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@johnbishop- Exactly John, me too. We have a 2-6 month window for the second window. I had the original vaccine which was a live virus and I have no idea why I have to have these second ones that aren't live. I had no reaction with the live virus. GO figure.
How often does your PMR return?
After 7 months of staying home, my arms ache to embrace friends and family and my spirit aches for the open road and more adventures.
Like John, I am watching for the opportunity to get on one of the studies. I feel like the path back to "normal" is going to be getting as many people as possible vaccinated as quickly as possible. As one with a high risk profile, maybe getting the vaccine early will encourage others like me.
I may be in the minority, but I am willing to accept the risk of side effects to get protection. But then, I was an "inner city" kid in the 1950's, and we were early guinea pigs for various vaccines and other trials (without even knowing it at the time.) A memorable one happened at our local health department - my Mom and Aunt piled their collective 11 children into the old station wagon and took us downtown for "shots" because they couldn't afford to take us all to the doc - I believe it was for whooping cough - 3 out of 11 fainted within minutes of getting the injections. Our little tribe caused some excitement that day! But we all survived - and none of us got whooping cough, which was rampant in the schools that year - while my suburban cousins who weren't immunized all got it. We were also among the first to get the oral polio vaccine and fluoride on our teeth.
Sue