To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? That is the question.

Well I received my first shot yesterday. I weighed the pros and cons and the pros made more sense for me. Like I was previously advised by a lung cancer survivor....if I do not get the vaccine and get Covid I probably would not survive with two lobes missing. If I do get it the vaccine I will have a fighting chance. And it is better for everyone else as well.

My daughter, a nurse who regularly works on telemed with Covid patients, is applauding too!

Her office is in my home, and many days she is nearly in tears after having to call 911 for a person severely ill with Covid. She will come upstairs saying "I have such a bad feeling about this person. Tell everyone to get vaccinated!!!"

Please remember, especially with restrictions ending and people gathering, that if you don't get vaccinated, you NEED to stay masked, keep your distance and be extremely careful. Especially, you need to stay away from unvaccinated kids, they are great carriers, and not eligible for the vaccine.
Sue

My daughter, a nurse who regularly works on telemed with Covid patients, is applauding too!

Her office is in my home, and many days she is nearly in tears after having to call 911 for a person severely ill with Covid. She will come upstairs saying "I have such a bad feeling about this person. Tell everyone to get vaccinated!!!"

Please remember, especially with restrictions ending and people gathering, that if you don't get vaccinated, you NEED to stay masked, keep your distance and be extremely careful. Especially, you need to stay away from unvaccinated kids, they are great carriers, and not eligible for the vaccine.
Sue

@sueinmn This is so true. One of my friends did catch Covid from one of her grandsons. Then his siblings also tested positive, but their mother did not!
I'm truly not sure why so many are still opposed to the vaccine, I hope when it gets CDC approval that more will choose to get vaccinated. Right now I am being very cautious and not coming in contact with unvaccinated people which means I need a new manicurist and a new house cleaner. 🥺
I realize there was a political divide for some people but even Trump got vaccinated prior to leaving the White House. Another reason I have heard has to do with aborted fetuses but the only vaccine that is true of is the J&J vaccine.
There was a wild rumor about them implanting something in people but really? Every nation in the world is advocating for its citizens to get vaccinated. I really don't think there is a grand conspiracy.
My very conservative transplant department actually set up for any transplant recipients to come there for the vaccination very early on. I had my second shot on February 14th. They want us protected as much as possible even though the vaccine is proving to not be as great a benefit to transplant recipients as hoped.
I just read an article yesterday, written by a doctor who also happens to be a heart transplant recipient. He showed little or no response initially to the two Pfizer shots and then had the J&J shot for a booster and developed a robust immunity. Hopefully our transplant teams will advocate for us to have a third vaccine.
JK

@sueinmn This is so true. One of my friends did catch Covid from one of her grandsons. Then his siblings also tested positive, but their mother did not!
I'm truly not sure why so many are still opposed to the vaccine, I hope when it gets CDC approval that more will choose to get vaccinated. Right now I am being very cautious and not coming in contact with unvaccinated people which means I need a new manicurist and a new house cleaner. 🥺
I realize there was a political divide for some people but even Trump got vaccinated prior to leaving the White House. Another reason I have heard has to do with aborted fetuses but the only vaccine that is true of is the J&J vaccine.
There was a wild rumor about them implanting something in people but really? Every nation in the world is advocating for its citizens to get vaccinated. I really don't think there is a grand conspiracy.
My very conservative transplant department actually set up for any transplant recipients to come there for the vaccination very early on. I had my second shot on February 14th. They want us protected as much as possible even though the vaccine is proving to not be as great a benefit to transplant recipients as hoped.
I just read an article yesterday, written by a doctor who also happens to be a heart transplant recipient. He showed little or no response initially to the two Pfizer shots and then had the J&J shot for a booster and developed a robust immunity. Hopefully our transplant teams will advocate for us to have a third vaccine.
JK

JK could I please have a link to the article written by the heart transplant recipient doctor that you mention. If you don't have a link to provide do you remember the title of the article? I'd really like to hear more about this. I know in France a 3rd dose for immunosuppressed was approved in March. I haven't heard of the efficacy for those patients yet.

I have tested positive twice for covid. I have had no symptoms. I cannot take flu shots, have been told by medical persons to get a blood test. My primary refused to do that. The vaccine is less effective on us… anyone please… HELP!