I met a woman last night who works for the NHS (our healthcare system) and she said she only caught it the other week after luckily not contracting it for years. Weird. She said she didn't feel too bad with it, just like a cold.
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my honey went for his bivalent shot yesterday and other than the typical sore arm, he is fine
Emma JC
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I decided to be spontaneous (again!) and go for the new booster shot tomorrow. I haven't gotten boosted before, nor COVID itself as far as I know (a perk of being a friendless homebody lol). A former colleague got COVID last week and wasn't vaccinated due to autoimmune condition. Luckily seems she will be fine. I don't look forward to side effects of booster if it's anything like the second shot, which of course is better than getting the actual illness full-on.
Good luck! I hope you don’t get much of a reaction, if any.
good for you! we both had the Moderna bivalent (all the others were Pfizer) and the only side effect was a sore arm for about a day and a half - I wish the same for you
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Thanks! I had to postpone, rescheduled to Sunday, due to unhealthy outdoor air quality and weather (I don't drive). i had tried yesterday for a walk-in but they don't do walk-ins for Covid.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
Just signed up to get the bivalent shot next Saturday.
Interestingly, it's harder to schedule this shot than it was for the 2nd booster.
Interestingly, it's harder to schedule this shot than it was for the 2nd booster.
Just signed up to get the bivalent shot next Saturday.
Interestingly, it's harder to schedule this shot than it was for the 2nd booster.
So this is your third booster? I haven't heard anyone getting a third.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
Yep, they now have a third. We're visiting our son in Italy in a few weeks, and figured it was a good idea.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as a Booster Dose
The FDA authorized bivalent formulations of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for use as a single booster dose.
Well, daughter flew home from Italy on Friday and tested positive for covid today. So far Low grade fever, cough/congestion since yesterday.
I’m still getting annoyed with how some people are treating covid. The cousin who went to Italy with my daughter actually started with symptoms while on the plane. She still has a scratchy/sore throat but no fever. But wouldn’t you, knowing that one of your travel companions is now covid positive, test yourself to make sure you don’t have it? Instead of assuming you don’t? I mean, how hard is it to test with a home kit? I don’t know…is it me? You can tell me I’m being unreasonable if you think I am, lol.
I still feel that there are so many people who are thinking like that, and that is why covid got so out of control.
Italy was/is badly affected by Covid, I forget the reason why. An older population, maybe.
A lot of people here don't trust the home kits.
A lot of people here don't trust the home kits.
Kathy Lauren
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I don't think you are being unreasonable at all. I still wear a mask in public places. Airplanes (a.k.a. "aluminum germ tubes") are among the worst places for disease transmission. For sure I would wear the best mask I could get if I had to fly on one. And I would test myself afterwards, whether I knew someone on the plane had it or not. Why wouldn't you??
I had a bad case of pneumonia early this year, including a collapsed lung. They now think it probably wasn't covid, but it looked a lot like it. Three weeks in hospital, including two stays in ICU. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I initially wore a mask, in the early part of the pandemic, to protect others, and I appreciated that others wore masks to protect me. Now that no one cares about protecting anyone else, I wear my mask to protect myself. My lungs are compromised, and I have to assume that even a mild case of covid could kill me.
I simply don't understand how people can be so casual about it.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
I think a big part is that the media has almost completely forgotten about it. And people who have gotten multiple shots, probably think they are fine. Which may be true in their immediate area, but when you travel, things change, but people get into a pattern that's "difficult" to break.
This makes me crazy. I wouldn't care if they stayed home for the five days. But if they're going out and about, sick and with symptoms, regardless of masking, it's just wrong. IMO of course.
I have an appointment for the bivalent vaccine November 13.
Flu shot is this Wednesday, November 1.
Flu shot is this Wednesday, November 1.
Are they concerned with false positives? Because that's almost unheard of. It's more likely to be the opposite. Pretty sure of that, anyway, if I'm remembering correctly from when this whole thing started.
No, the opposite. I've heard of a lot of people testing for covid at home and the results saying they don't have it and then getting the proper tests and they do have it.
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