Desertrat (or should that be Deseretrat? ;-)
All the best to you.
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Soft Machine Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had temporary soreness (felt like a bruise) for > 3 or 4 days with the first dose, so it was more > than just the effect of the "puncture wound", but > only 2 days with the second. Didn"t bother me. > Catching Covid without being vaccinated would > bother me, because the vaccines appear to prevent > the nastier symptoms, including long Covid and > death. > > In my opinion, this is why it's important to keep > wearing masks in enclosed spaces where people mix > (not at home). It's to protect the unvaccinated. > > Hurrah for you, Desertrat (or should that be > Deseretrat? ;-) > > All the best to you. definately NOT deseretrat
Temporary soreness/pain at the injection site is listed as one possible side effect. I experienced that after my first vax but it only required a few Tylenol to alleviate it.
I'd choose that any day rather than the potentially severe symptoms that COVID-19 and its variants are known to cause, including serious morbidity and, obviously, death.
As to the comment that "it will go away in time", that's a bit of an exaggeration time-wise - the soreness, if it occurs, is easily manageable and clears after a short period of time (like hours or a couple of days).
Hey, it's better than a ventilator any day. And better than suffering the potential flu-like symptoms of COVID. And a million times better than infecting a family member, a friend, or even a stranger.
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So glad for you, Desertrat! Now you’ll have more freedom from fear to do things. It gave me peace of mind when we were in a crowded airport, knowing I was fully vaccinated.
kathleen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DR1’s(520)dinner-roll(612) recipe keeps me > well-upholstered. Then you should try(3230) my pizza first hand
Nightingale Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Creating his pizza. > > Makes me hungry. > > Do you deliver DR? :) I might for the Nightingale the so-called health department won't let me. So I invite people over to share. If there is left over I certainly wouldn't keep guests fro taking it home with them now would I?
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I'm really happy for you, tdr. With all of the confusing information that's been flooding social and alternative media, it can be difficult to know the right thing to do if you don't have a knowledgeable background about the subject in question.
For some reason, even neutral scientific and medical issues have recently become partisan battlegrounds. That is a sad state of affairs.
The decision to get vaccinated was easier for me because I have a scientific background and know a little bit about how vaccines are designed and the process by which new medicines are tested and approved. What really helped me to decide was that all of my friends and acquaintances in the medical field were telling me that they were getting vaccinated and that everyone else should too, as soon as possible. When all the doctors are doing it themselves, it's a good bet that it's the right thing to do.
And the beautiful thing about evidence-based medicine is that you don't have to believe in it for it to work.
Concrete Zipper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And the beautiful thing about evidence-based > medicine is that you don't have to believe in it > for it to work.
My father, now aged 90, has a wonderful tee-shirt he wears all the time, bearing the slogan "The great thing about science is it works whether you believe in it or not".
I'm demolishing an old fence on my property and building a new one--a NICE new one. My nextdoor neighbor is very impressed, and happy that he has the new fence to look at. He comes out at times and watches me do it. Last time he got to talking about COVID, and I said, "You've been vaccinated, right?" I was shocked at his anger and immediate change in demeanor. Oh, well... As long as he is the one who dies a horrible death, and not me or mine.
I do have to give my deceased son-in-law who died of Covid-19 a lot of credit for not showing any negativism towards those 'dumb' enough to fall for any of the vaccine fictions. He left a good-looking widow, who survived her bout with the Covid, so that's nice...
I had a sore shoulder for a few days after my second but nothing systemic. As you probably know, the systemic stuff usually lasts a day, so you should be back here breathing fire like always sometime tomorrow.
Based on my limited experience with shots and with oatmeal raisin cookies, they should have put the vaccine in a big, thick oatmeal raisin cookie and we would have been spared all the drama.
Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a good idea, but the needles are really tough > to digest. Yes they are but maybe I can find and rfm'r or two to come over and comfort me
Effective enough that those filling the ERs where I live are overwhelmingly the unvaccinated. That will affect me if I have an emergency need and cannot get the care I need because the hospital is taken up with those choosing not to take the vaccine.
Kentish Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Effective enough that those filling the ERs where > I live are overwhelmingly the unvaccinated. That > will affect me if I have an emergency need and > cannot get the care I need because the hospital is > taken up with those choosing not to take the > vaccine.