Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2021-04-07 12:33 a.m., Allan Rogers wrote:
> >On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 20:22:14 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Why, yes. If I am doubtful about the safety/efficacy of one vaccine
> > that's had months instead of a minimum of 7 years (on average) to
> > properly develop and test, then it stands to reason I must be
> > against all vaccines. That is, if I were you. Thankfully I'm not.
> >
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> I have been getting the flu shot yearly for years and have managed
> not to get the flu.
>
> I had my first Covid19 shot yesterday. The best advice I have heard
> is that the risk of complications from the vaccine and nothing
> compared to the risk of getting ill with Covid19.
>
>
> The vaccination program just recently dropped to 70 here, and 65 for
> the Astrazeneca, and people in my circle are all getting it. My
> friend got his on Saturday. My SiL got it Sunday, my brother
> yesterday and my wife will get hers tomorrow.
>
> The process at the injection clinic was very smooth. I was supposed
> to wait in my car until 5 minutes before my appointment. I went over
> about 15 minutes early and asked if I could sit on the bench and read
> until my appointment and was told I could go right in. I waited about
> two minutes for screening, then a couple minutes wait to register and
> was then sent to the line up for shots. The line disappeared as I
> walked towards it and they took me right in. I was asked a couple
> questions to determine my name and address and about reactions to
> shots.
>
> I was sitting with my left arm toward the nurse and asked if I could
> have it in my right arm because it was already sore and I didn't want
> two sore arms. I turned, looked around for a second and she
> announced that she was done. I had not felt a thing. I then had to
> sit for 15 minutes and I was done. It started to hurt in the evening
> and it hurts now, but nothing I can't deal with.

Good Dave. Things are running faster here. The President wants the
appointments open to all by 19April but I don't think the stock on hand
supports that yet.

Todays stats for our state of Virginia is 34.1% have first shot and
19.2% have second shot. Both numbers are growing about 1% a day.

Very few have much issue with 1st shot other than sore arm. 2nd shot
is more of a whammy for more folks but still a lot better than COVID.

Don and I both had our second shots 2 weeks ago (25March). Don 'face
planted' in bed at 7pm and slept some 12 hours straight (much more than
normal for him) but other than a sore arm, was mostly ok. Just a bit
tired and sore next day. I felt fine until I got up next morning with
a mild fever, mild aches, sore are, mild nausea, mild loose stool.
Operative term here is it was all mild. By the 3rd day I was mostly
fine. Our doses were Pfizer but Moderna is the main one here and the
3rd is Johnson and Johnson (a 1 shot type) but the news shows it seems
to suddenly be having problems unsuspected until in wider delivery.

We are still at 6.4% positive PCR test rate but it was over 10% (and
almost hit 20% and for a long time was 15-17%) in the past. If the
rates continue as they are, we hit (as a state) 70% for first shot and
54% 2nd shot in 35 days or so. May be a little longer.