Gap for booster shot shortened to 3 months

I did not have reactions to either the Sinovac nor the Pfizer.
The next day I put pressure on the location of the Pfizer jab and did notice a little discomfort compared to the other arm.
Honestly a little reaction would make me feel better by thinking that something was happening.

 

The nurse might object when you lower your pants for the booster shot though

 

If storage is inadequate then any vaccine will be as useful as a placebo! I note that major stores cannot keep frozen food frozen - so perhaps??? This particularly concerns me with recent lengthy electricity cuts due to Odette.

 

It is not only the booster shot gap being reduced but I know someone given an 8 week gap for the second dose of AstraZeneca and then being called in after 5 weeks. That is a big no-no. Twelve weeks is best (and there are various articles available that indicate a long space between vaccines is preferable) but there is marginal loss for an 8 week gap. But 5 weeks seems like a desire to count numbers or use up close-to-expiry vaccines or a lack of knowledge.

 

Yep, that's what I was getting at about the boosters. It doesn't sound like anyone is concerned with the science, just using up vaccines before they expire.

 

I got Sinovac in June/July, too. It was the only thing available to me and I figured I might as well get something. Psychologically, I never really "felt" vaccinated because I always thought getting Sinovac was equivalent to saline shots in the arm. To put my mind at ease, I worked out getting in on a corporate program in Manila where I could get Moderna. (Ok, yes I had to lie about having had the Sinovac in order to be eligible for the Moderna, but I was paying for these shots plus two trips to Manila!) I had Moderna shots in Nov/Dec. Then, last week, I got my Pfizer booster 3 months after Moderna.

I am a firm believer in the usefulness of vaccines. Had a flu shot in January; in Feb a household member who doesn't bother with flu shots because fear of reactions, caught the flu and was absolutely miserable for more than a week with it. I never caught it, though I continually had fairly close contact.

I have been taking annual flu shots since high school (decades and decades ago) and, along with many other vaccinations for various things, I have never had any reaction to the shots other than a mild soreness for a day or two at the injection site.

Occasionally I come across an anti-vaxxer who immediately smugly bloviates about individual rights and freedoms. I just laugh and tell them to take 2 Ivermectins and call the ambulance in the morning. I suggest as a courtesy they give the coroner a heads-up call, too. For some reason they don't think that is as nearly funny as I do.

 

Nurses here in the Philippines are very anxious to please. I am certain she (or he) would be happy to stick that needle in you exactly as you suggest. I think it's a GREAT idea for you.

 

You figured you may as well get a shot, felt it didn't do anything, and then insult people who care about individual rights and freedoms. My guess is you've gotten used to wiping your @ss with your head because you feel like using your hands makes them dirty. I dare say you got it stuck, sir.

 

someone needs a nap ...