Sitting at Walmart right now, waiting the required 15 minutes after getting my first shot. I can FEEL the nanobots coursing through me!
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Wat. Tell her to get a new doctor.
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Both my sisters are now saying this. One is pregnant and not getting it because her doctor told her they donāt know the effects yet.
My sisters sometimes just make shit up though so I canāt tell.
European regulator says AstraZeneca jab āsafe and effectiveā
The European Medicines Agency has said the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is a āsafe and effective vaccineā.
The regulatorās executive director Emer Cooke is speaking at a news conference after an investigation into cases of blood clots in a handful of vaccine recipients.
Is it a thing backed by science? No, of course not.
Is it a thing backed by common sense? No, of course not, pregnant women are more vulnerable to covid for several reasons and thereās zero evidence suggesting it affects fertility. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends getting vaccinated.
Is this a thing Facebook moms are saying? Yes, so why would the above matter?
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Theyāre not making it up in the sense that they developed this concern within their own brains, but they are making it up as in it is not a real concern backed by evidence. Coincidentally, Reuters had an article on one of the people behind the fertility scare today.
You donāt really have to read the article, itās not that interesting. Cliffs: former biotech guy loses it, promotes theory that vaccine can impact fertility with no evidence, leaves former coworkers perplexed. Also may or may not have had anti-Muslim tweets from a couple years ago.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coronavirus-vaccines-skeptic/
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Thanks, I figured as such. My relationship is very strained with GOP sis so I canāt just start sending her articles. But my liberal sister (the pregnant one) is just dumb - Iām pretty sure I can get through to her.
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Lol no. Pregnancy makes someone eligible right now.
I got it! Moderna.
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Sounds like a commerical tag line.
I got Moderna today, too. The Walmart doctor was great. I might still Hulk out later or something, but it was quite literally the least painful shot Iāve ever had. Didnāt feel it.
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Same. Essentially no pain at all.
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I felt mine but Iām super sensitive to needles and sometimes faint when I get blood drawn. My arm really hurts today.
They scheduled me out 4 weeks from the shot and itās supposed to be 3 with pfizer but the pharmacist said it was fine.
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I have the Ohio appointment scheduled which is another 8 hour drive one way.
Iām hoping to find an appt for a Moderna shot near home for my second dose even though everyone claims they only schedule first doses. So I gotta try and wrk the system.
Apologies that wasnāt clear.
Also the checkin lady made a slight passive-aggressive crack about my PA license: āyou must be visitingā.
But let me thru no issue.
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My 8 months along daughter got her first dose this week.
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I kinda wanted to get sick so I know Iām getting an immune response. Dumb and pointless and not how any of this works, I know, but I kinda hoped for it for some reason.
Still the sore arm encourages me. Feel like this gif:
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8 hour drive is awful, sorry man.
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Varies by state, but most of the time you arenāt supposed to schedule until your eligibility date.
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I waited until ~30 minutes after midnight on the date I was eligible. Still had to ālieā about my age on the appointment page.
I am in Ohio (like you are, I think), and I am eligible starting tomorrow the 19th. As soon as that was announced earlier this week, I signed up for a Friday shot. I think the only thing that matters is whether youāre eligible on the date of the shot. The problem is that many systems donāt seem to be set up that way. We booked through Krogerās website, since myChart wasnāt letting us schedule anything without lying.
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