As a participant of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial I was a lucky recipient of the actual vaccine and not the placebo. I had no major issues with side effects - just slight injection site soreness and a brief low grade fever following the second injection. With the vaccine rollout picking up the pace, I hope everyone will consider getting vaccinated as soon as you are able. North Carolina has had to open it's first 30-bed COVID field hospital in the western part of the state. The case numbers are high and hospital capacity has reached the saturation point. Roll up your sleeves, folks. :)
Three Good Things:
1. My mother and stepfather in South Carolina have appointments for their vaccinations tomorrow!!! I Am So Relieved.
2. I never had to use the in-home Covid test kit (photo) that I was given as part of the clinical study.
3. Hopefully the end of the Pandemic Era is near.
Well captured - Don't know when any of my family will get the shot- TN is already out (so I've heard) and my mom is afraid to go to a clinic or doctor's office right now because of all the rising numbers. I can hope for an end to this, but I really don't see it any time soon.
@linnypinny It won’t be a quick end...but it’s a start. Hopefully distribution and administration logics will start to get worked out exponentially. Wishing you and your family good health until vaccinations are available in your area. Xx
Very happy for you and your family, Peggy. I would happily roll up my sleeve but that is unlikely for many months, if not a year or so away. Canada is way down the list when it comes to the % of the population vaccinated so far. Our provinces are ready to go but our federal government has not been able to provide them with enough vaccines. Maybe if Canada gets one or more of its own vaccines approved, the pace will pick up.
@sunnygreenwood It's going to be a while before the non-essential/low risk/under 65 population will have an opportunity to get vaccinated. I'm just relieved to see the most vulnerable protected. It's a start. If not for the vaccine study I'd be at the end of the line. I got lucky.
Interesting you had the real deal....when did you find out it wasn’t the placebo or have you always known? If you hadn’t had the real one you perhaps wouldn’t have been given the home test.
My vaccine appointment is next Thursday & I’m thinking it will be the Pfizer one stil, Harry had that one & I'm hoping I will have the same. We aren’t getting the second shot forthree months to enable more first vaccines to be given out. You did your bit so well done!
@happypat The Pfizer clinical trials were blind studies. Participants were not told which injection they would get - saline or vaccine. I had no idea until I went in for the second dose in October. I had to wait close to two hours for my vaccine to thaw. When I questioned the study director about that he admitted they had tipped their hand. Apparently someone had not taken enough vaccine out of the cold chain storage that morning. So I have known from early on that I had received the real deal. However, when the Pfizer vaccine received approval from the FDA in December, Pfizer made the decision to unbind the study and give placebo recipients the opportunity to receive the real thing at the time of their third or fourth check in.
I am so thrilled that you will be getting your first vaccination on Thursday! Hopefully production will pick up and you'll get the second injection sooner rather than later. Although you'll still have some very effective protection against a severe case of Covid.
So happy you have had your vaccine Peggy and you are symptom free. As Anne said, we are behind and seems maybe if all goes well in Canada, perhaps by September 2021 all Canadians will be vaccinated. We have to hold on until then and stay vigilant and hope for the best. Take care Peggy
January 16th, 2021
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My vaccine appointment is next Thursday & I’m thinking it will be the Pfizer one stil, Harry had that one & I'm hoping I will have the same. We aren’t getting the second shot forthree months to enable more first vaccines to be given out. You did your bit so well done!
I am so thrilled that you will be getting your first vaccination on Thursday! Hopefully production will pick up and you'll get the second injection sooner rather than later. Although you'll still have some very effective protection against a severe case of Covid.