ksoper Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Y'all pretty much know my situation--my wife is a hospitalist NP and elbow deep in the mess and I work at the sleep lab at Vandy. She got her first dose on Saturday and I'm currently sitting in the post-inoculation waiting area watching for reactions. The purpose of this post is to share my experience. Whether you get the vaccine or not is your business and I'm not going to proselytize. I just want to be available for questions. I ask that this discussion remains free of politics and encourage Dave to shut it down if warranted. Tennessee was until today the #1 hotspot. Oklahoma is now #1. But Christmas is coming and I fully expect us to regain the title. Ask me anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I'm all for vaccines. Unfortunately, other than possibly age, I'm not in a high priority group, so it will be a while before I roll up my sleeve. Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song80s Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Ask me anything. when is your follow up shot ? Quote Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docbop Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Thanks for posting hope you post a follow up in a few days to say if there were any side effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Like Grey, I'm not in a high priority group either, although I work for a school district (though not teaching a class this year). My question is about the two shot protocol. I understand you need a first and then a second some weeks later? But are you fully protected with just the first until you get the second? And what if you for some reason don't go back for the second? Just less protected? Thanks in advance for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Actually, you are pretty protected with just the first shot and some are talking about the possibility of giving everyone the first shot now (however many doses they currently have) and then doing the second a few months down the line. More research is needed, though. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/opinion/coronavirus-vaccine-doses.html Like many others, I'm low risk so I won't be getting the shot for a while. That's fine, I'm not going anywhere. Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyS Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Gee,, I"m a little out of touch ( been transcribing Hiromi solos since last March)....vaccine for what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
area51recording Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Did it hurt when the tracking chip went in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillearning Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 ...Ask me anything. What"s the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? Sorry. Actually, I may be in a fairly high risk group, having had my second open heart surgery last year to correct congenital heart defects, and being 66. I don"t know when I"ll be getting it, but I suspect before the general population, even though I"m relatively healthy. I"ll be getting it as soon as my number comes up. Quote I would like to apologize to anyone I have not yet offended. Please be patient and I will get to you shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJUSCULE Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Did it hurt when the tracking chip went in? It's the never ending drone of U2 that's the worst part. Sending positive thoughts to you and Beth, Ken. A friend of mine was the first paramedic in New Brunswick to get it. I also won't be in line for a while. Thanks again to anyone working in healthcare these days, y'all rock. Quote Eric Website Gear page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 The hot spots in Kentucky are all close to Tennessee. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Don't have any questions, just going to....observe you for a bit. For, you know, extra arms and stuff. I'm old enough and out of shape enough (technically maybe "obese" though I still play sports, got some weight to lose for sure) that I may be up for this sooner rather than later. My job is WFH (which is the only good thing about this pandemic, I NEVER want to go back to an office) and I don't really go out anywhere...but I have a couple young people who do living in my house so I'm not going to pass it up that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwat Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I have just a couple of questions: Do you know if you got the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine? I was curious if they even told recipients which version they are getting. I'm presuming Pfizer (just given the timing of what I have read in the news), but thought I'd ask. Also, how do you feel, and of course I'm curious if you'll feel anything within the next couple of hours or days. I think I'm in the next upcoming tier (actively teaching), but I don't know anything for sure yet. Quote .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I have just a couple of questions: Do you know if you got the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine? ..... I was told yesterday that Moderna is not actually being given yet. That could just be my area. Everyone in Kentucky has been getting Pfizer. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16251 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Gee,, I"m a little out of touch ( been transcribing Hiromi solos since last March)....vaccine for what? Maybe it's just me, but this comment can easily be easily taken to mean two different things and it reached me. Thanks Quote AvantGrand N2 | ES520 | Gallien-Krueger MK & MP | https://soundcloud.com/pete36251 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoMan51 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I"m thinking about the real sense of escalating dread we"ve all been feeling for the past 9 months. The news of an effective vaccine, and one of our own receiving it, is the best holiday gift I can imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I'm just thinking about what a strange world we'll be living in for about the next year when some folks have had the Big V and some folks are still waiting. For instance, would you try to put together a band of vaxxers so you can get out and gig? Suddenly the old codger bands are the hot thing for summer of '21? Has someone already grabbed the url "thecomorbidities.com"? Dunno. My guess is as bad as yours. Quote Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelBLupowitz Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 band of vaxxersIn a world where Jimi Hendrix didn't die at 27... Quote Samuel B. Lupowitz Musician. Songwriter. Food Enthusiast. Bad Pun Aficionado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 One of our local (Chicago) infectious disease experts stated that maximum protection/immunity is not attained until up to two weeks after the second injection. I teach so I could be among those in the second round of vaccinations. Quote "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GRollins Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Did it hurt when the tracking chip went in? I have in on good authority (I read it on the Interwebz...somewhere...) that if you wear your tinfoil hat it doesn't hurt. Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Around here I guess I'm in group 1c. Although I'm a senior, I'm not senior enough, essential enough, or underlying conditions enough to be in groups 1a and 1b. All good... there are those who need it more than I do. My hope is that I get mine within the next three months or so - so I can have a more enjoyable next spring and summer than the last. And that actually seems possible, which just blows my mind. This is happening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh7 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I'd be curious how sick you get in the first few days. It appears to be common after the first shot, much less so after the second. That will not stop me from getting the vacine when I can, I often don't feel well after a flu shot. What might be news to some is that in trials these two vacines were very good at protection from Covid-19, but far less so at preventing the aquisition of Sars Cov2. IE 40% of those vaccinated who were exposed to the virus did test positive, and may well have been contagious, but only 5% actually got Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. My impression is the abilty of those vacinated to still spread the virus is still not well understood, but the virologists I listen too expect they could. Everyone knows by now about the new UK varient causing chaos in Kent, as France closed the border and stranded the poor truckers. However the conclusions of "Nervtag", the science advisors to the UK Gov, have been called into serious question by the second most famous US virologist: [video:youtube] This guy is the real deal, though it doesn't mean Nervtag is wrong, as scientists don't always agree. He runs the now world famous "TWIV" podcast, with other scientists. It's been a bi-weekly show since the start of the pandemic and a once a week affair for over a decade. Anyway, in the video above he goes over the data which led to Nervtag's conclusions, and has a very different take. https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ Quote RT-3/U-121/Leslie 21H and 760/Saltarelle Nuage/MOXF6/MIDIhub, SL-880/Nektar T4/Numa Cx2/Deepmind12/Virus TI 61/SL61 mk2 Stylophone R8/Behringer RD-8/Proteus 1/MP-7/Zynthian 4 MPC1k/JV1010/Unitor 8/Model D & 2600/WX-5&7/VL70m/DMP-18 Pedals Natal drums/congas etc & misc bowed/plucked/blown instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Do you know if you got the Pfizer or the Moderna vaccine? I was curious if they even told recipients which version they are getting. I'm presuming Pfizer (just given the timing of what I have read in the news), but thought I'd ask. I received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. We were completely aware of this going in. when is your follow up shot ? Exactly three weeks from today. What I get then is the same thing I got today. My question is about the two shot protocol. I understand you need a first and then a second some weeks later? But are you fully protected with just the first until you get the second? And what if you for some reason don't go back for the second? Just less protected? From the literature they handed me today: "In an ongoing clinical trial, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine has been shown to prevent COVID-19 following 2 doses given 3 weeks apart." (Note the language: shown to prevent does not equal proven to prevent. I'm ok with it either way.) My understanding is that there is protection with the first shot, but the second one really kicks the immune system into gear. My supervisor made sure to schedule my vaccinations for when I have a stretch of days off. I'm sure people are going to blow off the second shot. I wonder if they'll contact those who didn't bother going back. Also, how do you feel, and of course I'm curious if you'll feel anything within the next couple of hours or days. I'm fine. My wife's three days in and experienced two days of arm soreness but nothing else. About 30 minutes after inoculation my arm stung for just a second. Right now I'm beginning to feel a dull ache building. Other than that, no headache, fever, nausea, body ache. Did it hurt when the tracking chip went in? It's not the tracking chip I'm worried about. It's the little card I got from the CDC that made me blink. They know who you are, which vaccine/lot you got, where and when. I have zero problem with this. I'm using myself as both a guinea pig and an example. Given my wife's level of exposure (and mine for that matter) I'm hedging my bets. Whoever wants to talk to me about this is welcome, even if they're in black helicopters. Did ya look? I most certainly did. You know how in the movies they show this long-ass needle that gets jammed all the way into the arm? Like it might come out the other side? Not quite like that. It was a fine gauge, longer than I would've imagined, and it indeed went in to the hilt. It was probably no longer than the needle used for any other vaccine. It just looked long. The stick did not hurt. If you're squeamish about shots, don't look. Or if you're into self-abuse, look. I don't judge. What"s the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? African or European? The literature makes it clear that there are questions about the vaccine that are at this time unanswered. We don't know the duration of protection. We don't know if it's possible to transmit the virus even if we ourselves are protected--like, if I got a face full and turned to speak to someone else, would I be spreading it? So until we know more, and until I'm told otherwise, I'll continue to mask. Thanks for the questions. Keep 'em coming. I'll probably have more to share after the second dose. If anything changes in the meantime, I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Please tell us if you grow a tail with a pink pom-pom on the end. Also when and if it falls off. I hope you & yours pass this marker with no post-injection issues of relevance. It IS a big moment, but one that will take several months to more fully unfold. Insert scientific faith and a fist shaking at Politics here. Quote "Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons and necking in the parlors! Play, Don!" ~ Groucho Marx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyoctave Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Got mine first thing Monday morning. No problems with the injection. Felt a little tired and just slightly dizzy till late afternoon. Shoulder was sore by the evening. Today, I am feeling fine with the injection site muscle soreness mostly gone. I received the Pfizer vaccine. Also, no tail with pom-poms and i can still play the piano with both hands..... Quote Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK-1 + Ventilator, Korg Triton. 2 JBL Eon 510's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Got mine first thing Monday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I'd be curious how sick you get in the first few days. It appears to be common after the first shot, much less so after the second. That will not stop me from getting the vacine when I can, I often don't feel well after a flu shot. What might be news to some is that in trials these two vacines were very good at protection from Covid-19, but far less so at preventing the aquisition of Sars Cov2. IE 40% of those vaccinated who were exposed to the virus did test positive, and may well have been contagious, but only 5% actually got Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. My impression is the abilty of those vacinated to still spread the virus is still not well understood, but the virologists I listen too expect they could. Everyone knows by now about the new UK varient causing chaos in Kent, as France closed the border and stranded the poor truckers. However the conclusions of "Nervtag", the science advisors to the UK Gov, have been called into serious question by the second most famous US virologist: [video:youtube] This guy is the real deal, though it doesn't mean Nervtag is wrong, as scientists don't always agree. He runs the now world famous "TWIV" podcast, with other scientists. It's been a bi-weekly show since the start of the pandemic and a once a week affair for over a decade. Anyway, in the video above he goes over the data which led to Nervtag's conclusions, and has a very different take. https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/ Red Stratocaster, rosewood neck, in the background. I notice things like that. Grey Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melving Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Got my pfizer shot. No side effects. They gave me a band aid. The hysteria is pretty fascinating... The most dangerous part is probably going to the hospital to get the shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzzz Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I get mine next week. For some reason I was put in the first priority group, but I decided to delay a couple of weeks. btw- getting the Shingrex shot was like getting hit in the shoulder with a baseball bat. But if you know anything about shingles or post herpetic neuralgia, it is completely worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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