Anyone had a Covid 19 vaccine yet? - poll added 02/05

spurious · 22-04-2021 9:19pm

Had the 1st Pfizer Moderna yesterday. Didn't feel a thing. No side effects of any sort.

Corruptedmorals · 22-04-2021 11:53pm

I wonder what difference interval and age have on side effects. Pfizer dose 2 hit hcw hard. I had it 5th Feb and wasn't right for about 2 weeks...wooziness, headaches, dizziness. But the interval was TINY, the bare minimum allowed of 15 days. The hospital wasn't expecting to have enough to dose more than the doctors and nurses as 2nd dose but got enough for all eligible staff (non medical staff had 1st dose later than medical) and as it was a Friday and they knew there would be sick leave as a result they did everyone.

Hcw mostly had Pfizer at a 3 week interval. The Over 70's are 4 weeks and don't seem to be getting as many side effects. Would NOT recommend 15 day interval...

Storm 10 · 23-04-2021 12:30am

Went to vaccination centre in Galway yesterday appointment for 12.20 got the Pfizer jab at 12.25 left at 13.40 never felt a thing and no side effects.

Lumen · 23-04-2021 8:06am

Yes - J&J

jos28 wrote: »

Does anyone know or have experience of choosing your vaccine and how to go about it?

You don't have a choice of vaccine. Nobody does.

The incredibly low clotting risk from the viral vector vaccines are not linked to previous clotting events, but you should take medical advice from your GP and the health authorities not randomers on the internet.

nuttyboy79 · 23-04-2021 10:59am

Yes - J&J

Got my first dose of the Pfzier vaccine yesterday feel a bit fluffy headed today and my arm is a bit sore.

iamwhoiam · 23-04-2021 11:02am

Yes - Moderna first jab

I had first dose AZ yesterday . Awake since 3am feeling cold and tossing and turning . Have a background headache now and arm is sore
But delighted to have it and this will pass
Very impressed with the efficiency and organisation in City West

abff · 23-04-2021 12:06pm

Yes - Moderna first jab

I had my first dose of the AZ vaccine on Wednesday. No ill effects so far.

I see that the UK guidance on the AZ vaccine is that the second dose should be administered between 4 and 12 weeks after the first one. The guidance here is that the doses should be at least 12 weeks apart.

Seems strange that contradictory advice is being given for the same product. Can anyone throw any light on this?

dan786 · 23-04-2021 4:08pm

Yes - Moderna first jab

Norway will now also be offering a different second dose to those who took AZ. If more EU countries follow suit, I am sure Ireland will too.

Ficheall · 24-04-2021 12:15am

Wesser wrote: »

Yes it is possible to acquire covid in between injections

Most likely while queuing in the vaccination centre by the sounds of it...

utmbuilder · 24-04-2021 3:02am

So some people have vaccines now, I guess now more than ever some are comfortable and not in so much fear apart from thinking about finances.

What does it feel like to watch the news cycle of news when your vaccine is protecting you? Is there complete disinterest in the daily news cycle dominated by covid? Or is it a hard routine to boot like when we use to all watch trump?

P.S I know they will have some mutant turtle strain when we are all jabbed for us to worry about but some peace will hopefully last for a while.

gar32 · 24-04-2021 4:53am

Any news on how you feel after getting it would also be of interest.

Jim2007 · 24-04-2021 6:04am

Things you worry about after getting the jab:

- Family and friends catching it
- You scan the news for any hint of a new strain that might render your jab useless
- You still might catch it
- You are back to worrying about the original health issue that entitled you to the early jab in the first place...
- You wondering about long term consequences of the Jab, although chances are I’ll be dead by then
- You wonder how long it lasts and what happens then....

Yes of course it feels better, but not as much as you might think. At least the family members around me that have to go out to work etc feel less under pressure.

zerosugarbuzz · 24-04-2021 6:17am

utmbuilder wrote: »

So some people have vaccines now, I guess now more than ever some are comfortable and not in so much fear apart from thinking about finances.

What does it feel like to watch the news cycle of news when your vaccine is protecting you? Is there complete disinterest in the daily news cycle dominated by covid? Or is it a hard routine to boot like when we use to all watch trump?

P.S I know they will have some mutant turtle strain when we are all jabbed for us to worry about but some peace will hopefully last for a while.

I’m not vaccinated and haven’t a worry in the world regarding COVID. Avoid the news like the plague, to me the media is the real plague during this crisis. All this “worry” people are going on with is just unnecessary stress they are allowing themselves to be afflicted with.

However, I do have one friend vaccinated and yeah she is, currently, quite relieved, will that last with all the news she listens to? Doubt it.

Del Griffith · 24-04-2021 6:28am

Yes - Pfizer first jab

You don't need to have had the jab to have a complete disinterest in the daily covid news cycle at this stage.

aisling86 · 24-04-2021 6:30am

Yes - J&J

gar32 wrote: »

Any news on how you feel after getting it would also be of interest.

Myself and my husband (in our 30s) both got vaccinated yesterday from gp. We would have fallen into cohort 4 a number of years ago for bmi but not anymore. It was absolutely jointed there absolutely fabulous to see so many people there.

It was such a relief getting it as it was so unexpected to get a call. We had pfizer & we could both feel it going through & for about 2hrs we had strange pins and needles feeling in random places. Top of head, left leg etc.. bit of a sore arm this morning like someone punched us but nothing major at all.
Back on 21st for round 2!

spurious · 24-04-2021 6:57am

I got my first dose last week. Last week I went inside a shop for the first time since March 2020.

Wanderer78 · 24-04-2021 7:05am

Yes - Moderna first jab

utmbuilder wrote:

What does it feel like to watch the news cycle of news when your vaccine is protecting you? Is there complete disinterest in the daily news cycle dominated by covid? Or is it a hard routine to boot like when we use to all watch trump?

More or less the same, still wearing the mask a lot, still an enormous amount of uncertainty with this thing, I listen to a lot of news and current affairs anyway, so.... I'm not fully vaccinated yet, so.... We still don't know the full story with these vaccinations either, so..... And I rarely watched trump, what's the point in watching an a$$hole.... So all in all, more or less the same

gozunda · 24-04-2021 7:43am

Yes - Pfizer first jab

aisling86 wrote: »

Myself and my husband (in our 30s) both got vaccinated yesterday from gp. We would have fallen into cohort 4 a number of years ago for bmi but not anymore. It was absolutely jointed there absolutely fabulous to see so many people there.

It was such a relief getting it as it was so unexpected to get a call. We had pfizer & we could both feel it going through & for about 2hrs we had strange pins and needles feeling in random places. Top of head, left leg etc.. bit of a sore arm this morning like someone punched us but nothing major at all.
Back on 21st for round 2!

Hi aisling

Are you living abroad??

kerrylad1 · 24-04-2021 7:51am

My father (77)got first pfizer jabb thursday,out jogging friday morning,no ill effects.
My sister late (40's)got AZ early march,was floored for 2 days.
Neice (26) got AZ and was fine.

Kumejima · 24-04-2021 8:25am

spurious wrote: »

I got my first dose last week. Last week I went inside a shop for the first time since March 2020.

Why? You can still catch the virus? Even after the second one no? Seems kinda reckless.

limnam · 24-04-2021 8:31am

Kumejima wrote: »

Why? You can still catch the virus? Even after the second one no? Seems kinda reckless.

Going into a shop is reckless?

huh

Kumejima · 24-04-2021 8:34am

I assume she is extremely vulnerable due to an underlying condition? Why else would you stay out of the shops for 13 months? If you're that vulnerable the safe thing would be to wait another 6 months at least, no?

Quantum Erasure · 24-04-2021 8:38am

limnam wrote: »

Going into a shop is reckless?

huh

Well, if you've been cocooning all year, only to fall with the finish line in sight.....
At least wait a couple weeks for the first dose to kick in

Jim2007 · 24-04-2021 8:58am

limnam wrote: »

Going into a shop is reckless?

huh

Incredibly stupid is how I'd describe it. Imagine having to explain it - I spent an entire year being really careful and then having had the first jab I through caution to the wind and decide not to hold out for another month to complete the process.....

aisling86 · 24-04-2021 8:59am

Yes - J&J

gozunda wrote: »

Hi aisling

Are you living abroad??

Nope in cork (county)

The next local village has been vaccinated a few weeks now seems they got a huge delivery at the time.

gozunda · 24-04-2021 9:43am

Yes - Pfizer first jab

aisling86 wrote: »

Nope in cork (county)

The next local village has been vaccinated a few weeks now seems they got a huge delivery at the time.

Ah ok. Just hadn't realised they were vaccinated people in their 30s yet - other than group 4 etc.

smurfjed · 24-04-2021 10:22am

Got my 2nd dose this morning (Not in ireland), the new freedoms that this will bring me will be exactly zero

:)

Parachutes · 24-04-2021 11:41am

Believe it or not I came up with this mad trick. Turn off the news and Covid goes completely away!

smurfjed · 24-04-2021 12:39pm

Had my 2nd dose today, Pfizer this time, 6 weeks after an AZ shot.

Guess that this is the best of both worlds

(Not in ireland)

PaulJoseph22 · 24-04-2021 12:43pm

Yes - Pfizer first jab

I had the Moderna first dose at 16.00pm yesterday, from 20.00pm yesterday, I feel absolutely awful, I can barely walk.

The J Stands for Jay · 24-04-2021 1:04pm

Yes - Moderna first jab

smurfjed wrote: »

Had my 2nd dose today, Pfizer this time, 6 weeks after an AZ shot.

Guess that this is the best of both worlds

(Not in ireland)

Will you be getting a second dose of either?

smurfjed · 24-04-2021 1:09pm

Nope, that’s it done.

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway will offer those who have received a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to take an injection from an mRNA vaccine as their second dose, the health ministry said on Friday.

Norway on March 11 suspended the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after a small number of younger people were hospitalised for a combination of blood clots, bleeding and a low count of platelets, some of whom later died.

It is now awaiting a report from a government-appointed commission due on May 10 on whether to resume its rollout, but this decision will come too late for those who received the AstraZeneca vaccine.

"A clarification about second doses is needed before the ... commission delivers its report," Health Minister Bent Hoeie said in a statement.

"Therefore those who have received a shot from the AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered second doses from (the vaccines developed by) Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna."

Some 135,000 people, mainly health workers, received the AstraZeneca vaccine before its rollout was suspended.

Norway becomes the latest country to mix vaccines, together with Denmark, Finland, France and Germany.

pottokblue · 24-04-2021 1:22pm

I was bewildered by the news from China last january febuary. I'm twoshots since jan21 but I find the news reportage from India heartbreaking like the tsunami in 2004

Wanderer78 · 24-04-2021 1:35pm

Yes - Moderna first jab

Parachutes wrote: »

Believe it or not I came up with this mad trick. Turn off the news and Covid goes completely away!

fake news!

Beasty · 24-04-2021 8:46pm

Yes - J&J

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gmisk · 24-04-2021 8:56pm

Yes - Moderna first jab

abff wrote: »

I had my first dose of the AZ vaccine on Wednesday. No ill effects so far.

I see that the UK guidance on the AZ vaccine is that the second dose should be administered between 4 and 12 weeks after the first one. The guidance here is that the doses should be at least 12 weeks apart.

Seems strange that contradictory advice is being given for the same product. Can anyone throw any light on this?

I am booked in for first AZ Tues next week, my next appointment is 12 weeks after (this is in NI)

harrylittle · 24-04-2021 11:26pm

smurfjed wrote: »

Had my 2nd dose today, Pfizer this time, 6 weeks after an AZ shot.

Guess that this is the best of both worlds

(Not in ireland)

is that not reckless mixing vaccines ..experimental vaccines at that ..why would the medical staff allow mixing vaccines

NSAman · 24-04-2021 11:33pm

Yes - AZ second jab

harrylittle wrote: »

is that not reckless mixing vaccines ..experimental vaccines at that ..why would the medical staff allow mixing vaccines

Seems many countries are trying this....

harrylittle · 24-04-2021 11:43pm

NSAman wrote: »

Seems many countries are trying this....

I blows my mind that their mixing vaccines ...the risks their taking on peoples health ... and all experimental vaccines

NSAman · 24-04-2021 11:45pm

Yes - AZ second jab

harrylittle wrote: »

I blows my mind that their mixing vaccines ...the risks their taking on peoples health ... and all experimental vaccines

In that case don’t take a vaccine.

That’s what free choice in this world is for.

Other people will listen to doctors and “experts” and make their minds up.

harrylittle · 24-04-2021 11:50pm

NSAman wrote: »

In that case don’t take a vaccine.

That’s what free choice in this world is for.

Other people will listen to doctors and “experts” and make their minds up.

i wont be taking any vaccine ever... how much of these 'experts ' getting paid by big pharma ...where are the safety studies on mixing vaccines ?

giveitholly · 24-04-2021 11:55pm

harrylittle wrote: »

i wont be taking any vaccine ever... how much of these 'experts ' getting paid by big pharma ...where are the safety studies on mixing vaccines ?

You seem to be getting very worked up about what other peoples choices are,which are outside your control

Sandi2472 · 24-04-2021 11:57pm

I had my 1 at shot of Pfizer yesterday. Slightly sore on injection site but other than that I feel grand

secman · 25-04-2021 12:05am

Yes - Moderna first jab

harrylittle wrote: »

i wont be taking any vaccine ever... how much of these 'experts ' getting paid by big pharma ...where are the safety studies on mixing vaccines ?

I have a brother who like you just lives for conspiracy theories , it can be either very entertaining or annoying depending on my mood when listening to him ?:)

harrylittle · 25-04-2021 12:15am

giveitholly wrote: »

You seem to be getting very worked up about what other peoples choices are,which are outside your control

I have no problem with people making choices and hope the vaccine works for them ... but for people to make the right choice they must have full facts to make the correct decision and that includes the down side of vaccines also .. for me mixing vaccines is a red flag ... the same way you woulndn't mix a two pack floor paint with different brands because they are not designed for each other and probably wont work properly... but mixing a two part vaccine with different brands and they are very different products ..to me crosses the line .. very dangerous and reckless to peoples health

Gremlinertia · 25-04-2021 1:16am

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Ficheall · 25-04-2021 2:08am

harrylittle wrote: »

I have no problem with people making choices and hope the vaccine works for them ... but for people to make the right choice they must have full facts to make the correct decision and that includes the down side of vaccines also .. for me mixing vaccines is a red flag ... the same way you woulndn't mix a two pack floor paint with different brands because they are not designed for each other and probably wont work properly... but mixing a two part vaccine with different brands and they are very different products ..to me crosses the line .. very dangerous and reckless to peoples health

But you think two halves of a vaccine of the same brand are okay?

Vaccinated30 · 25-04-2021 8:28am

Yes - J&J

harrylittle wrote: »

I blows my mind that their mixing vaccines ...the risks their taking on peoples health ... and all experimental vaccines

All vaccines are mixed by your standard.
Babies receive many vaccines in one go and 2 months apart.
AFAIK the recommendation is to leave 2 months between vaccines. And 1 month if its a booster of a vaccine already received. (open to correction)
So if a person gets AZ and 2 months later gets Pfizer, then it's no different to a baby getting a vaccine at 2 months and a different vaccine at 4.
Mixing vaccines is not a risk, it is literally the vaccination schedule. At 2 months a baby is given

6 in 1 ( Diphtheria, Haemophilus Influenzae b (Hib), Hepatitis B, acellular Pertussis, inactivated Polio, Tetanus vaccine)
Men B
PCV
And Rotavirus
That's 9 different vaccines mixed together. And 2 months later there's another load.
As for what you call experimental... Every single vaccine listed was experimental until it wasnt.

Vaccinated30 · 25-04-2021 8:33am

Yes - J&J

Had Pfizer on Wednesday. Not a single side effect
My only worry now is my children catching covid. And that's a much much smaller worry than I had for myself in cohort 4.

25-04-2021 8:48am

Vaccinated30 wrote: »

So if a person gets AZ and 2 months later gets Pfizer, then it's no different to a baby getting a vaccine at 2 months and a different vaccine at 4.
.

The Pfizer injection is an mRNA injection. The AZ injection is a non-replicating viral vector injection. The mechanism is different and they also target different parts of the spike protein. It is not clear yet that combining vaccines is useful or safe.

COM- Cov2 is a trial currently being run in the UK to test combinations of the injections. Trials are going on in lots of other countries also. Results are expected around June.

Anyone had a Covid 19 vaccine yet? - poll added 02/05

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