Matt, I got my 1st Moderna shot last Thursday.
My husband (almost 57 y.o.) and mom (84) got their Pfizer shots on (I think) February 4th and February 25th (I know they reached full immunity the day I got my shot).
They really only had sore arms, and slight headaches after both doses. At the appointment for the second shot, the nurse gave mom a bottle of water to drink while she waited the 15 minutes after, and told her to push fluids (and take Tylenol if necessary). Mom was a few hours ahead of DH, so I passed on the advice.
My son's 24 y.o. girlfriend is a nurse. She got her vaccines a couple of months ago (also Pfizer). She felt a little flu-y (elevated temperature, general blahs) on the day after her second shot. My general understanding is that younger people feel more side effects. Still, she only needed to take one day off from work and then felt fine.
Why were you hoping to get Moderna?
I had my second dose yesterday at noon. Definitely starting a couple hours later my arm hurt a lot, but unlike the first time it also extended into feeling like my lymph nodes under that arm too? And this morning I was OK, but then this afternoon I've been achy and tired. Not too bad, really, though.
I had the pain in my lymph nodes (kind of near the top of my left lat) after my first Moderna shot, meara. I was dog tired too, but I can't be sure that was the vaccine. I don't sleep well the night before I have to go somewhere.
I'm glad you're all dosed up!
OMG my lymph nodes after the second shot. They all lit up on that side, including ones I didn't know I had (ribs and groin). That faded, then next day at the same time the ones nearest the shot site raged again. Repeat, but with just a "yeah we are still cranky" from the armpit on the 3rd day.
Most excellent news, Susan and -t!
I can't complain at all about either of my vaccine jabs. A bit of a sore arm, a bit tired, a bit of a rash. All forgotten and replaced by a lightening of stress.
I got a vaccine appointment! Earliest I could find was April 2, so I took that one. And it's a Friday, so if I do have a bad reaction, I'll have the weekend to recover.
So happy to hear that even more peeps are getting the jab! Go herd immunity!
I’m glad your dad’s doing better, -t.
My Pfizer jab is in two hours. I haven’t felt this excited about a needle since my first tattoo.
Great to hear of so many people getting the vaccinations. I read today that Biden had promised 100 million doses in his first 100 days, and you're getting there on day 58. (Our rollout was slower to begin with and looks to be behind schedule, and we've had some imports from Europe blocked; but there's not such a sense of urgency, of course.)
Biyi's parents could be looking to get vaccinated in the next month or two. Biyi and I are probably at least 2-3 months away, quite possibly longer if they don't find their rollout groove.
Not to be ungrateful, but if we stuck to the 1 million/day pace, we wouldn't get everyone vaccinated until well into the fall, so I'm glad the pace is faster than that!
