Pfizer # 1 - Today.
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Finallyā¦good thing I called. Houston Dept. of Health had lost me in the system and didnāt initially show I had my first vac. The last week was tough on both storage and delivery and sounds like they are maxed out for the month. To their credit, they are going to get me in first thing tomorrow morning. If anyone is awaiting their second shot ant time soon, I would suggest a call if you havenāt received a confirmation.
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Fauci says we may have to continue wearing masks even with vaccine in 80% of people for one more year and continue with lockdowns. Who does this guy work for and why is he considered such an expert?
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Where did you see that? He just said yesterday with a majority of the country vaccinated and cases are low then masks wont be needed. Also said he expects āsignificant degree of normalityā by the fall. I am guessing a news source has you riled up on purpose by twisting things.
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Well beat me to this oneā¦ Yeah this clearly is either ones chosen news source being misleading or possibly a āI did my own research situationā either way itās wrong.
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Yep. Selective news. I am not sure the exact interview noted but I heard him say we can expect to see people still use masks in Jan 2022. That is not surprising but thatnis different from mandates.
One of my kids who had it said he would likely wear a mask moving forward while traveling. I think we will see people wearing masks, by choice even when this is past.
If youāre going to post something like that, you really should post the quote and the context.
He works for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and heās considered an expert because heās had an extensive, highly-decorated research career specifically in Public Health. Heās one of the most cited scientists in any field. An argument that heās not an expert is an argument that experts donāt exist.
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Science on anything evolves. Some things are understood to a deeper level, some accepted theories are revised as we learn more (for example, Quantum Mechanics where we can see and infer more as instrumentation improves). Too, scientists sometimes champion one idea versus another when they donāt have enough information to agree, and pursue knowledge by trying to disprove their own points of view by performing experiments. In the case of Covid there are disagreements, but the consensus of experts is pretty clear what works and what doesnāt given what we know right now. Always gonna have outliers, and sometimes they prove to be right, but Iām gonna go with the consensus on what is literally life-and-death issues.
Amazing that 15 months out from first seeing Covid weāve been distributing vaccines. We will find out more such as will variants resist current vaccines, will vaccinations be long term or require boosters, etc. Just the nature of scientific endeavor, as we are learning about Covid on the fly. In the meantime, I intend to follow the best practices available. If they change as we get further into this pandemic, Iāll adopt those practices. Get my second shot on March 3rd. Iām not sure whether the tracking chip was in the first dose or will be in this second one.
One of the astounding things about the mRNA vaccines is they may provide the template for quickly developing new vaccines for the next pandemics and maybe new therapies for conditions weāve not yet figured how to treat. I expect like with all science weāll have some hits and some misses.
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Wife just got #1 in Methodist Med Center. Like a well oiled machine from parking lot in. Drove by NRG to get there. NRG looked like BBQ Cook off
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Got Pfizer #1 today at NRG; smooth operation.
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Looking forward to Moderna #2 this Saturday at the VA.
VA never contacted me and I signed up with them
Got my second dose in Angleton early this morning. Arm a little sore and hoping no more symptoms
Coachv
Well, stay tuned. They called me out of nowhere on a Saturday afternoon about a month ago.
Iām done already
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got both Pfizer shots in Feb. No problems .
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My 93 year old grandfather was in line for dose number 2 a few weeks ago. He met a lady in line with him and now theyāre dating. 
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At that age you donāt have time to waste! Who knows, they may be hitched by tomorrow. 
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Got Pfizer # 2 about an hour ago.
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