Typically, when you show up at a vaccination station, they do not provide a menu.
You get what they have.
Had both doses of Moderna. The only “side effect” was a sore arm (minor) both times.
None
Lets see, we have the good old God given immune system, then a bunch of manmade creations that are still in the testing stage. So if folks are feeling like being part of an experiment take the one that’s available, otherwise wait 5 years for the typical FDA approval. By the way, for a reason.
I’m 62, good health, and according to CDC I have a 1 in 200 chance of dyin, if I catch it, so substantially less because I’m careful.
Wife’s 47 year old nurse coworker dead 48 hrs after second Moderna stick.
4) the actual virus, which causes most typical people under 70 no problems at all.
If over 70, whichever one they give you
Moderna has less stringent cold-chain shipping requirements than Pfizer, so given the usual mishaps in transportation and storage, Moderna’s doses have a higher chance of being effective. But I’d take either - the claimed effectiveness rate is around 95%. The J&J vaccine claims an effectiveness of 66% for a single jab - I have no idea what that rate would be with two jabs, or whether they’ve even tested that.
I’m a biochemist by education, and worked in Public Health related fields for 35 years before retiring 5 years ago.
I’m going to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Why?
mRNA vaccines are new technology, and the longer term effects haven’t been adequately studied, in my opinion.
Studies are showing that the mRNA may be “fragile” and the injection you receive may not even have enough to generate the desired immune response.
J&J is a traditional vaccine technology. Vaccines have shown to be effective in preventing many, many illnesses over the decades (smallpox, polio, measles, etc.).
I’m not terribly worried about a tragic outcome if I contract Covid, but I do want to do some traveling in the near future, and would prefer not to contract it while away from home, just in case, so I’ll take the vaccine and hope it confers immunity.
Or don’t take any vaccine and wait to see how many in the herd die off in the next several months. 😏
DO NOT get mRNA.
Insane how a so-called conservative site has this many sheep willing to take a vaccine for this so-called virus.
No wonder we have lost the Republic!
If you’re healthy don’t get one.
If you’re at a very high risk and belive th BS get one.
Mrs. R17 and I did not have a choice.
We got whatever they had on hand that day.
We both had our 2 doses of Pfizer a month ago.
No ill effects whatsoever.
Pfizer.
You don’t have a choice. Whatever the state gets is what’s given
It seems like the government programs are using Moderna and Pfizer; the private sector has J&J around here. I’ve been hitting the CVS/Albertson (Tom Thumb locally) and Brookshire (a small local grocery chain) websites to try to get on their j&j lists - so far without luck. The local county closed their lists in mid February without prior warning and isn’t accepting new applicants any more.
I got my second Moderna dose about 5 weeks ago. I didn’t really notice much of anything after either dose, other than injection site soreness for a couple days. Being over 65 now, my thinking was that if I contracted covid, even if it didn’t kill me, it can make you really, really sick. And I didn’t have much interest in that.
The fact that ANYONE can simply drop dead after a vac shot is enough to keep going with my immune system. I have been an “essential” worker since the original “flatten the curve” days and have no problem leaving the vaccination to those who feel that they need it.
The VA is giving me the J&J vaccine tomorrow. Pray for me. /s
If you want to survive COVID then get the pneumonia vaccine. You don’t die from COVID, you die from pneumonia.
Oh, wait, this isn’t about medicine, is it?