“If the 2nd appointment is 3 weeks after the 1st appointment, it’s the Pfizer vaccine. If 4 weeks later, it’s Moderna.”
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so they are the same formula just different mfgs?
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No, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines cause different antibodies to be generated. These different antibodies seem to be equally effective. Both “attack” the crown-like protein spikes of the COVID-19 virus; they just attack different locations on the spikes. If you get Pfizer for dose 1 you should get Pfizer for dose 2 and the same drill for the Moderna doses.
How do they know if these vaccines ONLY attack the protein spikes of the covid virus and not affect other proteins which are helpful to the body?
that’s what i thought, that they were different
this sounds wrong on a couple levels
At least in my county, the County Health Dept. specified that they were providing the Moderna jabs at the
mass vaccination clinics”* they had established. This information was on the website where one went to sign up & schedule the shot.
However, they did NOT automatically schedule me for a 2nd shot after I received the 1st one: There’s just an empty “block” on the vaccination record card, for the 2nd jab. Nor have I, 2 weeks later, received a follow up text. The Health Dept. does have my cell phone number now...
*”Mass vaccination” in this case turns out to be roughly 100 people per hour if they are fully scheduled. Not bad for a modest population area.