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"Quality of life"......a gift that just keeps on giving.
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My quality of life gift this holiday season, was being one of the first 3,000 out of 250,000 people in Pinellas County Florida over 65 to get the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday the day before Epiphany. The only side affect has been sore arm. We are feeling so fortunate as we now see a light at the end of the tunnel and can start planning to see our grandchildren in Colorado later this year. Getting vaccinated was my first new years resolution. Now I'm working on the second which is to encourage everyone else to get vaccinated.
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What a great way to recruit examples of the quality of life gifts. Let's hope they carry on and spread the word.
May you be safe and protected.
Chris
Congratulations, Don! You're on your way to a better quality of life for sure! I got my Maderno vaccine last Tuesday, the 1st day available at Mayo Clinic Jax. I was thrilled. No side effects. Have an appt for the 2nd one which may well be easy, too, or not.....I don't really care. I'm simple thrilled to have my body making antibodies for this nasty virus.
Let us know when you get your 2nd shot and any effects.....then grab your bicycle and on to Colorado!
Blessings, Elizabeth. Jacksonville!
@dsh33782
Like you Don, I received the Pfizer vaccine yesterday and have just a sore arm today. This is my gift to myself with a scheduled second dose on February 1. I live in the next county to you...Pasco ...in the Trinity/New Port Richey area...and used to live in Pinellas.
We have opened up another site for distribution but it is a slow process. Hillsborough seems to be more organized.
FL Mary
@dsh33782, Big Congrats, Don, on being among the first to get the Pfizer vacc!
My doc suggested putting me on the list and I was stunned and jubilant to have received the Moderna on Friday. Many annual flu shots gave me a much sorer arm..this one was a breeze. We also share the exact same desire and possibility of actually perhaps visiting our children in Colorado later in the year.
My hope, too, is that as more become eligible for the vaccine and more vaccine is distributed and administered, more will take advantage of it. Almost a miracle that vaccines were developed in less than a year! As a member, @kamama94, often writes: "This is a good day to be alive!"
@dsh33782 Re the Covid vaccinations. Don - Did you have any choice which vaccine you got in terms of which company manufactured it and is that even something people should worry about. It has been confusing to me to read tidbits like this one is 70% effective, that one is 97% effective, that company has a reputation for falsifying test results, etc. I think at this point I'll be glad to get anything offered, but maybe that isn't the most prudent thing to do. Thanks for your insight. Nancy
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Just noticed you had the covid vaccine.. we are in Canada and our Province has just started. Unfortunately as my husband and I have bad reactions to medications including penicillins, actually allergic to , and other issues doubt if will safely qualify for the first vaccine as they recommend not to have it if have other medication allergies.... but I think different manufacturers have different guidelines? Hope you get to see your grandchildren as planned.