Are you getting a Covid Vaccine?

[Dauphin]

One day I'll get it. I'm low on the list.

The doctor that told Brian to stay away from people who had the shot - presumably he had had the shot (as a frontline medical worker) and I wonder if he was subtlely wanting to keep Bonkers Brian away.

[Sugarrynad]

Yes, but not for now.

[SlowwHand]

Dauphin, that's an excellent point. I want to suggest that one not go to a doctor whose training is from You Tube. How to change a spark plug, maybe.

[Jon Miller]

I could have already gotten it, the guy I ride with golfing says he thinks he got it in Dec of 2019.

There was a period that my Russian friends, and friends who had a lot of exposure to alternative media, were all certain that they and most people they knew had gotten Covid before January (and so immune/it wasn't so bad). I haven't heard such arguments recently and I think that the evidence is that most people who claimed to have had Covid pre-January 2020 are incorrect.

Is this a new view of his, or something he was saying from last summer?

JM

[Thoth]

Yes, but not until summer most likely. Not by my choice, but Ontario is being slow to roll out the vaccine and I'm not in any of the priority groups. Otherwise I'd be getting it ASAP.

[SlowwHand]

Going to VA clinic Saturday at 1:00 for Phizer.

[BeBMan]

Re OP, yes, I'd like to get vacc-ed, but I guess it will take some time still.

[Proteus_MST]

Same as BeBro.

At the moment the vaccine is only distributed by federal centers ... and in Germany, the order of distribution is partially by age and partially by vulnerability/disabilities.
That means, the older people and vulnerable/disabled people come before younger/less vunlerable people
(also certain key work sectors, like people working in the medical sector also get vaccinated first).

So, if I would want to wait for a free shot, it may take till the end of summer.

But according to the plans of the federal government, general practicioners as well, are supposed to be allowed to distribute the vaccine from April onwards.

So maybe I will try to get my shot in May/June from my family doctor. Will surely still be earlier than if I would wait for my place in the line in a federal vaccination center

[Berzerker]

There was a period that my Russian friends, and friends who had a lot of exposure to alternative media, were all certain that they and most people they knew had gotten Covid before January (and so immune/it wasn't so bad). I haven't heard such arguments recently and I think that the evidence is that most people who claimed to have had Covid pre-January 2020 are incorrect.

Is this a new view of his, or something he was saying from last summer?

JM

He said the symptoms were mild but unusual, something he never had before. He later heard someone describing covid symptoms and they matched up. My sister said she might have gotten it back then too, she gave it to one of her cats and spent a small fortune for the vet bill.

[Kidlicious]

I thought I had it too, but I tested negative.

[Uncle Sparky]

[ZEE]

I should be getting mine next week (people over 40.)

[dannubis]

Good to see there is only 1 selfish idiot on the site... but no surprise there.

[Berzerker]

I suspect the people most vulnerable to covid are also the people most vulnerable to vaccine side effects. Older out of shape overweight people in poor health with low vita D and already on other meds need the vaccine more but I'll bet the clotting problem etc is linked to them.

go Oral Roberts, bust some brackets

[Berzerker]

I wonder if the vaccine makers test it out on healthy people or if they include an older unhealthy group to represent the population most at risk of both covid and vaccine.

[-Jrabbit]

This information (details of clinical trials) varies by maker, is peer reviewed and available to the public.
To date, exactly zero people have died due to Covid vaccination side effects.