a.wayne
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You’re already selling class D , so very safe ....!
Received 2nd Covid shot today
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Darrel
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Had my second Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine today at my local Safeway pharmacy. My first shot was in my left arm. So, I had to balance the dose and got the second shot in my right arm. 
a.wayne
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Hahaha , nice ....!
NorthStar
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Here in the Great White North they don't call you, you call them to make an appointment.
My turn (over 65) is next month. And I have zero clue which brand of vaccine I would be getting.
...Made in India?
* This is my own guess (zero certitude): I don't know when this will be over, I think we'll be living differently for a long time to come. We're not out of the woods, not this year, not this Spring.
We know not much about the variants. And we'll see new waves; next one in April/ May (some zones are already few waves ahead of the average). ...Tokyo for instance.
Toronto just started its third wave. Vancouver just experienced the most cases since January.
Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, ... far from being over.
Miami? Nice beaches, Spring Break, ...we saw the videos.
I have zero illusion; I'm listening to Bob Dylan right now "Blood on the Tracks" (SACD).
My turn (over 65) is next month. And I have zero clue which brand of vaccine I would be getting.
...Made in India?
* This is my own guess (zero certitude): I don't know when this will be over, I think we'll be living differently for a long time to come. We're not out of the woods, not this year, not this Spring.
We know not much about the variants. And we'll see new waves; next one in April/ May (some zones are already few waves ahead of the average). ...Tokyo for instance.
Toronto just started its third wave. Vancouver just experienced the most cases since January.
Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, ... far from being over.
Miami? Nice beaches, Spring Break, ...we saw the videos.
I have zero illusion; I'm listening to Bob Dylan right now "Blood on the Tracks" (SACD).
Puma Cat
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All three vaccines, Pfizer, Moderna and J&J all provide, from a practical perspective, equal protection. While there may be some statistically discernable differences between them in the clinical trials data (due to separate clinical test cohorts), what is important is there is no practically significant difference. Just take whichever one you can get as soon as possible.
Actually, we know quite a bit about the variants from a molecular diagnostics perspective; we know the the amino acid changes that constitute the new various epitopes in the spike protein and what domain(s) they are in. If we didn't know this, we wouldn't be able to detect them in the first place. What don't know yet completely is how efficacious the current vaccines are with respect to the variants simply because we don't have a complete data set, yet. Of the three, the data is likely most accurate for the J&J, because it's clinical trials were conducted when the variants were extant to some extent in various populations. This will become clearer for all three vaccines over time as the molecular epidemologists gather more data. It's likely we'll require a "booster" at some time in later 2021 that will be "multivalent" for the new variants. This approach is exactly the one that is used when developing yearly influenza vaccines, so there is virtually nothing new in approach here.
NorthStar
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Thank you for your reply Puma Cat.
Here in Canada we also have the AstraZeneca vaccine. I don't know about the J&J if we have.
Pfizer and Moderna yes.
I will take what's available, even the AstraZeneca if I have to, even after the news.
I know it's not the batch from the UK, we have the one from India.
We are still learning as we go, and yes the vaccines will need to be fine-tuned for the newest and latest variants.
The goal is to slowdown this virus spreading and killing; so we do what we have to do...get vaccinated for immunity. And this is not a North American thing, or a French thing, or a German thing, or an Indian thing, or a Chinese thing, ...Russian, African, South American, UK, Australia, Bangkok, Tokyo, Japan, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Iceland, Tibet, Kathmandu, Morocco, Arabia, Ethiopia, Philippines, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Gibraltar, ... it's a global common thing, a worldwide responsibility. It's not me first and you last, it's all of us together or we are lost. This, is our real job ... the survival of life, the protection of our elders, the health of humanity, the equilibrium of mankind.
* I'm listening to Tango, takes two ...
SimpleSimonSays
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The Janssen vaccine from Johnson & Johnson has been approved in Canada at the beginning of march I believe and I even think that we (Canada) will be making some of it directly in Canada starting next summer. I am not sure we have receive any shipment yet though.
My mother has received her first dose last week and It was the Covishield (AztraZeneca) and she is completely fine and had no side effect other than some stress since there was quite a lot of bad press about it the day after she got it.
It was quite a relief for her (and me!) to finally get a vaccine after the crazy year we just had and the terrible amount of deaths amongst the older people.
NorthStar
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You're from Montréal, my Mom is in Laval. She too got vaccinated last week...Pfizer.
* The latest (Kanada) ...
Minister Anand says AstraZeneca doses could arrive from the U.S. this week | CBC News
It has been a very tough year for everyone (2020), and 2021 so far is even tougher.
...If you follow the latest in Alberta, in Ontario, the price of gasoline in Kanada, the price of houses from East to West, news cases, new variants, slow vaccination, anti- mask protestors, closed casinos, closed bars, closed gyms, closed restaurants, inequality, poverty, depression, mental breakdowns, the music not the same, the listening habits different, the mood, the concentration, the distraction, the look in people's eyes, the grocery shopping, the cooking @ home, ...life and death. ...The world in semi- chaos, in semi-consciousness, ...the tension in our leaders, the tension between countries, the tone, the manifestations, the injustice, the retaliation, the borders, the travelers, the sport events, the closed music concerts, the closed theaters, the schools, the distances, the reopenings, the loosening of restrictions, the false feeling of security, the uncertainty, the assurance of hope, ... the jab between immunity and invisibility.
* I'm listening to Opera late on a Sunday night.
Speedskater
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If last Spring the medical community was told that any of the vaccines were going to be as good as they turned out to be, it would have been called aspirational or wishful thinking.
CPP
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Had my second Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine today at my local Safeway pharmacy. My first shot was in my left arm. So, I had to balance the dose and got the second shot in my right arm.
MY doctor at Mayo Jacksonville told me to get both of my shots in my dominate arm, glad I did, no issues at all, and its been 6 days since my 2nd shot. I mean I never even got a sore arm on the second. A lot I feel depends on the skill of the person giving you a shot, any shot. Some of these shot givers act like they are throwing a darn javelin, while others you just never feel it. And you need to move that arm in that 15 min wait period as it helps.
Rnrmf
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The local Orange County Convention center instantly filled up this morning but I decided to try the link to Publix and after selecting a half dozen locations that were booked, finally landed one for this Friday.
COVID-19 Vaccine | Publix Super Markets
CPP
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I tried Publix the first day it was opened, I had better luck playing the Fl Lottery as I won $500 that same week. Could never get in for weeks and weeks. But found a state Vac site, that worked great.
Speedskater
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They now have the downtown indoor arena site up to speed. Air Force medics are doing 6000 jabs a day. People without internet can sign-up at city libraries also free bus tickets.
NorthStar
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CPP
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That's interesting ...
1. Pick a skilled shooter
2. Exercise after being shot
It works, when I got my shots at one of the State Vaccination sites in Jacksonville, they pretty much would embarrass you if you were not moving that arm during the 15 min. So I did both times and , the soreness was very very minimal. .Some of the macho guys in there just sat there during the first and when we all appeared the same day for the second a lot of us recognized each other and you guessed it they were moving their arms like ballerinas.
SimpleSimonSays
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In Québec it works by regions. Laval is part of Montréal for vaccination I believe. Some days they had Pfizer, others AztraZeneca... We don't have a choice in the matter other than we can refuse it and wait for another time.
I don't know how it works in USA but in Québec we have a website and It is really easy to get a rendez-vous.
Even though Canada is fairly low in the worldwide list of vaccination, I am amazed how fast and smooth it is all going!
Got it! First day for over 50 folks and I got it!!!! Moderna.
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