Everybody I have talked to has had no issues with the Covid vaccine. The worst I heard was a few hours of arm soreness. I am going to get my vaccine Monday thank God.
I have read the vaccine is 95% effective but I did not know what that meant. Here is the actual data: What Pfizer did was to select about 43,000 voluntary participants where about half received the vaccine and the other half (the control group) received only a placebo, without any active substance. After about a month after the first dose (I. E. One week after the second dose), they started to count the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for each group: in the placebo group 162 cases were confirmed, whereas in the vaccine group only 8 cases appeared.
As somebody pointed out, if you get the vaccine and mount an antibody response, it would also likely mean that if you do get Covid 4 to 6+ weeks after getting the vaccine, it likely will not be as severe.
Of the two vaccines, you have to get a booster three weeks after getting the Pfizer vaccine and four weeks after getting the Moderna one. As for how much immunity you get after one dose, there is this:
Researchers assessed the effectiveness of that two-dose regimen, spaced three or four weeks apart depending on the vaccine, in trials with more than 30,000 subjects. In Moderna's late-stage trials, the first dose provided around 80% to 90% efficacy after 28 days. Two weeks after the booster shot, the efficacy had reached 94.1%, according to study results.
Pfizer said the late-stage trial found its shot was about 52% effective after the first dose, with study results showing protection starting as early as 12 days after receiving it. A week after the second dose, the shot's effectiveness rose to 95%, Pfizer said its study found.
Texas has moved from stage 1 A of those receiving the vaccine to stage 1 B. This is the list of people who can now get the vaccine in Texas who are in the 1 B category:
People 65 years of age and older.
• People 16 years of age and older with at least one chronic medical condition that puts.
Them at increased risk for severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19, such as.
But not limited to:
• Cancer.
• Chronic kidney disease.
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
• Heart conditions, such as heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies.
• Solid organ transplantation.
• Obesity and severe obesity (body mass index of 30 kg / m2 or higher).
• Pregnancy.
• Sickle cell disease.
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
So I think a lot of people here may now qualify. By the way, there is no cost for the vaccination.
Even though the USA embassy site has said that Covid PCR tests were not required to enter prior to January 11, we have had two people here say that testing is now required prior to entry or you have to quarantine.
I hated that fucking swab up my nose, and there is an oral PCR test that can be ordered, and I just did so. This place got good reviews and the cost was $150. They are backed up with orders, and apparently, it takes 6 to 11 days to get the test, but they are bragging about a 24 hour turn around once you submit the sample: [URL]https://www.mylabbox.com/product/at-home-coronavirus-covid-19-test/[/URL].
Someone made a comment about sneaking out of the quarantine. My Medellin chica came back from Mexico in March and she was forced into quarantine. She was checked on multiple times. We are all adults here, but I really would not fuck around with this. No one is in the mood to show any mercy to Covidiots. Hang in your place if quarantined. Get the test then have your fun.
One thing that has pissed me off about all the scare mongering is there is only so much people can take, and everybody is sick of it, but now is the time to be scared. Cases are at all time highs in the USA and Colombia. One in three tests done in Bogota for Covid now is +. That is fucking crazy high.
I have seen hundreds of people now with Covid. I cannot recall any without symptoms. If you are going to play, and you see a woman with bloodshot eyes, a runny nose, barking cough, or one who does not look right, Stay the fuck away! Of all the bullshit spread, to me, the worst is that people with Covid spread it asymptomatically like that is how it normally happens. Maybe that does happen but everyone I have seen knows exactly from whom or when they got it.
I am jealous of you guys in Colombia now. Hopefully, I can join you fuckers and do my duty to bang as much Colombian strange as possible come February. Y'all be careful out there.
