Also, it is strangely nice to see Louisiana’s reputation as a 3rd world country not completely validated. Sorry, Brazil is not doing so well.

Thank you, Cindy. I have been doing a fair amount of that myself. It helped that Neighbor Bill has known my dad since before I was hatched and was unimpressed by his trying to shake it off.

Yay, another member of House Moderna! Jim and I are also of their number - he gets his second in a week, and mine is on the 13th. Seconding the suggestion to drink as much water as you can, work the muscles of the arm, and make sure you've had something to eat earlier in the day.

First Pfizer dose left me with the arm sore starting about 18-24 hours after the shot, but that has faded now at T+44 hours.

I'm tired today, but I'm always tired these days, so it's hard to tell what's side effects and what is just depression.

I got my first haircut in over a year today. In that time my regularly stick-straight hair has developed a wave. My hairdresser and I decided it was a secret Pfizer side effect. Not as useful as 5G, but I’ll take it. (It’s probably the curly white hairs starting to make their growing presence known.)

Sorry, Brazil is not doing so well.

They aren't doing too badly at vaccine rollout though they could certainly be doing better. Teachers over 47, many groups of essential workers, and all folks over 60 eligible in my state and the actual rollout is efficient. Just a few months behind and only Cinovac and AstraZeneca as options, but Phizer is better against the variants that are common here so it's kind of rough.

Everybody is struggling except the US still. We bought basically all the Phizer and are hoarding it hoping the non-vaxxers will vax. :/ (And that's also part of why i had my pick of appointments at Walmart in Thursday...)

We would have waited but the flight was weirdly cheap, New Orleans is fun, and that way we can do our second shot when we get there in June, recover that first week if it knocks us out and have the summer.

I'm the only one in my immediate family who got Moderna, Laura. It was nice to see other Buffistas did, too. brenda and I got ours the same day. I think Sheryl and Cass got Moderna, too. I had pfelt pforsaken because my pfriends and pfamily had been Pfizerized.

When I signed up on the CVS site, it basically said “you get what you get and you don’t complain about it, missy!” So Moderna it is.

Well yay being able to get it ANd hopefully enjoy some snoballs, gris!

Doggo and I went to an indoor/outdoor play part thing (which had some yummy drinks available but not feeling at 1130am!) and got to play with 7 of his cousins! Very cute.

askye, I got my 2nd Moderna shot on Thursday afternoon. I made a point of pre-hydrating, and having supplies laid in - orange juice, V8, Gatorade, Pedialyte, bananas, chicken soup, etc. Felt okay until mid-day Friday, then slept on and off until Saturday afternoon (now). I've had a fever on and off for the last twenty-four hours, but I'm feeling better now.

When I signed up on the CVS site, it basically said “you get what you get and you don’t complain about it, missy!” So Moderna it is.

Yeah, the clinic I went to said it offered Pfizer and Moderna, but basically, they do different brands on different days, and you take what they offer. I wasn't sure what I would get, but I was just happy to get it.

askye, I got my 2nd Moderna shot on Thursday afternoon. I made a point of pre-hydrating, and having supplies laid in - orange juice, V8, Gatorade, Pedialyte, bananas, chicken soup, etc. Felt okay until mid-day Friday, then slept on and off until Saturday afternoon (now). I've had a fever on and off for the last twenty-four hours, but I'm feeling better now.

I'm glad you're feeling better, dcp.

askye, on Twitter, my pinned tweet is the start of the thread on how my side-effects played out. If you're a person who wants spoilers, read it. If that makes you feel anxious, avoid it.