Infectious Diseases

Just asking for people that do live alone, and has no roommate or is living with any siblings, etc..... Should they do things that they normally would do(go for a walk, cook, exercise, lift some what heavy stuff when needed, exercise, go grocery shopping, go window shopping, exercise, etc...? Should they take a over counter pain relieve medication like Ibuprofen. If they feel a headache or it coming? Really how should people, that live alone really go about their day with the COVID-19 Vaccine side effects happening? MAYBE call one their siblings that lives in another part of the city or next door country to come over for moral and emotional support. IF there is a relative that live near by go over there support and hang out? How to tell it just the COVID-19 vaccine side affects and not some other health problem, or something else similar? Also that it a health problem from the Covid-19 side effect or the vaccine itself? So they don't worry themselves off, since they are by themselves. With no one else to talk to, get support or help if there is a problem(like go with to the doctor, or just do a drop in).

I'm getting a lot of pressure at work from staff and Board members to get the vaccine. I'm eligible to get it now, and the Vax hotline has been calling multiple times a day to make an appointment (I had pre-registered just in case). I've been on the fence about it for awhile. The one and only time I got the flu shot, I had a worse case of the flu that year. I haven't gotten a flu shot since. My boss is in the same boat. On the fence about it and my dad has told me to trust my gut. I haven't seen any real benefits of actually getting it, and experts even say it's not known on how long the vaccine will be effective. I read that on the CDC website. But yet, my co-workers are trying to scare me into it by saying, "Oh, think about your kids. What if you die from COVID?" What if I'm one of the few that has a severe, God forbid even fatal, adverse reaction? Then what? The biggest busybody in this says, "That's so rare. It's not going to happen." 

Vaccination is a safe and effective way to prevent disease and save lives – now more than ever. Today there are vaccines available to protect against at least 20 diseases, such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, influenza and measles. Together, these vaccines save the lives of up to 3 million people every year. When we get vaccinated, we aren’t just protecting ourselves, but also those around us. Some people, like those who are seriously ill, are advised not to get certain vaccines – so they depend on the rest of us to get vaccinated and help reduce the spread of disease. During the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination continues to be critically important. The pandemic has caused a decline in the number of children receiving routine immunizations, which could lead to an increase in illness and death from preventable diseases. WHO has urged countries to ensure that essential immunization and health services continue, despite the challenges posed by COVID-19.

Assume he is outside for only a short time, so he doesn't get frostbite or hypothermia.  Will he catch a cold or flu? Aren't they caused by a virus? 

That may well be the case, especially with all the variants cropping up. In truth, no one really knows how long the protection lasts, bcuz full testing was not done. The rationale was "something" against Covid was better than nothing (and they're probably right.) But it was never going to be a "one shot covers you for life" thing, even though the powers that be wouldn't say so. At best, it will be like a yearly flu shot, which are tweaked every season to combat whatever strain is making the rounds. At worst, we'll discover the current vaccines aren't effective against the varients and this whole vaccine endeavor has only been a finger in the dyke (God forbid.)

Not many people get the flu shot every year. Some do, some don't because many are afraid to get. But with the Coronavirus vaccine, everyone is running out and getting it! It's so high in demand! Why is that?

The sole absence of antibodies does not determine immunity against disease once vaccinated or acquired through natural infection. If immunity is present with vaccines then upon exposure to the virus the body uses memory cells to jump start production of antibodies real fast quick enough to provide protect against disease. We don't know how long antibodies last with the vaccine. The other arm of the immune system is also activated and that is cellular immunity for which antibody test do not detect. Immune cells destroy infected cells.  The vaccine produces both an antibody response and cellular response that provides protection against the virus.  At present the sole determinant of immune status is not strictly antibody testing. 

My friends telling me I should get tested for COVID all because I have a cough and a 100.4 fever today. I’m 21 years old and I don’t feel that bad. I live with a diabetic and he feels fine. If I had covid, then he would get it, and if he gets it, it would be pretty obvious that he would have symptoms because he’s diabetic. Besides, the tests aren’t always accurate.  

I mean, I notice that there are still daily 7,000 to 8,000 new cases of Covid 19 infections every day. We won't stop this with lockdowns. I would say, just let it go, and speed up the vaccination, and ONLY keep the very weak separated. But let youth just go out, and normal healthy people to a bar or beach and resume flights. The more we try to stop the virus it seems the more time it takes to actually get rid of it. From what I know 2 million Dutch people who already have been infected are now immune (me also) because the bulk of the people can handle this virus. The lockdowns are hurting countries and people far more worse than this virus ever will do. Vaccinations have to be ramped up, made obligated, lift the lockdowns, set people free, keep the weak separated and then in (a shorter) time the virus will die out.

Moderna? Pfizer? Johnson & Johnson?

Everyone who is 0 years old to 150 years old who has had covid has "a certain amount of immunity". It appears that people who are sicker have longer term immunity vs people who are less sick regardless of age. 

You need to get hard facts from reliable health sites instead of people and sites who don't know that they are talking about and are antivaxxers. It's up to you and nobody else on how you will listen to.  The facts are that many people get minor aches and pains and only very rare reactions occur consistent with any other vaccine like the flu vaccine. Any serious reactions like blood clots are not any more encountered compared to coincidental numbers seen in the placebo group. There's no hard proof that the vaccines have caused any deaths. The numbers are growing and large in people already vaccinated and have all the same numbers seen with regards to side effects and efficacy have been consistent with the large studies comprised of 30,000 people tested normal only about 7-8000 in previously approved vaccine studies. 

I received the Pfizer vaccine