I have Covid

[Pappy13]

My daughter and I have both had our first vaccine shots. Just a note that they recommend you get a vaccine shot even if you had the virus. There is not as much testing of those that had the virus and how long the antibodies that you build up will protect you from getting the virus again as there is in those who've had the vaccine which is why they recommend you get it.

[Pappy13]

I read today where they are thinking the second shot for Covid survivors is possibly unnecessary. They said survivors of Covid are just as immune after one shot as others are with the two.

Hmmmm...that's interesting. My second shot is already scheduled so I'll probably go ahead with it.

[Dave Gray]

I read today where they are thinking the second shot for Covid survivors is possibly unnecessary. They said survivors of Covid are just as immune after one shot as others are with the two.

I'd heard that too.  That would be good.

[Dave Gray]

My kids haven't seen my dad in over a year.  The care facility won't let kids in, even though everyone in there is vaccinated.  Their guideline is to open things up for kids when community spread is at 6%.  Right now it's at 10%.

Vaccines are pushing ahead here, but I hope that people don't get lax and start spreading COVID around, even within low risk populations, because of stuff like this.

I am going to be first in line when it opens up.  I think we're getting close.   Desantis says that everyone will be eligible soon and I think that's the right call.  Get me that J&J!

[stinkfish]

Dave, I don't think you should go for the single dose Johnson and Johnson shot. Not nearly as effective as the other two that are on the market.

[Fau Teixeira]

Dave, I don't think you should go for the single dose Johnson and Johnson shot. Not nearly as effective as the other two that are on the market.

I say this with all respect .. but your opinion means nothing and is literally horrible. It's 100% effective against hospitalizations .. There's a chance you might still get covid and it might have mild to moderate symptoms. But the J&J vaccine is 100% effective against hospitalization and death. What more could you want from a vaccine? Furthermore the J&J vaccine effectiveness goes up the longer you've been since the injection. Studies show effectiveness increasing even after 60 days

Get any you can, and get them as soon as you can.

[Dave Gray]

Dave, I don't think you should go for the single dose Johnson and Johnson shot. Not nearly as effective as the other two that are on the market.

I don't think this is true. 

There is no apples to apples comparison of the vaccines.  The J&J tests 100% effective against hospitalization and death.  The other measurables, like whether you get COVID at all, came at a time where it was being tested against different variants than the other vaccines did.  It was tested against more dangerous strains in those parts of the world where they were most prevelant.

I feel good about the J&J shot, for sure.  It's also one dose.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

There is minuscule difference between the vaxs.

Take which ever is available.  Unless it is a situation where they are literally giving you a choice of which vax you want because the center has more than one don’t even consider turning one down.  All three are infinitely better than not being vax or eve waiting a single extra day.

I got my first shot two weeks ago and going for my second on Sunday.  I didn’t even know which one I was getting until I looked at the card a few days later. 

[stinkfish]

Last I heard or read or whatever was that the single dose J&J shot was 60 something % effective while the other two dose vaccines out there are upwards of 80 something % effective.

[Spider-Dan]

The clinical trials for the earlier vaccines were conducted before a lot of the new COVID variants existed.  The J&J trials were measured against many of these new variants.  So it's not an apples-to-apples comparison.

In any case, all of the approved vaccines are extremely effective (~100%) at preventing death or hospitalization from COVID, which is the main point.  If you get vaccinated, then catch COVID, have a low-grade fever, and quickly recover, that's still a win.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

In any case, all of the approved vaccines are extremely effective (~100%) at preventing death or hospitalization from COVID, which is the main point.  If you get vaccinated, then catch COVID, have a low-grade fever, and quickly recover, that's still a win.

Exactly.  The vaccine won’t prevent you from catching covid, but it will reduce its effects from lethal down to mildly annoying and similar to the common cold. 

[CF DolFan]

I agree with you guys. I understand not wanting to lock down but I don't really understand the people who refuse vaccines ... especially the vulnerable. I respect their right not to but I just don't understand it.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I agree with you guys. I understand not wanting to lock down but I don't really understand the people who refuse vaccines ... especially the vulnerable. I respect their right not to but I just don't understand it.

I really don’t care if people don’t get the vaccine.  Feel free to die.  I have a problem with antimasker until everyone who wants the vaccine gets one because that is one person’s selfishness endangering other.  But once everyone who wants the vax gets one, open everything up, throw away the masks and the antivaxers can collect their darwin awards.

[Dave Gray]

I respect their right not to but I just don't understand it.

I am on the other side of this.  I don't respect someone who doesn't get the vaccine.  That person is an idiot at best and an asshole at worst.

Vaccines aren't just for the person getting vaccinated.  They're for the group.  Herd immunity means that you have to get enough people vaccinated so that the rest of us are protected by the % of efficacy from the vaccine we got + the lack of community spread because everyone is vaccinated.

We could very realistically eliminate this virus from the Earth.  And we're just going to keep passing it around for generations, unless we're lucky enough to build a natural immunity to it.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I am on the other side of this.  I don't respect someone who doesn't get the vaccine.  That person is an idiot at best and an asshole at worst.

Vaccines aren't just for the person getting vaccinated.  They're for the group.  Herd immunity means that you have to get enough people vaccinated so that the rest of us are protected by the % of efficacy from the vaccine we got + the lack of community spread because everyone is vaccinated.

We could very realistically eliminate this virus from the Earth.  And we're just going to keep passing it around for generations, unless we're lucky enough to build a natural immunity to it.

With this virus and vaccine that doesn’t seem to be the case.  The flu shot prevents you from catching the flu and from being a carrier.  Covid vaccine doesn’t prevent you from catching it nor from being a carrier.  It prevents you from getting seriously ill or dying.