24hrs later and Moderna dose 1 was not too bad. A little swimmy a few times yesterday but hard to tell if that was from the vax or the horrible Caps game. No fever or other symptoms, slept well.
I read the FDA sheet on it and something like 90% of trial participants had arm pain at injection site and that's no lie. But it's more like a sore muscle than anything else so completely tolerable.
Moderna is supposedly 80% effective after 12 days and ~95% effective after 2nd dose, which is 4 weeks away. That one will be fun.
Side note: A friend of mine was vaccinated on the 23rd and just tested positive for COVID, but he has no symptoms. We think his wife got it from a relative a day or two before he got the vaccine but she wasn't spreading to him until after he got his shot, and it protected him enough that he's basically asymptomatic. They're in quarantine now and fingers are crossed.
But this highlights a lot of what I've been seeing and probably what's contributing to upticks in cases and positivity% despite increased vaccination. People are letting their guard down too soon, particularly when it comes to relatives. The combination of warmer weather and the knowledge that vaccines are being given makes it FEEL like we should be out and about and relaxing but THAT'S NOT TRUE. Not yet.
I've also read about polls that say half of a certain political party don't plan on getting the shot which threatens to drag this out. I hope they change their minds.
