covid vaccine experience?

I had a terrible reaction the other day.   

My glands around my collar bone ( right side  ) swelled and were very tender. No sure if it was a reaction to my covid shot or a cut that i received on my right hand the next day after my shot ? My shot was also on my right arm.

Was pretty worried that night and decided i would go to urgent care or the E.R. depending on how i felt the next morning.

A little relieved today in that the tenderness is lessening but i can still feel the glands a little swollen still. 

Alex

I guess I'll be a social outcast.  By not taking the vaccine I'll have the same risk factor of 1 in 20 that have taken the Pfizer of Moderna vaccine or roughly 1 in 3 of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

I'm confused. ...

Me too. Those "1 in 20" and "1 in 3" numbers make no sense, no matter how you slice and dice the data.

Take the vaccine and you still have, statistically speaking, a one in twenty chance of the vaccine not protecting you from covid.  So you would be in the same boat as me except I won't have to deal with possible reactions.

I got Moderna #1 yesterday. Sore arm began a few hours later, still sore today.
I took a long nap yesterday afternoon, which isn't totally out of the ordinary for me anyway, so not sure if that was a result of the vaccine.

2nd shot in early May...

My wife and I had the J & J shot exactly one week ago.  Minor light headedness for a few hours. No other symptoms after that.

Figured I would add my recent experience with the first shot from Pfizer.  First and foremost, I went to the new Kaiser vaccine center down on 10th St in Oakland.  Class act.  I was in and out in under 18 minutes with the 15 min observation period. 

Painless shot, moved my arm all day and had no arm pain.  Next day my arm was actually quite sore.  The more I used it, the better, but if I didnt use it for an hour it was quite tender.  After 3rd day no arm pain. 

I had no other symptoms of anything.  Slept great, lots of energy, no headaches or anything odd. 

My fiance had Moderna and was actually quite sick for 2 days with her second shot.  She had to take it off from work it was so bad.  Pfizer is supposedly not as severe. 

I guess I should mention I'm 37.  I've been noticing a distinct pattern amongst friends and family that the younger you are, the stronger your immune response is on the 2nd shot.  My folks and friends above 60 yrs old have all had almost zero symptoms on the first and second shot of Moderna and Pfizer, except a sore arm. 

My friends in their early 30's and late 20's seem to be hit the hardest, having to take 2-3 days off work.  I'm due again April 1st, quite curious what happens.

Got my 2nd shot a couple weeks ago for Pfizer.  It was painless again but the next day my arm was crazy sore. 

I got no fever but I definitely was not myself for a few days.  I kept working but decided to bail on fishing and diving because I was periodically feeling pretty dizzy. 

Fine since. 

Feeling better as time passes.

Something like this also happened that i didn't want to mention but feel the need to tell my story. 




 

Alex

It is good for all to get the vaccine. J and j very slight risk for women under 50. Don’t prove Darwin correct.

I guess I'll be a social outcast.  By not taking the vaccine I'll have the same risk factor of 1 in 20 that have taken the Pfizer of Moderna vaccine or roughly 1 in 3 of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

I'm confused. ...

Me too. Those "1 in 20" and "1 in 3" numbers make no sense, no matter how you slice and dice the data.

Take the vaccine and you still have, statistically speaking, a one in twenty chance of the vaccine not protecting you from covid.  So you would be in the same boat as me except I won't have to deal with possible reactions.

Where do you get that data?

I guess I'll be a social outcast.  By not taking the vaccine I'll have the same risk factor of 1 in 20 that have taken the Pfizer of Moderna vaccine or roughly 1 in 3 of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

I'm confused. ...

Me too. Those "1 in 20" and "1 in 3" numbers make no sense, no matter how you slice and dice the data.

Take the vaccine and you still have, statistically speaking, a one in twenty chance of the vaccine not protecting you from covid.  So you would be in the same boat as me except I won't have to deal with possible reactions.

Where do you get that data?
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Basic math:  Using the media's numbers, if the vaccine is 95% effective that means 5% might still could get covid.  Five is one twentieth of one hundred.

I guess I'll be a social outcast.  By not taking the vaccine I'll have the same risk factor of 1 in 20 that have taken the Pfizer of Moderna vaccine or roughly 1 in 3 of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

I'm confused. ...

Me too. Those "1 in 20" and "1 in 3" numbers make no sense, no matter how you slice and dice the data.

Take the vaccine and you still have, statistically speaking, a one in twenty chance of the vaccine not protecting you from covid.  So you would be in the same boat as me except I won't have to deal with possible reactions.

Where do you get that data?

Basic math:  Using the media's numbers, if the vaccine is 95% effective that means 5% might still could get covid.  Five is one twentieth of one hundred.

Where do you get your correlation that the unvaccinated share the same risk?  Also, how do you reconcile the fact that when the vaccinated get covid, they have an extremely low risk of hospitalization and death.  The vaccine isn't just for prevention (hence why the CDC's original target was 50% efficacy), it's also to reduce the severity of the illness in infected patients.  You also pose a risk to those who are unable to get vaccinated due to health reasons instead of by choice.

that explains the 1 in 20,  for vaccine efficacy, and confirmed infections are north of 31M, so more like 10% for getting infected

1 in 20 chance of catching it, but zero chance of being hospitalized

what is the 1:3?

I think 1 in 20 (95%) is the proportion of people who develop a disease state upon exposure.  Apparently, COVID can be "caught" but not every catch results in a disease state. 

Then, of those who express the disease, there's levels of severity, from mere inconvenience to death. 
early data suggests the vax substantially prevents disease severity resulting in hospitalization.

Depends on what the meaning of the word is is.  But supposedly vax isn't approved unless both efficacy and safety are shown via peer reviewed protocol.

what is the 1:3?
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This was the initial report from J&J of 67% efficacy for the one shot.  It too is as effective as the mRNA vaccines in preventing severe cases that lead to hospitalization.

Of course this wont matter to those that refuse to get the vaccine or for those that believe the media, FDA, CDC and the vast majority of the those in the medical world are lying to us.  I still know some people that believe this is a hoax/lie/government conspiracy.......  or just overblown and is just a new flu strain.

By not taking the vaccine I'll have the same risk factor of 1 in 20 that have taken the Pfizer of Moderna vaccine or roughly 1 in 3 of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.

Basic math:  Using the media's numbers, if the vaccine is 95% effective that means 5% might still could get covid.  Five is one twentieth of one hundred.

You have fundamentally misunderstood what 95% efficacy means. It means it reduces your chance of getting sick by 95% from whatever it would have been if you had not gotten the vaccine. So yes if your chance of catching Covid was 100% then there is still a 1 in 20 chance you will catch it. But without the vaccine you would’ve had a 20 out of 20 chance of getting sick under that scenario.

I had my first Pfizer vaccine about 2 weeks ago and developed major itchy hives all over my body the day after. Although not as bad as before the hives are still there. Maybe I'm a bit allergic to something in the cocktail but I am still advised to take the second vaccine since my symptoms aren't life threatening. I got my vaccine at Richmond (part of the Contra Costa County health program).