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As I've mentioned here before.. I am part of the clinical trial.. Moderna today spoke about a 'booster' to address effectiveness against the South Africa strain. They haven't started working on it, but apparently they're planning to.
But.. I had my unblinding appointment at 1:45pm today. They broke the seal and were able to tell me whether I got the real vaccine or if I received placebo.
I really had no idea which way it would go..
arguments for placebo.. I had ZERO side effects whatsoever. No soreness, no chills, no fever.. Nothing at all.
Arguments for vaccine.. Even with people falling around me at work.. people who work less than 10 feet from me... ALL of them being diagnosed positive..I've continually returned negative test results and had zero symptoms. I've had to get tested after each of them tested positive.
It was something like an episode of Maury Povich.. You know how he does the "You ARE the father!" shows? Similar to that with much less yelling and cussing.
In the matter of whether Labonte18 received the COVID vaccine in late July of 2020...
Spoiler
You did NOT receive the vaccine. Was placebo. I was vaxxed today.
As I've mentioned here before.. I am part of the clinical trial.. Moderna today spoke about a 'booster' to address effectiveness against the South Africa strain. They haven't started working on it, but apparently they're planning to.
But.. I had my unblinding appointment at 1:45pm today. They broke the seal and were able to tell me whether I got the real vaccine or if I received placebo.
I really had no idea which way it would go..
arguments for placebo.. I had ZERO side effects whatsoever. No soreness, no chills, no fever.. Nothing at all.
Arguments for vaccine.. Even with people falling around me at work.. people who work less than 10 feet from me... ALL of them being diagnosed positive..I've continually returned negative test results and had zero symptoms. I've had to get tested after each of them tested positive.
It was something like an episode of Maury Povich.. You know how he does the "You ARE the father!" shows? Similar to that with much less yelling and cussing.
In the matter of whether Labonte18 received the COVID vaccine in late July of 2020...
Spoiler
You did NOT receive the vaccine. Was placebo. I was vaxxed today.
Thanks, I had a feeling you didn't get it. You must not be prone to the virus.
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Thanks, I had a feeling you didn't get it. You must not be prone to the virus.
FWIW.. My arm is sore. Nothing bad. Unless I rub it I don't even notice it.. It's not bad at all. but, that's the only side effect. The person kept the needle in my arm about 10-15 seconds.. So, that might be the reason it's sore.
this person certainly didn't have the skills of the person who gave me the placebo injections.
No fever, no chills, no aches, soreness in the arm is the only 'pain'.. I did go to bed about an hour earlier last night. Was tired. But I didn't sleep all that well the night before. so.. MAYBE a little fatigue from it.. Can't say for sure.
I'll report back after the second injection. It's scheduled for Feb 22nd i think.
And, just to reuse the joke I did when I got the placebo.. I am, strangely, picking up satellite radio in my arm now.. if I touch it just right, I can change it to 80's on 8..
FWIW.. My arm is sore. Nothing bad. Unless I rub it I don't even notice it.. It's not bad at all. but, that's the only side effect. The person kept the needle in my arm about 10-15 seconds.. So, that might be the reason it's sore.
this person certainly didn't have the skills of the person who gave me the placebo injections.
No fever, no chills, no aches, soreness in the arm is the only 'pain'.. I did go to bed about an hour earlier last night. Was tired. But I didn't sleep all that well the night before. so.. MAYBE a little fatigue from it.. Can't say for sure.
I'll report back after the second injection. It's scheduled for Feb 22nd i think.
And, just to reuse the joke I did when I got the placebo.. I am, strangely, picking up satellite radio in my arm now.. if I touch it just right, I can change it to 80's on 8..
It seems to be the 2nd injection that gets people, with the Pfizer vaccine anyway.
It seems to be the 2nd injection that gets people, with the Pfizer vaccine anyway.
It's highly variable. I had an extremely sore arm for a week after my first dose, but the second dose only gave me some mild arm soreness that was gone in 24 hours. Other people have a stronger reaction, and some have none at all.
It's highly variable. I had an extremely sore arm for a week after my first dose, but the second dose only gave me some mild arm soreness that was gone in 24 hours. Other people have a stronger reaction, and some have none at all.
Well.. This is one of the reasons that i'm sharing my experience. I believe all of us saw all the news stories when the trials were going on where people were sharing (Relatively tame) horror stories.. "The second dose, I had to take a day off work".. The media fixated on those and scared the hell out of people.
I wonder how many of those people actually had placebo.. Would laugh my ass off at them.
But it seems that the majority of people have very light side effects.. A small percentage do, indeed, have a pretty strong reaction to it.. And a very small number have severe reactions. Those being the ones who go into anaphylaxis.
So.. I think it is very good that everyone who feels comfortable doing so, share their experience. Good or bad. Pretty or ugly. The more honest 'testimonials' out there.. The more information for these people who are questioning getting it can have to make their decision.
I just got my 2nd shot (Pfizer) this morning at 8AM, so far so good, but will update the board if things change, and if I have any reaction.
After my 1st shot, 20 days ago, I had arm soreness from 3-4 hours after the shot to 48 hours after the shot, then it went away.
So it's been 24 hours after my 2nd Pfizer shot and I'm totally fine, although something very weird/strange happened overnight.
About 11 hours (7PM) after my second shot, my arm started to hurt like it did after the 1st shot, sore, tender to the touch and I couldn't sleep on that side.
Then around 1AM it was like someone flipped a switch and the arm pain went away immediately, I never experienced something like that after any of vaccinations, the arm pain usually fades gradually, but hey I'll take it!
It was like my immune system was telling those lipid nanoparticles, OK the fun's over, time to go away.
It is more contagious but not as nasty as the regular coronavirus/covid-19.
Do you have a source for the "not as nasty" part of that sentence? I haven't heard that piece before.
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