Huh, they told me 4 weeks. I'll check when I go to the pharmacy later.
They are pushing the shot, Tom! First the opioid crisis, what's next? The shingles shot crisis?!
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Huh, they told me 4 weeks. I'll check when I go to the pharmacy later.
Me too, didn't get my 2nd Pfizer shot until July 30. So hopefully by the time it's needed it'll be a "no hassle getting an appointment" scenario again.My wife had a strong reaction to the first Shingles shot. When she let the pharmacist know, he recommended she skip the second shot, which is often a stronger reaction than the first. So, she's slightly less protected.
I don't fit any of the check boxes for a COVID booster, so, I'll wait at the back of the line. Maybe they'll have something better by then?
I'm pretty sure I had COVID in July. Never got tested, never went to the doc but the friend I had visited the week before was hospitalized with it. During the illness I did not lose smell or taste. In fact taste, particularly sweet or salty, was intensified, so hoping my brain didn't shrink.Another good reason to get the Covid vaccine!
Using the UK Biobank of 40,000 people who had prior MRI brain scans, a sample of 785 were scanned again, 401 of whom had caught Covid since their last scan. There was a reduction in brain size and grey matter, attributed to Covid, in those versus the uninfected controls. It also explains the common loss of sense of smell ("...a marker of tissue damage, in the regions of the brain functionally-connected to the piriform cortex, anterior olfactory nucleus and olfactory tubercle...")
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.11.21258690v3
I was told 4 weeks earlier in the year.Huh, they told me 4 weeks. I'll check when I go to the pharmacy later.
Yeah, I think this topic should be open to alternate and opposing views. It's a personal decision, responsibility and accountability. Health in general I mean. My goal is not to judge or come down on someone for their decision or thoughts on the matter. I think transparency is key with your friends, and your friends really being those who respect your take and life decisions about Covid, whatever that may be...I'm pretty sure I had COVID in July. Never got tested, never went to the doc but the friend I had visited the week before was hospitalized with it. During the illness I did not lose smell or taste. In fact taste, particularly sweet or salty, was intensified, so hoping my brain didn't shrink.
Would I know it if it did?
If I should start blabbering nonsense, I'm counting on you guys/gals to be kind enough to point it out to me.
In before the lock! Lol