I got the COVID vaccine today at the FEMA site at Greenbelt Metro station

[Mused]

I had side effects exactly 10 days after first Pfizer...fever, non stop headaches and feeling sick for exactly 2 days, after that it was all gone...
It wasnt corona, i got tested
The doctors were a bit surprised but said anything is possible...i was fine after the second one tho

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Kate Matthews

Nothing. Minor issue when piercing skin and muscle with an injection.

If you can relax your arm, the 'pain' is minimum, if any.

[Kate Matthews]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

If you can relax your arm, the 'pain' is minimum, if any.

Thanks BigJohn.

[BigJohn]

The first time I gave myself a shot was in my rear end.

I told a Doctor what I had done and he was surprised I could do it let alone do it 'right'. It was several shots and I didn't feel a thing.

[Kate Matthews]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

The first time I gave myself a shot was in my rear end.

I told a Doctor what I had done and he was surprised I could do it let alone do it 'right'. It was several shots and I didn't feel a thing.

lol.

[Aldous]

I got the second dose today and the side effects were very mild. I didn't shiver like I did with the first dose. I took my temperature at home and it was about 98 degrees F.

[Aldous]

The Indian Medical Association has joined a chorus of voices calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lock the whole country down, instead of relying on regional measures that have so far failed to contain the spread of two highly infectious variants, including the B.1.617 strain, a double-mutant variant that has two spike proteins instead of one.

India’s COVID crisis deepens, as BioNTech says there’s no evidence its vaccine needs adapting to cope with new variants
www.tinyurl.com/wm645vwu

I wonder if the two spike proteins means it has two different types of spike proteins.

I got the MMR vaccine May and June 2020 after I found out about the evidence that it can protect you against COVID-19. Back then no COVID vaccine was available to me. I don't remember when the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines became available. It might have been around the end of 2020. Maybe if everyone got the MMR vaccine and maybe even the hepatitis A vaccine in addition to a COVID vaccine it would give you better chances against variants.

MMR = measles mumps rubella
https://od.lk/s/OV8xODE4NzUxMzlf/hepatitisA.pdf

[inavalan]

Here there are two articles from Indian press, May 10, 2021.

They decided to use Invermectin both prophylactically and for treatment en mass:

"We are giving this as prophylaxis treatment, as a preventive. Ivermectin tablets will be given to all patients above 18 years at government health centres …
... Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, found a large, statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery and viral clearance in COVID-19 patients treated with Ivermectin"

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/ivermectin-to-all-above-18-goa-approves-new-covid-19-treatment-protocol/755160

https://www.eastmojo.com/coronavirus-updates/2021/05/10/regular-ivermectin-use-may-cut-risk-of-contracting-covid-19-claims-study/

It is worth reading both articles. They say, Ivermectin should be taken by those vaccinated too.

[Aldous]

Simple oral hygiene could help reduce COVID-19 severity: Study
https://www.eastmojo.com/coronavirus...everity-study/

[Aldous]

Some possible OTC drugs/herbal substances and vaccines for treating coronaviruses
http://sciliterature.50webs.com/virus.htm