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

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    #212
    gar32
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭gar32


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


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    #213
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,064 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    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.


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    #214
    zerosugarbuzz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭zerosugarbuzz


    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.


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    #215
    Del Griffith
    Registered Users Posts: 1,207 ✭✭✭Del Griffith


    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.


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    #216
    aisling86
    Registered Users Posts: 586 ✭✭✭aisling86


    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!


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    #217
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,141 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


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


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    #218
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,944 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    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


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    #219
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    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??


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    #220
    kerrylad1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 610 ✭✭✭kerrylad1


    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.


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    #221
    Kumejima
    Registered Users Posts: 236 ✭✭Kumejima


    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.


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    #222
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    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


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    #223
    Kumejima
    Registered Users Posts: 236 ✭✭Kumejima


    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?


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    #224
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,294 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    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


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    #225
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,064 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    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.....


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    #226
    aisling86
    Registered Users Posts: 586 ✭✭✭aisling86


    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.


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    #227
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    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.


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    #228
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,068 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


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


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    #229
    Parachutes
    Registered Users Posts: 975 ✭✭✭Parachutes


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


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    #230
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,068 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    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)


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    #231
    PaulJoseph22
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭PaulJoseph22


    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.


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    #232
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    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?


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    #233
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,068 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    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.


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    #234
    pottokblue
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭pottokblue


    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


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    #235
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,944 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    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!


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    #236
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,712 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Yes - J&J
    Threads merged


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    #237
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,242 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    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)


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    #238
    harrylittle
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭harrylittle


    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


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    #239
    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,394 ✭✭✭NSAman


    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....


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    #240
    harrylittle
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭harrylittle


    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


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    #241
    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,394 ✭✭✭NSAman


    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.


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