I received the second Moderna vaccine shot this past week. We are all different but if my experience is a guide most people should plan on taking the day off from work after the second shot if they have a job that requires any kind of physical exertion.
I was able to work on my computer from home the next day after the first shot but I felt some fatigue. There was very little arm soreness.
The next day after the second shot I felt like about a 40% intensity flu but with no stomach upset or respiratory problems - just fatigue. I was also able to work from my house but I had cleared away most of the complicated tasks the previous two days. I can now say that the third day after the shot my energy level is back to 100% and the arm soreness is gone.
This is a butt kicker of a shot in terms of fatigue for a couple of days. And in response to a comment below I was permitted by local protocols to have the vaccine. I did not cut the line.
I remember seeing kids who actually got polio when I was a child. Some even at that young age had to wear steel braces on their legs. I was lucky that the Salk and then the Sabin polio vaccines saved most of us.
Be grateful that about 10 years or more of scientific work paved the way for fast rollout of these vaccines.
Remember that the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines' test results came from an earlier time when there were fewer more virulent variants present. All the vaccines seem to be about 100% for prevention of hospitalization and death.
The Salk polio vaccine was not perfect. The Sabin vaccine was a complement to it. Like that time our present vaccines may be improved or have future boosters added.
We do not know for certain if these first vaccines provide sterilizing immunity that prevents transmission. They do appear to prevent serious ilness. For that reason I will continue to wear a medical grade mask until the majority of people have received their shots or sterilizing immunity from vaccines is proved. Studies show that immunity from having the original wild COVID is not as strong as that conferred by the vaccines.
It is time to stop the whining and follow the guidance of our top medical people. It looks like the pace of the vaccine rollout is gaining speed. It is likely that this will not be the last COVID vaccine we will be urged to take.
For those weak people among us who refuse to take the vaccines, I think that you will put yourself at risk and prolong the time it takes to bring down levels of COVID virus in the world.
But for all the vaccine refuseniks, we should perhaps thank you for helping to shore up our old age pension systems. There may be fewer people to eventually collect benefits.
I was able to work on my computer from home the next day after the first shot but I felt some fatigue. There was very little arm soreness.
The next day after the second shot I felt like about a 40% intensity flu but with no stomach upset or respiratory problems - just fatigue. I was also able to work from my house but I had cleared away most of the complicated tasks the previous two days. I can now say that the third day after the shot my energy level is back to 100% and the arm soreness is gone.
This is a butt kicker of a shot in terms of fatigue for a couple of days. And in response to a comment below I was permitted by local protocols to have the vaccine. I did not cut the line.
I remember seeing kids who actually got polio when I was a child. Some even at that young age had to wear steel braces on their legs. I was lucky that the Salk and then the Sabin polio vaccines saved most of us.
Be grateful that about 10 years or more of scientific work paved the way for fast rollout of these vaccines.
Remember that the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines' test results came from an earlier time when there were fewer more virulent variants present. All the vaccines seem to be about 100% for prevention of hospitalization and death.
The Salk polio vaccine was not perfect. The Sabin vaccine was a complement to it. Like that time our present vaccines may be improved or have future boosters added.
We do not know for certain if these first vaccines provide sterilizing immunity that prevents transmission. They do appear to prevent serious ilness. For that reason I will continue to wear a medical grade mask until the majority of people have received their shots or sterilizing immunity from vaccines is proved. Studies show that immunity from having the original wild COVID is not as strong as that conferred by the vaccines.
It is time to stop the whining and follow the guidance of our top medical people. It looks like the pace of the vaccine rollout is gaining speed. It is likely that this will not be the last COVID vaccine we will be urged to take.
For those weak people among us who refuse to take the vaccines, I think that you will put yourself at risk and prolong the time it takes to bring down levels of COVID virus in the world.
But for all the vaccine refuseniks, we should perhaps thank you for helping to shore up our old age pension systems. There may be fewer people to eventually collect benefits.
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