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[Bentley]

See reply #332 in this thread for the answer to that.  I would be more curious as to what would have happened had I not.  But that is something I will never know.

Hope that it it is over.
Do you now wish that you should have gotten the shot?

[Brushpopper]

I didn't think you were supposed to mix the vaccines.

My first two were Moderna, my booster was Pfizer. The pharmacist said it was ok to mix and match those two.

Same here.  My wife got Moderna for all three and our daughter got Pfizer for all three.

[SmokinHandyman]

Guess I am the one of the outlier's who has no intention of getting one.

Sorry I missed the reply #332. I remembered from early on you wasn't getting one.

[urnmor]

IMO each individual has the right to make their own decision.  For some it did not come back to bite them in their posterior for other that is not the case.  Our daughter just told us of good whose husband take the vaccine caught Covid and died leaving a wife and very daughter.  she also called us last night. She works in hospitals, hospices and prisons and strongly recommended that my wife and I wear the masks as a precaution when we go into stores etc.  She said all of the hospitals in her area ICUs are filled with new cases.  A similar situation is happening in our area and was confirmed by a friend who a PA.

I realize that again it is ones right IMO to make their own choices however much to my chagrin the threat is real>

[02ebz06]

IMO each individual has the right to make their own decision.  For some it did not come back to bite them in their posterior for other that is not the case.  Our daughter just told us of good whose husband take the vaccine caught Covid and died leaving a wife and very daughter.  she also called us last night. She works in hospitals, hospices and prisons and strongly recommended that my wife and I wear the masks as a precaution when we go into stores etc.  She said all of the hospitals in her area ICUs are filled with new cases.  A similar situation is happening in our area and was confirmed by a friend who a PA.

I realize that again it is ones right IMO to make their own choices however much to my chagrin the threat is real>

Below is a news article  I found.  I'll take my chances getting vaccines any time...
We still wear mask when we go out. Some places require it.
Dine-in is still not available in some places.

"Do people die from COVID after getting the COVID-19 vaccine?
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests 99.999% of people who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 did not have a severe breakthrough case that led to hospitalization or death, CNN reports.
•   Per the CDC, more than 166 million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
•   The new data suggests 1,507 people (about 0.0001%) of those fully vaccinated people died from COVID-19.
•   Meanwhile, 7,101 people of those fully vaccinated people (about 0.005%) were hospitalized from COVID-19.
Who is getting breakthrough COVID cases?
According to the CDC, most of the severe breakthrough cases — about 74% — had been among seniors who were 65 years or older, CNN reports.
•   About 20% of the people who died from COVID-19 after a breakthrough case died from something other than COVID-19, though they had a breakthrough case when they died, according to CNN.
How recent are CDC’s COVID death numbers?
The newest numbers are accurate as of Aug. 2, just when the delta variant of the novel coronavirus began to spread in the United States, according to CNN."

[Bar-B-Lew]

Tough to know your chances when the data lags so far behind.

My first priority which may be different from others is that I want to visit my parents and I don't want to be the person that infected them and they passed away. I am 52 and probably below the average age of those who post on here.

My second priority is my health.  I fight many of the challenges that this virus works against.  I am not ready to pass onto the afterlife yet.

Thus, I have had my two Moderna shots and the booster.  Up until the pandemic I only took shots for the most extreme things that are recommended.  I never took a flu shot until this year.

To some degree, the choice is each of ours and I hope it remains that way.  I have decided it was in the best interest of me being able to see my parents and for them not having to bury me from covid death for which I have taken the vaccines and the booster.  I am not sure how it will turn out but after we buried my brother who was 58 years old for other reasons a few months ago I am confident I made the right decision for my family,

[ICIdaho]

My wife is still recovering from getting her booster shot over 5 weeks ago.  The day after the shot she passed out and hit her head on the floor.  We figured she had a concussion so I watched her for that.  But she kept having bad dizzy spells that I had to walk with her most days.  About a week ago she went to her doctor and he diagnosed her as having directional vertigo caused by the blow to the floor.  This jarred something loose in her ear.
 Several times all I could do was hold on to her while her world spun around her.  She could not bend over at all without having a spell.  She is feeling better now, but she will never take another shot again.  She got very sick after the J&J and the Pfizer booster.  Her doctor agrees with her.

That sounds terrible.  I worked with a guy that got vertigo sickness once randomly, they did not know why, but it took a couple months for him to pull out of it. He was bed ridden for a while and missed a lot of work.  A family member is a nurse practitioner and will not take the jab. She got guillain-barre syndrome from her last flu shot a couple years ago, and will no longer take shots.  She had to quit her job due to a mandate.  The whole one size shoe fits all is out of control.  I hope your wife's continuing recovery goes well.

[dk117]

dare I risk resurrecting this thread?  Forgive me, I'm bored out of my mind in isolation.  47 male, no health issues, fully boosted.  I left the house four times last week.   Dr appointment, funeral, wake, grocery shopping (masked for three, wake was outside).    Had a sore throat 2 days later, didn't think much of it.  Home tested this past Saturday (immune compromised SIL and grandmother visit coming up) and was positive.   Nothing political, nothing statistically relevant, just a sample size of one:  My experience is a mild cold, not even close to as bad as the flu.  I work for a big company, my wife is a teacher.  So we're basically on lock down and ordering multiple home test kits.  Lots of paperwork.  I could easily be working and am not. 

I suppose the good news is that three shots and my experience would call this an epidemic. 

[BigDave83]

Hope you recover quickly, mild is a good thing to have I guess.

Curious as to your thoughts on how you came about getting it? You are completely vaxxed, and wore a mask did all the things you are supposed to do and still caught it.

[dk117]

Hope you recover quickly, mild is a good thing to have I guess.

Curious as to your thoughts on how you came about getting it? You are completely vaxxed, and wore a mask did all the things you are supposed to do and still caught it.

In December I went to a Denver Broncos game unmasked with 70K of my closest friends.   But last weekend at the funeral was 200+ people ... while masked ... indoors for about 2 hours.  If I had to guess, that was it.  Even that is only a guess, my kids could have brought it home from school and been asymptomatic.    Either way, with 800K Americans testing positive per day, vaxxed or not, I'm hardly an outlier at this point.   That's why even prior to my positive test, I've said that we're well into epidemic vs pandemic territory. 

Finally, I have a superpower now!  I theoretically have super immunity . 

DK

[reubenray]

My niece who is a first grade teacher found out she and 7 of her team has covid.  We want be visiting them or my brother and SIL for a while.  She has a bad case of the sniffles.  Her husband will not got to work for a while either.

[BigDave83]

Hope you recover quickly, mild is a good thing to have I guess.

Curious as to your thoughts on how you came about getting it? You are completely vaxxed, and wore a mask did all the things you are supposed to do and still caught it.

In December I went to a Denver Broncos game unmasked with 70K of my closest friends.   But last weekend at the funeral was 200+ people ... while masked ... indoors for about 2 hours.  If I had to guess, that was it.  Even that is only a guess, my kids could have brought it home from school and been asymptomatic.    Either way, with 800K Americans testing positive per day, vaxxed or not, I'm hardly an outlier at this point.   That's why even prior to my positive test, I've said that we're well into epidemic vs pandemic territory. 

Finally, I have a superpower now!  I theoretically have super immunity . 

DK

I could think of better superpowers to have but this one could be just as life saving for you and the family I guess.

The schools around me have mostly gone back to online stuff. I have known a few that have had it for some it was just an irritation to them other were sick for a few weeks.

[okie smokie]

My daughter and her husband and two boys(highschool) all have had the Omicron Covid for the past week. I would say the boys were like a simple cold with mild bronchitis and were on the mend in about 5 days. Daughter and husband (in their early 50's) were sicker, longer and the cough and congestion were worse. But neither had temp, or reduction in O2 Saturation. Over all myalgia was worse with some headache.  I would advise everyone to buy a pulse Oxygen finger tester and a good thermometer.  Ask your doctor when you should report either temp or O2 saturation to them. 
Just as an aside:  Some countries are allowing the use of Viagra for patients with pulmonary symptoms and low O2 saturation levels (below 90%), since one of the effects of Viagra is significant increase in pulmonary blood flow (thus oxygenation flow rate). Hmmn.

[BigDave83]

My daughter and her husband and two boys(highschool) all have had the Omicron Covid for the past week. I would say the boys were like a simple cold with mild bronchitis and were on the mend in about 5 days. Daughter and husband (in their early 50's) were sicker, longer and the cough and congestion were worse. But neither had temp, or reduction in O2 Saturation. Over all myalgia was worse with some headache.  I would advise everyone to buy a pulse Oxygen finger tester and a good thermometer.  Ask your doctor when you should report either temp or O2 saturation to them. 
Just as an aside:  Some countries are allowing the use of Viagra for patients with pulmonary symptoms and low O2 saturation levels (below 90%), since one of the effects of Viagra is significant increase in pulmonary blood flow (thus oxygenation flow rate). Hmmn.

That is good information, I have one of those pulse things from when I had heart issues. I will have to find it and put it with the thermometer.