Posted on 12/17/2020 2:31:22 PM PST by gas_dr
I was asked by several Freepers to post a thread once I have received my Pfizer Corona Virus Vaccine. As many of you know, I am a critical care physician in a large city environment. We have been having a surge for the last several weeks.
I received the Vaccine this morning at 7:56 AM. I was the third physician outside of the large academic center in town to receive the vaccine. Our hospital system had the vaccine released it first as we are the largest non-academic system in the city.
Prequel: I have been on experimental prophylaxis combination for health care workers since March. I have been taking part in a study sanctioned by an IRB and been administered a protocol of medications on a daily an weekly basis. In my practice, I currently have had well over 1500 encounters with CoVID patients in the hospital setting, have had responsibility for the surge CoVID unit in July, and now again this month. I have completed numerous airway interventions on CoVID patients and some how managed to never contract the virus.
My hospital system has genuinely taken exceptional care of its HCW and employees and I am lucky as we have never lacked for PPE, made significant reuses of PPE, and was actually provided a P100 mask fit for me by the hospital. All of my colleague received the same.
I was contacted by the system chief medical officer on Monday and the department chair on Tuesday that I was considered 1A in terms of priority as were roughly 18 of my physician colleagues. Critical care nurses and anyone in any of our critical care units were also contacted. I was told to arrive at 745 this AM.
EVENT: I arrived and underwent a very streamlined check in process, gave written informed consent that was not unusual in any way. Acknowledged that this was a vaccine being administered under EUA conditions. The media was out in force as this was the first private hospital as previously said that was inoculating its staff.
I was called third stepped up and underwent the most routine of injections. The vaccination was administered into my left deltoid, a quantity of approximately 0.3 cc on a 30 g needle. To say I felt nothing would be absolutely true. There was absolutely pain. I was asked to wait in an observed seating area for 20 minutes after my vaccine and then released.
Over the course of the day, I have developed very mild muscle pain in the left arm. It is not at all limiting in anyway. I have had no other symptoms. We were told that approximately 6% of patients develop very low grade symptoms.
I was given my CDC vaccination card and read every word of it. It states that this card is an record of administration, the lot number, date and time of vaccine was recorded. It says to please present this card to my primary care provider at my net appointment for addition to my medical record. There is absolutely nothing on this card that says or implies that I should maintain it on my person. as a record.
I was scheduled for follow up booster in 19 - 21 days. When I left, I cannot quantify the wave of relief and genuine happiness that I had. I was reflecting that in 7 days, I would not longer have to personally worry about this disease causing a tragic outcome in me personally. I also was overjoyed that the means in 7 - 10 days I will no longer be a threat to my family, my elderly parents, and I won't have to get any further CoVID tests.
Like as been said in the media and by President Trump and Pence. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and there is hope that this is the beginning of the end. I genuinely felt that and continue to feel it. As I have said before, this represents the Manhattan project of the 21st century. I am proud to be a recipient of this vaccine, and grateful for the President who made this happen in 10 months. They said it couldn't happen. They were wrong. I will continue to update how I feel, and the next round in early January
To all Freepers out there -- be well, stay safe and Merry Christmas.
BTTT
Good report, I’ll be pleased when we reach herd immunity, hopefully by early summer. People weren’t supposed to live like we have over the past 9 months, we haven’t truly understood the tragic fallout from this pandemic that the media has decided not to focus on.
Monkeys aren't good enough for you!
It can cause some fatigue, sure, but much of that fatigue will come from a combination of general immune response and tissue repair. Symptoms can appear modest even as your body is waging a very costly war internally.
Did you amend your donor card?
“murdered baby girls”
I thought they were obtained after they pushed grandpa in his wheelchair off the cliff
Gotta bump that. Agree with your post, thanks.
Wow! Some people have both sick minds and sick souls.
Did you ever amend your donor card?
Pastor Jeffress just said it was. utter stupidity to oppose these God-given vaccines.
"God-given"???
Pfizer, abortion, monetary profit?
Charmed any snakes lately?
“Both you and Jeffress are funny.”
You have a problem with Jeffries?
If he says Pfizer’s tainted voodoo vaccine is “god-given”, yes, I have a problem with him
“If he says Pfizer’s tainted voodoo vaccine is “god-given”, yes, I have a problem with him”
No. That would be ‘God-given’.
Go ahead and burn your grain of incense to the false “gods” in your quest for health at the expense of murdered babies.
It's nothing short of cannibalism.
“No. God does not approve of abortion for any reasons; false “gods” do.”
Do you thus declare that Jeffress worships a false god?
BTW, look up use of quotes.
“It’s nothing short of cannibalism.”
Did you burn your donor card?
Please provide the source for your above claim that Jeffress said abortion tainted vaccines are "god-given".
I'm asking because your credibility has been shown to very questionable.
Right, it makes sense that if a great deal of energy is going into immune response, the rest of the body can get shorted.
The converse is also true - being “run-down” weakens immune response. I’ve let that happen to me too many times... I have little doubt this is a problem when hotspots overburden health care staff.
“Please provide the source for your above claim that Jeffress said abortion tainted vaccines are “god-given”.”
Lou Dobbs show. He is playing right now. “An early Christmas gift from God”.
“I’m asking because your credibility has been shown to very questionable.”
Mirror?
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