I am scheduled for my second round of the Pfizer vaccine Thursday morning, round one resulted in a slightly sore arm, just enough so I could not sleep on that side for a night or two, and a little fatigue for a couple of days. We will see how the second round goes, and hope for the best.
As to the seriousness of Covid, at least 15 people I knew to some degree have died of it in the last year,in two cases this included husbands and wives who both caught it at the same time, one where they died a few hours apart, one where the husband lingered on a ventilator for 5 months. Most of these people were in their 70's a few in their 80's most were also still active. The youngest was a 57 year old 2nd cousin of mine who was the mayor of a nearby small town. Sure some of them had other health issues, which may have contributed, but others not so much. Most recently I found out over Easter lunch that my ex-brother in law's brother died of Covid a few weeks ago, well technically he died of pneumonia likely related to Covid, as he had been hospitalized with Covid, sent home and died of pneumonia the next week. For those comparing this to H1N1, I knew one person that died of it, he was 42 at the time,drove himself to the emergency room after being sick for a few days, and died less than 4 hours later.
Last night I was talking with an old friend of mine (we have know each other since we were young children), though we don't speak often these days as he lives 2 time zones away. The text scheduling my second round of the vaccine came through while I was talking to him, and when I told him, he commented that I was crazy to get such an experimental vaccine, he buys into all sort of conspiracy theories claiming the true purpose of the vaccine is population control, etc. I told him I feel it is a risk, but not as much of a risk as Covid is. The amazing thing is his otherwise fairly helathy father in law died of Covid a few month ago, and he still thinks it is crazy to take the vaccine.
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