Have you had a COVID shot?
The purpose of this thread is to share information about getting the shot from people who’ve actually had it not a discussion of why anyone won’t or shouldn’t get it. Please try and stay on topic.
For those who have had the shot what was the process you went through, which vaccine did you get, where did you have to go, did you have side effects and was anything said about the second shot?
I pre-registered online with the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph health unit on March 11, received notice to make an appointment on March 29 and booked the earliest availability which was on April 8.
The process at the clinic set up at the University of Guelph was very smooth and took 30 minutes from arrival to departure. I received the Pfizer vaccine and written and email confirmation that I’d been vaccinated with the first shot including the brand and lot number. I was told the health unit would contact me for the second shot.
The next day I had a slight stiffness in my arm and didn’t feel quite 100 percent in the morning. By the afternoon I was back to normal.
For those who’ve had the shot(s) how did it go for you?
Have you had a COVID shot?
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canadaman30
There are no benefits as of yet. Our PM has made it crystal clear in the house of commons, vaccines are not enough, we still have to maintain restrictions like wearing masks and distancing.
Not sure what your asking of the forum when vaccinated or not, the benefits do not change, only the chance of less severe symptoms if you get sick.
Your first and last sentences in this post contradict each other. Not suffering the most severe symptoms is definitely a benefit.
To the topic-I have received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine two months ago. The immediate sense of having done something that could benefit both myself and others was palpable. Soreness - but not at injection site. It was at elbow and shoulder. Mild headache. Very mild fever — just enough to keep me from passing screening at work — for about 36 hours.
I work within a Phase one setting. I have managed three different congregate care outbreaks that involved healthy people that followed IPAC measures. Unfortunately the real world does not — and we all have to travel to and from work, go out for groceries and live with our families (and by extension with everyone else they encounter)
Vaccination - to me - is one of the few things that I can control that can most likely make a difference.
I also have an 85 year old mother with diabetes and a heart condition that thinks Tucker Carlson is the world’s best journalist/news broadcaster. I fear for her.
I’ll check back in in early June after 2nd dose. My early March appt was postponed.